Amazingly cool and interesting plane footage

[RizzoTheRat]

I rather like this. How does a seaplane take off from tarmac? With a little help from a friend

https://youtu.be/-JDogTLtels?t=16

[FourWheelDrift]

RizzoTheRat said:

I rather like this. How does a seaplane take off from tarmac? With a little help from a friend

https://youtu.be/-JDogTLtels?t=16

San Marino Navy.

[marksx]

RizzoTheRat said:

I rather like this. How does a seaplane take off from tarmac? With a little help from a friend

https://youtu.be/-JDogTLtels?t=16

That looks all kinds of dodgy. I like it!

[tog]

Without the stiction to overcome, would it take off a bit slower than from water?

[Brother D]

MartG said:

Yes - a large volume of air moving at medium speed is a lot quieter than a small volume of air moving very fast

Yeah I am aware how the engines work - final dissertation involved research of the EBPVD with bonding/thermal interface (ceramic coatings for HP/HT stage). Interesting fact that most people aren't aware of, are HT turbine blades operate in a gas stream hundreds of degrees above their melting point.

[Brother D]

I don't recall seeing this, but Russian documentary on the restoration of a war damaged IL-2 from the deapths of a lake, to it's reconstruction (even left a bullet hole in it) and appearing in a German Airshow. Kind of interesting seeing the Russian perspective regarding WWII...(rightly still salty about it).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CJLGkjQ68A

[yellowjack]

Brother D said:

I don't recall seeing this, but Russian documentary on the restoration of a war damaged IL-2 from the deapths of a lake, to it's reconstruction (even left a bullet hole in it) and appearing in a German Airshow. Kind of interesting seeing the Russian perspective regarding WWII...(rightly still salty about it).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CJLGkjQ68A

Thanks for that! I really enjoyed it. Great to see a film about the restoration of an iconic aeroplane without any of the usual faked jeopardy about "will they make it in time for the anniversary of..." Just a plain, straightforward, and very interesting account of a part of WW2 history we don't get to see in detail very often.

[gareth_r]

I'd been watching YouTube videos of giant scale radio controlled model aircraft (including a 1:1 scale glider towed aloft by a scale model light aircraft - is it a model glider if it's full size?), and this North American Aviation promotional film popped up in the recommendations - Bob Hoover Flies the Shrike

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT1kVmqmvHU

I searched and found that similar vids had been posted years ago, but all the links seem to be dead, so I thought it might be worth the re-post.

[tdm34]

gareth_r said:

I'd been watching YouTube videos of giant scale radio controlled model aircraft (including a 1:1 scale glider towed aloft by a scale model light aircraft - is it a model glider if it's full size?), and this North American Aviation promotional film popped up in the recommendations - Bob Hoover Flies the Shrike

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT1kVmqmvHU

I searched and found that similar vids had been posted years ago, but all the links seem to be dead, so I thought it might be worth the re-post.

That's just Amazing

[Brother D]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myyDoekcf50

Reservations.

I would have many reservations about flying in this. - If you told an artist to come up with a steampunk version of what they think a helicopter would look like, it would be this.

[MartG]

Brother D said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myyDoekcf50

Reservations.

I would have many reservations about flying in this. - If you told an artist to come up with a steampunk version of what they think a helicopter would look like, it would be this.

"Oh, they all do that sir..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy0GMyfGu6s

[gareth_r]

Brother D said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myyDoekcf50

Reservations.

I would have many reservations about flying in this. - If you told an artist to come up with a steampunk version of what they think a helicopter would look like, it would be this.

Flight tests after annual maintenance >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOqdwc8YZgY

Interesting "Douglas DC-3" in the background @5:40. HA-LIX is a licence-built Lisunov Li-2 >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisunov_Li-2

World's only flying Lisunov Li-2 HA-LIX >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qryi8VTZzJU

Edited by gareth_r on Monday 10th February 22:58

[FourWheelDrift]

It also took part in last years big D-Day 75th anniversary flyover.

[MartG]

Another Ka-26 clip - including a rather dangerous method of checking blade tracking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyaC-j5Z4CM

[Baron Greenback]

https://youtu.be/6dbdG8AwjkQ
Planes landing during the latest storm in Birmingham!

[Bonefish Blues]

Why did the one at 4.55 or so have to go around, not enough runway left?

[Dont like rolls]

Bonefish Blues said:

Why did the one at 4.55 or so have to go around, not enough runway left?

Change his pants

[FourWheelDrift]

Bonefish Blues said:

Why did the one at 4.55 or so have to go around, not enough runway left?

I don't think it had both main gear down at the same time, so no opportunity to complete the landing and apply brakes, thrust reversers or slats to slow down, so throttle up and around again.

[Brother D]

I don't think I've ever seen this. Flying under the Eiffel Tower

https://youtu.be/_txdqnVP3-c

[Munter]

Brother D said:

I don't think I've ever seen this. Flying under the Eiffel Tower

https://youtu.be/_txdqnVP3-c

I'm thinking there was trouble shortly after...