Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 3)

Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 3)

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RizzoTheRat

25,949 posts

198 months

Monday 15th April
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Some of those guys must have had some amazing stories to tell.

We used to have a visiting lecturer at uni, Darrol Stinton, who was an ETPS and then RAE test pilot. Fascinating bloke to talk to. Apparently at one point he had the record for the most G puled in an aircraft and survived after being the first person to survive a Vampire breaking up.

aeropilot

36,350 posts

233 months

Monday 15th April
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hidetheelephants said:
Short of marrying Kermit Weeks attending the ETPS is probably the best way to have an logbook full of interesting planes.
I think Steve Hinton has more types in his logbook than Kermit does, when it comes to US pilots.

Steve Hinton has logged over 150 types now IIRC.


Mr Dendrite

2,339 posts

216 months

Monday 15th April
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From the mid late 70s Dad flying the Airmacchi 339 over the Alps.

Eric Mc

122,789 posts

271 months

Monday 15th April
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Was he on secondment to the Italians?

Mr Dendrite

2,339 posts

216 months

Monday 15th April
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Eric Mc said:
Was he on secondment to the Italians?
No had retired from the Airforce and was writing for Flight International at the time, but got invited to fly all sorts of things. The RAF invited him back to fly Hawk, Harrier, Harrier on the ski jump, Jaguar. He turned down Tornado because they only offered him a passenger flight not at the controls!

Eric Mc

122,789 posts

271 months

Monday 15th April
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I probably read some of his reports if that's the case.

hidetheelephants

27,619 posts

199 months

Monday 15th April
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Mr Dendrite said:
No had retired from the Airforce and was writing for Flight International at the time, but got invited to fly all sorts of things. The RAF invited him back to fly Hawk, Harrier, Harrier on the ski jump, Jaguar. He turned down Tornado because they only offered him a passenger flight not at the controls!
Stingy. I'm sure the Italians would have given him a go. biggrin

aeropilot

36,350 posts

233 months

Friday 26th April
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Not a photograph, rather a video, but chuffin impressive none the less.

USMC C-53 helo with a underslung F-35, while AAR with a KC-130 tanker.... eek

https://twitter.com/Roberto05246129/status/1783760...


LotusOmega375D

8,040 posts

159 months

Friday 26th April
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Err, why?

aeropilot

36,350 posts

233 months

Friday 26th April
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LotusOmega375D said:
Err, why?
Because you might need to remove a F-35 from a carrier which can't be repaired on board, and for operational reasons the carrier might be otherwise beyond range of the 53, so needed to AAR while F-35 is underslung.

They might never need to do, but they know they can.


RizzoTheRat

25,949 posts

198 months

Saturday 27th April
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And better fuel economy biggrin

DodgyGeezer

42,167 posts

196 months

Saturday 27th April
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GliderRider

2,520 posts

87 months

Saturday 27th April
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...and then when they finally get where they're going, they find that someone left the F-35's horizontal tail surfaces behind.

GliderRider

2,520 posts

87 months

Saturday 27th April
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DodgyGeezer said:
DodgyGeezer, I'll raise you a...


hidetheelephants

27,619 posts

199 months

Saturday 27th April
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GliderRider said:
DodgyGeezer said:
DodgyGeezer, I'll raise you a...

That entered production though, the B17 with allisons was a prototype hedge against production issues with the turbo charged R1820, but was so late it became an irrelevancy.

aeropilot

36,350 posts

233 months

Sunday 28th April
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GliderRider said:
...and then when they finally get where they're going, they find that someone left the F-35's horizontal tail surfaces behind.
......and the engine wink

Voldemort

6,562 posts

284 months

Tuesday 30th April
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JeremyH5

1,673 posts

141 months

Tuesday 30th April
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Voldemort said:
I wonder how many of those “no step” panels have been broken by boom drivers over the years? wink

DodgyGeezer

42,167 posts

196 months

Tuesday 30th April
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Voldemort said:
rofl quality

MartG

21,166 posts

210 months

Saturday 4th May
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