Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 1)

[JonRB]

james_tigerwoods said:

Santa's a lie?

Yup. Sorry. So is God and the little baby Jesus.

The bogeyman is real though.

[Steve_W]

dr_gn said:

Having studied your car photograph in some detail (with the aid of a cd case as a mask): In my opinion, from the front edge of the wheelarch forward, that Mr. Eccles, is a damnably fine looking motor car.

Are they early Mini door hinges by the way? Look very similar to the ones on my Mini Van (which is now trapped forever in a garden garage).

Superb thread this.

O/T - I totally agree that the Gem's one of the better-looking cars to re-use Mini donors.

dr_gn - that's a brilliant one-liner regarding your van; care to tell us more, such as why it's trapped? I sold my Mini Pickup some years ago - the foolishness of youth!

[dr_gn]

Steve_W said:

dr_gn said:

Having studied your car photograph in some detail (with the aid of a cd case as a mask): In my opinion, from the front edge of the wheelarch forward, that Mr. Eccles, is a damnably fine looking motor car.

Are they early Mini door hinges by the way? Look very similar to the ones on my Mini Van (which is now trapped forever in a garden garage).

Superb thread this.

O/T - I totally agree that the Gem's one of the better-looking cars to re-use Mini donors.

dr_gn - that's a brilliant one-liner regarding your van; care to tell us more, such as why it's trapped? I sold my Mini Pickup some years ago - the foolishness of youth!

Well, I built a new house in front of the garage where my Dad's old Mini Van is stored (original 20,000 miles, was a write off). In the excitement of planning and building the house, I overlooked the fact that the Mini Van now has no easy way out of the garage.

That#s it really.

[Mojocvh]

Scuffers said:

dr_gn said:

sorrento205 said:

Aye, ive seen most of the Airbus R&D vids, one of my pals was sent a DVD about the a380 before he went contracting in Toulouse which he let me watch. Pretty eye opening stuff.

So the question is, do the outboard engines genuinly not have t/rev or are they just deactivated on those engines. It wouldnt make sense to have 2 engine types, surely, for interchangeability purposes.

They don't have them fitted. The engines themselves are more or less identical, its nacelle that's different. There is a huge amount of cost, weight and complexity to be saved by not fitting them.


Also, I'd have thought that, at that distance from the centre of the fuselage, if an outer one packed up on landing it would pretty much be curtains.

Cheers,

the original plan was not to have it at all and just use brakes, apparently the FAA/CAA/etc were a little un-impressed with this idea, hence them being fitted to the inside engines

One thing you do HAVE to remember is that all retardation certification and performance data is calculated WITHOUT the use of reverse thrust.
They are not fitted o/b for FOD reasons

Edited by Mojocvh on Friday 7th August 20:14

[NDA]

hman said:

I'm sure we can all move on and forget this rare oversight eric.

Eric is a h-h-human?

I thought he was some kind of gliding-electric-magnetic-computer-aircraft-dictionary-thing?

[Eric Mc]

For the record, here's a picture of a Canadiar Argus - which was a rather unusual aircraft. The fuselage and wings were based on the Bristol Britannia airliner but, unlike the Britannia (and Canadair's other Britannia derivative, the CL-44) was fitted with four radial piston engines rather than turboprops.

[Oily Nails]

Tornado
Shackelton
Lump of American Pig Iron

[Blib]

Eric Mc said:

For the record, here's a picture of a Canadiar Argus - which was a rather unusual aircraft. The fuselage and wings were based on the Bristol Britannia airliner but, unlike the Britannia (and Canadair's other Britannia derivative, the CL-44) was fitted with four radial piston engines rather than turboprops.

Obviously Eric, we'll have to await ratification by a reliable source of your so-called facts from now on.

[FunkyNige]

Chinook landing in Afghanistan

[Eric Mc]

Blib said:

Eric Mc said:

For the record, here's a picture of a Canadiar Argus - which was a rather unusual aircraft. The fuselage and wings were based on the Bristol Britannia airliner but, unlike the Britannia (and Canadair's other Britannia derivative, the CL-44) was fitted with four radial piston engines rather than turboprops.

Obviously Eric, we'll have to await ratification by a reliable source of your so-called facts from now on.

Sod off

One mistake and my credibility ruined.

I feel like a politician.

[james_tigerwoods]

Eric Mc said:

One mistake and my credibility ruined.

I feel like a politician.

If you were a (Tory) politician, it's not your credibility that would be ruined....

[MartG]

A few pics I took today at Blackpool airshow - unfortunately due to the lighting conditions ( facing into the Sun ) few pics I took show anything other than a silhouette, but anyway, here are a few of the better ones

How many ? ( Red Arrows arriving to refuel, along with the two spare aircraft )

[WestYorkie]

Not exactly a cool but a cool aircraft.


I can thoruoghly recomend the MOSI (Museum of science and industry) Manchester for a "Family" half day out.

[D-Angle]

WestYorkie said:

Not exactly a cool but a cool aircraft.


I can thoruoghly recomend the MOSI (Museum of science and industry) Manchester for a "Family" half day out.

Agree completely, the 'Mini Vulcan' is one of my favourites too. I wish they would hurry up and finish refitting the space exhibit though. Another interesting aircraft in that photo is the Japanese 'Ohka', a purpose-built kamikaze missile.

Best thing about the hangar at the MOSI - wherever you're standing, you're standing next to the Shackleton.

[MATT427]

spitfire-ian said:

I think these are quite cool from the weekend, unfortunately not mine though

i'm guessing photoshop? but still very effective and the vulcan what a beast of a plane

[B Oeuf]

Deffo not photoshop

[Eric Mc]

I think that the picture was taken a few weeks ago at Wellesbourne Mountford. The Vulcan on the ground is XM655.

[Blib]

Just seen the Vulcan at Bournemouth.

Along with The Red Arrows, the Battle of Britain Memorial flight (less the Spitfire), another spitfire with a Mustang, a Kittyhawk, oh, and a Eurofighter.

They're doing it all again tomorrow, less the Vulcan.


I plan to post some photos on Monday when I get home.

[perdu]

Eric Mc said:

I think that the picture was taken a few weeks ago at Wellesbourne Mountford. The Vulcan on the ground is XM655.

I sorta think some parts of the aircraft in flight are XM655 too



specially parts of the main door hinge assemblies...

Two rather nice pictures though

wonderful to see both "alive" at the same time

[cazzer]

From another forum I frequent.



Towing a disabled F-104A Starfighter back to Hamilton AFB along Highway 101 north of San Francisco. Engine failed on check flight and pilot dead-sticked the 104 into Santa Rosa airport 10 miles north of the base. Wings had to be removed for the tow, 1959: