Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 3)

Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 3)

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RizzoTheRat

25,173 posts

193 months

Monday 15th April
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Some of those guys must have had some amazing stories to tell.

We used to have a visiting lecturer at uni, Darrol Stinton, who was an ETPS and then RAE test pilot. Fascinating bloke to talk to. Apparently at one point he had the record for the most G puled in an aircraft and survived after being the first person to survive a Vampire breaking up.

aeropilot

34,639 posts

228 months

Monday 15th April
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hidetheelephants said:
Short of marrying Kermit Weeks attending the ETPS is probably the best way to have an logbook full of interesting planes.
I think Steve Hinton has more types in his logbook than Kermit does, when it comes to US pilots.

Steve Hinton has logged over 150 types now IIRC.


Mr Dendrite

2,315 posts

211 months

Monday 15th April
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From the mid late 70s Dad flying the Airmacchi 339 over the Alps.

Eric Mc

122,042 posts

266 months

Monday 15th April
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Was he on secondment to the Italians?

Mr Dendrite

2,315 posts

211 months

Monday 15th April
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Eric Mc said:
Was he on secondment to the Italians?
No had retired from the Airforce and was writing for Flight International at the time, but got invited to fly all sorts of things. The RAF invited him back to fly Hawk, Harrier, Harrier on the ski jump, Jaguar. He turned down Tornado because they only offered him a passenger flight not at the controls!

Eric Mc

122,042 posts

266 months

Monday 15th April
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I probably read some of his reports if that's the case.

hidetheelephants

24,428 posts

194 months

Monday 15th April
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Mr Dendrite said:
No had retired from the Airforce and was writing for Flight International at the time, but got invited to fly all sorts of things. The RAF invited him back to fly Hawk, Harrier, Harrier on the ski jump, Jaguar. He turned down Tornado because they only offered him a passenger flight not at the controls!
Stingy. I'm sure the Italians would have given him a go. biggrin

aeropilot

34,639 posts

228 months

Friday 26th April
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Not a photograph, rather a video, but chuffin impressive none the less.

USMC C-53 helo with a underslung F-35, while AAR with a KC-130 tanker.... eek

https://twitter.com/Roberto05246129/status/1783760...


LotusOmega375D

7,632 posts

154 months

Friday 26th April
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Err, why?

aeropilot

34,639 posts

228 months

Friday 26th April
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LotusOmega375D said:
Err, why?
Because you might need to remove a F-35 from a carrier which can't be repaired on board, and for operational reasons the carrier might be otherwise beyond range of the 53, so needed to AAR while F-35 is underslung.

They might never need to do, but they know they can.


RizzoTheRat

25,173 posts

193 months

Saturday
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And better fuel economy biggrin

DodgyGeezer

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191 months

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GliderRider

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82 months

Saturday
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...and then when they finally get where they're going, they find that someone left the F-35's horizontal tail surfaces behind.

GliderRider

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82 months

Saturday
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DodgyGeezer said:
DodgyGeezer, I'll raise you a...


hidetheelephants

24,428 posts

194 months

Saturday
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GliderRider said:
DodgyGeezer said:
DodgyGeezer, I'll raise you a...

That entered production though, the B17 with allisons was a prototype hedge against production issues with the turbo charged R1820, but was so late it became an irrelevancy.

aeropilot

34,639 posts

228 months

GliderRider said:
...and then when they finally get where they're going, they find that someone left the F-35's horizontal tail surfaces behind.
......and the engine wink

Voldemort

6,153 posts

279 months

Yesterday (12:56)
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JeremyH5

1,585 posts

136 months

Yesterday (13:44)
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Voldemort said:
I wonder how many of those “no step” panels have been broken by boom drivers over the years? wink

DodgyGeezer

40,501 posts

191 months

Yesterday (14:01)
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Voldemort said:
rofl quality