Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)
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Eric Mc said:
It's most likely water ballast - although those guys on the left seem to be legging it quite quickly.
Do you know where the photo was taken?
Not sure where it was taken, but it's 100% water ballast being discharged during landing - it's an old postcard. Do you know where the photo was taken?
http://www.germanpostalhistory.com/php/viewitem.ph...
A remarkable feat to circumnavigate the globe in 1929. Even more so when she started in Germany and flew to USA to "start" the round the world trip. Graf did not suffer the usual penalty of getting overly light when using fuel as she used "Blaugas" in separate fuel cell bags which had similar density to air. Thus not much change in weight and no venting of lift gas to maintain trim.
Apropos of airships I went googling for Lakehurst NJ, and was directed to this fascinating website that lists derelict US airfields www.airfields-freeman.com , from where I found these curious prototypes;
The above never worked successfully. Shame really. Still time for Branson to resurrect it.
Also at Lakehurst the testing facility for arrestor hooks etc - jet powered sleds;
website said:
On 7/1/86 the Helistat had just completed a test flight successfully & landed at Lakehurst.
A power loss was noted on the #3 helicopter & the test was terminated & the mooring mast called for.
Prior to re-mooring a wind shift caused an uncommanded left turn which the pilot could not counteract with the flight controls.
With a tailwind, no wheel brakes or ground steering a takeoff was attempted.
The 4 main landing gear which had no shimmy dampers started to shimmy.
The 4 helicopters started to react to the shimmy with ground resonance.
As the Helistat finally lifted off, the 4 individual helicopters broke off & fell to the ground.
One pilot was killed, 3 received serious injuries, one received minor injuries, and the Helistat was destroyed.
The power loss on the #3 helicopter was traced to a missing throttle linkage correlation pin.
A power loss was noted on the #3 helicopter & the test was terminated & the mooring mast called for.
Prior to re-mooring a wind shift caused an uncommanded left turn which the pilot could not counteract with the flight controls.
With a tailwind, no wheel brakes or ground steering a takeoff was attempted.
The 4 main landing gear which had no shimmy dampers started to shimmy.
The 4 helicopters started to react to the shimmy with ground resonance.
As the Helistat finally lifted off, the 4 individual helicopters broke off & fell to the ground.
One pilot was killed, 3 received serious injuries, one received minor injuries, and the Helistat was destroyed.
The power loss on the #3 helicopter was traced to a missing throttle linkage correlation pin.
The above never worked successfully. Shame really. Still time for Branson to resurrect it.
Also at Lakehurst the testing facility for arrestor hooks etc - jet powered sleds;
The Don of Croy said:
The above never worked successfully. Shame really. Still time for Branson to resurrect it.
Also at Lakehurst the testing facility for arrestor hooks etc - jet powered sleds;
To be honest, it looks like something from 1886 rather than 1986.
Not only did the C-130 land on and take off from an aircraft carrier, but what is even more amazing is that the plane did so unassisted--without using arresting gear to reduce the landing roll or becoming airborne with the aid of the ship's catapult.
The astounding feats occurred from the deck of the USS Forrestal in October 1963 using a Marine Corps KC-130F. The motivation for these tests, ordered by the Chief of Naval Operations, was to determine the feasibility of using the existing C-130 aircraft as a long-range carrier onboard delivery (COD) transport. At the time, the Navy was using the C-1 Trader for COD duties, but the plane was limited to a rather small payload and a 300 mile (480 km) range. When operating far out at sea, carriers were unable to receive desperately needed supplies without steaming closer in to shore. It was hoped that the larger, long-range C-130 would be able to address that deficiency.
mcdjl said:
The Don of Croy said:
The above never worked successfully. Shame really. Still time for Branson to resurrect it.
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Here's a rubbish photo I took 15 years ago at the Jubilee celebrations in London - I was heading back to the train and suddenly there 'they' were heading for the Mall (which doesn't offer such good views if you're in a massive crowd under the plane trees);
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