Amazingly cool and interesting plane footage
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F16's over Korea, still the most elegant looking fighter ever made IMO
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-41865869/t...
F16's over Korea, still the most elegant looking fighter ever made IMO
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-41865869/t...
https://youtu.be/uM5AI3YSV3M
I don't think this has been on here already - touch and go's and full stop landings by a here.
On an aircraft carrier
I don't think this has been on here already - touch and go's and full stop landings by a here.
On an aircraft carrier
Amazing paragliding - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oos4ojutOMM
Always had a fascination for these things - A10 compilation (on LiveLeak but SFW).
https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=750_1511549777
https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=750_1511549777
Ayahuasca said:
Air to air refueling mishaps.
During my time at Lyneham we had an incident with a Herc tanking from another Herc. It happens that receivers 'spoke' the basket every now and then, but usually that's as bad as it gets and everbody goes home. In this case the Receiver must have had a tad of yaw on when he either made contact or shortly afterwards,The result was that the probe tip (the bullet) snapped off. All well and good but it flew back through the No 2 propellor disc (left hand inbord engine) damaging a blade and throwing the whole prop out of balance. The resultant vibration was so bad that no-one on the Flight Deck could read any of the instruments.
Fortunately there was a guy in the cupola (astrodome like thing over the Flight Deck escape hatch) who saw it impact and called for a No 2 engine emergency shutdown.
Nasty!
Ginetta G15 Girl said:
During my time at Lyneham we had an incident with a Herc tanking from another Herc. It happens that receivers 'spoke' the basket every now and then, but usually that's as bad as it gets and everbody goes home. In this case the Receiver must have had a tad of yaw on when he either made contact or shortly afterwards,
The result was that the probe tip (the bullet) snapped off. All well and good but it flew back through the No 2 propellor disc (left hand inbord engine) damaging a blade and throwing the whole prop out of balance. The resultant vibration was so bad that no-one on the Flight Deck could read any of the instruments.
Fortunately there was a guy in the cupola (astrodome like thing over the Flight Deck escape hatch) who saw it impact and called for a No 2 engine emergency shutdown.
Nasty!
In the early days of Tornado AAR they had a few bullets shear off (as designed) during rough refuelling , what wasn't designed was all the shear rivets going down N0.2 engine! The hi tech cure was a strip of bright blue sticky tape to keep the heads in position after separation.The result was that the probe tip (the bullet) snapped off. All well and good but it flew back through the No 2 propellor disc (left hand inbord engine) damaging a blade and throwing the whole prop out of balance. The resultant vibration was so bad that no-one on the Flight Deck could read any of the instruments.
Fortunately there was a guy in the cupola (astrodome like thing over the Flight Deck escape hatch) who saw it impact and called for a No 2 engine emergency shutdown.
Nasty!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV7-73LmOm0
yep.......enjoyed that!
yep.......enjoyed that!
Edited by bostin01 on Tuesday 28th November 06:53
bostin01 said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV7-73LmOm0
yep.......enjoyed that!
Nice! yep.......enjoyed that!
Edited by bostin01 on Tuesday 28th November 06:53
The video that auto plays after it has nice saucy flame slow mo too...
https://youtu.be/taU6qu5pXBo
marksx said:
bostin01 said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV7-73LmOm0
yep.......enjoyed that!
Nice! yep.......enjoyed that!
Edited by bostin01 on Tuesday 28th November 06:53
The video that auto plays after it has nice saucy flame slow mo too...
https://youtu.be/taU6qu5pXBo
did a search as to why the flames?
When the "Connie" was made available for civilian use in 1953, the aircraft was fitted with the new R-3350 Turbo Compound Engines and turbine system (the Power Recovery Turbines). In the PRT, each engine's exhaust gas flowed through three turbines, increasing power by 550 hp (410 kW).
One drawback of the PRT was the visible flame from the exhaust pipes; this was resolved by placing armor plating 2 in (5.08 cm) thick under the stack.
It wasn't just the Connie that spat flames. In fact, most large piston aero engines produce visible flames. As a youngster I used to love watching Aer Turas' C-54/DC-4 fly out over my house in Dublin in the evening on newspaper delivery flights to the UK. It always displayed flickering flames from the exhaust.
Blimey, didn't notice that one after. I am now stuck in a Youtube 'oh just one more' evening in the computer room!
(Causes me bother because we only have broadband, and wife has got Amazon on. She gets very nasty if Lucifer freezes.....lol).
Just to add to Slart's info from Wikipedia -
Following the war the Turbo-Compound[3] system was developed to deliver better fuel efficiency. In these versions, three power-recovery turbines (PRT) were inserted into the exhaust piping of each group of six cylinders and geared to the engine crankshaft by fluid couplings to deliver more power. The PRTs recovered about 20 percent of the exhaust energy (around 450 horsepower (340 kW) that would have otherwise been wasted, but reduced engine reliability (Mechanics tended to call them Parts Recovery Turbines, since increased exhaust heat meant a return of the old habit of the engine eating exhaust valves).
Bostin.
(Causes me bother because we only have broadband, and wife has got Amazon on. She gets very nasty if Lucifer freezes.....lol).
Just to add to Slart's info from Wikipedia -
Following the war the Turbo-Compound[3] system was developed to deliver better fuel efficiency. In these versions, three power-recovery turbines (PRT) were inserted into the exhaust piping of each group of six cylinders and geared to the engine crankshaft by fluid couplings to deliver more power. The PRTs recovered about 20 percent of the exhaust energy (around 450 horsepower (340 kW) that would have otherwise been wasted, but reduced engine reliability (Mechanics tended to call them Parts Recovery Turbines, since increased exhaust heat meant a return of the old habit of the engine eating exhaust valves).
Bostin.
Dr Jekyll said:
How on earth has this slipped my radar?! Ive never seen this before or heard of this film.Eric Mc said:
It wasn't just the Connie that spat flames. In fact, most large piston aero engines produce visible flames. As a youngster I used to love watching Aer Turas' C-54/DC-4 fly out over my house in Dublin in the evening on newspaper delivery flights to the UK. It always displayed flickering flames from the exhaust.
Some wartime bombers were fitted with shrouds to conceal their exhaust flames from prowling night-fighters. 
Ginetta G15 Girl said:
Ayahuasca said:
Some wartime bombers were fitted with shrouds to conceal their exhaust flames from prowling night-fighters.
I think you will find that all night bombers were fitted with exhaust shrouds.
Anyway, have a wartime Lanc without shrouds:
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