Amazingly cool and interesting plane footage

Amazingly cool and interesting plane footage

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slartibartfast

4,014 posts

200 months

Wednesday 11th November 2015
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Went to Doncaster today to see the Antonov An-225 land....we got a flypast and then it landed, I cannot get it in my head just how big it is!

make way for the biggest of the big!
https://youtu.be/CWzWbKAR7po

moribund

4,030 posts

213 months

Wednesday 11th November 2015
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Wow!

Dr Jekyll

23,820 posts

260 months

Sunday 15th November 2015
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Eric Mc

121,777 posts

264 months

Sunday 15th November 2015
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That VC-10 flypast!!!

Bonefish Blues

26,445 posts

222 months

Sunday 15th November 2015
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...exactly my reaction, too eek

tdm34

7,365 posts

209 months

Sunday 15th November 2015
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VC10 was WOW!!!

But the Mossie was rather low as well....

Fonz

361 posts

183 months

Sunday 15th November 2015
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Thanks for posting that, I’m currently doing my PPL at Waltham. I’ve seen the photo of “that” flypast on the wall somewhere but the footage still takes your breath away. Just wow!

Dave46

454 posts

138 months

Monday 16th November 2015
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The Last Tornadoes Out Of Kandahar (2014) - https://youtu.be/RaMiD33WJKE
F-15s Launch Out Of RAF Lakenheath https://youtu.be/ITOHZm7PqiU

MartG

20,621 posts

203 months

Friday 4th December 2015
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Timelapse of maintenance stripdown of a U-2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL15KbAxfKZE2Dn...

Z06George

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2,519 posts

188 months

Sunday 6th December 2015
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MartG said:
Timelapse of maintenance stripdown of a U-2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL15KbAxfKZE2Dn...
Very cool!
Here's this years Hornet Ball video, music is a tad annoying but some great footage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6xcamVTE3Y

Brother D

3,698 posts

175 months

Sunday 6th December 2015
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slartibartfast said:
Went to Doncaster today to see the Antonov An-225 land....we got a flypast and then it landed, I cannot get it in my head just how big it is!

make way for the biggest of the big!
https://youtu.be/CWzWbKAR7po
Would love to see that in the flesh!

(Noticed all 6 engines have thrust reversers and anhedral wings - this because semi-military role)?

MartG

20,621 posts

203 months

Sunday 6th December 2015
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Dr Jekyll

23,820 posts

260 months

Sunday 6th December 2015
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Brother D said:
Would love to see that in the flesh!

(Noticed all 6 engines have thrust reversers and anhedral wings - this because semi-military role)?
Anhedral is pretty common with high winged aircraft, they can be too stable for their own good otherwise.

Bonefish Blues

26,445 posts

222 months

Sunday 6th December 2015
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MartG said:
Would that be a write-off?

MartG

20,621 posts

203 months

Sunday 6th December 2015
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Bonefish Blues said:
MartG said:
Would that be a write-off?
Looked fairly benign, so maybe just repairable damage to the belly

slartibartfast

4,014 posts

200 months

Sunday 6th December 2015
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Brother D said:
slartibartfast said:
Went to Doncaster today to see the Antonov An-225 land....we got a flypast and then it landed, I cannot get it in my head just how big it is!

make way for the biggest of the big!
https://youtu.be/CWzWbKAR7po
Would love to see that in the flesh!

(Noticed all 6 engines have thrust reversers and anhedral wings - this because semi-military role)?
not sure, as far as I've been told it was originally designed to carry nukes but for transportation and not deployment but could be wrong.


Trevatanus

11,109 posts

149 months

Sunday 6th December 2015
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slartibartfast said:
Brother D said:
slartibartfast said:
Went to Doncaster today to see the Antonov An-225 land....we got a flypast and then it landed, I cannot get it in my head just how big it is!

make way for the biggest of the big!
https://youtu.be/CWzWbKAR7po
Would love to see that in the flesh!

(Noticed all 6 engines have thrust reversers and anhedral wings - this because semi-military role)?
not sure, as far as I've been told it was originally designed to carry nukes but for transportation and not deployment but could be wrong.
I thought it was for carrying the Buran?

Eric Mc

121,777 posts

264 months

Monday 7th December 2015
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Yes - it was designed specifically to ferry Buran space shuttles about. That is why only a small number were commissioned - and only one actually built.


Steve_D

13,737 posts

257 months

Monday 7th December 2015
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Eric Mc said:
Yes - it was designed specifically to ferry Buran space shuttles about. That is why only a small number were commissioned - and only one actually built.

Is that why it has two vertical stabilisers so they are out of the turbulence of the Buran?

Steve

Eric Mc

121,777 posts

264 months

Monday 7th December 2015
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I reckon so. Even NASA's 747 Shuttle transporters were given additional vertical tailfins to restore directional stability.