Look at the mission markings on this Warthog:eek::

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That looks like a bunch to me.

Wow.

Somehow I don't see an F-35 compiling such a record. Canada just quit on that btw.

I thought I read something to that effect.

V-22 Ospreys and Mt. Fuji:

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And what is that thing anyway?:eyebrow:

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It may be ground scanning radar, but I think it's the holding tank for the bathroom and kitchen. :yesnod:

When we were in Virginia Beach, a couple of Osprey out of NAS Oceana came hot-assing by our fifth floor hotel balcony, maybe 1/8 mile away, and not much higher above the surrounding buildings near the beach. It was pretty damn impressive.

I got to see Bob do his "trading airspeed for altitude/altitude for airspeed" routine at a couple of different airshows back in the day. He was magnificent.

I understand they are quite loud. True?

Yes, loud and windy close to the ground.

They're deicing Frozen. :lol:

In 1953 six P-51 Mustangs were subjected to atomic tests in Australia. In 1967 a man went out to the desert and repaired one and flew it home. The other five were shipped to the US. The guy tried to register he one he kept but the government jerked him around for three years so he sold it to an American. Four days after he sold it the government gave him the registration.
The plane was damaged in shipment and sat for ten years in the US. Finally a plane restorer was hired by an Alabama business man to get it in the air.

hey guys, been a while. Just this last September I was granted my 1st class medical which means I can finally fly for compensation. Regardless of that though, @1:31 is one of the many reasons I love to do what I do. This is my first trip finally wearing the uniform and starting to sell my services as a commercial jet jockey. Unfortunately I did not get paid money for this trip, and likely won't for many to come, but rather logged the flight time to increase my appeal to the part 135 operators as the minimum flight time for 135 operations is anywhere between 1000 to 1500 hours total time now - depending on the carrier.

IFR flight from Sugar Land to Dallas Love Field


the return trip on the day after the above:

Hiya, Fred!

That looks fun. You own the sky.

What is @1:31, you break through the clouds? Why does it go dark, what beeps?

He broke through the time vortex surrounding Texas which keeps it perpetually in the previous century. :lol:

hola!! :hug:

apparently this is a "job" :rolleyes:

yes, breaking through the clouds and flying along skimming the tops of the clouds is one of my favorite things while flying and the going dark is me editing the video so that's a splice break and the beep is an alert to 1000 feet to go for pre-select on the altitude - in the case here, FL240. On the trip back to Houston the next day we filed and flew at FL250 - anything higher on a trip this short would have been moot as it only takes roughly 40~45 minutes wheels up to wheels down

shhhhh! we like it that way :)

Nice try...

Hard to believe that thing flew. At all.

The Shepherd.

I read that one once upon a time, in Reader's Digest Condensed Books, I believe. Good story.

Hughes flying the model of the "Spruce Goose".

Model airplane controllers have come a loooooooooooooooooooooooong way.

Although, I kinda like Howard's.

That pic gets cooler the longer I look at it.

Howard had the money to both pay for the controller and also pay for some guys to haul it around for him.

Government money, war effort money, and government channels for supplies.

Want a brand spanking new Boeing?

Be prepared to pony up, Daddy Warbucks:

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Waitwhut? A cargo plane costs more than the passenger version?! Re: The 747s.

From here.

List prices, they're negotiable.
Plus there are numerous options, undercoat, scotchguard, gap insurance, etc.

Says here the fuel capacity of the 737-300 is 4,720 gallons

... of "Jet A" which goes for around $4/gallon... I'm thinkin' the Sheetz or the Wawa will have it for $3.89

So what you're saying is, if I save up all my money, I might be able to fuel up one of these things in 2022.

Teddy was the first president to fly...

Oops!

Engine drops from B-52 bomber in rural North Dakota

Waiting for more information on that one. Whether the whole engine fell off or it fragged in flight. Big difference.

Maybe they went out for target practice; but, forgot to bring some bombs and felt that they had to do something.

Bah, they had seven others. Did they really even notice?

Super low fly-by of KC-135 tanker:



It's even lower bigger.

Those bad boys were LOUD! Especially when they went to jets.

Some flyboys get carried away and forget that not all the neighbors love the Sound of Freedom, esp on a Sunday morning.

I don't know about you guys, but, I never get tired of watching these things.

Two B-2s arrive at RAF Fairford in June 2014:



It's better when it's bigger.

These things were unreasonably huge, and ludicrously complex. I saw one at the USAF Museum in Dayton last year. Couldn't begin to get it all in one shot with the lighting present and the lens I had. They were both prop and jet, and just...stupid.

:eek:

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Slower than a speeding bullet.

Any landing you can walk away from is a good one... even if you're 75 miles from nowhere during an Alaska January.

Well, you want the wolves to have fresh food...:o

Welcome home, Concorde

The last Concorde to be built, and the last to fly, was towed across the airfield to become the centerpiece of Aerospace Bristol.

A really cool slide show at the link w/some good pics.

Including this one:

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You'll have to go look at the slideshow for an explainer.;)

"Pardon me, but would you have any Grey Poupon?"

What the hell was that all about? We'll have to get Limey to translate.

I think he stopped for directions.

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If that wasn't confusing enough:

An American Airlines American Eagle made an emergency landing after striking a deer

Saywhutnow?!

That plane has itty bitty wings.

He certainly did!

BBC Link

First rule of air navigation.

A pilot is never lost, although he may be temporarily uncertain of his position.

This is an RAF Atlas transport aircraft on a low flying exercise in the 'Mach Loop' in West Wales.
It's in between the C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster in size and capability but nimble enough to fly in confined areas at low altitude.



One such aircraft paid a visit to Scott AFB, Illinois, and gave some USAF personnel a flight around the area.
The video isn't very exciting but worth a look if only to see the spectacularly bad editing.
On the return to Scott, and about half a mile from touchdown,(listen to the altitude alerts) the aircraft is suddenly shown as flying over open country in a left hand turn before returning to the approach and the 100' call!

I've seen a lot of great pictures from that Mach Loop. :thumb:

OK, here's one more.

The route is also used by the USAF and other NATO Air Forces.

Here's a USAF CV-22 Osprey making a visit at a fairly sedate pace.

I help build that.

An unusual beast to say the least!

Noisesome critter.

Yes, but so are the helicopters then were built to replace.

Me too. :)

Thank you for contributing to my pension. :haha:

Well there is the taxpayer part, but I also worked on early flight controls for that between degrees back in the Neutron Jack days..

I didn't know that, you sure got around. :blush: