Hey it's FOX. Assume it's a lie and expand from there.

It's an entertainment company, are you not entertained?

I'm not amuse at them naming the helicopter after me. ;)

Devon Live

An engine out landing, in a tail dragger, on a stony beach alongside cliffs.
It's not exactly the best hand ever dealt. :eek:

Landing site from the air (Google).

Why can't they load it on a barge rather than dismantling?

The problem there is that having lifted it off a barge at a convenient small port, it would still have to be dismantled and transported by road to an airfield for repair.
Easier to dismantle it where it stands and load straight on to a road vehicle.

Pictures of the dismantling process.

I understand why they can't take off from the beach but if they got it to solid ground they could just pop in a new hamster and fly away.

Take a rubber band, a really big rubber band, slip one end around the tail skid, slip the other end around that U-shaped hook sticking out the back of the propeller. Then, wind that sucker really tight...

I'm photo safari'ing the other day when I happen to look up and see this plane making a long sweeping turn, and decided to take a practice shot picture. Which isn't the best pic I've ever taken.

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Is it just me, or do the proportions of the plane look a little 'fat'? It looks to be a particularly fat-bodied plane, doesn't it? Is it just me?

I thought maybe it was one of the newer planes, like a Dreamliner, or Airbus A380. Nope.

Idk what I took a pic of.

It's short and fat, like me.:D

See my post #557 on Page 38.
I think that will shed some light on the subject.

Forgive me for not posting a proper link, but I'm using my iPad and it's more of an art than a science when it comes to the finer points of interwebbery.

Not likely, Dreamlifters and such are rarer than hen's teeth. Not impossible, just not likely.

I think I saw a Dreamlifter!!!

Wiki says there are four of them. And I think the plane in my post is one of them. Blue engine nacelles, check. Natural-finish wings, check. The 'step' in the fuselage above and behind the cockpit, check. Stubby tail, check.

I think I saw a Dreamlifter!!!

Carruthers, thank you very much for the info, sir.



This puts a Dreamlifter, and an AEWACS plane in the ol' plane spottin' game bag.:cool:



Look uuuuuuup!!

My pleasure!

Using the registration of the aircraft in my earlier post, N718BA, I went to Flightradar24 and did a search which produced details of recent flights by that aircraft:

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Registrations of the other three aircraft should be easy to find so you could carry out searches and then correlate aircraft flights and dates.
If you go down that road, perhaps you'd let us know which route 'your' aircraft was on. :thumb:

PS Sorry about the Honda ad!

An interesting whoops with pics and vids:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...s-airport.html

Does anyone else remember the Guppy?
http://www.tested.com/science/space/...irreplaceable/

I do.

My pic is a bit old for tracking, I think. It was actually taken on 4/20/18.

I don't want to join up w/a gold membership to track it.

But, I didn't know I could track an older flight, though. So thanks for teaching me that.:)

I've often wondered how a sudden discharge of water or other material might affect the aircraft's C of G.
Presumably a swift re-trimming is required or perhaps the necessary measures are built in.
Anyway, an impressive bit of flying!

They try to dump from the center of the aircraft, and fortunately loss of weight tends to make the aircraft rise. Paying attention is a plus.

:yesnod:

Ah, true truth finally revealed...

Why some jet engines are mounted under the wings and some are mounted near the tail...

♫ Coming in from London from over the pole
♪ Flying in a big airliner
♫ Chicken flying everywhere around the plane
♪ Could we ever feel much finer

But only on the right airline and having paid Putin.

A mention of Korean Airlines flights 902 and 007, both shot down by the Soviet Union, would have added a bit more Cold War context to the video.

Korean Air Lines Flight 902

Korean Air Lines Flight 007

I was taken aback by the fact that Russia profits by about $100 per passenger.
My connections with aviation have long since vanished in the mists of time so things might well have changed, but my understanding is that route charges are levied by states providing navigational infrastructure and air traffic control services to overflying aircraft.
By definition they can't levy landing fees so en-route charges are made instead.
I didn't think that they could be used as a passenger tax which now appears to be the case.

First pic in the OP, edited:

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You might like to have a look here:

https://www.adsbexchange.com/

Click on the 'Global Radar View' tab for a comprehensive real time representation of air traffic around you.
Unlike other sites, it doesn't filter out military traffic. From the above screen, go to options and enable the filter for military traffic.
It should shed some light on the wanderings of your AWACS next time you see it.

Much obliged.[/tipofhat]

An Airbus A380 took a 'nosedive' over the Pacific after flying through turbulence caused by another A380

The 'another A380' was flying 1,000 feet higher, and twenty-three miles ahead of the first one.:3_eyes:

Just means the turbulent vortexes had to persist for two to three minutes.. not *that* long to dissipate.

A Bombardier Challenger 604 had an encounter with A380 wake turbulence over the Arabian Sea which nearly ended in disaster.

LINK

Wow. Wonder who get$ to pay for that?

I was talking to Dad about that incident earlier and he asked exactly the same question.

I didn't have an answer other than to say that the lawyers were circling.

It would take more than wake turbulence from an A380 to knock that lot out of the sky.

Hah!:D

Another day in the Mach Loop

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Look at all those practice targets for ground support practice. :evil2:

The 'practice targets' are occasionally rewarded with humour:

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After a successful bomb run, they had a BBQ lunch on the way home...

"What did they BBQ?"

"Waist gunner."

...every time I give him a bath...:facepalm:

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That's a Jaguar ground attack aircraft. I thought it was an RAF example at first, but closer inspection reveals French Air Force roundels.
So that's OK. ;)

:D

Pravda says...

http://cellar.org/2017/f-35.jpg

And they wouldn't tell ya wrong, now would they?;)

You're Putin me on. :rolleyes:
But they have plenty of ammo to work with, the F-35 is a very fucked up program. Should be building Warthogs.

Fuckin' A.

Slow and low, that is the tempo!

A drone or UAV is presently en-route from Grand Forks ND to RAF Fairford, England where it will be on static display at the Royal International Air Tattoo.

I've just done a couple of very quick screen grabs...

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Click here for live tracking: FR24

I've just been looking at the Notam for this flight and find that it is neither a drone nor a UAV. It's a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System.
I'm pleased to have been able to clear up that little misunderstanding. ;)

But FlightTracker says type = "DRON"! :D

Good one, I see it circled for traffic before turning ESE and making landfall

So it does! Well spotted, sir! :thumb:

There's a large restricted area out in Cardigan Bay where the circling took place.
It's used by Llanbedr airfield where drone development work is carried out.

Link

ETA It's just been brought to my attention that the drone is accompanied by a helicopter which is doing air to air photography.
Unless you zoom in, the chopper symbol can't be seen under N190TC.
I understand that is what was going on over Cardigan Bay.

Now just circling, they must be showing off. :D

And in remarkably close proximity to the GCHQ site at Cheltenham.

I feel a conspiracy theory coming on. :eek:

What is the difference between a unmanned aircraft and a remotely piloted aircraft?

I'd be inclined to say none.

There's probably an element of managing public perception going on.
A remotely piloted aircraft sounds better than an unmanned aircraft which in turn sounds better, and less threatening, than drone.

Or indeed DRON!

Da doo ron ron ron

Da doo ron ron

From KVRR. Includes video.

Historic Flight for Unmanned Medium Altitude Aircraft Takes Off in Grand Forks

Trump had a large thermonuclear device hidden in the plane in case he's not satisfied with Theresa's blowjob. :bj: