Amazingly cool and interesting plane footage

[RizzoTheRat]

AlexIT said:

Used to the size of the De Gaulle, the French pilots must have felt like landing a Cessna at JFK

Considering the difference in displacement, the size difference isn't as big as you'd think.

Enterprise (slightly smaller than a Nimitz but not much) vs Charles De Gaulle.

[Cold]

You say that, but...



(not in anyway a photoshop joke which caused some harrumphing by the more stony faced on social media )

[FourWheelDrift]

Kermit Week's long A-26 Invader restoration (damaged by Hurricane Andrew in Florida in 1992) finally flew last year, it's first test flight was shorter than planned.

[Dr Jekyll]

Boeing Dash80 & 777

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwkkCD_mwBs

[Wayoftheflower]

RAAF F18 pilot view during last week's Avalon Airshow. Amazingly physical footage, quite the workout for the pilot and levels of vibration in the aircraft that I never appreciated from the ground.

https://youtu.be/twxRqCSa6no

[Trevatanus]

Just saw this on Reddit, from Tora Tora Tora.

The crash is real (stunt pilot was ok)

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfk/comment...

[Bonefish Blues]

Not linking for me

[Voldemort]

You need to replace the censored bit in the link with uc

Unlike pistonheads, reddit is a website for grown ups and swearing is allowed over there

[Trevatanus]

Voldemort said:

You need to replace the censored bit in the link with uc

Unlike pistonheads, reddit is a website for grown ups and swearing is allowed over there

Quality on this not so good, but you get the idea

https://youtu.be/WS_da33g5ac

[Baron Greenback]

Mexican airforce pilot pefroms silly stunt in a black hawk and result a rotor strike, silly pilot lucky escape no injury

[MartG]

Bloody lucky to get away with that !

[yellowjack]

MartG said:

Bloody lucky to get away with that !

...closely followed by a "stood to attention" interview with no biscuits, I wonder?

[DodgyGeezer]

MartG said:

Bloody lucky to get away with that !

last day at work celebrations?

[RizzoTheRat]

The US have released footage of the SU27 vs Reaper incident

[Cold]

Luke Czepiela lands his fixed wing aeroplane on the top of Burj Al Arab.

[FourWheelDrift]

French Mirage IV nuclear bomber RATO take off assisted, 1997.

[tdm34]

FourWheelDrift said:

French Mirage IV nuclear bomber RATO take off assisted, 1997.

That's brilliant, thank you for posting.

[5 In a Row]

Do the rockets stay attached or do they get jettisoned somewhere?

I always assumed the latter since they presumably add drag but having watched the clip I now have my doubts.

[eccles]

5 In a Row said:

Do the rockets stay attached or do they get jettisoned somewhere?

I always assumed the latter since they presumably add drag but having watched the clip I now have my doubts.

I know on C-130's they get jettisoned. It would be logical that these ones get jettisoned as well.

[5 In a Row]

eccles said:

5 In a Row said:

Do the rockets stay attached or do they get jettisoned somewhere?

I always assumed the latter since they presumably add drag but having watched the clip I now have my doubts.

I know on C-130's they get jettisoned. It would be logical that these ones get jettisoned as well.

Thanks.
I remember seeing a photo of the Blue Angels' C-130 (Fat Albert?) support plane taking off with the rockets attached. It was just leaving the ground though so they were still in use.