Revised on Saturday, 15-Mar-2008 17:31 from Berlin, Germany
El Chinero Aircraft!
"I love the smell of 'Jet A' in the morning ... "
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For you gullible-ites
The aluminum armor plate was left in place, as it added stiffness to the forward fuselage. The reason for the AC's replacement was due to the altitude limitations and the unpressurized cabin. N256H was pressurized and had CB-16s instead of the R2800s. Higher engine power loads and increades altitude testing was required of the test bed, dictating the retirement of N9174Z from testing. The highest I was in 74Z was 28,000 feet on some of the last test flights. It was a struggle to get the last few thousand feet.
1950 - El Segundo AD-1 Ass'y Line
1943 - El Segundo SBD Assembly Line
F-35 JSF Flight 001
From
Flight International
Onlookers stunned by debris exiting engine on Malaysian Boeing 777-200ER
over Stockholm
By Justin Wastnage
Swedish aviation enthusiasts recording tail numbers at Stockholm Arlanda
airport were shocked at the weekend to see a Malaysian Boeing 777-200ER
suffer a visually dramatic engine (actually a NACELLE) failure shortly after
take-off.
The Malaysian Boeing 777-200ER (9M-MRI) was en route back to Kuala Lumpur as flight MH091 from New York Newark on Friday when pilots had to return shortly after takeoff at 13:55 due to a problem with one of its Roll-Royce Trent 800 engines. Swedish newspaper Expressen published photographs of the incident yesterday. The aircraft, with 279 passengers on board, suffered the problem on take-off (pictured below) before continuing to around 8,000ft (2,700m) to dump fuel and then land without problems.
Unconfirmed details that have emerged about the incident from maintenance workers at Arlanda indicate that the inner wall of the D-duct disintegrated on rotation, leading to glass fibre debris being exited from the engine. The crew idled the engine but had no cockpit indications, it is understood. After dumping 60t of fuel, the engine was left running at idle until the 777 landed. One report is that the engine suffered only impact damage on the exhaust nozzle, a firewire and a oil scavenge pipe. Additionally the left flaperon also suffered impact damage and is being changed. Initial inspection teams from Boeing Seattle and R-R have concluded that blade delamination on the core of the reverser (???!!) was the probable cause, a source within the maintenance provider has told Flight. No engine defect or operational issue was found by preliminary inspections.
(Thx to Bob "Dave Van Port")
Discussion of use of turbines in cars, etc.
Messerschmitt Me264
Sus
Thx to Greg Harding!
"007" B747 Mock-Up ("Shaken, no stirred"{, I hope!)
Yikes ... OSHA WILL Be Right Over
Boeing's "Corn Field of Dreams"
(Thanks to Scott Brady!)
(Thanks to Scott ...)
(Thanks to Greg Harding!)
Russian Helicopter -- in the drink
CA-TO-OSHKOSH (BY-GOSH!) X-COUNTRY FLIGHT PICS
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:56:01 -0600
Last night circa 2300 our BAX (a B727-200C) aircraft flight 705BX encountered severe weather over Alberta, Canada. The aircraft was cruising at FL350 when it encountered tennis ball-sized hail. The pictures above show some of the damage. All landing lights were destroyed, as was the radar. The crew was forced to make a "blind" emergency landing. Upon safe return to the ground the First Officer and Flight Engineer quit. (!!???) It is expected that the aircraft is a total loss as its structural integrity has been compromised.
A380 Brake Dyno Demo: HOT TIMES!
Final F-14"Tomcat" Carrier Op film
Anomalous"Delta" Rocket Launch Video: BOOM!
B-1B Yard Sale!
Madrid, Spain: During taxi for take-off, a Thai B747's right wingtip clipped the tail of the parked Air France Embraer ERJ135ER Jet. The entire vertical tail separated from its mountings and fell to the ground striking the left wing trailing edge before it came to rest. The 747 sustained substantial damage to its right winglet. Initial reports indicated the 747 erroneously used the inner taxi lane which is restricted to smaller aircraft (maximum size - Airbus A321).
(Thx to Sean Taylor)
Quickie Links
Russian AF TU134 Crash
http://www.wgal.com/slideshow/news/9529667/detail.html?qs=;s=1;w=320 (pics)
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/9529776/detail.html
(Video)
Handy Website for Accidents
JACDEC
http://www.jacdec.de/
Select Current Accident / Incident News.
X-Hawk: The Revolutionary Modular VTOL Aircraft
Further Text (Thx to Scott Brady)
(Thx to Brad Volkmann!)
This
F-111 gear-up landing happened about 14:15 AEST time today (18th July 2006). It
has resulted in the RAAF F-111 fleet being grounded until further notice. Nice
landing though, when it didn't have legs. A wheel fell off on takeoff,
so it couldn't land on its undercarriage. The pilot was only out of flight
school for a couple of weeks and undergoing an F-111 OCU ...
(Thx to Sr. White)
I said "CHEER up!", not "GEAR Up"!
The aircraft lost one main wheel during take off and it was decided the safest method to land was with the complete undercarriage retracted. The arrestor hook system was successfully employed to stop the aircraft.
(Thx to Sean Taylor)
MORE
One
main wheel fell off at lift-off. The tower notified the crew who had not noticed
any difference. Not a situation that is covered in the books. They flew around
for 4 hrs, burning off fuel and deciding on a plan. Alternatives being jump
out over the sea, or make an attempt to get it down in one piece. They worked
out a plan that if the pilot was losing control during the landing the Nav
would punch them both out. They had IPs trying different solutions in the 'sim'.
Finally they flew the approach at 1.5 metres off the ground for a few
hundred metres with the gear up and the hook dragging along the ground. They engaged
the app end cable, put her down perfectly with an understandable bump but
no injuries, came to a fairly quick halt, and fairly calmly egressed the
cockpit.
The pilot was a Flying Officer (= LT) just off transition training and he
performed to perfection. The Nav was a 29-year-old Flight Lieutenant (= Capt)
who also performed to perfection. Prelim investigation shows most likely cause
was a wrongly-fitted locking pin on the big nut that holds the wheel on. FAAAK! They
found another THREE jets with the same problem! Both lads were as calm
as on a Sunday stroll, and credited the success to the superb training that
the RAAF gives all of its crews. If they do not get a 'gong' of some sort their
CO needs sacking.
The pilot communicates with the FAC* either in the air or on the ground, and changes the flight path of the bomb while it is en route the target. You can clearly see the "L" flashing in the MFD, and TGP is selected. The aircraft, under the tactical control of a FAC, launches precision-guided munitions at a structure.
The pilot uses the aircraft's laser guidance video display to guide the weapon to the target. The pilot sees the video on his head-up display and notices a bunch of combatants leaving the targeted building, turning the corner, and heading down the street towards an active firefight. The pilot advises the FAC of the change in the status of the target requesting to target the combatants en route to the firefight, rather than hitting an empty building. Permission is granted; death and destruction rained down.
"Dude, watch out for that stop sign!"
Low-Level Flying a French "Mirage F1*" in N. Africa (?)
*Thx to El Omar
Thx to Harry Klaus (The man who made Snodgrass -- necessary!)
Can You Have TOO MUCH Power? Reno Air-Racer Details
Foamy and Testy: Hangar Fire Foam Test Gone Awry
Turbine Bicycle -- is there to be NO end to this madness?
The Scooby Report: A B-52 "Great Circle" Flight
F-22 Stealth Maintenance
Thx to Dave "Blanco" White
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This is a B-17G Flying Fortress and a B-52H Stratofortress in a heritage
flight formation on Saturday, May 13, 2006, during the "Defenders of
Liberty"
airshow at Barksdale AFB, LA. These two aircraft represent 70
years of "Fortresses." It was the first time that they
flew in formation.
Thx to Rob "Red" Baron
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The "afterburner" is not REALLY functional.
OOPS!! ERROR!
Note the differences: the pic above (actually a Pratt & Whiskey "J58" (SR-71) powerplant, not a GE "J85" -- numeric transposition courtesy of Tony El Typo) with enclosed burning and external shock diamonds. The VW one below burns externally --- like a camp fire = no thrust benefits. <<Thanks to John Evans x2X for alerting me! (However, the basic comments remain true... ) >>
<<The afterburner depicted above is NOT a GE J85. It is a P&WA J58 (JT11 D20) used on the SR-71 spy plane. This oneappears to be running in a portable thrust stand used by the USAF, and not a P&WA WPB sea level test stand. I worked on and saw many of these running in my ten years on the development program and recognize the nozzle structure, fuel manifolds, and four actuator struts (two are visible). If you look at a SR-71 in high Mach flight you will recognize the exhaust plume and shock diamonds. Pilots said strong engines would have ten shock diamonds, so this must be a strong engine.
Sincerely,
John C. Evans
Here is a link to the Pima Air Museum in Tucson Arizona, Davis Mothan AFB. It has a picture of the P&WA J-58 engine. Notice the test stand and afterburner details and the aircraft instalation in the background.
http://www.pimaair.org/Acftdatapics/PW%20J58.htm
A firewall between the cockpit and the inlet might be a reasonable touch:
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"Sir, I think I know what that irritating horn was ... "
@ Diego Garcia
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"Ten Ideas That Failed" -- Flight International
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Aurora
A triangular jet with top speeds of Mach 6, thought to have been dubbed Aurora at one time, has long been believed to have been developed as part of the USA's Special Access, or "black" programmers. The Aurora is likely to be have been developed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works for Special Access programs, located in Groom Lake, Nevada.
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Oh, Hail!
The crew of an Asiana Airlines A321 managed to land safely after the aircraft was damaged flying through a hailstorm on 09 June. Hailstones that the South Korean airline says, “looked 2-inches wide” ripped off the nose cone, caused a 20 cm-wide hole in one of the engine cowlings and cracked the windshield. The crew were unable to execute an automatic landing, but brought the aircraft down manually after two attempts despite their restricted vision due to the windshield damage.
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Boeing's
(B797) Answer to the Airbus A380.
THIS IS A HUGE FAKE
There are several big advantages to this blended-wing design, the most important being the lift-to-drag ratio which is expected to increase by an amazing 50% with the overall airvehicle weight reduced by 25%, making it an estimated 33% more efficient than the A380, and making Airbus’ $13-billion-dollar investment look pretty shaky. High airframe rigidity is another key factor in blended-wing aircraft; it also reduces turbulence and creates less stress on the airframe, which adds to efficiency, giving the B797 a tremendous 8,800 nautical-mile range with 1,000 passengers flying comfortably at Mach .88 or a 654-mph cruising speed (another advantage over the traditional tube-and-wing designed A380’s 570 mph).
(This was developed by McDonnell Douglas in the mid-90s prior to the merger with Boeing. We had a commercial and a military transport version. Boeing has recently been doing wind tunnel testing per the Long Beach plant news, but I don't remember if they gave it a model designation. McDonnell Douglas calls it the Blended Wing Body or BWB.)
(The engines' inlets appear to be prone to the ingestion of shed vortices from the upper fuselage hump; not OK!?)
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Pan AM Boeing B341"Pacific Clipper" NC-18610 Circles Globe - 1941
Pearl Harbor/Round The World/Stuff
Thx to Mark ... and the incomparable OMAR!
More below ...
It
occurred June 2, not January. The
engines: GE CF6-80A2. The event was reported to occur about three (3) hours
after passengers had disembarked. => according to the indefatigable Scott "Frank
N Stein's" Brady!
Pictures: Pearl Harbor/B341 Round The World/Stuff
CF6 HTP Failure -- It Must Be Goin' Around?!
A parachute system equipped with a 1.5 m (4.9 ft)-span delta wing and two micro-turbojets which could propel a paratrooper 200 km (110 nm) from a drop point could be tested from third-quarter 2007.
The wing has aileron- and flap-like control surfaces along its trailing edge, and around 2 liters (0.5 US gal) of jet fuel housed in flexible containers in its leading edge. The surfaces would be controlled by the parachutist using handles linked to servomechanisms.
The engines are likely to be built into the wing, which also has a cargo compartment. The turbojets are expected to weigh around 7 kg (15.4 lb) each and could be model aircraft engines, industrial impellers, or a new design. The wing system will weigh approximately 30 kg with engines but no cargo. “We have a lot of interest from special forces. Jumping from 4,000 m [13,000 ft] with the propelled system you could fly for 200 km,” says civilian skydiving instructor and wing-parachute system test pilot Frank Carreras.
A parachutist could jump from up to 33,000 ft using the system, with oxygen equipment and thermal clothing. On reaching an altitude of 3,000-5,000 ft, the parachute is opened and the wing lowered on a cord to hang several meters below the user.
Carreras has been working for the parachute system’s developers, German electronics and technology companies ESG and Dräger, which originally developed an unpowered version for the German army. Flight testing of this 14 kg system is expected to finish by year-end, after which the prototype will be used for marketing. With the unpowered system a soldier could glide for 50 km from a 33,000-ft jump.
F-16
Loss of Consciousness Video
OOPS!!!
The link marked "F-16 Loss of Consciousness Video" is really a link to a Blue Angels set. Obviously an F/A-18. There are a set of our (4)4 videos posted on a site somewhere that I've seen. The guy was going for a ride (lucky bugger) with them in Greece
Thx to "loo_knee" Dave White for keeping El Chinero (somewhat) honest!
Pearl Harbor: Lots of Standing Around With Hands In Pockets!
"Hole In The Head": Flying Thru "Hole In The Rock"!
Gear-up landing at the Puerto Escondido Airport (PXM)
Ultra-Swank Skoda Limo
North American Eagle F-104-based LSR Vehicle
F-14 Tail Washes Up In Ireland
Sling-Shot Parachute Ground Launch
Oh, STOP IT!
Aeroscraft
Purpose: Long-range travel for passengers who are more concerned with the journey than the destination.
Dimensions (feet): 165 h x 244 w x 647 l; Max Speed: 174 mph (!!!!); Range: 6,000 miles; Capacity: 250 passengers
Even though the Aeroscraft dwarfs
the largest commercial airliners, it requires less net space on the ground than any plane because it doesn't need a runway. The airship takes off and lands like a helicopter: straight up and down. This is not a Blimp. It's a sort of flying Queen Mary 2 that could change the way you think about air travel.
It's the Aeroscraft, and when it's completed, it will ferry pampered passengers across continents and oceans as they stroll leisurely about the one-acre cabin or relax in their well-appointed staterooms. Unlike its dirigible ancestors, the Aeroscraft is not lighter than air. Its 14-million-cubic-feet of helium hoists only two-thirds of the craft's weight. The rigid and surprisingly-aerodynamic body — driven by huge rearward propellers — generates enough additional lift to keep the behemoth and its 400-ton payload aloft while cruising. During takeoff and landing, six turbofan engines push the ship up, or ease its descent.
This two-football-fields-long concept airship is the brainchild of Igor Pasternak, whose privately funded California firm, Worldwide Aeros Corporation, is in the early stages of developing a prototype and expects to have one completed by 2010. Pasternak says several cruise ship companies have expressed interest in the project, and for good reason.
The craft would have a range of several thousand miles and, with an estimated top speed of 174 mph, could traverse the continental U.S. in eighteen hours. During the flight, passengers would peer at national landmarks just 8,000 feet below or, if they weren't captivated by the view, the cavernous interior would easily accommodate such amenities as luxury staterooms, restaurants, or even a casino.
To minimize noise, the aft-mounted propellers will be electric, powered by a renewable source such as hydrogen fuel cells. A sophisticated buoyancy-management system will serve the same purpose as trim on an airplane, allowing for precise adjustments in-flight dynamics to compensate for outside conditions and passenger movement. The automated system will draw outside air into compartments throughout the ship and compress it to manage onboard weight. On a pressurized plane, windows like these would explode outward. The Aeroscraft does not fly high enough to need pressurization. The Company envisions a cargo-carrying version that could deliver a store's worth of merchandise from a centralized distribution center straight to a Wal-Mart parking lot or, because the helium-filled craft will float, a year's worth of supplies to an offshore oilrig. "You can land on the snow, you can land on the water”, Pasternak says. "It's a new vision of what can be done in the air."
Rotec Engine'd Bike - how DO they route the exhaust pipes?!
Another Rotec-engined Chopper (.pdf)
BUFF Rarefaction
B-52 Breaks Sound Barrier!
Low-Low-Bucks GSE!
Scopin' Out The Enemy
Fantail Fun
F/A-18 Super Hornet Sortie Report
http://www.fas.org/irp/program/collect/global_hawk.htm
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Capt. Munoz: Baja Aircraft Pioneer
Kansas Interstate Fun - Crane vs. Overpass
Boeing Dreamliner Cockpit Mockup (Courtesy of EW!)
Pilots Hone Their Skills For Upcoming Airshow Season.
Photography by Frans Dely/Aviationdimension.com
Early morning anglers are treated to the spectacle of four T-6 "Harvard" aircraft from The Flying Lions Aerobatic Team water skiing across the Klipdrift Dam near Johannesburg, South Africa. Led by Scully Levin, with wingmen Arnie Meneghelli, Stewart Lithgow, and Ellis Levin, this renowned airshow display team rehearsed a sequence for the newly-launched "Aviation Action" television program on Supersport. Arnie Meneghelli from Academy Brushware, owner of the aircraft, had this to say: "What we did today I believe is a world’s first. It illustrates that South African airshow pilots are amongst the best in the world". This unusual act, approved by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), and supported by Castrol Aviation, was meticulously planned and took place under the watchful eye of the divers and paramedics that were on site.
(I got your "wartchful eye", pal!)
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At First I Was Disgusted, Now I Try to Be Amused
In a few years, the once-secret stealth aircraft will be retiring to the Arizona desert. The black jets that revolutionized air warfare with their radar-evading technology and ability to drop precision-guided bombs are to be discarded in 2008.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/f-117.htm
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/F-117.MPG
An Air Force spokeswoman at the Pentagon says most, if not all, of the nation's 52 F-117A “Nighthawks” are expected to go to "The Bone Yard" at Tucson's Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. An Air Force fact sheet shows the stealth bombers are priced at 45 million dollars ($45,000,000) apiece, not counting costs for research and development. Officials say they're pushing up the retirement date from 2011 to 2008 because the stealth has gotten too expensive and difficult to maintain. (Note: I had a guy tell me that even the access panels had to be re-sealed with a magic rubber-like nonradar-reflecting material = hours and hours and hours)
Las Vegas Review Journal Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights preserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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"Watch Your 'Three-O'Clock', Fellow!"
Moronic Chevy Dealer/Highway Take-Off
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(Thx to Mike Worby)
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Smell smoke? Better land NOW, as the three gentlemen did who were piloting this UPS DC-8-70 from Atlanta to Philadelphia ‘round midnight on February 8, 2006. Crew first smelled smoke twenty-three minutes prior to scheduled landing and declared an emergency. The SMOKE/FIRE warning light illuminated three minutes prior to landing. The aircraft burst into flames upon emergency landing in Philadelphia. The crew evacuated through cockpit windows using escape ropes, were examined for smoke inhalation, and released. Total hull loss with zero reportable injuries. Two known items of HAZMAT aboard: amylmethylketone (n-amylmethylketone, a low-hazard flammable liquid. Used primarily for flavorings. -- Thx to R. Fungus Reese) and tire repair kits. These guys did a brilliant, by-the-book job of saving their own lives. Jim
Better lucky than good: better to be over Philadelphia than the middle of the Pacific.
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“I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.” - W. C. Fields
“Last week, I went to Philadelphia, but it was closed.” – W. C. Fields
“Here lies W. C. Fields. I would rather be (landing) in Philadelphia.” – W. C. Fields’ proposed epitaph
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El Paso B737 Groundcrewman Ingestion (Click for larger shots)
Subject: Continental's El Paso 737 Incident RIP
A first-hand account of the incident the other day in El Paso, TX. An Aircraft Technician (Contract MX) was sucked into one of our engines during a high-power run.
Just a harsh reminder that as a whole (techs), we don't respect these machines enough. I'm not by any means throwing stones at this guy … believe me I'm not!! But, all it takes is a second of tunnel vision, and any of us could be in a situation that we may never be able to talk about again. Just be careful out there.
We happened to arrive into El Paso shortly after the accident had occurred. As we're taxiing into the FBO I noticed over at the terminal was 10-15 fire trucks, police cars, airport vehicles all surrounding a Continental plane at the gate. We couldn't figure out what was going on, so when we got out we asked the lineman if he knew anything. He told us "one of the mechanics got sucked into the turbine and there’s nothing left of him”. One of the linemen who drove us to lunch was telling us that he'd been standing about 15 feet from the guy when he got sucked in. He said it appears that the guy's hat blew off, and when he went to reach for it he got caught in the suction of the intake and in the blink of an eye he disappeared. Said he probably never knew what hit him. He said the engine then made a series of loud explosions and then shut down. He said there was very little remains left of the victim, and what was left had been shot all the way out across the ramp and out to the adjoining taxiway. He said it was a very gruesome sight.
What I gathered about the unfortunate gentleman was that he was in his early 60s, had four children, and didn't work for Continental, but worked for a mechanic shop next to the FBO. All the employees of the FBO knew him well and were visibly shaken up and upset over the ordeal. The terrible part is that he had only been over there helping because he didn't have any work to do that morning, so he thought he'd go over and lend them a hand - something he'd do from time to time.
Please remember this guy’s family and keep them in your prayers during this hard time. And also remember, we're never guaranteed tomorrow. This guy woke up on just another Monday morning, ate breakfast, got dressed, and went to work like all the rest of us do. In the blink of an eye, his life was over. This could have been any of us today, and you should never take every day you have for granted.
Be careful out there -- Rich
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"Mothballed" ... they say they can bring one BUFF up operational within 24 hours, if needed. "The third largest air force in the world (on the ground!)." I don't know if those quantity numbers are still accurate ... on B-52 accounts. There used to be 300+ G-model B-52s, alone, in its day. There where A, B, C, D, E, and F-models also. I think there is only 60-90 H-models still flying. And I'm guessing a couple hundred still with their wings in the "bone yard". If you look at the “Google” maps -- (do http://maps.google.com and search for 85707) --- you can see de-winged Buffs, courtesy SALT/START treaties. The silver-colored BUFFs have been long gone that used to be parked across from the baseball fields at the corner of Craycroft (for those Tucsonites [unlike Sodomites ... I think ... ]).
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Baja Condor Pics & Condors' Range
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M80 Stealth Boat/Ship
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Yamaha Remote-Control Rotorcraft
Yamahaha Now Not Laughing -> RAIDED!
Shares of Yamaha Motor Co. had their largest one-day decline in eight years after the government said it illegally exported remote-controlled helicopters to China, which could be used to carry weapons of "mass destruction" (Note: destroying mass releases a lot of energy: E =mc^2).
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"Star Burst" Hang Gliders! (download)
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Alexis Parkinn Aviation Videos
SCARY example below:
http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/Zhang-Jia-Jie1.mpg
Cost-Effectiveness Study: $3.5M Torpedo ... (Details)
or
17 C-17s
Catch-all Page - running out of room!
All Videos Moved To a "Table-o-Contents" Page
TT's Self-Published Guide Book:
Secret Sites of Hitler's Berlin -- Hidden In Plain Sight - Reminders of World War II Berlin
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A C-130 was en route on a mission from San Antone when an F-16 pilot from Luke AFB flew up next to it.
The fighter jock told the C-130, "Watch this!" He went into a wifferdill, followed by a steep climb, and then finished with a sonic boom when he breached the speed of sound.
The F-16 pilot asked the Herc what he thought.
Scooby responded, "That was impressive, but watch this”.
The C-130 droned along for about 15 minutes then Scoob came back on and said, "What did you think about that?"
The F-16 pilot asked, "What did you do?"
Scooby responded, "I got up, stretched my legs, went to the back, poured a cup of coffee and took a leak. Any questions?"
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Dog-gone It, Buckle Up for Safety! (Hound in aerobatic flight)
B-29 Model Dropping A Bell X-1 Model
Inane German Airplane "Race" Video
Ungodly-Trick $$$$$$$$$$ Yacht!
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From the film "Lord of War" w/ Nicholas Cage (2005). The aircraft is an AN-12 "Cub".
(Thx to Dave "Blanco" White)
Wingless F-15D Flies Home (see below)
The Tale Of The Asymmetrical F-15D
(Thanks to Tom Wimberly, the man who made Olde English 800 famous!)
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Helo Decap! (WAY graphic!)
F-4 Vs. Concrete Block @ 500 mph
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"When we started
in 1909 the Chief Engineer was almost always the Chief Test
Pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor
engineering early in aviation."
- Igor Sikorsky
The "Aerodyne" project was designed by Alexander Lippisch during 1950s. The VTOL aircraft (above) was to be powered by two tandem-mounted piston engines with tractor and pusher propellers. The air flow was to be deflected to achieve vertical thrust, while small portion of compressed air passed to the tail exhausts for horizontal and directional control.
The piloted aircraft project was never built, however the "Aerodyne" pilotless testbed was built and flown by Dornier, Germany in 1974 .
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Here is a photo taken of a Lufthansa 747-400 and a United 757-200 that were on simultaneous approaches to runways 28L and 28R at San Francisco (SFO).
The separation requirement for flying parallel and simultaneous approaches is 738 feet. These two aircraft are at a safe distance for the approaches they are each flying. Due to the 747 being ... larger than the 757, and being slightly behind gives this optical illusion.
Really Odd Canal "Lock" System
"Plane Spotters" Special: USAF Tail Numbers
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Couple of interesting videos on this site (below).
Some have already circulated
around on the internet ...
http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil/media/gallery/videos/default.htm
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Not Included: The Japan Airlines version which has 48 seats across!
Juliana Airport, Saint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles
Fuel Introduced Into Hot Tailpipe = 0.0-pounds Thrust
Thanks to Mike Harris
Way Too Many Texans?
Low-Altitude Fly-By Rarefaction
Horrendous Highway Accident! Some Survivors!
Connie's "Kalitta Air" - Heart Like A (Turbine) Wheel
" ... or how I learned to love the Bomb!"
"Broomhilda" Flying Witch Model!
Rocket Videos NEW! Zoot alors!
"Sky Cutter" - The Flying Lawnmower! ---- Details ...
KC-135 Pressurization Test Results
SpaceShip One and the X-Prize Slide Show
Politically-Correct A-10: "Tigerteeth" paint jobs were unnecessarily traumatizing the objects of their aggression!
Who needs a 200-foot-wide strip? One of SAA's original B747s retiring to Rand Airport, South Africa -- elevation 5,568 feet with 4,898 long x 50-foot-wide runway. The 747-100’s outer-to-outer main gear tire width is 41.33 feet = <9-foot "cushion". Empty aircraft Vref was 115 kts. Right on the center line. An inch is as good as a mile.
Hi-AOA:
Cool Low-Pressure-Regime "Clouds" Off LE Strakes.
Note where the Reynolds Number jumps from laminar zone into the turbulence of the curlicues: Loss of lift over the strake!
