F-0016 General Dynamics F-111 Video: Weapons System

"Terrain Following Radar Systems" for the F-111. Film by General Dynamics From the archives of the San Diego Air and Space Museum www.sandiegoairandspace.org/re... Please do not use for commercial purposes without permission.

[@thetreblerebel]

All Analog hardware. Blows my mind!

[@daveblevins3322]

As a former USAF weapons tech. (462), my commander in Takhli, Thailand told me the night missions into the hot area was performed at 500 it's @ 250' AGL 🔥🔥 He told me ya gotta trust the machine........ This was 1972. Roadrunners @474th TFW. 👍👍

[@sdasmarchives]

If you search our channel you will find more films on the F-111. However, we are still going through our collection, and we might be adding more in the future!

[@rickkernell349]

This brings back so many memories. I spent many hours working on the TFR!

[@bbodaryjr]

Rick Kernell

[@bbodaryjr]

Hey Rick, were you at Mountain Home AFB early 1980's? 389th AMU?

[@ToonandBBfan]

Terrain following radar is a great feature. Nice video explaining it - thanks

[@CarlosMoreno-vf5rw]

great video

[@kurtzy04]

Interesting video thx for uploading

[@hckyplyr9285]

Have you any other vids of F-111 avionics? This is great! Anything on the F-111F or Pave Tack?

[@dkoz8321]

So misreading TF B-Scope, as to terrain height ahead, leads to ........... What? Flowers and condelensces?

[@AVIATIONANDTECHNOLOGY]

This mode reduces lot of pilot workload and pilot has to make much less corrections with the stick

[@cfrincon]

fascinating stuff... although primitive a most cleverly designed system!

[@elaineproctor9415]

This terrain following radar killed many of our best airmen.

[@charlesbukowski9836]

Why ..what was happening?

[@claycook5773]

@@charlesbukowski9836 Killed many? Depends on how you count "many." Any kind of flight done at 200 ft above the ground at over 500 kts is dangerous. I flew the F-111F for 3 years in England and didn't die. Sadly some others did, but the system gave so many warnings and opportunities to get away from the ground, it's not really correct to say the system killed people. Usually it was a team effort between humans and TFR that got the job done. Sad, but rare.

[@Glen48m]

Now confused as a baby in a topless bar ..no wonder they had so much trouble designing and building and so the cost over run but also proves there is more to developing new aircraft and one can only assume some one is getting paid when you could upgrade this aircraft.

[@thetreblerebel]

This thing could pop over a hill, roll upside down then roll back flying back on the other side of such hill. Holy crap crazyness

[@rick35758]

No, it could not roll upside down on TFR.

[@thetreblerebel]

@@rick35758 I literally listened to a F111 pilot say that in order to not be detected they could not just pop up over a hill, they had to roll it over the hill, or else radar tells Ivan, and Ivan thanks you for giving away your position. Pilots flew into ground trying to perfect the manuver