Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)
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james_tigerwoods said:
I hope not - I'm hoping to see them this weekend in Whitby.....
Grounded, Spit, H,cane and Lanc (BBC report)http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-...
Stickyfinger said:
Grounded, Spit, H,cane and Lanc (BBC report)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-...
Yay! Go BBC!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-...
It must be sooooooo difficult to find a useable image of PA474. No wonder they had to use this picture of THE OTHER one of the "only two airworthy Lancaster bombers".
Probably one for "Things that annoy me beyond all reason". I cannot believe that the BBC, especially local BBC in Lincolnshire, don't have access to a good stock image of the BBMF aircraft.
Stickyfinger said:
james_tigerwoods said:
I hope not - I'm hoping to see them this weekend in Whitby.....
Grounded, Spit, H,cane and Lanc (BBC report)http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-...
A Cessna 172 was used in 1958 to set the world record for flight endurance; the record still stands.
On December 4, 1958, Robert Timm and John Cook took off from McCarran Airfield in Las Vegas, Nevada, in a used Cessna 172, registration number N9172B. They landed back at McCarran Airfield on February 4, 1959, after 64 days, 22 hours, 19 minutes and 5 seconds in flight. The flight was part of a fund-raising effort for the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund. Food and water were transferred by matching speeds with a chase car on a straight stretch of road in the desert and hoisting the supplies aboard with a rope and bucket. Fuel was taken on by hoisting a hose from a fuel truck up to the aircraft, filling an auxiliary belly tank installed for the flight, pumping that fuel into the aircraft's regular tanks and then filling the belly tank again. The drivers steered while a second person matched speeds with the aircraft with his foot on the vehicle's accelerator pedal.
Engine oil was added by means of a tube from the cabin that was fitted to pass through the firewall. Only the pilot's seat was installed. The remaining space was used for a pad on which the relief pilot slept. The right cabin door was replaced with an easy-opening, accordion-type door to allow supplies and fuel to be hoisted aboard. Early in the flight, the engine-driven electric generator failed. A Champion wind-driven generator (turned by a small propeller) was hoisted aboard, taped to the wing support strut, and plugged into the cigarette lighter socket; it served as the aircraft's source of electricity for the rest of the flight. The pilots decided to end the marathon flight because with 1,558 hours of continuously running the engine during the record-setting flight, plus several hundred hours already on the engine beforehand (considerably in excess of its normal overhaul interval), the engine's power output had deteriorated to the point at which they were barely able to climb away after refueling. The aircraft is on display in the passenger terminal at McCarran International Airport. Photos and details of the record flight can be seen in a small museum on the upper level of the baggage claim area. After the flight, Cook said:
Next time I feel in the mood to fly endurance, I'm going to lock myself in our garbage can with the vacuum cleaner running. That is until my psychiatrist opens up for business in the morning.
Vitorio said:
Amazing story, i cant imagine living onboard of a flying cesna for 3 months with another bloke though
Probably better off with a bloke than a woman, which would involve carrying a 250kg payload of bog roll and at least 10 days of her having the hump and crying over the slightest thing 
The Yak 11 I posted many years ago on this thread is now for sale.
The P51 they are trying to set the 3km record with this week has one bank off it's merlin for fixing thought these guys can have it back running in hours.
It's the same plane that Bob "hurricane" Hannah had a trim tab come off and then pitch up at 11g which had him regaining consciousness on the floor of the plane at 10,000 feet to later land safely.
The P51 they are trying to set the 3km record with this week has one bank off it's merlin for fixing thought these guys can have it back running in hours.
It's the same plane that Bob "hurricane" Hannah had a trim tab come off and then pitch up at 11g which had him regaining consciousness on the floor of the plane at 10,000 feet to later land safely.
Eric Mc said:
Did that happen before ort after the Galloping Ghost accident in 2011? Because that's exactly what caused that accident.
If my memory serves me correctly (not that it always does) this happened before the fatal air race crash of Galloping Ghost. Should have been a warning. I vauguley remember seeing a YouTube video about the galloping ghost crash and what caused it. (ultimately elevator trim tab detachment)Interesting read ultimately aerodynamic flutter caused by excessive wear of the retaining nut insert caused stress fatigue.
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReport...
A quick check revels Bob Hannah had his incident in 1998
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/26/nation/la-...
It's amazing how much the aircraft was modified without real testing. I can't believe this would be allowed in the UK. It appears US aviation regulations are a lot less restrictive than in the UK.
Edited by Markbarry1977 on Thursday 7th September 12:22
Edited by Markbarry1977 on Thursday 7th September 12:26
12 September 1942, 75 years ago today, one of the most significant crashes in RAF history.
Martin-Baker's prototype MB 3 fighter, was on its 10th test flight when it suffered an engine failure just after take-off. Trying to avoid a farmhouse, Test Pilot and company director Valentine Baker MC AFC lost control and was killed.
His best friend and business partner, James Martin, in response to the loss turned the efforts of the company around to the development of survival and escape systems. This led to the first life use of a Martin Baker Ejection seat in 1946 - and since then over 7,500 lives have been saved by those seats.
Martin-Baker's prototype MB 3 fighter, was on its 10th test flight when it suffered an engine failure just after take-off. Trying to avoid a farmhouse, Test Pilot and company director Valentine Baker MC AFC lost control and was killed.
His best friend and business partner, James Martin, in response to the loss turned the efforts of the company around to the development of survival and escape systems. This led to the first life use of a Martin Baker Ejection seat in 1946 - and since then over 7,500 lives have been saved by those seats.
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