!ATTENTION!Automatic translator!Sorry for possibles errors. Is spring morning. A cloudy front has as soon as stoped the Italia centre, after a time clause night the air is limpid and serene, it takes an oath fresh.Being of alarm I and Victor, be academy course colleagues, are reached with the "Gruppo di Volo"(Squadron) in the 1986, we have made together the flight school in to USA, well there know from a life.Bell the telephone. Peppe answered. To begin at once to tossing. " Vittò, except, you go on board, call the team, part."when it is possible to the radar there informs always of the possibility of leaving on scramble. If they are lit all to F-104, apparatussed electronic and is made aligning the navigation of inertial platform, is are possible to reduce the reaction times of the alarm couple to 2 or 3 minute. I begin to calling the non-commissioned officers to me assigned, they are always together, Marius and Giggino, I gave "Chip and Ciop". While we walk fast toward the aircrafts they say to Victor that will bind oneself me completely, without waiting for the order of take-off, he says me that will make the same. I climb the aircraft after have threaded the g shutter overalls is an overalls that it is swelling automatically to the increase of the centrifuge acceleration undergoed by the pilot. With this overalls the body of the pilot comes compressed to level of the intestine, of the thigh and of the leg, allowing to the blood of doesn't go street from the vessel of the brain. Without an overalls of the kind are stood bad to the accelerations, the blood flows away from the head on account of the centrifugal force, that it is possible to reaching values up to 8 superior time to those earthling, it having at first problems to the vision and then losing one's consciousness. A pilot trained without g shutters overalls stood without problems up to 6 g, a person normal faints. With this overalls are stood up to 9 g, even if is much hard species for the neck and the back. I climb to edge, I begin to tiing the numerous belt of the seat. There is 2 to retract the leg, two for the shoulder, 4 for the abdomen, I thread the helmet and she/he/it arrives the sound of the siren.Mission is started!!! minds toward the shelter of Victor, makes me a sign of agreement, also he is ready. Gigino have borne already the motor to the 10% of the turn, I go with the ignition and it is lit at once. I follow the ignition, all regulates, I make the sign of moving away the compressor of the air, the motor turn by oneself and it is stabilized to the minimum. While go away me the safety catch of the seat, that Gigino me show and hold to my shoulder, I light the radio and the remainder of to apparatussed. I take an oath rapid turn with the said and to the feeling touch that all the switches are to place, control that to him specialists have ended and that he is they are except for before as the mechanics to a pit stop of Formula 1."the 2 is ready ", says to Victor. " 1 ready. Tower, Golf Tango for scramble ". the alarm aircrafts they call with a code of two letter and every group has its/his/her. " jersey Tangerine scramble, rolled to the wait point 22, wind 240 12 knots, ready to copying the data?" ready " for you Bravo 2 vector, levels 80, you will contact the radar on the Papa 218 " Copy Bravo 2, levels 80, after the Papa 218 take-off " we have received educations on the direction of take-off, the point from reaching after the take-off, free of traffic civilian, from which begin our mission and finally the frequency on which contacting the aerial defence for the interception. Victor is stoped to the mouth of the track. 2 Gunners officers remove all the safety catch systems of the missiles, they damns a look express to the aircraft, put to the wided and they show the safety thorn removed to the pilot. the aerial now is possible to score a try flight. "Golf Tango 32 alignment" " authorized to the alignment and track take-off 22, wind from 240 degrees 12 knots " authorized, he kept the 2 in track " Roger " Victor is aligned to the track centre, he kept that also I have reached the mouth of the track. When the gunners have ended of taking my safety catch, Victor debt all power. Dress me in track also I. " tangerine jersey 45 alignment and take-off, the wind is copied " authorized " align the aircraft to the track centre and gradually he it gave motor advancing the handcuffs till the maximum of the run, without lighting the afterburner. The motor "C'è"(is good), the aircraft accelerates gradually and after a metre hundred feeling the steel cable of the stop barrier passes under the rubber of the 104.It is a steel cable perennially spread of width to the track, to 300 metre from the end of the same and there N'è a for every extremity of the track. Cable is of [trefolato] steel, similar to what she/he/it is seen on the aircraft carrier to allow the stop of the embarked aircrafts, it is wide 5 cm and it is possible to arresting a F104 to the maximum weight that decides of interrupting the take-off. The stop barrier is held relieved from of the [gommini] of the diameter of 15 cm to allow to the emergency stop hook of our aircraft of being possible to it seize firmly with the really terminal hook. Pass the barrier, I light the afterburner. the afterburner ( A/B ) will give a beautiful kick in more, now not there makes more case but the first time seemed of scores a try the hyperspace. Next to 175 knots, I perform the rotation, I draws back the bar of a ten of centimetre and I score a try flight. Not as soon as I have the sensation of a division into instalments of slope positive throw on the truck and I begin the turn to turn right. to 30 height metre the truck is already on and blocked and I have 250 knots, in rapid increase. Appearance the leader before to me to now 2 that man to turn right and she/he/it cuts in the turn to approach it. to 1000 feet I come out from the A/B and I close on Victor, on position to his flank to a distance mile. To travel paralley on the allotted route from the radar to the slope speed of 400 knots or Mach .85. " Golf Tango, change with the radar on the Papa 185 " " received, Golf Tango, channel 22 " 22 " we have changed on the frequency of the radar, already memorized on the edge radio on the storage location 22. The leader contacts the radar of the Difesa Aerea. " radar good morning, the Golf Tango is in flies, reached levels 80, 2 check?"" 2 on this" " Golf Tango good morning to you, prow 090° climbing and maintain level 290 from reaching before the airway, there is problems?" must rise a few to the downstairs of the altitude of the target ( 29000 feet ) and, if very salt without using all power, we are compelled to cross airspaces full of aerial civilians. Till it is is possible to be search always of avoiding doing divert the civil air traffic, but rising with all power she/he/it increases the consumption and we reduce the range of the aircraft. " negative, salt fast " OK salite to 290, the target is to 200 mile with prow 350, .85 di Mach speed, she/he/it levels 310 " we have copied, Golf Tango street with the A/B, now!" after have received the order, I insert the A/B and I climb to 29000 feet in 2 minute. Now travel in tactics formation, to the cruising speed of .95 of Mach. Debt a look to the fuel and she/he/it pours the contents of the cans on the wing extremity. Fixed up the fuel must only she/he/it thinks about find the target. Being converging gradually on the aircraft from identifying, when they are approached rapidly the cloud that to the dawn they have discharged all rain on our airport. Well soon are in conditions of instrumental flight, I doesn't see more the leader and the formation is changed: I pull back and I follow to a distance mile the backward leader of 45 degrees in comparison with he. The time is made soils, shortlyto dance! Is the case of rising butnot been possible to, we must maintain the flight level. The edge radar says me that besides our target in the zone there are some huge time clauses, that they are extended to quote much high. Target is fast, it must be a jet, perhaps some aircraft of line. Follow iton the radar and position me to its shoulder, the leader makes same. Both appearance on the radar, my leader and the target.Being in flies from 20 minute and the interception is been conclusive. After a run of 15 minute there is at the side of the aircraft from identifying but not succeed to see overleaf it cause of the time clauses. Remain to its shoulder to safety distance, at least 1 mile. From land there asks of confirming the aircraft type, but she/he/it is impossible. Being in cloud, be I that Victor, doesn't are possible to see nothing, the clouds are like that spent that is nearly dark, too it being nearly to 10000 altitude metre. Continue to follow the good target, when suddenly the increase turbulence. the aerial she/he/it has some violent shakes, feeling the noise of the hail on the top, the automatic pilot not hides makes to be after to the flight variation continuum and I must bear the aerial to hand. My 104 suddenly rolls of 60 degrees to turn right and to the left. Appearance a lightning, the aircraft now is full of static electricity and they are formed the fires of Sant'Elmo on the parts it metal that hem the top. The radar says me that we are in means to a time clause, but that aircraft devil is chasing? It doesn't is possible to being passenger, they have vomited all. If a 104 took this barrel, a civil aircraft, much more sensitive to the turbulence on account of its loaded foyer wing. Left hand a few to come out, it stops the turbulence, increase the sunlight, lastly she/he/it is outtside the clouds. There is before to me, where says me the radar. Shortly before begins again a series of clouds must finish off it. " radar, the 2 is in tally, approach me " go except, I am still within, shortly before she/he/it is out of also me " authorized to the identification, Golf Tango brings again aircraft type " already, that devil of aircraft is, that travels in the middle of the time clauses as if nothing was? It is grey, mimic coloration, approach me quickly and then urinated the motor to the minimum to stop it to its flank. " and a Badger, a Tupolev 16!!!On the contrary it is a Badger D ".the aerial is a version of a bomber soviet, in its/his/her version for the patrolling and the research electronics, full of ditches for the listening antenna in fuselage. Being in international water, will be returning in Unione Sovietica after some reline-up in friendly countries of the Mediterranean. Approach me, taking my Canon EOS and I begin to take a of photos.Approach me still and I begin to make photo to the particular of the aircraft. On the tail, under the red star there is a huge bulb, an observation turret; within there is a person, me is photographing.is approached also Victor, now be in two under the belly of the Badger. From the aerial the person that there photographer there shows a tin of Coca Cola and he makes [offrircela] sign. Answer to gesture " thanks no ". The radar there call to order: " Golf Tango, when do you want remain still in zone?" are re-entering, there updates on the the latest of the base and there confirms the alternating airport?" the base has colour blue, the alternating it is unchanged, she/he/it colours green " to minimize the call radio is used codes: if the base is blue the time is very good, the colours they darken up to the red colour, base impracticable. Victor is approached in wing and says me: " except, six past in means to a cloud of sandpaper? You have pieces of removed paint from fuselage!" turns me and she/he/it doesn't succeed to appearance nothing, but the air inlet of the motor has been glass-papered by the understanded hail of those time clause, that drew the fuselage to speed nearly supersonic. Look the aircraft of Victor. " Victor, looks at that also you are not put better. On the contrary...you go a [pò] forward to turn right..." Victor is taken too widely, advances to turn right and assumes the leader position. Me we approach under the belly of her aircraft. What was an impression it is confirmed a reality. Further to she/he/it is only removed paint from on the hold of air and in some point of the tail, one of the missiles have been hit by an ice piece much big and it is split the guide calf's head, opening as an artichoke. We start again land after a time and flight half hour, the photo is well coming, the guide head of the missile goes replaced and the employed official to the confidence of the flight will make a report to the commands Plants.Doesn't happen often of meeting nasty like that time. Of that photo there keeps a copy. Put the signature and it is still there that camping in the Sala Piloti of the group to memory of a work day hard.
