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Gravdigr · 10-28-2015, 11:44 AM

A Harrier Jet Once Landed on Cargo Ship on Top of a Minivan

Gravdigr · 11-14-2015, 03:49 PM

No audio, b-roll video:

Lamplighter · 11-14-2015, 04:32 PM

If the Government ever throws one of these away...

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...will it come back all by itself ?

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plthijinx · 11-16-2015, 07:13 PM

In this video, made 11/15/15, is the jet that I will be taking my SIC (second in command) training so I'll have something to fall back on and/or part time job while doing my engineering gig. Here is Brian (right seat) taking the test flight which he was kind enough to let me ride along so I'd know what to expect when I do mine here shortly (whenever I get up the $3500 for the training and also my medical back from the FAA).

anyway, this is a short field/maximum takeoff performance demonstration from T41 (Pearland Regional) that really was so. Full fuel (285 gals jet-a each wing and 4 people on board) followed by an approach and landing in Galveston (KGLS)

can't wait to take the test myself!

Gravdigr · 11-20-2015, 11:36 AM

I guess some of you have heard about that brand spankin' new AC-130J "Ghostrider" that went inverted while out of control, and sustained too many G's, and was subsequently retired from service.

Here is a story about damn near the very same thing (different cause), only this one lived to fly again.

Very interesting read.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-20-2015, 01:42 PM

Quote:

“wrong choice of action during an operation.”

Promote that sumbitch, he's obviously Pentagon material.

That was the 7th time those life rafts popped out like a teenage boner?
Bout time to work on that problem.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-14-2015, 10:25 PM

Nighttime carrier takeoff of a V-22 Osprey, shows the transition of the rotors from vertical to horizontal flight.

Gravdigr · 12-17-2015, 02:45 PM

Kinda Christamas-y.

I wonder how the rotor tips are lit/lighted?

Suppose it's the running lights shining on them?

Nevermind, both rotor's tips are green, running lights are red & green.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-17-2015, 03:27 PM

I was thinking the green light/reflector may be only on one blade tip per side to make the slinky that clear.

Pamela · 12-17-2015, 06:35 PM

They have lights in the rotor tips to prevent rotor strikes when landing troops at night. They are NVG compatible for night formation flying and can be seen from above and below. Top and bottom light intensity is controllable by the crew.

Here is a pic

h/t Zone-five.net

xoxoxoBruce · 12-17-2015, 06:39 PM

That looks like a helicopter blade.

Gravdigr · 12-18-2015, 12:25 PM

Shouldn't it?

xoxoxoBruce · 12-18-2015, 12:39 PM

Not for a V-22.

Gravdigr · 12-18-2015, 12:48 PM

Vertical is vertical, is it not?

xoxoxoBruce · 12-18-2015, 03:04 PM

Yes it is, and horizontal is horizontal. However the V-22 is both, or neither, or something else, but uses a different type of blade.

10-28-2015, 11:44 AM	#1
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11-14-2015, 03:49 PM	#2
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	No audio, b-roll video: __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

11-14-2015, 04:32 PM	#3
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	If the Government ever throws one of these away... ...will it come back all by itself ? .

11-16-2015, 07:13 PM	#4
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	In this video, made 11/15/15, is the jet that I will be taking my SIC (second in command) training so I'll have something to fall back on and/or part time job while doing my engineering gig. Here is Brian (right seat) taking the test flight which he was kind enough to let me ride along so I'd know what to expect when I do mine here shortly (whenever I get up the $3500 for the training and also my medical back from the FAA). anyway, this is a short field/maximum takeoff performance demonstration from T41 (Pearland Regional) that really was so. Full fuel (285 gals jet-a each wing and 4 people on board) followed by an approach and landing in Galveston (KGLS) can't wait to take the test myself! __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

11-20-2015, 11:36 AM	#5
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I guess some of you have heard about that brand spankin' new AC-130J "Ghostrider" that went inverted while out of control, and sustained too many G's, and was subsequently retired from service. Here is a story about damn near the very same thing (different cause), only this one lived to fly again. Very interesting read. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

12-14-2015, 10:25 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Nighttime carrier takeoff of a V-22 Osprey, shows the transition of the rotors from vertical to horizontal flight. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-17-2015, 02:45 PM	#8
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Kinda Christamas-y. I wonder how the rotor tips are lit/lighted? Suppose it's the running lights shining on them? Nevermind, both rotor's tips are green, running lights are red & green. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

12-17-2015, 03:27 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I was thinking the green light/reflector may be only on one blade tip per side to make the slinky that clear. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-17-2015, 06:35 PM	#10
Pamela Deplorable Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 767	They have lights in the rotor tips to prevent rotor strikes when landing troops at night. They are NVG compatible for night formation flying and can be seen from above and below. Top and bottom light intensity is controllable by the crew. Here is a pic h/t Zone-five.net

12-17-2015, 06:39 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That looks like a helicopter blade. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-18-2015, 12:25 PM	#12
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Shouldn't it? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

12-18-2015, 12:39 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Not for a V-22. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-18-2015, 12:48 PM	#14
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Vertical is vertical, is it not? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

12-18-2015, 03:04 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yes it is, and horizontal is horizontal. However the V-22 is both, or neither, or something else, but uses a different type of blade. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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