Roost Air Lounge => General Discussion => Topic started by: MO on November 11, 2005, 03:43:29 AM
Title: Interesting Photo
Post by: MO on November 11, 2005, 03:43:29 AM
No comments...
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Plthijnx on November 11, 2005, 03:49:19 AM
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! i sooo needed that tonight! i was in a bad mood until i saw that! thanks Mo!! i envision Monty Python and the Holy Grail!
Quote from: Monty Python
RUN AWAAAAY RUN AWAAAAAY!
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Plthijnx on November 11, 2005, 04:10:37 AM
once again i'm trying my html again. lessee if this works. these are pics of what's left of Cameron Louisiana after hurricane Rita, Cameron is one of my holding points:
this one is of the turning basin south of lake charles, you can see where a couple of city blocks were..... (http://static.flickr.com/31/58673938_9d509b3970.jpg?v=0)
note below the blue fuel tank next to the middle of the runway. it used to be about 50 yards south to fuel "my/our" heleos (i've learned to respect and understand what these off-shore guys do. I may be fixed wing and contract for these guys for radio contact but i realized how important it was last month when i had to take "lats and longs" from a sick pilot. It was the most chilling radio conversation ever for me. hmmmm i sense a new thread coming on....) (http://static.flickr.com/31/58673935_157448376d.jpg?v=0)
the non-paying passenger: (http://static.flickr.com/33/58673934_0a9786d481.jpg?v=0)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on November 11, 2005, 04:27:59 AM
I didn't know Chuck flew big planes like this!!
LOVE the picture!!!
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: MO on November 11, 2005, 04:29:49 AM
I wonder what in the world those guys were thinking?
As for the Cameron photo, it's very impressive. We had our share not long ago too. Tropical Storm "Stan" hit our Southern Coast and a vast regions of our highlands... I have some photos that I took while flying over the disaster areas two or three weeks ago. As soon as I return to the "motherland" (I'm in Costa Rica at the moment) I will post them here.
Cheers...
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: MO on November 11, 2005, 04:31:20 AM
Good one, Mike... :D
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on November 11, 2005, 04:32:43 AM
Here is what I am thinking:
You may say or think about the FAA whatever you like, but I am glad these things don't happen here too much...
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Plthijnx on November 11, 2005, 04:39:00 AM
check frequ guys! scroll back. i posted more.....
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: MO on November 11, 2005, 04:43:09 AM
I ferreted around and found a couple on this devilish laptop that I'm using. Here's the first. Taken after taking off from Retalhuleu, in the Southern (Pacific) Coast. We were in a Basler BT-67 of the Guatemalan Air Force...
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: MO on November 11, 2005, 04:45:52 AM
This one shows a couple of Helos of the Guatemalan Air Force at Quetzaltenango (Highlands) during the emergency... These and two more were flying food and water to the disaster zones...
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Plthijnx on November 11, 2005, 04:46:20 AM
sweet Mo! verrry cool!
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on November 11, 2005, 04:51:05 AM
how do you guys insert the pictures???
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: MO on November 11, 2005, 04:55:55 AM
hijxn is using HTML code for loading them from another server. I, instead, am uploading mine to your server with the "attachment" option that appears under "Additional Options" while posting...
(Gee, Am I looking too geekish???)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on November 11, 2005, 05:00:09 AM
uhm, yeah... I have no Idea what any of this means...
how do you upload it on our server?
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: MO on November 11, 2005, 05:07:11 AM
Well, a correction first: Hijnx is only displaying the photos. They are not in your server and he only references them from here with HTML code.
On the other hand, you can upload images to your server, first by browsing for the file you want to upload. This is done by clicking in the "Browse" button and navigating in the window that pops up. Once you have found the file, click once on it and then hit OK. Last step is to click on the "post" button.
Try to upload small images only (640 X 400 pixels max) since if the photo is bigger than the screen, the forum format won't be displayed properly...
(Gee, I guess I'm Chicken Wings' official geek now, right?)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on November 11, 2005, 05:36:42 AM
Ahhhh, I seeeeeeeee....
Here we go! This is me flying the UH-60 FireHawk
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: MO on November 11, 2005, 05:51:32 AM
There you go!!!
Nice pic, by the way...
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Plthijnx on November 11, 2005, 01:27:53 PM
(Gee, I guess I'm Chicken Wings' official geek now, right?)
if that's the case then i'm your first officer!
nice profile there Mike!
Title: YAK Attack!
Post by: Plthijnx on November 11, 2005, 03:57:54 PM
last summer i had the opportunity to fly this bird! a WW-II Russian YAK trainer! it was awesome! i have some videos but i don't know where or how to host them online. can i do this with yahoo briefcase, MO???
Fun Bird! (http://static.flickr.com/32/54594909_73b61717e8.jpg?v=0)
getting ready to go! (http://static.flickr.com/27/54594910_1a7fb53b7a.jpg?v=0)
note the panel is still in russian and also note the g-meter on the dash! (http://static.flickr.com/27/54594908_9d212b7deb.jpg?v=0)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: MO on November 11, 2005, 05:11:53 PM
Yep. As far as I know you can share files through Yahoo Briefcase. You must be a registered user to upload them, though...
By the way, great little plane... Seems a bit "user un-friendly" with all that russian letters there...
Cheers !
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Sleek-Jet on November 11, 2005, 05:17:06 PM
Fantastic pics guys... thanks.
I've had the opportunity to pick a Yak up off the runway before...
Note to self... when doing touch and go's in a complex airplane, leave the gear down in the pattern.
As far as the video's, you can use a place called Putfile.com to host them, then just add a link in the thread.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Sleek-Jet on November 11, 2005, 08:39:39 PM
I wonder what in the world those guys were thinking?
RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o :o ;D
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Have Blue on November 11, 2005, 11:59:38 PM
Mmm, Yak-42. Wonderful bird. ;D
EDIT: Sorry, that's 52.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on November 12, 2005, 12:48:29 AM
Quote
RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HA HA ! ! ! Dead on !!!
I think we've got a new CW strip here... "Chuck, Is that you?"
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: MO on November 12, 2005, 01:12:29 AM
Ah... Never mind...
I'm in the Juan Santamaria International airport (Costa Rica) bound for Panama City. I have two hours before boarding (8:35PM.) Do you guys have any ideas on what to do in an airport terminal besides connecting to the Internet...??? There are no pretty girls around here, I guess it is because it's soooo late...
By the way, I already have three Imperial Beers in my system... And nothing happens...
Heeeeelp!!!
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Plthijnx on November 12, 2005, 04:32:58 PM
you've obviously not drank enough. here, *scribbles on a piece of paper*, take this prescription to the bar and the pharmatender will fill it as many times as necessary.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Plthijnx on November 12, 2005, 04:37:23 PM
i'm trying to upload videos to briefcase but the file sizes are too big. i'll try another hosting site later but for now here is one that i was able to upload. Warning NSFDU!!! (Not Safe For Dial Up)
boeing x-wind tests (http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/bc/6fa00bdd_L42c1b8e1/bc/flying/BoeingXwindlandings.wmv?bfAyhdDBBTX3OgUM)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: MO on November 22, 2005, 03:28:28 AM
The one and only DC-6B "926" of the Guatemalan Air Force "beating up the field" back in 1996. (She no longer flies and is awaiting her fate a La Aurora as of now...)
Cheers !
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Plthijnx on December 01, 2005, 08:10:05 PM
well i put the Yak take-off on putfile.com and let's see if i can code this correctly.
edit: watch the volume, it's kinda loud! (thx sleek!)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Sleek-Jet on December 01, 2005, 09:47:12 PM
Werked fer me... ;D
Kinda loud, but freakin' cool. 8)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: MO on December 02, 2005, 12:48:04 AM
Cool!!! More!!! More!!! Keep 'em coming!!!
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Roland on December 02, 2005, 07:19:58 AM
Coming back to the very first picture:
I’ve worked in Nigeria for four years and have seen this kind of sceneries far too often. Our company owned a small airstrip in Warri where lots of people ran criss-cross the runway. If there was a plain to land a horn had to give signal to get rid of all the people. There was also an intersection with one of the busiest road and the end of the runway. During take off and landing the road was blocked. But during a traffic jam it could happen that a Twin Otter lined up behind a car to get to the holding point. At the holding point was a soup-shop, where the propeller wash cooled the hot soups. I’ve seen running Mamas with their babies on the back and the basket on the head running for safety during an approach so many times. It is nothing but crazy.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Plthijnx on December 02, 2005, 01:32:52 PM
here is the landing in the Yak. the canopy was open just enough for me to safely hold the camera outside. pretty cool:
Click here to watch Yak-52 Landing (http://media.putfile.com/Yak-52)
also, if there are any problems, let me know. i'm uploading these blindly to Putfile.com (http://www.putfile.com) as i don't have quicktime on my machine here at work and can't install it because of user rights so i can't verify the videos. - thanks.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on January 01, 2006, 11:57:45 AM
to get back in the swing of things here...
check out THIS interesting foto!
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: chuckar101 on January 01, 2006, 06:23:45 PM
??? ??? Somebody needs some help, cool picture Mike.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: chuckar101 on January 01, 2006, 06:32:10 PM
Okay I've been trying to attach pictures but all my picture are .jpe format. How do I change the format so I can attach them?
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Stef on January 03, 2006, 11:01:40 AM
I am not sure, but I think *.jpe is the same format as *.jpg. Have you tried to just manually change the file extension? Otherwise I think you'd need some kind of software, like Photoshop...
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on January 03, 2006, 11:09:34 AM
until you guys have figured it out...
anybody wanna fly Airfrance????
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Firegirl on January 03, 2006, 12:45:39 PM
Chuck, is that you?
Just like a bird.......always trying to roost on wires.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: chuckar101 on January 04, 2006, 03:18:24 AM
Here we go. Lets see if this works. This reminds me of flying in Ely sometimes.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: chuckar101 on January 04, 2006, 03:19:38 AM
Didn't work I'll keep trying.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: chuckar101 on January 04, 2006, 03:47:59 AM
This guy was trying to fly to Ely. His amazing navigation put him in the next valley and when he tried to turn on the light they obviously weren't ther. He ran out of fuel and obviously crashed. He walked away but the crashsight is only about 15 minutes away from the airport.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on January 04, 2006, 01:48:39 PM
no offence chuckar but this looks like any other crash... :( just some dumbass running out of fuel
let's see some more like the one "firegirl" posted! ;D I liked that one! How do you do that? :o (only Chuck might know)
got any more of those firegirl??? anybody??
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Sleek-Jet on January 04, 2006, 02:10:07 PM
I think I saw that Warrior on E-bay.... slight landing accident, easily repaired... ;D
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: chuckar101 on January 04, 2006, 04:54:54 PM
Sorry Mike didn't mean to dissappoint you but this is the picture I wanted to put on I was just trying to figure out how to put pictures on. So anyway I hope this one is a little better. Reminds me of flying in Ely after it snows.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on January 04, 2006, 05:53:39 PM
yeah!
that looks a bit more like Chuck! Keep em coming!
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Sleek-Jet on January 06, 2006, 05:17:48 PM
Well.... it isn't a picture.... Chuck???? (http://www.thecia.net/users/stewarte/wmVS/gooselanding.wmv) ::) ::) :o
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Stef on January 06, 2006, 06:10:16 PM
oh my god!!! :o what happened there? did the pilot get unconcious?!?!?! It's a miracle that nobody got hurt! Cool video though... :)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Sleek-Jet on January 06, 2006, 06:35:34 PM
I am confused. The video sleek put on here is a scene from a movie? or are you talking about "Always"?? ???
If this was a scene from a movie, why are there confused looking by-standers on the beach???
Pulled this from another site... Supercub.org or something like that...
Rather long account of what happened to cause the accident and it's outcome.
WILD GOOSE Back in the “olden days”, when Tamarindo was a small village and everyone knew everyone else, filmmaker Bruce Brown chose the town to shoot a segment for his new movie "Endless Summer II". The sequel to the famous surfing movie "Endless Summer" came a generation later than the original, and, of course, featured new stars: Wingnut and Pat O'Connor, together with one of the originals, Robert August.
Living in Flamingo at that time was a pilot, "Hoot" Gibson, who had spent several years obtaining his commercial licence in Costa Rica. Hoot owned a vintage Grumman Goose seaplane, relic of World War II, and intended to charter it for tours. Given the state of the roads then - and not much improved since - a seaplane seemed the way to go to explore a country surrounded by sea.
Robert August had a fine idea: To charter the Goose to fly the film crew and its surfers around the coasts of Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama, looking for unknown or little-known surf spots to shoot their sequences. Apart from being much faster to cover more area, the aircraft was highly superior to a boat, which could only examine the waves from the "back", or ocean, side whereas a 'plane could approach from the landward side, too. "Endless Summer II" was Hoot's first charter in Costa Rica, and was to last two weeks.
On the first day, the Goose took off from the airport. The plan was to fly out to Cabo Velas, return along Playa Grande and land in the bay near Tamarindo estuary, where the crew would board, then to take off on their adventures.
The camera crew set up on Tamarindo Beach, ready to shoot the approach and landing for the movie. But instead of flying from Cabo Velas, approaching Tamarindo from the west along the Playa Grande coastline, the big Grumman twin came roaring down the river from the north, putting on a show for the camera. On board were the pilot, "Hoot" Gibson, and local resident and California board shaper, the late Mike "Doc" Diffenderfer.
Approaching Tamarindo, the pilot started a right turn to follow the estuary, but his height was insufficient. Presumably he suddenly became aware of the power lines which cross the river at that point, and was forced to fly below them. The right pontoon caught the water, and jerked the aircraft to the right. Overcorrecting, the pilot put the left float into the water, and the aircraft swerved to that side.
Gibson applied full take-off power to get the aircraft back into the air, but it careered from the river onto the beach, where it ground-looped and came to a stop. The whole incident was filmed, and eventually became part of the movie.
"At this point," said August, "we saw fuel spraying from the aircraft onto the sand, and there was a distinct danger of a fire or explosion. As we approached the 'plane, the doors opened and Hoot and Doc jumped out, fortunately both unhurt. From a nearby beach house, a resident came running, carrying a big club and shouting at the pilot that he was in a national park, and polluting the beach. We managed to calm him down, and the incident ended at that point."
Eyewitness Dean Butterfield adds: “I was up the hill looking over the estuary, watching Hoot Gibson fly the plane through it. He was doing touch and go’s in the estuary, I was wondering why he felt he had to do that in there. As he came out to the mouth I think he saw the cable stretched across at the last minute and tried to duck under it. He caught the wing tip and stuffed it into the sand.
By the time I got down to it, there were a lot of people around. I took pictures and made a T-shirt from one.”
Officials of Minae also attended the site very shortly after the accident, and charged the pilot with flying in a protected zone (Parque Marina las Baulas). As a result, Gibson's licence, obtained over several years, was withdrawn after one brief flight.
"As it happened, the club-bearing resident did quite well out of the crash." August continues. "The plane suffered damage to a wing and one of the propellers, and parts for a vintage seaplane are not procured at your local NAPA store, so the aircraft had to sit for a year or so while repairs were made. During this time the aircraft was parked in the resident's back garden, he and his family being paid for caretaker duty against theft or vandalism. I believe someone of the family slept in their garden ornament every night."
The day after the accident, filming continued with a scene where supposed crash passengers August, Wingnut and Pat O'Connor climb cheerfully from the Goose, carrying their boards, and run off to the surf.
Seriously concerned that accident investigators or other officials might confiscate the film shot up to that point, Director Bruce Brown hired a friend to hop a Sansa flight to San José, thence to Los Angeles for processing. Fortunately, the film escaped customs examination but, arriving in Los Angeles, it was delayed a couple of days en route for the processing studio by the Rodney King riots, which occurred in the vicinity of the studio.
The Goose was eventually repaired and flown out of Tamarindo.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: chuckar101 on January 17, 2006, 01:14:57 AM
Okay so it actually happened and then was used in a movie. I finally understand thanks sleek.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on January 17, 2006, 02:54:03 AM
wow, what a cool story actually... I had no idea!
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: fireflyr on January 19, 2006, 11:32:21 PM
Interesting pictures--I see Chukar taliking about ELY----I spent what seemed like a year ther one fire season, did some great fishing and found a great saloon in the town next door---same bartender for 63 years!!!!!
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mark on January 21, 2006, 01:18:32 AM
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Gulfstream Driver on January 21, 2006, 03:23:45 AM
wow.
There's this one, too. http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/flyby.html
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: chuckar101 on January 21, 2006, 04:48:54 AM
wow what were they about a foot or so apart and I wouldn't doubt that the parachutist soiled himself. Some People.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on January 21, 2006, 04:49:59 AM
what is this ebaumsworld-thing? watching those videos almost makes you quit flying...
almost
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: chuckar101 on January 21, 2006, 04:57:56 AM
ebaumsworld is a website were people post all kinds of short videos. they have anything from being hilarious to outright disgusting. Another website is stupidvideos.com The name explains itself but I haven't seen any aviation related videos on that one.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: chuckar101 on January 21, 2006, 05:14:14 AM
Thought this was pretty funny. Don't know how to attach a link so heres the address. http://www.stupidvideos.com/video/just_plain_stupid/rainingtanks/
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: FlyingBlind on January 23, 2006, 12:16:12 PM
Very awesome picture :)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Sleek-Jet on January 23, 2006, 01:35:36 PM
There's this one, too. http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/flyby.html
That's why skydivers are called "meat missiles"... ;D
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Firegirl on January 25, 2006, 03:54:42 AM
"Chuck was that you?" ::)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on January 25, 2006, 04:46:10 AM
HA HA!
That's great Firegirl! Thanks! Looks almost like a CW cartoon...
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Sleek-Jet on February 21, 2006, 08:17:04 PM
For all you whirllygig (http://www.wildboston.com/repeat/video/altitudefive.wmv) drivers.... ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on February 21, 2006, 10:27:57 PM
:o :o :o
Who the heck is that? Looks like a military helicopter but not from North America though, I think.
Was that a Super Puma? And was that pilot insane? Did you see some of the passes to the side of the cameraman, it was less than 5 ft off the ground at high speed, and that overpass over what appeared to be a civlian car towards them, he must've needed new pants after that!
Edit: The lowest I've seen before was this clip I found online again for your viewing pleasure: http://www.vsocial.com/video/?d=1116
And of course the spit over the potty-mouthed and supposedly seasoned presenter (I forgot his name). Warning pop-ups gallore http://www.planetvids.com/html/Low-Flying-Spitfire.html
Btw I must've missed Firegirl's sign, that's a great one :D
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: chuckar101 on February 22, 2006, 06:38:53 PM
That spitfire vid was classic. Okay I got a great video on email today but don't know how to link it off the email. Any ideas.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on February 22, 2006, 07:02:43 PM
Was the video itself sent to your email or was it a link? In the later case you can copy and paste the adress like text, I think, it depends on how the email is shown with the program you're using.
If it's a small clip then you might be able to attach it here, not sure what the limit is here.
Speaking of small clips I remmeber the clip of the absolute nutter (british term) that flew under the Eiffel Tower several years ago, in a bonanza I think, the video is taken from inside the plane as he goes under :o And as the story I heard goes, it was after he took off from the airport and he then headed straight out of the country since he didn't have permission and there's a warrant out for him or there was. Even being well before 9/11 I think the people in the tower must've been scared out of their wits.
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Have Blue on February 23, 2006, 02:22:00 AM
That guy was banned from France. ;D
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Stef on February 23, 2006, 11:12:37 AM
How big is the video? You can attach *.mpg and *.wmv files up to 1MB in size here. Maybe I could lift that limit even higher...
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on February 23, 2006, 06:09:54 PM
Just in case anyone wanted to see the Paris video then it's a 1/2 mb .mov clip (quicktime).
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: chuckar101 on February 23, 2006, 10:01:05 PM
Stef I looked at the video and it 1.5MB just a little big and I don't have a program to make it smaller. To describe the video it shows two guys drinking beer and fishing. Then very slowly a Catalina flying boat comes into view heading straight for them. Has a good ending so I won't ruin I'll keep trying to find a link to the video.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on February 23, 2006, 10:08:41 PM
Aaahhh, that one! The intro to that movie there, whatsitsname, yeah that's funny, and some good flying :D
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: fireflyr on February 24, 2006, 01:43:22 AM
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on February 24, 2006, 02:38:43 AM
I see I can't attach the eiffel.mov due to the last name but I just remembered another wild video. Have you all seen the show Mythbusters, here shown on Discovery. They tried to test a myth about a taxi blown over by driving behind a jet taking off and they had to use Hollywood windmachines since the 737 airliner got cold feet due to insurance, at least I hink it was a 737, but basically the car came close to tipping but not quite but I can't remember if they called it busted or not but it can happend. The english car-show Top Gear destroyed a perfectly good Ford Mondeo (those rotten... I could've used it, seriously, heck it's a dreamcar of mine) by driving it behind 1, one! 747 engine and it got was hurled like a baseball in a major league game. I now found a mpg, just under 1 mb, appearently part of a instructional video for airport crew, where a firetruck, yes truck, is pulled behind a 747, and dude is that truck blown away litterally! :o
If anyone hasn't seen it and want to just ask (to the best of my knowledge it's not illegal to share that clip, and I hope I'm right). Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: G_Stratton on February 25, 2006, 05:41:40 PM
No comments... (http://www.chickenwingscomics.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=31.0;id=2;image)
Wasn't this a scene from the movie Lords of War?
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Stef on February 25, 2006, 09:58:31 PM
Okay, since we're within our providers bandwith limit, I just lifted the limit to 2.0 MB, and you can also add mov files now! So bring it on! :)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on February 25, 2006, 10:22:49 PM
I guess raising the limit was the reason the forum was 404 (internet-code for: not found/available) a short while ago, I was concerned it'd been hacked or something. Ok here goes, I think the names speak for themselves.
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on February 25, 2006, 10:25:17 PM
Strange, it won't accept eiffel.mov as a valid format. Maybe it's a simple spelling-mistake in the filter?
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: chuckar101 on February 26, 2006, 02:58:19 AM
That truck vid is impressive Frank. I saw that mythbusters and I believ they called it plausibe since they did move the car. Okay lets see if I can mine to work now.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Gulfstream Driver on February 27, 2006, 02:01:41 AM
That's from Always. Excellent movie.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on March 02, 2006, 05:33:53 AM
That truck vid is impressive Frank. I saw that mythbusters and I believ they called it plausibe since they did move the car. Okay lets see if I can mine to work now.
I totally think it's plausible. I was at an airshow once (I think my brother was with me as well) where they put a VW Bus behind an AV-8 Harrier at the end of the runway where he lined up for a "normal" take-off (not one of his hover ones, they rarely let them do this in Austria 'cause they have to have special tarmacs which don't melt underneath). When the Harrier went full throttle to take off, the VW flipped 8 times like a little leaf in the wind. It was cool!!
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: chuckar101 on March 02, 2006, 09:19:50 PM
I wouldn't doubt it specially with some of those small foreign cars that a couple of guys can roll over. I don't think a jet would have a problem.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on March 29, 2006, 12:40:37 AM
Btw I read that a russian display-team had been grounded due to some manouvre, any idea what that was? I think it was a Fulcrum or Flanker team, not a civlian team.
This one is nice too :) http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0421834/L/
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Callisto on March 29, 2006, 10:14:43 PM
Almost as close as Maverick got to his Mig !! ;) ;D (I am such a Nerd)
At least they got a nice polaroid of it.
(I'm right there with ya Mike!) ;D
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on March 30, 2006, 10:13:26 PM
Actually I'd say less than 2 meters, but seriously how can they really do that, even if the top one is slightly off-set from the bottom one? How about winds from the wings and the lifting-body fuselage (the Fulcrum and Flanker both have this design-feature right?).
And I can see the guys are still thinking Top Gun :D Even though I know it's just for fun then I can't forget the trivia I read that the flash would've made the photo show a white wall due to the reflection in the canopy.
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on March 31, 2006, 03:55:50 AM
I would have to say it's all camera angle in reality... It's nice to think that they're that close though, isn't it?!?!
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on March 31, 2006, 12:53:29 PM
How about this? http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0568705/L/ You can see the plane on top seems slightly smaller which would normally indicate it's slightly farther away from the camera than the one on the bottom right?
Still nice though, I really like the Thunderbirds livery, very clean and elegant.
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on March 31, 2006, 04:50:50 PM
And another one: http://www.viaarena.com/htmlimages/fin9.jpg
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: MO on April 01, 2006, 02:01:27 AM
How about this? http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0568705/L/ You can see the plane on top seems slightly smaller which would normally indicate it's slightly farther away from the camera than the one on the bottom right?
Still nice though, I really like the Thunderbirds livery, very clean and elegant.
Frank
Same maneuvre, different angle... Note the distance between the planes...
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Post by: Frank N. O. on April 05, 2006, 02:18:16 AM
Ah that's wild. I was sure there was more distance between then it appeared at first but that's a little more than I thought.
Now how about explaining this? (For the record I ddin't read the comments yet). http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1025605/L/
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on April 05, 2006, 04:56:41 AM
hmmm.... that one almost looks like it's taxiing and somebody photoshopped out the landing gear....
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Post by: Mike on April 05, 2006, 04:59:16 AM
This one looks real to me! What do you guys think??
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Post by: Frank N. O. on April 05, 2006, 05:11:14 AM
Nice one! Looks like it's right on the stall-limit both due to the angle and the stripes at the front (that's also a part lifting-body right? Or at least pieces that help the airflow to the main wings as far as I remember).
I glanced at the comments to the Su-30 picture and there was a link for another view of it: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1027487/L/
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: fireflyr on April 05, 2006, 09:30:02 AM
Seen it before and I think it's accurate--and a tad closer than what he really wanted.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on April 06, 2006, 03:59:08 AM
Here is a cool pic of a different kind. See the irony in the picture?? ;) My crew took it during the "Canon Fire" in 2002. A lot of people remember that fire....
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Post by: Plthijnx on April 06, 2006, 11:10:36 PM
gotta light?
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Post by: Mike on April 07, 2006, 02:44:56 AM
He he! Good one!
Ok, off to Arkansas I go!! (maybe Oklahoma... I heard there's a big fire going on right now....)
I'll be checking in every chance I get!
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on April 08, 2006, 03:23:38 PM
Mike that is one awesome picture, those flames look like they are barely 200 meters away, but at least they had a sense of humour, no doubt used to keep up morale and strength I hope. Is that you btw, pardon the dumb question/lack of memory. Was it you that flew a Firehawk helicopter btw? Hovercontrol has one such thing on their site for FS2004 (they're a group of big helicopter sim-enthusiasts and have their own high-quality add-ons, a virtual display-team, schooling etc.).
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on April 08, 2006, 03:50:53 PM
What do you think of this photo? Doesn't the fictional 777 Pacifica Livery look 99.9% like the classic Maersk Air livery from Denmark, even right down to the type-face and the logo! Oh yeah and there's a Lego policehelicopter in there too holding up the traffic.
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on April 08, 2006, 07:51:40 PM
Mike that is one awesome picture, those flames look like they are barely 200 meters away, but at least they had a sense of humour, no doubt used to keep up morale and strength I hope. Is that you btw, pardon the dumb question/lack of memory. Was it you that flew a Firehawk helicopter btw? Hovercontrol has one such thing on their site for FS2004 (they're a group of big helicopter sim-enthusiasts and have their own high-quality add-ons, a virtual display-team, schooling etc.).
Frank
You're right, the flames were about 200 yards away and at this time still burning side-hill. The wind changed about 2min after the photo was taken and the flames started running towards the helibase. It was evacuated in a hurry and the whole base got burned over, together with some equipment and padmarkers. It was even the second time the base got run over on this fire, the first base was burned over the same day in the morning (again a sudden wind shift). This can happen when fighting wildfires. It can be dangerous. And no, I don't fly Firehawks. I am sure there are a lot of things on a Blackhawk that help you out in a hover on these ships but as far as I know, you still have to move your own pedals...
Nice helicopter picture, by the way!! :D I hate it when those pesky Lego helicopters hold up traffic! ;D
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: fireflyr on April 09, 2006, 07:34:20 AM
As far as I know, there was only one firehawk flying and one planned to be airborne soon
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Post by: Frank N. O. on April 09, 2006, 05:11:20 PM
Sorry about that, I wonder where I got the name Firehawk from then, the only other Firehawk is a tuned Pontiac Firebird that was produced in the early 90s I think, I don't know much about those cars.
What helicopters do you normally fly then?
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on April 10, 2006, 01:55:15 AM
As far as I know, there was only one firehawk flying and one planned to be airborne soon
No, "Brainerd Helicopters" has two already and they are working on a third one. And LA County has two or three Blackhawks converted as well and I think they're getting another one as well. LA Co. has the fixed tank underneath (yellow machines) and Brainerd flies them with a bucket and a camera system to see what the bucket is doing. Their ships are red-white-and-blue. Looks pretty good actually.
To Frank: I fly "Panaca Jane" man!! Didn't you see the pictures?! ;D (it's based in Ely,Nv for the summer and it's pretty much "my" ship so to speak)
Right now I am in Arkansas with a Bell 206L3 LongRanger until the end of the month....
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: fireflyr on April 10, 2006, 02:05:58 AM
No kidding Mike,
Because of the downdraft (whatever you helo guys call it) I've observed working with one in Utah, I wouldn't think they would be good for tanking--more suited for long line bucket work provided they don't try hovering, awesome machine though. The reserve/ National Guard ones I've worked with though have been singularly ineffective, simply because the Guard guys and gals aren't firefighters by avocation.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Gulfstream Driver on April 10, 2006, 02:14:29 AM
Is Brainerd Helicopters based in MN?
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on April 10, 2006, 08:25:30 PM
Mike: Ah of course how could I forget her, and your hair LOL, is it a Huey? (at first the nose reminded me of an A-Star).
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on April 11, 2006, 04:15:02 AM
To Gulf: The Brainerd Helicopters I was talking about are based in Florida. But I think there might be two "Brainderd" operations out there. I still don't know if they are owned by the same guy though....
To Frank: Yup! It's an AStar. I guess the nose art makes it look like a Huey...he he ;)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Stef on April 11, 2006, 10:17:12 AM
This is an old one, but I just stumbled across it again and thought maybe someone hasn't seen it yet! I just love this picture! Wouldn't want to do the walkaround here though...
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on April 11, 2006, 02:34:22 PM
LOL oldie but goldie :D
Btw what model is Jane specifically? (I don't think that's been said yet)
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on April 14, 2006, 03:16:09 AM
And another, what's the term, buzz-job? buzzing? This time over a stadium http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1012562/L/ Nice plane, fantastic picture but seriously, wouldn't that have blown people's eardrums?
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Gulfstream Driver on April 14, 2006, 02:10:13 PM
And another, what's the term, buzz-job? buzzing? This time over a stadium http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1012562/L/ Nice plane, fantastic picture but seriously, wouldn't that have blown people's eardrums?
Frank
Apparently, not in Australia. :)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on April 16, 2006, 12:31:15 AM
Here's a picture I really like, it was also in the theme of some that Jim sent me in an email but he couldn't open my reply appearently.
It's a formation-flight of a Falon, Mustang and Lighting, all they needed was a Tomcat but even those three are awesome looking.
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: FlyingBlind on April 16, 2006, 10:12:31 AM
I recognize two of them : the most top is a F-16 Falcon, The middle on is completely unknown, and the lower one is a Mustang... ;D
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: fireflyr on April 16, 2006, 10:41:58 AM
Great picture Frank.
While we're on the subject' I'll get some advice from you young whippersnappers;
When I tried to open the file for that picture, I got a message that said "This file does not have a program associatedwith it for performing this action. Create an association in the folders option control panel."
WONDERFUL! but I don't know what that means. ??? You may feel free to give me some dual on the subject. 8)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on April 16, 2006, 12:02:46 PM
Flying Blind: Just in the off chance you weren't kidding then that middle one is a Lockheed P-38 Lightning designed by Hal HIbbard and and a certain Clarence "Kelly" Johnson. A classic WWII heavy-weight fighter, bomber-escort and ground-attack aircraft. The germans called it (translated from german) The Fork-Tailed Devil. Charles Lindberg helped the pilots in the pacific using it to go from comming back on fumes after a 4 hour sortie to having 160 gallons left.
Jim: That means that when you doubleclick on the picture you don't have a program installed to view pictures with. I do believe that the Windows Paint program can open it, otherwise the two standard programs for editing (and viewing) is Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro, I use the later. There are also several freeware picture viewer programs out there. I do believe that you can manually open a gif and jpg/jpe/jpeg image in a internet browser using the open location/file menu selection.
Btw here's sketch I found on concepts for it, and look at one of the concepts, I wonder if Jim wouldn't have liked that one instead ;)
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: fireflyr on April 16, 2006, 03:27:42 PM
Jim: That means that when you doubleclick on the picture you don't have a program installed to view pictures with. I do believe that the Windows Paint program can open it, otherwise the two standard programs for editing (and viewing) is Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro, I use the later. There are also several freeware picture viewer programs out there. I do believe that you can manually open a gif and jpg/jpe/jpeg image in a internet browser using the open location/file me
Frank
Thanks Frank, I'm flying to SoCal this morning for checkride week--sloooooow 4 hours of IFR in a 172 but it beats 12 hours of driving.
I'll work on the file thing when I get home. Sometimes this computer with it's HPFM (Hocus Pocus F****** Magic) is just too much for me to understand.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on April 16, 2006, 05:55:45 PM
Btw what model is Jane specifically? (I don't think that's been said yet)
Frank
It's an AS350 B2 AStar with an Arriel 1D1 engine in it. Nice ship, but looses performance to the newer and more powerful B3 odel when you get past 5000ft (...I miss flying B3's... :'()
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on April 17, 2006, 12:38:11 AM
Is the AS350 related to the 550 Fennec? The RDAF have some of those (the only attack helicopters we have).
Did the B3 get sold or were you transferred? And do you have more pictures of it, maybe also in action?
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Zaffex on April 17, 2006, 12:54:50 AM
Concerning the pic of the Thunderbirds by Frank, did anyone else notice that the identification number is inverted on the bottom aircraft? Is that just the way Thunderbirds are marked or what?
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on April 17, 2006, 01:12:57 AM
Wow, good eyesight, I didn't notice that until I took and zoomed in on it in Paint Shop Pro, the bottom one does indeed have number 5 inverted. Maybe it's because it's customary for them to make that formation and for that plane to be inverted?
Well spotted! :) Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Zaffex on April 17, 2006, 01:22:17 AM
I didn't know if maybe that could be a way to identify them easier while they were inverted. I thought it was photoshopped at first, but it looks authentic...at least more than just the same aircraft flipped upside down, because the angle of perspective and markings are different.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Zaffex on April 17, 2006, 01:43:05 AM
By the way, here's a pic I found on google. Let me see if it works. (http://www.skydiveorange.com/ BeechStart.jpg)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Zaffex on April 17, 2006, 01:46:34 AM
Hmmm, I don't think it worked. Let me try this. www.skydiveorange.com/ beech18.htm (http://www.skydiveorange.com/ beech18.htm)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Zaffex on April 17, 2006, 01:53:11 AM
Oy. Let me try this one more time. www.skydiveorange.com/beech18.htm (http://www.skydiveorange.com/beech18.htm)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on April 17, 2006, 02:45:19 AM
The number five is inverted on purpose. It's the plane that flies the most time upside-down during the show so they invert the number. No kidding! I think even the Blue Angles have that (but it might not be the 5 and don't quote me on that, depends on the routine...)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on April 17, 2006, 02:50:52 AM
Is the AS350 related to the 550 Fennec? The RDAF have some of those (the only attack helicopters we have).
Did the B3 get sold or were you transferred? And do you have more pictures of it, maybe also in action?
Frank
I changed companies AND the aircraft got sold, he he ;) the B3 looks just like the B2 but it has almost 300 more horse power and FADEC (the french call it VEMD). The only way you can tell from the outside is the exhaust is different and it has a heat deflector on the tail underneath it. There are other little things but they are harder to spot... Here is a picture:
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Callisto on April 17, 2006, 03:22:39 AM
So I was backing up my hard drive today... I heard a few clicks the other day, and any hardware grunt out there will tell you, that's not a good sign. So before the drive died I figured I'd copy stuff off it... and I came across these... there are a bunch so you guys are more then welcome to remove them if your server limits are maxed. Enjoy
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Callisto on April 17, 2006, 03:23:52 AM
It's not letting me post more than one at a time ??? ...
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Callisto on April 17, 2006, 03:24:28 AM
D'OH! ;D
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Post by: Callisto on April 17, 2006, 03:25:16 AM
Cool angle... the subject isn't so cool...
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Callisto on April 17, 2006, 03:26:08 AM
Some day this will be my Flight Deck ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Callisto on April 17, 2006, 03:28:51 AM
"This is you captian speaking... If everyone would look out the RIGHT side of the plane, you can see a lot of cool stuff... THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE OUT THE LEFT SIDE! Trust me! So don't look!"
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Callisto on April 17, 2006, 03:34:09 AM
Ok one more (for now)
How does this happen?!?
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on April 17, 2006, 03:44:47 AM
I love the "Learn to Fly" picture !!!
HA HA :D
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on April 24, 2006, 02:20:55 AM
Great pictures! I'd really like to know what happend to that engine, although it looks like nothing serious happend to the plane itself, hopefully (no injuries to people).
Mike is this normal procedure (read the text)? http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=0399592&size=L I've also always though it was funny the main gear on Lynx helicopters was turned sideways, any idea why? http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0918613/L/ That's a Royal Danish Navy Lynx btw as you can see on the red/white circle and the split flag on the tail (the split-version is only for royal use). They are used on the ocean-going flex inspection ships that patrol up to and around Greenland as well. While DK is small land-wise then our sea-area is actually quite large and not just defined by the std. limit off-shore.
How about this pub? http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0591257/L/ It's in the walking-streets of downtown Odense and I did see this the few times we were in the downtown shopping area, usually we only shopped in the outscirts of the city.
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: madpilot44 on April 24, 2006, 03:02:26 AM
Pretty sure that isn't the normal procedure to check an S-76 nose gear...
maybe the lynx's gear is turned sideways so as to add drag to the chopper when on a ship's deck... (just a thought there)
nice pub! the chopper sure catches attention to it. In the southern part of Guatemala someone is making an airplane museum, and they got a retired Bac one-eleven and they're turning it into a restaurant (it's already in place and people are preparing it). MO you know anything about that?
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on April 24, 2006, 03:12:50 AM
Hmmm... Looks like a normal S-76 take-off to me. You have to keep in mind that he seems to be on a down-slope and that the S-76 hovers very nose-high since the rotormast is angled forward quite a bit. I think the guy was just standing there marshaling him in or out and somebody just put his own interpretation to the picture...
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: chuckar101 on April 24, 2006, 11:29:18 PM
I agree with Mike. If you look really close it looks like both pilots are inside, while the caption says the copilot is doing the checking.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: mmniemi on April 25, 2006, 06:04:33 AM
I agree with Mike. If you look really close it looks like both pilots are inside, while the caption says the copilot is doing the checking.
Ah, gotta love internet conversations and speculations ;)
Nope, no two pilots inside. That guy outside is the copilot ;) Actually I later heard that they just "parked" the copter a bit better and the copilot went there to "supervise" and guide the copter on safe surface. After all that is some farmers field and it might be soft etc, so it's better to make it safe with such a biggish copter. Basically all they did was that they moved the nose a meter or so sidewise. The maingear never got off the ground...
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Roland on April 25, 2006, 03:04:50 PM
To the S76: Working on this type I can tell you that on this picture the nose strut is not properly locked down. It is tilted slightly back. That is what the engineer is looking at. Had the same situation in Africa once. Btw.: there ARE two pilots on board. Don’t forget, the captain in a helicopter is on the right seat (in both ways of meaning). One can see BOTH pilots.
To the Lynx: the main wheels are offset for easier handling on ship decks. Europeans have small frigates with small heli-decks. With this configuration of the main wheels the Lynx can turn on the spot. To move the helo into the hangar the wheels will be set straight.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: mmniemi on April 27, 2006, 08:19:49 AM
To the S76: Working on this type I can tell you that on this picture the nose strut is not properly locked down. It is tilted slightly back. That is what the engineer is looking at. Had the same situation in Africa once. Btw.: there ARE two pilots on board. Don’t forget, the captain in a helicopter is on the right seat (in both ways of meaning). One can see BOTH pilots.
Sorry to disappoint you, but believe me, there is no two pilots inside the helicopter. My other photos prove that. And, best yet, the pilot in command on that very photo is sitting on the left seat. That white thing you see "on the right seat" is not a human at all but it's a jacket or something like that... That I don't know if that guy checking the gear is actually the captain and if he wanted to check the things by himself and told the co-pilot to move the copter. On my other photos where that copter is just arriving, the very same guy, who is now checking the photo, is sitting on the right seat... ;)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Roland on April 27, 2006, 08:54:44 AM
@ mmniemi:
Thanks for the detailed information. Sounds like a situation where in normal one does not whish to have a person around taking pictures… ::)
On the other photo you mentioned, is there to be seen if the nose gear is not locked properly? I would like to know if my other theory is right or not. Just in case… To me it seems to be a maintenance check flight with the engineer on the right seat to check if the landing gear operates the way it should. Could that be? Or am I too far out? And then again: is it important? Who am I? Where do I come from? Where do I go to? … :-[ (Aah PLEEEEASE show the other pictures, I NEEED to know. I’m a freak, I admit) :P
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: mmniemi on April 27, 2006, 09:19:02 AM
Thanks for the detailed information. Sounds like a situation where in normal one does not whish to have a person around taking pictures… ::)
Ah, If that's the case, then I might not want to show the photos on public. After all the guy outside is recognizeable on the other photos, as well as the guy inside is recognizeable on one photo...
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On the other photo you mentioned, is there to be seen if the nose gear is not locked properly? I would like to know if my other theory is right or not. Just in case… To me it seems to be a maintenance check flight with the engineer on the right seat to check if the landing gear operates the way it should. Could that be? Or am I too far out? And then again: is it important? Who am I? Where do I come from? Where do I go to? … :-[ (Aah PLEEEEASE show the other pictures, I NEEED to know. I’m a freak, I admit) :P
Hard to tell about the nose gear as I'm not an expert with helicopters. It looks the same to me on the other photos though... But I don't believe it is a maintainance check flight as like I said on the original photo quote, the plane was transporting some celebrities between rally special stages. It first landed on that field and let the celebrities out watching the rally few hundred meters away. After the people were gone, the pilots did that "checking and/or parking episode" and after it shut down the copter and went to see the rally themselves too...
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Roland on April 27, 2006, 09:40:29 AM
Copied that, thanks a lot. |:)\ (And I have calmed down again!) ;D
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on April 27, 2006, 10:45:20 AM
Actually I thought I only saw a person on the left seat but I've been mistaken before so I took it easy, also since it's just casual flight talk and not something that's supposed to be a heated argument, I just thought it looked interesting and the text made it more interesting still. Thanks for the information Roland and mmniemi :)
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on April 29, 2006, 06:29:48 PM
Looked at some old slides my dad took, I can't scan them in atm so I had to photograph them from the projector on my white wallpaper but I hope they are recognizable.
First off, the only picture of me and a helicopter I know of, although it's quite old. That badge on my T-shirt is a squadron-pin from the RDAF btw. No idea what the helicopter is, any ideas? It was taken at the now closed airforce base northwest of Copenhagen in 1989 I think and it's probably from the RAF.
The second picture is something you just can't get anymore due to safety I think.
The third one is just a display of great timing and precision flight (they didn't crash)!
Btw the pictures are cropped and the overhead picture has been modified in light since my camera had some problems getting the same light and contrast as my eyes could, and I did use night mode. Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Gulfstream Driver on April 30, 2006, 05:27:53 AM
Chopper looks like a Chinook, but I could be wrong. Nice pics.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on May 01, 2006, 09:07:34 PM
Thanks for the info, while there aren't that many tandem-rotor birds out there then I still wanted a hint on what it could be since it was interesting. There was a hovering harrier too but it seems we didn't get a picture of it. I remember my stomach was shaking even though that too was back there over the runway like the helicopter!
Nice the pics were ok, I wasn't sure if they qualified for the thread but I guess I wanted to post something that was aviation related that I'd been too, not out of peer-pressure but out of personal desire after seeing from this forum that there are nice places to be in the world, namely enjoying aviation around you guys and gals |:)\
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Roland on May 02, 2006, 07:37:57 AM
@ Frank:
The helo in the back ground is a Boeing CH46 Sea Knight. It is the workhorse of the US Navy and smaller than a Chinook. You can easily recognise this type by its single nose landing gear. The Canadian forces use it widely as a SAR aircraft. Never seen one in real, whish to see one, have a nice book with beautiful pictures of this helicopter, must be magic.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on May 02, 2006, 11:05:52 AM
Ah, I didn't really remember much about those tandems so I didn't remember that but now I googled I can see the difference, thanks. You wouldn't happend to be able to tell where it's from (country) would you? I thought it could be UK since it's close but maybe it was from a US base in Germany? I know Sweden has tandem-rotor helicopters for rescue but those are small ones from what I know.
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Roland on May 02, 2006, 01:59:53 PM
@ Frank:
To my knowledge the UK did not use this helicopter. Again, European ships and Frigates are smaller then the US. The Royal navy uses Sea Kings, Westland Wasp and the Lynx. But no Sea Knights.
It is hard to tell from your picture but I think this one is from the USA. Marine Corps or the Navy. Must be an older paint scheme, now they are painted different. You will know the year the picture was taken and then you can conclude to the paint scheme at this time. If Sweden uses (used) Sea Knights I have no idea but I know they have Chinooks.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on May 02, 2006, 02:42:47 PM
You really know your twirlybirds don't you? 8) |:) The picture was taken around 1989 (I know since we didn't get our Fiesta Diesel until then and I know from another picture that we drove there in it, and since I started getting chubby in my early teens and I'm from 78 then it has to be around 89-91). the airbase is now long closed and since it was so long ago I'm not sure any place has any info on when the show was but maybe the Red Arrows has a site listing their shows and I can get it from there.
Do you happend to know if there are any Gazelles or AS350s in DK? I've seen Sea Kings, JetRangers and Hughes 500s often and a Lynx once in a while but I don't believe I've seen a Gazelle or AStar yet.
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Roland on May 02, 2006, 05:01:57 PM
This is just guessing, Frank, but I’m almost sure there is/was NO Gazelle in DK. They where widely used in the UK Army and the French Army. A-Stars should be in DK they are everywhere. But, again, I guess there are no military AS 365 Fenneks in use in DK. For closer information check out the home page of the aviation authority in DK, they should have an aircraft registration list there. With this list you see all types of aircraft registered in DK. You can also try to get this little booklet from “Rotor & Wing”, a monthly circular from the US, in which you can find the whole fleet of the world. I don’t have one any more I would have sent it to you. Maybe Mike has it.
The time of the Gazelle is over by now. You can buy a surplus. They are replaced by Lynx (UK) or Fennek (France). DK is part of the NATO so I suppose one can see a lot of interesting aircrafts there. And on air-shows it depend who is invited to come ...
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on May 03, 2006, 12:30:24 AM
There are a few danish internet sites listing aircraft registered in DK but no Gazelles were listed or AStars. It also doesn't look like Denmark have AS365 Fennec's however according to a danish site we do have AS350 Fennec's http://www.danskpanser.dk/Panser/fennec.htm I think they are replacements for old Hughes 500 Defenders we had earlier. I also read on a news site archive that the danish police have actually had help from them for a carchase which was news to me since normally they are just used rarely and only for manually checking speed on freeways using painted tags on the road and a stopwatch, but as I said that information I have is really old so it might have been changed long ago.
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Roland on May 03, 2006, 06:33:46 AM
Gosh, that’s a Fennek. A real one. Impressive! There you have you’re AStar. An AStar is an AS 350 Ecureuil (civil) or Fennek (military). AStar is more likely the definition for the US market.
Denmark does not have AS 365 Dauphins/Panthers. I would know, I promise. But there is the Merlin, too. A very, very impressive helicopter. I had the opportunity to see them closer at the Agusta assembly line. Just breathtaking. That is an aircraft for your taste. All kind of modern technologies are packed into this helicopter. The gearbox is as big as a Robinson and three times as heavy.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on May 03, 2006, 01:37:36 PM
That sounds like one big gearbox :D It does look like a neat helicopter and it's about time too, the Sea Kings lasted well but they are quite old now. I thought there was something special about the AStar designation since I've only seen a 350 and 355 I think it was (twin-engine I think it was) and I know the Fennec is the military version but you wrote 365 Fennec so I thought it might be a special designation for the military version but I guess it was just a typo, I do a lot of those all the time too since I type too fast and without looking.
A darn shame the Fennecs are all stationed in the other end of the country and that there isn't an open show near here soon but oh well, I'm still young even if almost half my dark brown hair is now white (mad world isn't it? :D )
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Roland on May 03, 2006, 06:44:08 PM
Yes, you are right again Frank, it is a typo (sigh). I’m so fixed on the Dauphin it seems … ::) The TwinStar is the AS 355, twin engined. It finds it military use mainly in the navies. To make things complete, Frank, the military versions of Aerospatioale/Eurocopter start with 5.. So the Fennec very correctly is an AS 550. Just to show how smart I am. ... ::)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on May 04, 2006, 02:12:26 PM
Oh come on, you sound like.... me actually. You know a lot of things, and you cought up again since I didn't know the miliary version was called 550/555 and not 350/355 so you redeemed yourself |:)\
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: happylanding on May 28, 2006, 09:37:12 AM
Isn't the really first picture posted a picture taken from the movie Warlord?
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on May 28, 2006, 12:12:48 PM
I think it was replied somewhere in the thread that it was indeed from a movie, but I can't remember which one, or on what page the post it.
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Roland on May 29, 2006, 09:44:46 AM
Who knows the Sikorsky S-76 with a fan-tail?
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: madpilot44 on May 30, 2006, 04:02:21 PM
hey, wasn't that part of a project called the eagle? (a military version of the S-76 as I recall)...
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Roland on May 30, 2006, 05:55:23 PM
Nope, not that project. Try again. It is (was) an army project, a big one. ;)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: chuckar101 on May 31, 2006, 01:09:12 AM
I'm probably way off, but didn't they convert some of those to test the effects of a fantail for the Comanche? (before it was cancelled of course)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: madpilot44 on May 31, 2006, 03:24:14 AM
yeah, you're right chuckar |:)\ (and a BIG Duh! for me...) the tail looks just like comanche's. besides, the eagle had a conventional tail rotor. that version, if my research is right, was trying the tail rotor for the LHX program (later Comanche). another thing sikorsky tried with the s-76 was the cockpit instrumentation layout for the same program. quoting:
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The purpose was to study the MANPRINT or human engineering interface between the pilot and the cockpit controls and displays. The cockpit was the prototype of a single-pilot cockpit designed for use on the prototype RAH-66 Comanche armed reconnaissance helicopter. The cockpit was designed so sensors would feed data to the pilot through helmet mounted displays. The MANPRINT study determined that single-pilot operation of the Comanche was unsafe, and would result in pilot overload. As result of this study, the Comanche was designed to be operated by a crew of two.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: chuckar101 on May 31, 2006, 03:50:26 AM
Cool Thanks for the info MadPilot
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Roland on May 31, 2006, 06:00:52 AM
100% for chuckar101! |:)\
Jepp, that was the test bed of the fenestron-system for the Comanche project. Well done: you can cut out the pictures and keep them in your lesson book … ;D
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Roland on May 31, 2006, 01:18:40 PM
What about hot refuelling? Ever done that?
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: fireflyr on May 31, 2006, 09:50:06 PM
"Hot refueling"
See, this picture points out why I consider sling-wing pilots irrational---they're hovering over a helipad---why don't they just land the damn thing, get out and take a leak while the guys are gassing the bird? Helicopter pilots, HMMMMPH! :-\
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Roland on June 01, 2006, 05:38:48 AM
See, this picture points out why I consider sling-wing pilots irrational---they're hovering over a helipad---why don't they just land the damn thing, get out and take a leak while the guys are gassing the bird? Helicopter pilots, HMMMMPH! :-\
Most probably they are on a rescue mission. The look for a pilot swimming in the water, next to his fixed wing plane ;)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: fireflyr on June 01, 2006, 09:06:42 PM
See, this picture points out why I consider sling-wing pilots irrational---they're hovering over a helipad---why don't they just land the damn thing, get out and take a leak while the guys are gassing the bird? Helicopter pilots, HMMMMPH! :-\
Most probably they are on a rescue mission. The look for a pilot swimming in the water, next to his fixed wing plane ;)
AARRGGHH!!! Roland, you are really hot with the zingers----that's OK, my time will come and PAYBACK is a B##CH!!! I'm gonna be watching you! VEEEERY CAREFULLY! ;)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Roland on June 02, 2006, 06:55:49 PM
Well, you know, we rotorheads have to respond quickly. ::)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: fliboye on June 02, 2006, 07:36:00 PM
is that why the call it a jesus nut????? ;D
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on June 03, 2006, 02:41:52 PM
Ok, I've had these bookmarked for a while and I need to clean up my mess so here they are :D
1: This looks like a scary place to land although it has it's beauty. I wonder if anyone here has landed there in real life? http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0199768/L/
2: Ever flown one of these Mike? :D http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0778802/L/
3: And another one for Mike, or Roland, is that a normal maneuver? http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0708052/L/
4: Ok not really an action photo but a wonderful machine in some nice colours too 8) http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0886504/L/
5: Ok now this is an interesting special-model, I think I read only this one was made. http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0578765/L/
6: Ok now that's also a way to drive, or a good way to use a car that's been rear-ended :D http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0293104/L/ http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0221534/L/
7: And now for the big finale, a fantastic picture: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0208372/L/
Hope you enjoyed them :) Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: spacer on June 03, 2006, 03:42:19 PM
7: And now for the big finale, a fantastic picture: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0208372/L/
Hope you enjoyed them :) Frank
Hello boys. If you did like this one, I suggest you to check also these ones.... http://gallery.avilu.ch/gallery/clouds
Thanks Frank for sharing. it was a good collection! keep doing it!
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: chuckar101 on June 07, 2006, 04:15:28 AM
Hey Mike isn't the turn in the link #3 about the same rate of turn we do in the ship around a fire. Best part of the fire I think.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: happylanding on June 07, 2006, 10:10:44 PM
Hello! that's a picture taken from a fake airline homepage, you can find at http://www.south-london-airlines.connectfree.co.uk/ They say it's Mallorca, but I was wondering, since it looks "familiar" to me. isn't it - even if "retouched" the airport of Saint Martin, Caribbean (I can't remember the name.... :( if I'm not wrong was juliana something)........ Any idea?
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on June 07, 2006, 11:18:32 PM
Hi, I just found a video that'll show just how low the approach really is and that at least some pictures from St. Julianne (?) Airport aren't fake at all. I posted it in the Video-thread in this subforum.
I know I'm really behind on posting but I am reading the forum, as you can see on my online-status on the main page, but I'm trying to re-gain strength and yet again to make a project work. So if you miss my posts, lol, then don't fear it's because something happend or that I don't like it here anymore, even though it is kind-of sad sometimes to read how nice it is to fly and not even being able to get within a km of a plane or slingwing. But you're nice people so I'm not jaleous and in fact I'm happy to read that you here relax and enjoy flying while still showing that you don't take risks on safety |:)\
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: SteepTurn on June 08, 2006, 06:53:35 AM
Hello! that's a picture taken from a fake airline homepage, you can find at http://www.south-london-airlines.connectfree.co.uk/ They say it's Mallorca, but I was wondering, since it looks "familiar" to me. isn't it - even if "retouched" the airport of Saint Martin, Caribbean (I can't remember the name.... :( if I'm not wrong was juliana something)........ Any idea?
Gooooood mo, Happy!
You're right! It's sort of Saint Martin, Saint Helena... anyway it's carriean and NOT Mallorca!!
c u
Steep
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: happylanding on June 08, 2006, 07:00:00 AM
But you're nice people so I'm not jaleous and in fact I'm happy to read that you here relax and enjoy flying while still showing that you don't take risks on safety |:)\ Frank
Then my memory was not betraying me! I said familiar in my previous post because I spent an Easter vacation on this beach, on holiday: I was 8 yrs old, so a looooooong time ago. I remember me and my brother taking pics as fools, but I was not addicted to flight at the time, and they disappeared somewhere in the granary, with my bro's toys, when he grew up. When I ran into the picture I posted I was trying to understand if it was this airport or maybe another somewhere on earth. Yesteday, after posting, I was looking for an old photo album, to see if I could find the info, and tell the name: Princess Juliana Int'l, in the island of Saint Martin, just one pic left of the landings.... there was Air France and KLM flying there from Europe. I think that the beach was the "gate" of the rwy. if you were sitting there you could not hear anything anymore for some time, just the engine thursts, and feel all the sand moving and going to your face. it was not really relaxing for some people (who were trying to nap ie) , but my brother and I really enjoyied. And you know what? I remember that inside the terminal of the airport there was a restaurant my parents loved: where you could eat incredible lobsters (i liked better ice cream...)....who know if it still exists!!!
And Frank, no worries. we won't think anything bad/wrong if you do not post all the time, there are busy times: I think that as soon as I find a job (what I'm doing lately) I won't have an average of 10 posts everyday anymore! :( :( And I do not think it depends from us, the fact of you being jealous or not. you're not a jealous person. Period. but you'll see: I'm used to think that if you long for something so bad, at the end you have it. it's a kind of law, I think. the secret is positive attitude.................gosh, I sound a little bit "new age" rubbish......but it's true. I could see it several times in my life....have a nice day!!!
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: BoB on June 08, 2006, 12:51:45 PM
How about one of these boys? This is what I get to see when flying around....
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: fireflyr on June 08, 2006, 01:49:17 PM
Hey Bob--- Just noticed you here, Great to see you!! How's things at the helitac base?
In case you don't remember, I'm the guy that was flying Air Attack there last year.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Plthijnx on June 09, 2006, 10:14:48 PM
whoops!!
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Plthijnx on June 09, 2006, 10:33:32 PM
s'more
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Plthijnx on June 09, 2006, 10:34:15 PM
last two:
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: happylanding on June 09, 2006, 11:25:40 PM
Oh my! They look like the first images of "lost" series. interesting, but scary ones!!!! :'( but how/why/what happened????????????????
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: fireflyr on June 10, 2006, 01:34:04 AM
Looks like a maintenance problem at American Airlines!!! :(
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: SteepTurn on June 10, 2006, 06:20:57 PM
Looks like a maintenance problem at American Airlines!!! :(
Where did Julio work before he was hired at Roost-Air ??? ??? :-\
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: fliboye on June 12, 2006, 11:46:54 AM
was this an oops or an oh **** ::) neither is real good hehehehe.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: happylanding on June 12, 2006, 05:21:38 PM
Boys,
I was rummaging through my pictures and I found one that's quite funny. It has nothing to do with traditional acft, but.....some days after I got my PPL license, I threw a party (I did not do anything alike when I graduated, but that's another history..... :-) ----kind of reversed priorities....). Anyhow, that was the cake there was at the party. Have a look! And the writing on it says (it's not all visible): "be careful, Happylanding on the rwy!".....
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: fireflyr on June 13, 2006, 02:48:36 AM
WOW---What a wonderful tribute from your friends!!! |:)\
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: fliboye on June 17, 2006, 10:56:57 AM
wonder what the P-51 tasted like hehhehe :P
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: happylanding on June 17, 2006, 11:02:47 PM
HAHA! the grass and asphalt were better, the p51 could have had a quite metallic taste! :P And yes, it was a really nice tribute and an unforgettable evening!
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Stef on June 26, 2006, 09:30:53 AM
Okay, this here is not a photo, but still pretty awesome!! I found it on the website of our friend Captain Ed Owen www.urcaptainspekin.com (http://www.urcaptainspekin.com): It's not animated!!
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Callisto on June 29, 2006, 03:48:15 PM
Stef - YOU ARE MESSING WITH MY BRAIN!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: spacer on July 01, 2006, 06:10:52 PM
oooh, I gotta quit freebasin' jet-A
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Have Blue on July 06, 2006, 04:49:15 AM
Aaaaaha ahaaahhhaaaah :-X
EDIT: I should make that my wallpaper.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: happylanding on July 06, 2006, 02:16:14 PM
Gosh, I can't believe it! It f***** up the brain! You sure there is no magician's hand inside?!?
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Zaffex on July 07, 2006, 06:46:05 PM
Oh, man is that weird! Optical illusions are pretty cool like that.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Frank N. O. on July 08, 2006, 01:33:02 PM
I can't remember if I posted this before, but after that visual scrambler there I'd like to present some eye-candy |:)\ A truly awesome airplane with an equally impressive paintjob, and it's actually got a danish registration! I never knew there were any of those here and certainly not looking so amazing!
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0299310/L/
Frank
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: fliboye on July 10, 2006, 02:23:15 AM
why are they all moving in different directions and which rudder should I use to stop them ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Ted_Stryker on July 10, 2006, 09:33:25 AM
Oh, man is that weird! Optical illusions are pretty cool like that.
Hey Zaffex... send me an email when you can. I have a question for you that probably is too detailed for the forums.
Thanks!
Bob... aka Ted_Stryker... Chicken Wings Forum "Chicken Farmer"
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Callisto on July 14, 2006, 03:41:49 AM
OK Stef... maybe not as cool as yours... but this is pretty weird. View full screen and watch the whole thing for best effect. http://www.break.com/index/cool_optical_illusion.html
And yes I know this isn't a "photo" and this should be in the "Interesting Video" thread... but Stef started it!!! ;D
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Stef on July 17, 2006, 09:34:08 AM
OK Stef... maybe not as cool as yours... but this is pretty weird. View full screen and watch the whole thing for best effect. http://www.break.com/index/cool_optical_illusion.html
And yes I know this isn't a "photo" and this should be in the "Interesting Video" thread... but Stef started it!!! ;D
Oh my god that is awesome :D Definetly one of the best things
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Callisto on July 17, 2006, 02:26:56 PM
OK Stef... maybe not as cool as yours... but this is pretty weird.
What? This is even cooler! Wow!! How can you watch it full screen though?!
Double click on the video when it starts playing. That should make it full screen.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: FlyingBlind on July 17, 2006, 04:10:17 PM
Callisto, it depends on what are you using! Media player or Macromedia Flash. IF media player - double click If Flash - there is a small button on the right bottom of the player (looks like 2 windows) click that!
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: happylanding on July 17, 2006, 04:48:49 PM
I was reading the italian magazine volare today, and I found an article related to the pictures that Phtlijynx posted. you probably know, but this was a B767 that went from NY to Los Angeles. during the flight the PIC informed of an anomaly of left engine. During the start up (it seems at least that's the translation that should be given), at 90% a compressor of high pressure detached from the turbofan, destroying the fuselage, causing fire and ending up in the external revestiment of another engine....
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Callisto on July 17, 2006, 07:39:47 PM
D'OH!... yes FB... I had the site remember that I prefer Media Player awhile back (I get bored at work often) and forgot the other player was an option...
Stef - Do what FlyingBlind said ;D
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: fireflyr on July 17, 2006, 11:42:36 PM
WOWOWOWEEE!!!! Can anybody say Flashback ;D Like returning to my college days and the naughty things we tried :-\
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: FlyingBlind on July 18, 2006, 12:45:57 AM
Yeaah, i just had a deja vu :P Once upon a time, under the blankets of the promqueen :-[ ;D
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Gulfstream Driver on July 18, 2006, 04:25:22 AM
I was reading the italian magazine volare today, and I found an article related to the pictures that Phtlijynx posted. you probably know, but this was a B767 that went from NY to Los Angeles. during the flight the PIC informed of an anomaly of left engine. During the start up (it seems at least that's the translation that should be given), at 90% a compressor of high pressure detached from the turbofan, destroying the fuselage, causing fire and ending up in the external revestiment of another engine....
It's gotta be pretty scary when those engines come apart. I always liked watching the Discovery Channel after the 777 came out and they had the documentary about making the airplane. The slow motion footage of chickens (Chuck, look away) being shot into the engine and the blade failure test was fascinating.
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: happylanding on July 18, 2006, 07:37:50 AM
It's gotta be pretty scary when those engines come apart. I always liked watching the Discovery Channel after the 777 came out and they had the documentary about making the airplane. The slow motion footage of chickens (Chuck, look away) being shot into the engine and the blade failure test was fascinating.
they take chicken and throw them inside an engine to see what happens?!?!? to see the result of a flight inside a "flocks of birds"?...or better, the result of a "flock of birds" inside the engine?
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Ted_Stryker on July 18, 2006, 03:11:54 PM
Reminds me of the true incident that happened when the Russians were starting their own windshield strength tests. Time after time that they tried this, using turkeys, they would smash through the glass without a problem! Even the windows manufactured by suppliers that were certified and strength rate approved had the same result!
Finally, the Russians called up NASA to ask again about the test parameters.... when asked to detail out what they were doing, the NASA guys realized what was wrong.
The response given to the Russians..... "Thaw the turkey first!" ::) :o ;D
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: happylanding on July 18, 2006, 03:20:58 PM
Reminds me of the true incident that happened when the Russians were starting their own windshield strength tests. Time after time that they tried this, using turkeys, they would smash through the glass without a problem! Even the windows manufactured by suppliers that were certified and strength rate approved had the same result!
Finally, the Russians called up NASA to ask again about the test parameters.... when asked to detail out what they were doing, the NASA guys realized what was wrong.
The response given to the Russians..... "Thaw the turkey first!" ::) :o ;D
Oh boy! they were throwing frozen turkeys against the windshields?!? ;D ;D ;D Well, the idea of not thawing them could be explained by the fact that Russia is a quite cold place and if they ever found one in flight, it could have been suffering the same "state"!!
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Ted_Stryker on July 18, 2006, 03:26:49 PM
Reminds me of the true incident that happened when the Russians were starting their own windshield strength tests. Time after time that they tried this, using turkeys, they would smash through the glass without a problem! Even the windows manufactured by suppliers that were certified and strength rate approved had the same result!
Finally, the Russians called up NASA to ask again about the test parameters.... when asked to detail out what they were doing, the NASA guys realized what was wrong.
The response given to the Russians..... "Thaw the turkey first!" ::) :o ;D
Oh boy! they were throwing frozen turkeys against the windshields?!? ;D ;D ;D Well, the idea of not thawing them could be explained by the fact that Russia is a quite cold place and if they ever found one in flight, it could have been suffering the same "state"!!
;D ;D ;D True indeed!!! ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Gulfstream Driver on July 19, 2006, 03:20:08 AM
Happy, manufacturers are required to chuck chickens at windshields and engines. It's pretty cool to watch. :)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Ted_Stryker on July 19, 2006, 02:37:24 PM
I guess we should mention that the way they do that "chicken" (or in the case of the Russians... turkey) test is by using a specially constructed "gun", which is basically a compressed air cannon, that fires the "projectile" against a surface.
While the Russians did contact NASA for help, the gun is actually operated by the FAA and the U.S. Air Force. It accurrately simulates a bird strike into an aircraft or other test object at flight velocities. The rumor has it that the frozen chicken, or frozen turkey story is a myth.... but I've heard there is truth to it. It was, more accurate to say the turkey's had not been fully thawed out, so they still had a hard core that penetrated. It kind of takes the humor out of the story... but, at least according to an engineer here where I work, it is a true story. Various accounts of this have floated around the internet... including several versions that said it was BAC, British Rail, Australian government, Japanese government, and others credited with this.
The nicknames for this "gun" are, "chicken gun", "turkey gun", and "rooster booster". It can drive a projectile fowl at around 900 miles per hour!
You should see what this thing does to a car! I saw a video of it once.... you wouldn't want to be in the car!
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: happylanding on July 19, 2006, 04:32:22 PM
Mates, that's incredible! I was looking for a movie (but haven't found one it, about it) and run into the complete (who knows?) story!
The response given to the Russians..... "Thaw the turkey first!" ::) :o ;D
HAHA ROFL ;D Ted, are you serious? They were really using FROZEN turkeys? TOO MUCH!!! :D :D
At least if I was given the straight scoop on this, which I have no reason to doubt, such was the case! The guy that told me this was a producibility engineer for McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing).
Right before the power went out in my house (along with 490,000 other people due to the severe storm that swept through St. Louis, Missouri on Wednesday), I saw on my TiVo an episode of "Wings To Adventure" (one of the programs on the Outdoor Channel) was covering the "Chicken Gun"! I didn't get to watch it before everything went dark. Power is still off at home, and they are estimating between 3 and six days to restore everything. As I write this, from my work PC, the power has been out for 2.5 days... ugh. It wouldn't be so bad if the temperature here wasn't running in the 100 degree plus range (Farenheit naturally).
Hopefully I'll get to watch that episode soon and see what it's got on it. Should be interesting to see again :)
If you are lucky enough to get this on your cable or satellite service, the program is always fun and interesting!
Here is a link to the show's website :)
http://www.wingstoadventure.com/
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Callisto on July 21, 2006, 06:13:58 PM
Ugh is right!!! No power for 3-6 days? AND 100+ temps? So much for that ice cream in the freezer! ;D
MythBusters on the Discovery Channel has done a few episodes on a Chicken Gun. They built a pneumatic cannon and fired chickens to see if thawed birds or frozen birds would break through a windshield. They fired both thawed and frozen at old single engine windshields (both took out the entire front glass)... until they realized that they were not rated for bird strikes. So they used other methods of finding out what bird would go through a window.
Bottom line... frozen birds pack one hell of a punch. So this story is plausible... but I would hate to think that the engineers designing windshields of planes not realizing to thaw the chicken first. ??? ::)
Title: Re: Interesting Photo
Post by: Mike on July 21, 2006, 11:17:58 PM
Right before the power went out in my house (along with 490,000 other people due to the severe storm that swept through St. Louis, Missouri on Wednesday)... Power is still off at home, and they are estimating between 3 and six days to restore everything. It wouldn't be so bad if the temperature here wasn't running in the 100 degree plus range (Farenheit naturally).
Oh my God! I do not really envy you! that's - by large - the hottest summer I remember in yrs and given the temp you say there is in Missouri, it's hot there too (or better: it's hotter than here)! We do not have air conditioning at home (It's unusual in Switzerland to build a home with it, just offices and banks and some shops usually have it) but I could not think about living without at least a fan and ice. I sometimes spend sometime into the wine cellar, to try to feel better :)
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Post by: happylanding on July 22, 2006, 12:44:42 PM
I run into an old animated movie there was when I was a toddler, and it made me remember of Mike's work. Here you are... Mike, is that you?!? ;) :D ;)
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Post by: chuckar101 on July 24, 2006, 12:15:16 AM
I agree with happy that does look a lot like you Mike.
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Post by: Mike on July 24, 2006, 01:08:34 AM
OH MY GOD !!!
IT's "GRISU" the little dragon!!
This should be my avatar ;)
I loved that show when I was little. In German he says "Ich werde Feuerwehrmann, ich werde Feuerwehrman!" ("I'm gonna be a fireman....)
Did you have this show in Switzerland Happy???
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Post by: happylanding on July 24, 2006, 07:17:55 AM
Mike, we had it, but I can't really say I remember a lot about it, but the fact that my brother and I named the cat Grisù after the dragon, so I've to suppose we were fond of it, and - as you - I remembered what he used to say at the end of every episode. I think I was around 5 maximum, when I last watched it, then I presume it was not aired anymore :( But on the net I discovered that it was an Italian production. It's a strange sensation when I run into something that was last seen 20 or something years before, don't you think? it makes one feel.........getting older?!? ??? ??? HAAAAA! :) :) :) :)
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Post by: Ted_Stryker on July 24, 2006, 04:57:02 PM
Just wanted to let everyone know that the power in my home finally came back last night! It's sooooooo nice having air conditioning, lights, television, and the Internet and computer back up and operating!
No sooner had I done my last post on here (using my PC from work), when power went out at work too!!
This has been the worst power outage in the history of this city! The first wave of heavy storms took out 490,000 homes and businesses in the St. Louis area. That was Wednesday night here. Some people got their power back Thursday night, taking the number of people out of power down to 380,000 by Friday morning (I wasn't lucky enough to have been among those restored yet). My workplace, which had been out of power on Thursday, had it restored for Friday morning. Well, Murphy's Law prevails, and while I was at work on Friday, the second wave of storms hit, and knocked out power to a grand total of 587,000 homes and businesses! So, those that got their power back for a short while, got knocked out again in many cases, and yet more were taken out!
As I write this from home, there are still 180,000 people without power, and they predict they should all be restored in another day or two if all goes well.
I don't know how much was lost in the way of business with everyone out, but it is surely significant!
On a human toll, we had three people dead, one from electric shock with coming into contact with a live line during debris cleanup, and two from heat causes. We had 30 people injured during a baseball game at Bush Stadium here when windows were popped out of the media booth during the Wednesday night storm. Apparently they didn't hold up to the 92 MPH straight-line winds!
We had lightposts and utility poles ripped right out of the ground, all around the downtown area, uprooted and broken trees up to three feet in diameter also were taken out by these storms! Two buildings downtown collapsed, and one had a wall on one side collapse, throwing bricks in piles up to two feet high on a nearby bridge, shutting it down. Three eighteen-wheeler trucks were overturned on one bridge, and two on another. At the main airport here, St. Louis International Airport (aka Lambert Field... where Charles Lindbergh first took off with the Ryan NYP to ferry it to New York before starting his trans-Atlantic flight), part of the roof of the East Terminal ended up on the highway running in front of the airport terminal!
Never underestimate the power of mother nature! Even without a tornado/cyclone, hurricane, waterspout, flood, earthquake, or other form of heavy-duty event, thunderstorms are capable of much destruction unto themselves.
Glad to be back on here finally! :) Thanks to all those who sent messages of empathy and concern! I greatly appreciate it :)
Also... on the Chicken Gun/Rooster Booster.... I think the situation was that they may not have let the chickens fully thaw. Not that they didn't let them thaw at all. Naturally in any controlled test, you want reproducability, so they were following a routine process, thawing the chicken out for x amount of time, etc. My understanding is that they underestimated how long it can take for the core of a solidly frozen chicken to fully thaw, so it ended up having that end result. I guess they would have benefited by having an engineer or two that also had experience in the kitchen.... but alas.... that's pretty rare! I know I can microwave something... but that's about it for me! ;D |:)\
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Post by: fireflyr on July 24, 2006, 09:33:08 PM
Interesting, Ted, |:)\ Makes me wonder about people who doubt the effects of global warming and mankind's detrimental behavior in regards to our planet's health. ??? Watch for a new subject regarding global warming.
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Post by: happylanding on July 24, 2006, 10:16:57 PM
good observation Fireflyr! we'd all need people thinking and realizing like you that fact! |:)\
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Post by: Ted_Stryker on July 31, 2006, 11:06:41 PM
Just for the record, I don't have doubts about the fact that there is indeed global warming.
The one point still open to conjecture is IF mankind has any real appreciable contributory effect. The scientific community is still out on that one, and if one listens to the fear mongers, one might never step out of one's house, much less exhale.
Until there is verifiable, undeniable proof that mankind can have a significant impact, I'm not going to take measures that would be expensive for me personally, nor inconvienient.
All too many times in history we've been warned about things that we are doing that are good, or bad, and then, later, we come to find out that it's either not true, or the opposite is true.
Until the jury comes in, I'm keeping an open mind. One thing is for certain.... the climate on this planet, and indeed any planet with some form of atmosphere, is cyclic. Even the sun itself goes through cyclic changes and periods of high and low sunspot activity. I suspect the same is true with heating and cooling cycles of the planet.
Considering there is far more pollution in a single volcanic eruption than mankind can produce collectively over a much, much longer time span, I think we can safely say that any contributory effect by mankind is minimal in all liklihood.
And, nature has a way of cleaning itself up too. Remnants of oil spills even dissappear over time.
Just my two cents ;D
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Post by: Callisto on August 02, 2006, 06:26:09 PM
hear, hear Ted!
I'm with you on this. The climate has been fluctuating since the beginning of time. Long before us and long after. That's nature. Ice ages, Tropic Zones reaching far north, huge hurricanes, volcanoes, floods.. all happening with out our help for eons. How can we screw up a whole planet in 150 years (the begining if the Industral Revolution)?
So between Ted and I, you've got 4 cents!
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Post by: kkrummy1 on August 24, 2006, 06:44:07 PM
I had a science teacher back in the 60's, kind of a hippy wannabe type who told all us kids that if the Alaska pipleline was built, New York would be under water by 1975. The problem these days is that in order for a scientist to get funding he has to come up with a problem. Hence we have global warming, the ozone hole, and red tides. Not saying we shouldn't watch our step and try to keep the environment clean, but old mother earth isn't in any danger. Humans on the other hand........
KK
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Post by: Ted_Stryker on August 24, 2006, 10:04:56 PM
It's basically like the old saying.....
"The number one cause of cancer in laboratory animals is.... SCIENTISTS!"
;D ;D ;D
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Post by: fireflyr on August 25, 2006, 03:16:24 AM
I had a science teacher back in the 60's, kind of a hippy wannabe type who told all us kids that if the Alaska pipleline was built, New York would be under water by 1975. The problem these days is that in order for a scientist to get funding he has to come up with a problem. Hence we have global warming, the ozone hole, and red tides. Not saying we shouldn't watch our step and try to keep the environment clean, but old mother earth isn't in any danger. Humans on the other hand........
KK
HORSE HOCKEY!!!---Guess we can just ignore the facts---
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Post by: Ted_Stryker on August 25, 2006, 04:03:47 AM
I had a science teacher back in the 60's, kind of a hippy wannabe type who told all us kids that if the Alaska pipleline was built, New York would be under water by 1975. The problem these days is that in order for a scientist to get funding he has to come up with a problem. Hence we have global warming, the ozone hole, and red tides. Not saying we shouldn't watch our step and try to keep the environment clean, but old mother earth isn't in any danger. Humans on the other hand........
KK
HORSE HOCKEY!!!---Guess we can just ignore the facts---
Well... there are people on both sides of that issue.... and each side has facts to support each argument. Let's just agree that there are some that disagree....
By the way.... on another debate issue.... is it possible to put skates on a horse and get them to play hockey???? Hmm.... time for another experiment :) :)
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Post by: Gulfstream Driver on August 26, 2006, 02:39:16 AM
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By the way.... on another debate issue.... is it possible to put skates on a horse and get them to play hockey???? Hmm.... time for another experiment :) :)
If the horses are from ND or MN, they'd be naturals.
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Post by: tundra_flier on August 26, 2006, 05:51:50 AM
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Interesting, Ted, Makes me wonder about people who doubt the effects of global warming and mankind's detrimental behavior in regards to our planet's health. Watch for a new subject regarding global warming.
Alaska just had a record cool wet summer, what's that say about global warming? :P
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I had a science teacher back in the 60's, kind of a hippy wannabe type who told all us kids that if the Alaska pipleline was built, New York would be under water by 1975. The problem these days is that in order for a scientist to get funding he has to come up with a problem. Hence we have global warming, the ozone hole, and red tides. Not saying we shouldn't watch our step and try to keep the environment clean, but old mother earth isn't in any danger. Humans on the other hand........
And back in the 50's many scientists predicted we were entering the next ice age and Canada would be covered in glaciers by now. :-*
If you read "Glacier Pilot" the biography of Bob Reeves, theres a story in there where he got stranded in Fairbanks one December in the 1930's. He was on skis and it rained so much all the snow was gone! :o
Personally I think we need another 20 to 30 more years of good solid data to really have any idea what's going on with global climate. 8)
And if you REALLY want to reduce CO2 emmitions, turn off your air conditioning! AC units are huge power hogs. Even here were A/C's only used for 6 to 8 weeks a year, and only a very little is needed, it can double a buildings electrical load. :(
Phil
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Post by: tundra_flier on August 26, 2006, 06:40:08 AM
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1: This looks like a scary place to land although it has it's beauty. I wonder if anyone here has landed there in real life? http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0199768/L/
No but I've landed at this one several times, can't see that's its any more difficult. http://www.alaska.faa.gov/fai/images/TANVLY/INR-g.jpg
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Post by: Gulfstream Driver on August 26, 2006, 08:22:43 AM
1: This looks like a scary place to land although it has it's beauty. I wonder if anyone here has landed there in real life? http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0199768/L/
No but I've landed at this one several times, can't see that's its any more difficult. http://www.alaska.faa.gov/fai/images/TANVLY/INR-g.jpg
Is that the one with the approach plate that says "go around is very, very, very unlikely"?
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Post by: Plthijnx on August 26, 2006, 05:18:09 PM
here's some cool pics that were sent to me by a friend who stumbled on these guys adventure to oshkosh....i would've loved to have been with these guys!
here's some cool pics that were sent to me by a friend who stumbled on these guys adventure to oshkosh....i would've loved to have been with these guys!
these pics and the colours are simply gooooooooorgeous! really nice shots!
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Post by: tundra_flier on August 28, 2006, 03:34:00 PM
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Is that the one with the approach plate that says "go around is very, very, very unlikely"?
Which one? The original post or INR/PAIN. Mckinly doesn't have any kind of IFR approch, you have to watch carefully to maintain 1000ft from the hotel on the mountain side on downwind. so I'll have to assume it's the other one.
Phil
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Post by: cj5_pilot on August 29, 2006, 04:28:09 PM
The toughest strip I know of is Sparrevohn AFS. The Alaska supplement says "Caution: runway surrounded by mountains. Runway located on slope of 3,236 foot mountain. Approach from south only, land runway 34 only. Successful go-around improbable. Caution: Winds in excess of 20 knots (Radome winds 25 knots) may produce severe turbulence." I believe the supplement says that after landing contact ground on 121.5
