Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)
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Escapegoat said:
Pilot ejected and survived, I gather.
Yep, video here of the incident - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxMLkEYgT78T-38C supersonic shockwaves captured as the aircraft passes in front of the sun
Pic credit - NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/t-38c-passes-in-...
Pic credit - NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/t-38c-passes-in-...
This is a screenshot, so apols for quality, but it is from Steve Backshall's Mountain Challenge prog on BBC2 a few weeks' back. The aircraft gets closer too in the video clip...
- worth viewing the clip here at the very start of the trail for Episode 1.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03ld67j
Ref the earlier images of the Comet windows - my late Dad worked on the pressure test at DeHavillands whilst doing his apprenticeship. I think it was an opportunity for overtime as someone had to read gauges 24/7.
- worth viewing the clip here at the very start of the trail for Episode 1.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03ld67j
Ref the earlier images of the Comet windows - my late Dad worked on the pressure test at DeHavillands whilst doing his apprenticeship. I think it was an opportunity for overtime as someone had to read gauges 24/7.
Definitely cold, maybe not so cool.
This took me from Longyearbyen to (practically) the North Pole (actually Camp Barneo), this morning, at which point the pilot decided the huge crack across the ice runway would be difficult to avoid, so we turned back. Try again tomorrow, I hope, assuming the Russians have fixed the runway.
This took me from Longyearbyen to (practically) the North Pole (actually Camp Barneo), this morning, at which point the pilot decided the huge crack across the ice runway would be difficult to avoid, so we turned back. Try again tomorrow, I hope, assuming the Russians have fixed the runway.
Typical bad parking by the white van man.
Reading the wiki on this incident(yes, I know..) the pilot seems to have been treated rather harshly by the navy (maybe they still enjoy a bit of flogging..); had he ejected and lost his aircraft I suspect he would have fared better.
Why are the jet exhaust nozzles in the forward flight position? What is the gap in the upper fuselage just aft of the dorsal navigation light?
Reading the wiki on this incident(yes, I know..) the pilot seems to have been treated rather harshly by the navy (maybe they still enjoy a bit of flogging..); had he ejected and lost his aircraft I suspect he would have fared better.
Why are the jet exhaust nozzles in the forward flight position? What is the gap in the upper fuselage just aft of the dorsal navigation light?
bigandclever said:
Definitely cold, maybe not so cool.
This took me from Longyearbyen to (practically) the North Pole (actually Camp Barneo), this morning, at which point the pilot decided the huge crack across the ice runway would be difficult to avoid, so we turned back. Try again tomorrow, I hope, assuming the Russians have fixed the runway.
Coaler. Cool looking aircraft. Is that the An-72 or the An-74 version?This took me from Longyearbyen to (practically) the North Pole (actually Camp Barneo), this morning, at which point the pilot decided the huge crack across the ice runway would be difficult to avoid, so we turned back. Try again tomorrow, I hope, assuming the Russians have fixed the runway.
yellowjack said:
I understand it's an Antonov AN-74TK-100. This one's airframe number is RA-74020. What I can tell you is that it's not entirely mandatory to be seat-belted in on takeoff/landing. Or even sat in a seat for that matter You might find this video interesting ... playing with a drone and a plane at the North Pole.
Sorry it's a Faceache link, but you don't need an account to view it. It's from the race organiser's page.
bigandclever said:
You might find this video interesting ... playing with a drone and a plane at the North Pole.
That's pretty cool. bigandclever said:
I understand it's an Antonov AN-74TK-100. This one's airframe number is RA-74020. What I can tell you is that it's not entirely mandatory to be seat-belted in on takeoff/landing. Or even sat in a seat for that matter
You might find this video interesting ... playing with a drone and a plane at the North Pole.
Sorry it's a Faceache link, but you don't need an account to view it. It's from the race organiser's page.
Thanks for the answer, and for sharing that amazing video in the link. Brilliant. You might find this video interesting ... playing with a drone and a plane at the North Pole.
Sorry it's a Faceache link, but you don't need an account to view it. It's from the race organiser's page.
Eric Mc said:
Probably a Waco CG-3
It was the US Army's first combat glider but was considered too small for operational use - so was used as a trainer.
Thanks Eric,It was the US Army's first combat glider but was considered too small for operational use - so was used as a trainer.
The only Waco I knew was the slab-sided one. This particular photo appears to be the one and only XCG-3.
The first photo that is, not the one Eric posted.
Edited by CanAm on Monday 25th April 16:08
The same thing happened with the British General Aircraft Limited (GAL) Hotspur glider. It was the first British combat glider and its dimensions were more or less based on the successful German DFS 230 gliders they used so effectively on the assault at Eben Emael fortress in Belgium.
It was decided that the Hotspur was too small so it ended up bring relegated to the training role as well.
It was decided that the Hotspur was too small so it ended up bring relegated to the training role as well.
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