Different part of the world....

[petop]

I work out in dusty places. Job is very varied and i get to do all sorts of things.
The job sometimes involves flying around a lot of locations by either helicopters or dodgy looking ex-Russian aircraft.
Recently i had to go around a couple locations in a IL76. Now to be fair i compare this thing to the C17 which is light years ahead. This particular aircraft was built in 1982. The co-pilot, who in the video is sitting on the right is 23 years old. Top bloke, only person in the crew who could speak half decent english! But the thing has not gone "tech" or in plain english, broken down for weeks. Cant say that of certain RAF aircraft!





Video of it coming into land...
https://youtu.be/b_S_bBJfEVI
Pilot on left and Co-Pilot on the right. Guy in the middle works the throttles. There is another crewman out of shot working the radio. Awesome guys to work with.

Edited by petop on Sunday 27th November 19:12

[texaxile]

Interesting video, the cockpit voice sounds quite demure.

Out of interest, what is the black box with orange lens in the middle of the pilots for?.

[petop]

I wondered this but never asked. It can be moved along a rail in front of each pilot but the throttle man only ever used it. I think its a radar of some kind. Ill ask them next time im up in it.

[saaby93]

Its here too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO0vtWGCh4Q

[Wobbegong]

saaby93 said:

Its here too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO0vtWGCh4Q

Incredible story

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstan_incident

[Phud]

texaxile said:

Interesting video, the cockpit voice sounds quite demure.

Out of interest, what is the black box with orange lens in the middle of the pilots for?.

Looks like a weather radar,

[petop]

Wobbegong said:

saaby93 said:

Its here too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO0vtWGCh4Q

Incredible story

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstan_incident

Quite apt that story due to where i am!

[Fluffsri]

Saw a lot of these leaving KAF over the years. They make a C130 look clean on takeoff lol.

[HoHoHo]

petop said:

I work out in dusty places. Job is very varied and i get to do all sorts of things.
The job sometimes involves flying around a lot of locations by either helicopters or dodgy looking ex-Russian aircraft.
Recently i had to go around a couple locations in a IL76. Now to be fair i compare this thing to the C17 which is light years ahead. This particular aircraft was built in 1982. The co-pilot, who in the video is sitting on the right is 23 years old. Top bloke, only person in the crew who could speak half decent english! But the thing has not gone "tech" or in plain english, broken down for weeks. Cant say that of certain RAF aircraft!





Video of it coming into land...
https://youtu.be/b_S_bBJfEVI
Pilot on left and Co-Pilot on the right. Guy in the middle works the throttles. There is another crewman out of shot working the radio. Awesome guys to work with.

Edited by petop on Sunday 27th November 19:12

Interesting

As a matter of interest, why have a throttle man when the pilot or copilot can do that - I thought most pilots operate the throttles when they are landing

[petop]

Not sure of the reasoning. Occaionally the pilot would operate them but it was the middle man majority. What they did say is the "upstairs" crew work together all the time. And i did notice that without either pilot saying anything, the middle man would be reducing/increasing throttles on his own choosing. So i suppose you get to know what each person wants working together??
The flightcrew you see in the vid have returned back to home base and i have a new lot now but the engineer/loadmasters from when we first leased it are still here.
That clip was when it first arrived, may have even been the 2nd flight, later on in clips they come in to the runway little bit quicker, with last min turns over the approaches.

[Unbusy]

HoHoHo said:

Interesting As a matter of interest, why have a throttle man when the pilot or copilot can do that - I thought most pilots operate the throttles when they are landing

They do, but sometimes forget the basics ala B777 recently.

[saaby93]

Wobbegong said:

saaby93 said:

Its here too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO0vtWGCh4Q

Incredible story

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstan_incident

What got me about that was the Taliban have a MIG 21
Did anyone else think their standard transport was camel?

[petop]

Taliban had a fair few aircraft in their airforce, soon knocked out during the early stages of the coalition action after 9/11. The end of Kabul Airport runway paid testament to that.

[Wobbegong]

saaby93 said:

Wobbegong said:

saaby93 said:

Its here too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO0vtWGCh4Q

Incredible story

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstan_incident

What got me about that was the Taliban have a MIG 21
Did anyone else think their standard transport was camel?

I had always thought they used camels, goats, suicide pigeons and Toyota pickups too