Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 3)
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spitfire-ian said:
Was scanning a load of slides we had in the loft which were taken by my partner’s father in the 1960s and 70s. There were a few airshow ones among them which were mostly black dots on a light sky. However this one grabbed my attention!
There are lots of super pics in this thread but this is one of the best and it's all the better for the Gnat not being in focus. Had it been, it wouldn't have given the same impression of speed at all. And doesn't it make you yearn for the airshows of yesteryear.
Thinking of MiG crashes, I went to a talk by a chap from Martin Baker some years ago, and he reckoned the 1989 Paris MiG crash was a shock to them.
MB's latest seat would have got the pilot out, but their previous model wouldn't have been able to, yet the Russian seat predated MBs latest one, so they were rather surprised to find the Russians were ahead of them in ejector seat design.
MB's latest seat would have got the pilot out, but their previous model wouldn't have been able to, yet the Russian seat predated MBs latest one, so they were rather surprised to find the Russians were ahead of them in ejector seat design.
Eric Mc said:
Everybody was a bit on edge so even a car door slamming would make people jump.
I was videoing (using my Sanyo V6DP Camcorder) that day and the 111 was definitely before the MiGs - I have it on tape.
I can't remember that far back but I'm sure it also happened (the fuel dump that scared people) on the following day. I was videoing (using my Sanyo V6DP Camcorder) that day and the 111 was definitely before the MiGs - I have it on tape.
I also remember the second day being far more reserved.
RizzoTheRat said:
Thinking of MiG crashes, I went to a talk by a chap from Martin Baker some years ago, and he reckoned the 1989 Paris MiG crash was a shock to them.
MB's latest seat would have got the pilot out, but their previous model wouldn't have been able to, yet the Russian seat predated MBs latest one, so they were rather surprised to find the Russians were ahead of them in ejector seat design.
I'm also looking at the Nord Noratlas, B-17 and engine test Constellation F-ZVMV which still survives today - http://www.conniesurvivors.com/F-ZVMV.htmMB's latest seat would have got the pilot out, but their previous model wouldn't have been able to, yet the Russian seat predated MBs latest one, so they were rather surprised to find the Russians were ahead of them in ejector seat design.
Muppet007 said:
Eric Mc said:
Everybody was a bit on edge so even a car door slamming would make people jump.
I was videoing (using my Sanyo V6DP Camcorder) that day and the 111 was definitely before the MiGs - I have it on tape.
I can't remember that far back but I'm sure it also happened (the fuel dump that scared people) on the following day. I was videoing (using my Sanyo V6DP Camcorder) that day and the 111 was definitely before the MiGs - I have it on tape.
I also remember the second day being far more reserved.
FourWheelDrift said:
I'm also looking at the Nord Noratlas, B-17 and engine test Constellation F-ZVMV which still survives today - http://www.conniesurvivors.com/F-ZVMV.htm
They are part of the museum at Le Bourget.
It is the reverse in the modern age when an AC-130 tries to refuel from a KC-135. They do what is called bobsledding. Climb to altitude (20K for an unpressurized AC-130H), plug in, then commence a shallow dive to about 10K MSL, so the AC can keep up with the tanker. Climb back up to altitude, repeat as many times as required. Not sure how much higher an AC-130J can go, but it is pressurized.
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