Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)
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Ginetta G15 Girl said:
james_tigerwoods said:
Eeep, that must have been a "fun" landing
Given that one pilot had Herc experience but no carrier experience and the other had carrier exerience but no herc experience, and given that they were selecting Max Reverse about 45 feet above the deck, then yes I'd agree with you!james_tigerwoods said:
CoolC said:
For those interested, I've just seen on the local Facebook page that there's a practice of the Queen's flypast tomorrow at RAF Waddington.
30+ military aircraft in formation at 1pm.
Hmm. I'm not a million miles away from that. But I have work to do...30+ military aircraft in formation at 1pm.
Tempting
http://kryptonfish.com/downloads/qbf15.gif
james_tigerwoods said:
MartG said:
james_tigerwoods said:
What is the biggest aircraft to land on an aircraft carrier anyway?
C-130 Herculeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar-poc38C84
Ayahuasca said:
Very cool B2 pic.
Question: what is the heaviest inflatable boat cargo landing system that has ever been dropped by a C130?
Like this, but the cargo is strapped to a rubber boat that inflates as it leaves the ramp.
That pic is the US LAPES system (Low Altitude Aerial Parachute Extraction System). We had a similar system known as ULLA (Ultra Low Lever Airdrop) albeit it had been binned as too bloody dangerous by the time I got on Albert.Question: what is the heaviest inflatable boat cargo landing system that has ever been dropped by a C130?
Like this, but the cargo is strapped to a rubber boat that inflates as it leaves the ramp.
We dropped single RIBs (Rigid Inflatable Boats) from 500' with the 'chaps' following. IIRC the heaviest boat was 4000lb.
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