Flight in TS-11 ISKRA JET - PZL-WSK-Mielec N902BB Brown Field Airport San Diego, California

Описание: Recorded Nov. 14th 2009, I had the opportunity to fly with Dr. Wayne Clark in his PZL-WSK-Mielec TS-11 ISKRA JET Manufactured in 1972 N902BB (Wild Blue Aviation LLC) out of Brown Field Airport, San Diego, CA.
A Huge Thank You to Dr. Wayne Clark for my flight in his beautiful Jet & my wife Gail Whisenant for shooting all the video footage shot from the ground.
PZL TS-Iskra (English: Spark) Polish Air Force Jet Trainer for Poland & India. TS (Tadeusz Soltyk) main designer. WSK-PZL-Mielec is a Polish Aerospace Manufacturer based in Mielic Poland, PZL (Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze) WSK (Wytwornia Sprzetu Komunikacyjnego) 424 TS-11's were built by 1987, in 2002 Poland still had 110 TS-11's.

This TS-11 was delivered to the Polish Air Force with 4 underwing pylons to carry weapons & 23mm cannon in the nose, but was used as a private transport Aircraft for a Polish Air Force Base Commander.
Note: at the time of my Flight only ten TS-11'S Flying in the USA
The Iskra was withdrawn from service on Dec. 16, 2004
Specifications (Iskra bis D)
General characteristics
Crew: Two - student and instructor
• Length: 11.15 m (36 ft 7 in)
• Wingspan: 10.06 m (33 ft 0 in)
• Height: 3.50 m (11 ft 5½ in)
• Wing area: 17.5 m² (188 ft²)
• Empty weight: 2,560 kg (5,644 lb)
• Loaded weight: 3,734 kg[5] (8,215 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 3,840 kg (8,470 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × WSK SO-3 turbojet, 9.81 kN (2,205 lbf)
Performance
• Never exceed speed: 750 km/h (Mach 0.8, 404 knots, 466 mph)
• Maximum speed: 720 km/h (388 knots, 447 mph) at 5,000 m (16,400 ft)
• Cruise speed: 600 km/h (324 knots, 373 mph)
• Stall speed: 140 km/h (92 knots, 106 mph) (power off, flaps down)
• Range: 1,250 km (673 nmi, 776 mi)
• Service ceiling: 11,000 m (36,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 14.8 m/s (2,913 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 213 kg/m² (43.6 lb/ft²)
• Thrust/weight: 0.30
Armament
• 1x 23 mm NS-23 or NR-23 cannon in the nose
• 4 underwing pylons, up to 400 kg (880 lb) of bombs or unguided S-5 rocket pods Mars-4 (4 rockets) or Zeus-1 gun packs