Aircraft - Page 75

xoxoxoBruce · 06-28-2020, 07:40 PM

You can't see the runways?

Diaphone Jim · 06-29-2020, 12:04 PM

OK, runways, parallel, no cross winds.
Big ponds on both sides of both.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-29-2020, 11:13 PM

Ponds? No ponds. I think you're losing perspective on the size. That overhead photo you linked has plenty of planes but they are tiny.
The North runway is 11,489 feet long(2 fucking miles) and 150 feet wide.
The middle runway is 10,300 feet long and 150 feet wide.
The south runway is 7,800 feet long and 150 feet wide.
All three have black rubber streaks up the middle.
All three have a bunch of concrete loops on the side for taxi.
The loops have something dark in the middle, dirt, blacktop, whatever.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-07-2020, 01:26 AM

When you absolutely positively have to get your glider off the ground...

Gravdigr · 07-08-2020, 09:51 PM

A bot-tailed Rolls w/a ball hitch, I'll be dipped.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-20-2020, 03:56 AM

They built one, made a short test flight, crashed on it's second flight, gave it up as too expensive...

Diaphone Jim · 07-20-2020, 12:28 PM

That is one hell of a plane. Its engines are works of art.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni_Ca.60

It is surprising how little known the Caproni aircraft saga is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni

Carruthers · 07-25-2020, 12:57 PM

We've paid for the use of the runway so we're going to have our money's worth...

Rada Airlines (Belarus) IL-62 freighter departing Nis, Serbia.

Diaphone Jim · 07-25-2020, 05:59 PM

He raised dust off the plowed field a 1/4 mile from the pavement.
Not welcome back.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-01-2020, 01:48 PM

Tons of original engineering drawings for the P-51.

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When the factory gave them to the current owner in 1988 a lot of the were wet from a broken pipe and had to be dried out.
Fortunately most were vellum with graphite pencil drawings and sketches which handle water pretty well.

These are rare because most manufacturers transferred everything to microfilm and destroyed the originals in order to save space.
Unfortunately for some reason microfilm has trouble with vellum.

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Digital doesn't have this problem.

Diaphone Jim · 08-02-2020, 03:50 PM

Carb , I assume, of the wonderful Merlin engine.
I love the "emerg. f. rich" and what it must have done.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-02-2020, 04:05 PM

That position was safety wired off but with a wire weak enough to break with a determined force of the control.
The instructions were if you need this return to base immediately.

♫ It's fun to fly the BOAC
It's fun to fly the BOAC
They’ve things for young men to enjoy
You can hang out with all the boys
♫It's fun to fly the BOAC
It's fun to fly the BOAC
You can get yourself clean,
you can have a good meal
♫You can do whatever you feel

Diaphone Jim · 08-03-2020, 10:53 AM

The VC-10 didn't need the .50 on NY flights.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-04-2020, 05:12 PM

What's that in English?

Diaphone Jim · 08-04-2020, 06:06 PM

See 1771-1774 in Random Pics.

06-28-2020, 07:40 PM	#1111
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You can't see the runways? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-29-2020, 11:13 PM	#1113
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Ponds? No ponds. I think you're losing perspective on the size. That overhead photo you linked has plenty of planes but they are tiny. The North runway is 11,489 feet long(2 fucking miles) and 150 feet wide. The middle runway is 10,300 feet long and 150 feet wide. The south runway is 7,800 feet long and 150 feet wide. All three have black rubber streaks up the middle. All three have a bunch of concrete loops on the side for taxi. The loops have something dark in the middle, dirt, blacktop, whatever. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-07-2020, 01:26 AM	#1114
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	When you absolutely positively have to get your glider off the ground... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-08-2020, 09:51 PM	#1115
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	A bot-tailed Rolls w/a ball hitch, I'll be dipped. __________________ 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.

07-20-2020, 03:56 AM	#1116
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They built one, made a short test flight, crashed on it's second flight, gave it up as too expensive... __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-29-2020, 12:04 PM	#1112
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	OK, runways, parallel, no cross winds. Big ponds on both sides of both.

07-20-2020, 12:28 PM	#1117
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	That is one hell of a plane. Its engines are works of art. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni_Ca.60 It is surprising how little known the Caproni aircraft saga is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni

07-25-2020, 12:57 PM	#1118
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	We've paid for the use of the runway so we're going to have our money's worth... Rada Airlines (Belarus) IL-62 freighter departing Nis, Serbia. __________________

07-25-2020, 05:59 PM	#1119
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	He raised dust off the plowed field a 1/4 mile from the pavement. Not welcome back.

08-01-2020, 01:48 PM	#1120
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Tons of original engineering drawings for the P-51. When the factory gave them to the current owner in 1988 a lot of the were wet from a broken pipe and had to be dried out. Fortunately most were vellum with graphite pencil drawings and sketches which handle water pretty well. These are rare because most manufacturers transferred everything to microfilm and destroyed the originals in order to save space. Unfortunately for some reason microfilm has trouble with vellum. Digital doesn't have this problem. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-02-2020, 03:50 PM	#1121
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Carb , I assume, of the wonderful Merlin engine. I love the "emerg. f. rich" and what it must have done.

08-02-2020, 04:05 PM	#1122
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That position was safety wired off but with a wire weak enough to break with a determined force of the control. The instructions were if you need this return to base immediately. ♫ It's fun to fly the BOAC It's fun to fly the BOAC They’ve things for young men to enjoy You can hang out with all the boys ♫It's fun to fly the BOAC It's fun to fly the BOAC You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal ♫You can do whatever you feel Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-03-2020, 10:53 AM	#1123
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	The VC-10 didn't need the .50 on NY flights.

08-04-2020, 05:12 PM	#1124
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	What's that in English? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-04-2020, 06:06 PM	#1125
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	See 1771-1774 in Random Pics.

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