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NDING
Cov er Story : Jenn a Dolan
4,0 00 hour s o f H ar rier t ime an d 1 0 years
in th is pa rt icul ar ai rp lane, on t he radio to
bac k her up i f needed.
In a f ew minute s, Jen na was starte d
and c ompl eti ng her post -start ch eck s. Arm
the e jec tion se at and she was ready for t ax i.
Taxii ng out of the chocks also
re qui re s so me cauti on. Besides p oin tin g
1,0 00 pounds o f thrust at idl e toward
wha te ve r i s behi nd you, turn to o sh arp
and the t in y ou tr ig ger t ires cou ld ro ll o ff
the r im. O ne m ore l earn in g p oi nt for
Jen na – keep your tu rns a bi t wid e. T he
outr igge rs wer e m oved i nbo ard o n th e
AV -8 B, f or just th is reason.
Onc e on th e run wa y an d g etting co m-
for tab le i n th e co ck pit, she wa s ta lk ed
thr ou gh th e e ngi ne clea rin g a nd wa rm -u p
procedu res a nd set up to the che ck en gine
accel er ati on tim es. Nalls and An de rs on
fol lowed in th ei r bo rro wed ‘p ad dles’ tru ck.
The AV- 8B use s a Di git al E ng in e
Co ntro l (DEC S). The engine acceleration
time s a nd t emp er atu res are conti nu ou sly
con tro lle d by t hi s small co mpu ter an d
alw ay s spot o n. Ho wever the SHAR has
a hy dr o- mech an ical, early ge ne ra tion
fue l co nt rol. I t i s v ery sensiti ve to fuel
den sity, whi ch i s aff ected b y t em perature.
Ea ch th rot tle acceler atio n mu st b e timed
with a st opw atch to en sure th e eng in e is
pe rfor ming withi n str ict limitations.
Te mper atu res mu st al so be watched like a
ha wk, and t he t hrott le ma nip ul at ed to
ke ep e ve ry thi ng work ing as i t s ho ul d.
Mista ke s can be costly, i f n ot correct ed
imme dia tel y. Al so, t he bra kes wi ll no t
hold th e ai rp lane, beyond 5 5 p ercen t
RP M. S o th er e is n o way to ch eck th e to p
end RP M’s wi th out travel in g d own the
run wa y at w hat i s soo n a hig h rate of
spe ed. You can only ch eck t he l ower end
accele ra ti on t imes and top en d RP M once
you ’re on the rol l.
Onc e he r t ime d a cc elerations fro m
27 pe rce nt to 55 perc en t were withi n li m-
its , N alls c le are d he r to s lam fu ll pow er.
This w as a k ey lear nin g poin t. Th e
SHA R is ligh ter th an m ost m odern
Harr ier s sh e i s use d to fly in g. It has no
ext er nal f uel ta nks o r weap ons system s.
It’s a spo rt s car com pa red to a p ick up tr uck
and ac cel er at es l ike n oth in g else. For a
nor mal t ak eof f r un with airs how f uel, th e
Harr ier a ccel er at es f rom zero to 100 mph
in just a few sec on ds. E arlier th is y ear,
Nalls eas ily bea t an 80 0-HP Musta ng
dra gst er in a st an din g star t race. J enn a
need s t o be pr epa red fo r th e kick in th e butt
when sh e sl ams that thro ttle fo rwar d. Als o,
for ge tt ing t o r el ease t he br ak es will hav e
no aff ect on acce ler atio n, but will res ult in
two , e xp ens ive b lo wn m ain tir es. T his p ar t
has to be r igh t!
Sh e di d t he first of se ver al m odif ied
ta keo ff run s an d came to a s afe stop,
with ou t b ur ning th e br ake s. Nalls and
And erson follow ed beside her as mu ch as
th ey co ul d o n t he ta xi wa y in thei r pic k-
up. Sh e o ut ra n t hem easily. Her mi ssion
com ple te, s he ta xi ed t he SHA R b ack t o
th e l ine and a c hee rin g cr owd. S he just
bec ame th e fi rst w omen to ever str ap on
a S ea Har rie r.
“T hi s w as ju st a ba by step ,” sa id
Nalls. “We woul d have like d to get her
air bo rne , bu t w e’ll need spe cia l auth ori -
zatio n f rom the F AA to t ake that next
ste p. Th e ne xt t im e, s he ’ll fe el m ore at
home. T his wa s a very goo d first F AM
and p ut mo st of t hos e jitt ers to r est. ”
Th e team de br ie fed s eve ral min or
le arnin g p oi nts. Th ey were mostly simpl e
le arnin g po in ts th at were an ove rsi ght.
But at le ast s he g ot it m oving and ac cel -
erat ed to a bou t 8 0 kn ots b efo re s toppi ng.
Next tim e w oul d b e th e r eal de al.
Ne xt ye ar t he Cu lpe per A irf est ha s
“Wo men in Avi at io n” as its mai n t heme.
Te am SH AR ho pe s to ha ve Je nna Dolan
at th e con tr ol s w hen th e Sea Ha rr ier do es
its d emon st ra tion.
Co ngr atu la ti on s t o Je nna Do lan!Prac tice makes p erfect as Jen na pu ts th e L-39 throug h its p ace s for an u pcom ing a ir-
show. (Cou rtes y Art Nal ls Av iati on)
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