Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)

[Teddy Lop]

Caruso said:

Speed 3 said:

Video of how it happened:

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

I'm surprised the person on board didn't apply the brakes. Or wouldn't they work with the engines off?

does that kind of aircraft even have a parking brake as such? And if so would the guys there - cleaners maybe? - know how to use it, or even be permitted to start pushing levers in the cockpit?

[MB140]

Teddy Lop said:

Caruso said:

Speed 3 said:

Video of how it happened:

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

I'm surprised the person on board didn't apply the brakes. Or wouldn't they work with the engines off?

does that kind of aircraft even have a parking brake as such? And if so would the guys there - cleaners maybe? - know how to use it, or even be permitted to start pushing levers in the cockpit?

Not familiar with that particular aircraft. But all aircraft I have worked on have a parking brake as well as foot brakes on the rudder pedals.

Problem is there hydraulic powered. Normal as part of the after service you have to dump all the hydraulic accumulator pressure to check the hydraulic fluid levels. This means there is no pressure in the system. These are normally left depleted so it can be checked again as part of the Before flight service.

If you want to move the aircraft then you pump the system up either through the use of a battery powered pump or a hand pump before moving them. Generally there is enough pressure for 3 or 4 applications of the brakes.

In this case I’m guessing that the hydraulic brake pressures had been dumped. Hence you can apply the brake all you want. There is no pressure in the system. Hence why they are left chocked.

[321freeflow]

OscarJ said:

DavieBNL said:

Did you always park them in number order Oscar? Rarely saw an RAF sqn that tidy unless HM was visting!

Lined up ready to go out to Ark. 1974/1975. I should add it’s my fathers logbook - not mine! He is way cooler than me

Give us a wave

Brings back memories! The wing-fold mechanisms were beginning to fail when I was on 'B' Flt in '73. Cracks in the main location plates. You see the guy in the white overalls? That will be the air engineering officer worrying - always worrying .......... about everything.

[DeltonaS]

Interesting story;

The record-breaking jet which still haunts a country
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200615-the-re...

[Teddy Lop]

DeltonaS said:

Interesting story;

The record-breaking jet which still haunts a country
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200615-the-re...

I was familiar with the story of the arrow, without wanting to appear schadenfreude about it it does reassure that pouring zillions into ambitious projects only to slaughter them at birth and buy something from the yanks isn't a uniquely British disease.

[OscarJ]

321freeflow said:

OscarJ said:

DavieBNL said:

Did you always park them in number order Oscar? Rarely saw an RAF sqn that tidy unless HM was visting!

Lined up ready to go out to Ark. 1974/1975. I should add it’s my fathers logbook - not mine! He is way cooler than me

Give us a wave

Brings back memories! The wing-fold mechanisms were beginning to fail when I was on 'B' Flt in '73. Cracks in the main location plates. You see the guy in the white overalls? That will be the air engineering officer worrying - always worrying .......... about everything.

Such a shame that XT752 has been surrounded by arguments over ownership. She is airworthy but I worry will end up losing that privilege. My father was actually RAF but was seconded to the RN as flight instructor for aircraft carrier landings.

The gannet is not a pretty thing but for sure it has some presence!

[Steve_W]

irocfan said:

Nice picture. Are those two (badly) faired over openings, or dings from badly flown refuelling probes?

[MartG]

Steve_W said:

irocfan said:

Nice picture. Are those two (badly) faired over openings, or dings from badly flown refuelling probes?

I believe they are antennae for the radar warning system

[DavieBNL]

Probably is AAR damage - article here about it. https://www.businessinsider.com/damage-to-a10-wart...

[MB140]

Steve_W said:

irocfan said:

Nice picture. Are those two (badly) faired over openings, or dings from badly flown refuelling probes?

If you mean the two items highlighted below they are MAWS (Missile Approach Warning System) I believe. We have the same system fitted to RAF Herc C130J. I have changed a few over the years. If not they look practically identical.

[JuniorD]

I think he means the two imprints right on the nose

[Brother D]

Lily the Pink said:

AER said:

quite close...

Wouldn't last long if they were both rotating in the same direction !

Not with that attitude it wouldn't!

[BrettMRC]

JuniorD said:

I think he means the two imprints right on the nose

Supermarket dinks.

[Steve_W]

JuniorD said:

I think he means the two imprints right on the nose

Sorry, yes, I meant these:

[Baron Greenback]

When The Fire Suppression Foam Is Accidentally Released

[irocfan]

Baron Greenback said:

When The Fire Suppression Foam Is Accidentally Released

Tomcatting in ibiza

[Eric Mc]

If only it was a Tomcat.

[DJFish]

Eric Mc said:

If only it was a Tomcat.

Eric, whatever you do, don’t look at the RAF Luton twitter account.

[JeremyH5]

DJFish said:

Eric Mc said:

If only it was a Tomcat.

Eric, whatever you do, don’t look at the RAF Luton twitter account.

You’re right there. Panda is a very naughty boy

[anonymous-user]

DJFish said:

Eric Mc said:

If only it was a Tomcat.

Eric, whatever you do, don’t look at the RAF Luton twitter account.