Amazingly cool and interesting plane footage

[RDMcG]

shedweller said:

747 super tanker doing its firefighting thing in California this week...... I imagine it's an interesting piloting job compared to the usual stuff.

The camera and image stabilization on camera doing the filming is something to behold too. ..

https://youtu.be/qXYYi2R94Es

quite hypnotic

[FourWheelDrift]

The Canadian SuperScoopers showing precision filling and dropping on a fire in Quebec in 2019 - https://twitter.com/heli_CvP/status/11745534330821...

(Can't find a youtube version)

[Bonefish Blues]

The 747 has to return to base to be refilled. How long would that take, any idea?

[Baron Greenback]

Bonefish Blues said:

The 747 has to return to base to be refilled. How long would that take, any idea?

Was contimolating water scooping on lake and wondering how long a lake would need to be. (OK engine placement would be an Issue)

[Brother D]

Tasty road sign

[MartG]

Brother D said:

Tasty road sign

[Narcisus]

Brother D said:

Tasty road sign

Great planning !!

[FourWheelDrift]

At least the sign was the same colour as the other markings on it, so it blended in quite well.

[Condi]

Very lucky it didn't end up ingesting the road sign. Would have made it harder to get back out again on 1 engine and carrying a load of scrap metal.

[Polite M135 driver]

Anyone understand why they were landing on the road?

[FourWheelDrift]

Polite M135 driver said:

Anyone understand why they were landing on the road?

Nope

[Condi]

Polite M135 driver said:

Anyone understand why they were landing on the road?

Not uncommon for roads to be used as reserve or emergency runways. If your aircraft can land and take off from anywhere then it's much harder for the enemy to disable your airfields and knock out all your air power.

[Steve_D]

Condi said:

Polite M135 driver said:

Anyone understand why they were landing on the road?

Not uncommon for roads to be used as reserve or emergency runways. If your aircraft can land and take off from anywhere then it's much harder for the enemy to disable your airfields and knock out all your air power.

I seem to remember many years ago Sweden or Norway were doing it and had fold-down street lighting and road signs. Those roads also had fixed dispersal areas and taxi ways.

Steve

[NM62]

Steve_D said:

Condi said:

Polite M135 driver said:

Anyone understand why they were landing on the road?

Not uncommon for roads to be used as reserve or emergency runways. If your aircraft can land and take off from anywhere then it's much harder for the enemy to disable your airfields and knock out all your air power.

I seem to remember many years ago Sweden or Norway were doing it and had fold-down street lighting and road signs. Those roads also had fixed dispersal areas and taxi ways.

Steve

Same in Switzerland - was there in early 80s - parked at traffic lights and two Mirages’s taxied past - onto runway and took off. They also had hangers carved into the mountains and used cranes to bring planes from back to front. Some friends from the Air Training Corps did a camp over there and got a guided tour. All very Tracy Island.

[DavieBNL]

Several in Israel as well. Can often spot them by the central reservation that has a neat metal - simply removable - central barrier and a smooth surface flush with the main lanes. Plus it's dead straight for about two miles, pilots not keen to go round bends when taking off and landing....

[Herkybird]

Same in Cyprus as well.
There's a stretch of the Motorway between Limassol and Paphos (not far from Paphos airport) that has turning / refuelling points on it and the Armco is removable. There's also one between Limassol and Nicosia

[ducktail_2.7]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGL5shiPGCQ

Russian SU-27 getting a bit too close for comfort (to say the least) whilst intercepting a B-52.

[FourWheelDrift]

ducktail_2.7 said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGL5shiPGCQ

Russian SU-27 getting a bit too close for comfort (to say the least) whilst intercepting a B-52.

No sound, US Government don't want you to hear the "oooo cool" "Fantastic", "Do it again, do it again" of the enthusiastic bomber crew.

[stevesingo]

ducktail_2.7 said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGL5shiPGCQ

Russian SU-27 getting a bit too close for comfort (to say the least) whilst intercepting a B-52.

Not really any closer that the friendly aircraft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFbwHVnb7Yo

[MartG]

Thrust reverse on a wet runway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=151&am...