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Sweet pictures! Couple comments.... dayman posted:
The SNJ was what the Navy called the T-6 advanced trainer...completely different from the SBD. Also the T-6/SNJ was powered by the P&W R-1340 Wasp (but the SBD was in fact powered by that Wright). dayman posted:
The USAF still does something sort of like this in that cadets at the Academy still train in gliders (they have the option of either gliders or jumping). It's not really part of the pilot training syllabus, since everyone does it regardless of whether or not they are going to go on to fly as a job (and in fact the pilot training pipeline starts with something called IFS where you are trained to fly a simple prop aircraft) but it's basically intended to introduce people to the concept of flying in a very cheap and simple fashion, even if it is completely different from flying a powered aircraft. I would imagine that the idea with the USAAF doing it during WWII was much the same thing, especially considering that airplanes were still very much a "new-fangled" concept at the time so it would be likely that a much larger number of cadets would be completely clueless as to the basics of flight.
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iyaayas01 posted:The SNJ was what the Navy called the T-6 advanced trainer...completely different from the SBD. Also the T-6/SNJ was powered by the P&W R-1340 Wasp (but the SBD was in fact powered by that Wright). Oops, I should have paid more attention. I was going over the pictures later and just assumed the identity of the craft. I'll go back and edit.
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Those are some awesome pics, I need to get down to Virginia Beach sometime.dayman posted:
That's a similar model, but it's not the actual Vin Fiz Flyer - she's still in the Smithsonian Air & Space. I thought Vin Fiz was the only Wright EX model produced but I might be mistaken. 
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Aug 27, 2012 03:39
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What camera/lense were those shots taken with?
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So, I was in Tucson on Wednesday. Entirely for the purpose of visiting the local scrap yards. I'll get to that later, but first some AMARG porn! I'm terrified of when this:  72-1874 Head On by Powercube, on Flickr is going to get the chop. After all, they cut up the YC-15 in place a few months back. The tour guide insisted this belonged to NASA:  N910SF by Powercube, on Flickr Apparently it is actually the carrier of some obscure next gen sensor array that pops back and forth from DMA about as often as it changes hands. And now for some good ole destruction:  56-3612 by Powercube, on Flickr  56-3643 by Powercube, on Flickr  131890 by Powercube, on Flickr The above HU-16A has been sitting just outside the perimeter fence of DMI for at least 15 years according to photographic record. The full set is being updated as I sort through my mountain of photos... Powercube fucked around with this message at 06:40 on Aug 27, 2012 |
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dayman posted:
To me, even though it's well past it's prime this looks like it's still ready to go out and gently caress somebody's day up. I'm not sure what it is exactly but it's there.
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Terrifying Effigies posted:Those are some awesome pics, I need to get down to Virginia Beach sometime. Yes you are correct. It was done as part of a soft drink promotion, I guess Red Bull reached way back for their inspiration when it comes to sponsorship. Rorac posted:To me, even though it's well past it's prime this looks like it's still ready to go out and gently caress somebody's day up. I'm not sure what it is exactly but it's there. Captain Apollo posted:What camera/lense were those shots taken with? dayman fucked around with this message at 13:57 on Aug 27, 2012 |
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So this came to Calgary for the weekend: B-17G Sentimental Journey by BigtimeYYC, on Flickr  B-17G Sentimental Journey by BigtimeYYC, on Flickr So awesome, first time I've seen a B-17 in flight.
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Rorac posted:To me, even though it's well past it's prime this looks like it's still ready to go out and gently caress somebody's day up. I'm not sure what it is exactly but it's there. It's the oil leaks beneath each engine.
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Powercube posted:So, I was in Tucson on Wednesday. Entirely for the purpose of visiting the local scrap yards. I'll get to that later, but first some AMARG porn! What is that?
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:What is that? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_YC-14
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Exactly. The other one is about two miles away from it at the Pima Air and Space Museum. Back to AMARG oddities though  163050 by Powercube, on Flickr This is the only EC-24A. An aircraft constructed entirely to mimic a Soviet ECM platform and used to train carrier battle groups in methods of burning through the jamming.  85-1596 by Powercube, on Flickr A Fairchild T-46A. The last aircraft Fairchild built that actually flew.  91-0105 by Powercube, on Flickr This is an Alenia C-27A. I thought most of these were still in service with the U.S State Department. Guess I was wrong.  59-1518 by Powercube, on Flickr This C-135K was used as a VIP aircraft, despite its lack of windows.
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Powercube posted:This C-135K was used as a VIP aircraft, despite its lack of windows.
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Powercube posted:
C-27A was only a little less embarrassing a program than the C-27J! Hoooray!
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Cygni posted:C-27A was only a little less embarrassing a program than the C-27J! Hoooray! Oh? I have absolutely no idea about the original Spartan clusterfuck. What happened?
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Powercube posted:Oh? I have absolutely no idea about the original Spartan clusterfuck. What happened? Pretty much the same thing with the J. 'Hey, were gonna buy a lot of these drat things! Ok maybe only a few. Ok, a handful so that we have no economies of scale. GEEZE these thing are pricey to run now! Aw gently caress it, even though they are still new airframes just fuckin' throw em away' The A's at least got 5-6 years of actual use, though. A lot of the J frames are going to end up with like 1 year of use.
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Cygni posted:Pretty much the same thing with the J. Ehhh, I bet we sell them to our allies at a loss before we toss them away. But if you have an idea of when they'll be joining the 309th- let me know and I'll get a shot of them before they cross the bridge of no return. Edited for more scrap shots:  APSA Convair 990 by Powercube, on Flickr Powercube fucked around with this message at 19:27 on Aug 27, 2012 |
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Lightbulb Out posted:It's the oil leaks beneath each engine.  I did not even notice that the first time I saw it. I guess I just thought those were shadows and thus unimportant.
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This got linked in #flightsim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5aMT9MBfZI 
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That came up earlier in the thread, but it's so loving crazy it should probably come back every 50 pages or so. That guy that grabbed the cable probably felt like such an rear end.
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Bugsmasher posted:So this came to Calgary for the weekend: Calgary? drat, she gets around. She's stationed somewhat near my house and have had her fly over a few times. 
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Calgary? drat, she gets around. She's stationed somewhat near my house and have had her fly over a few times. Yeah she does. I last saw her up here in 2005, making a fuel stop on the way to a show somewhere. She came in for the weekend from Cranbrook, BC and left this morning for the Edmonton area.
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You know it's a sleek bomber when it looks exactly like a fighter in a wide angle shot.
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Powercube posted:
I love it when planes have large canopies.
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A student posted:I love it when planes have large canopies. I love it when Fairchild builds anything... even the Fairchild-Dornier 728 
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The NTSB released the proximate cause of the crash of the Galloping Ghost as high speed flutter due to loosening fasteners in the elevator trip tab assembly. There is an amazing amount of data (ie, science) in the docket: http://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/hitlist.cfm?docketID=51746&CFID=256561&CFTOKEN=82086778 with a final report synopsis here: http://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/2012/reno_nv/index.html The most damming quote from the report summary is: “In Reno, the fine line between observing risk and being impacted by the consequences when something goes wrong was crossed,” said NTSB Chairman Deborah A. P. Hersman. “The pilots understood the risks they assumed; the spectators assumed their safety had been assessed and addressed.” galliumscan posted:(re-post from GBS, to a forum where there might be more enlightened comments)
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Rorac posted:
As the old guys say, it's when they stop leaking that you worry. That means you've run out of oil.
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Captain Postal posted:As the old guys say, it's when they stop leaking that you worry. That means you've run out of oil. Where does the oil leak from? My best guess would be the back of the crankcase seals or where the propeller shaft exits. The radial planes seemed to all have catch pans so I'm wondering if it's something to do with the normal design of these engines.
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dayman posted:Where does the oil leak from? My best guess would be the back of the crankcase seals or where the propeller shaft exits. The radial planes seemed to all have catch pans so I'm wondering if it's something to do with the normal design of these engines. There's a reason that saying has been around for 70 years.
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Cygni posted:C-27A was only a little less embarrassing a program than the C-27J! Hoooray! I saw two of these in Bagram, had US Army on them.
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dayman posted:Where does the oil leak from? My best guess would be the back of the crankcase seals or where the propeller shaft exits. The radial planes seemed to all have catch pans so I'm wondering if it's something to do with the normal design of these engines. The oil lliterally pours out of the bottom cylinders in a radial engine. Most radials use a form of dry-sump lubrication, and with no scavenging in the crankcase, the oil naturally finds its way into the lower cylinder bores. If the valves are open, the oil will drip out the exhaust or into the intake manifold. If the valves are closed, the oil will accumulate, which is why before running the engine, the prop is pulled backwards through a few revolutions.
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CommieGIR posted:I saw two of these in Bagram, had US Army on them. The army wants em bad, because its a hell of a lot safer to put stuff in a C-27 and fly it around, than it is to move it by ground convoy through ground that may or may not be full of people that want to kill you. The air force bought em to keep the army from getting its claws into fixed-wing tactical lift, just like the Caribous in the sixties. Basically, "You can't have it, but its not a shiny jet, so we don't really want it."
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Captain Postal posted:As the old guys say, it's when they stop leaking that you worry. That means you've run out of oil.  B-17 gear well behind #2 engine. I had to move very carefully to avoid destroying my clothing. PainterofCrap fucked around with this message at 02:45 on Aug 29, 2012 |
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Took this at the Omaha air show over the weekend at Offut AFB: And here's a video I shot of the Harrier demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpGr4LLEBKk
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Two weeks until Reno - who's going and where are we meeting up?
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Here, have some more oddities! The Budd RB-1 Conestoga by Powercube, on Flickr This is a Budd RB-1 Conestoga. 20 were built, but it could not hold a candle to the C-47.  N9995Z by Powercube, on Flickr A Grumman AF-2S. As far as I can tell, none exist with radomes any more.  55-5118 by Powercube, on Flickr A North American YF-107A Last but not least,  124629 by Powercube, on Flickr A Douglas F3D-2
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angryhampster posted:Took this at the Omaha air show over the weekend at Offut AFB: CHEMTRAILS 
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I'm bored posting wrecks. Here's some 787s: CC-BBA Delivery by Powercube, on Flickr  JA815A by Powercube, on Flickr  N20904's first flight by Powercube, on Flickr
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For some reason, those look so strange to me. My brain didn't realize it was already time to see the 787 in all these liveries.
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