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BIG HEADLINE posted:Pimp My Choppah: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/bell-525-helicopter 2nd Generation Rich, inc.
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ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:If James Bond doesn't smash a guy into that table at some point, life has no meaning. This. It looks like it's built specifically for a Bond villain.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:...where the Douchenati meet to discuss what everyone should buy from Hollister that month. That was exquisitely beautiful 
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The screwy thing is that they're marketing that thing as a corporate helo when that's easily a flying OR or, spec'ed for military use, a more than large enough cabin to run a pretty decent AEW suite if you found someplace to slap one of these onto: http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/exclusive-p-8-poseidon-flies-with-shadowy-radar-system-1562912667
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Das Volk posted:Upstairs on a BA 747-400 is a very nice place to be. There's lockers for all your crap, screens if you don't want to make out with the person adjacent to you (let's be honest, if you aren't doing this, you're doing it wrong) and a fully stocked self-serve bar. The upstairs on their A380s are like that too. They also have the most gigantic airplane bathrooms I've ever seen.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Pimp My Choppah: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/bell-525-helicopter The metrosexual version of the Dethcopter. It's Pickles' brother's helicopter.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:The screwy thing is that they're marketing that thing as a corporate helo when that's easily a flying OR or, spec'ed for military use, a more than large enough cabin to run a pretty decent AEW suite if you found someplace to slap one of these onto: http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/exclusive-p-8-poseidon-flies-with-shadowy-radar-system-1562912667 Can you actually do surgery in a medevac chopper? That seems kind of dangerous, but I guess if the alternative is dying anyway you don't have much choice.
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Eej posted:Can you actually do surgery in a medevac chopper? That seems kind of dangerous, but I guess if the alternative is dying anyway you don't have much choice. Ideally, given the size of the thing, you'd land and hook up a dedicated power line so you're not running poo poo entirely off the helo's engine, but that space easily looks large enough to house an OR-like space. Though now that I've had time to think about the statement - the trickiest part would be keeping it a sterile environment with that big-rear end access door.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Pimp My Choppah: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/bell-525-helicopter What the hell are "sidekick controls"? Does it come with a remote-control butler or something?
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Advent Horizon posted:What the hell are "sidekick controls"? Does it come with a remote-control butler or something? I'm guessing they actually meant sidestick controls, like on an Airbus.
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I like to imagine that it means I has a little drone following it around all the time.
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hobbesmaster posted:I like to imagine that it means I has a little drone following it around all the time. Alternatively, some guy in an R-22.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Pimp My Choppah: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/bell-525-helicopter Not a Mi-8, not interested
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That looks expensive but you could probably produce that reasonably cheaply (compared to the price of a loving helicopter at any rate) especially if the wood's fake and it's all made of molded plastic.
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Mortabis posted:That looks expensive but you could probably produce that reasonably cheaply (compared to the price of a loving helicopter at any rate) especially if the wood's fake and it's all made of molded plastic. I can assure you that's all real wood veneer; not only is that a major prestige thing (which is pretty much everything when selling corporate aircraft), you simply can't make plastic that looks like that and be as tough or as light as a veneered aluminum or composite surface. There is a huge amount of manual labour involved - the veneer is usually hand cut, applied and finished - but it is well worth the effort in the end.
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Took a trip down to the Classic Air Force hanger today because their website said they were open for visitors again. The website lied but the volunteers that were about were extremely kind and let me poke around a bit. Here's some of the pictures I took:     Nimrod that served in the Falklands. Fun fact: the refulling probe was added in during the Falklands war, up until then they didn't have one. The change was made so quickly that the fuel pipe came in through the cockpit and ran along the floor to the tanks. It was neatened up after the war though.   A Shakleton that is being restored (maybe is restored) to flying condition     de Havilland Dragon Rapide which I find so pretty, you can book pleasure flights on that one too  A Vampire which is so tiny   Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer which are slightly rare now. They've had difficulty getting replacements for part of the wing support so it isn't flying at the moment   Bunch of terrible interior shots of the Nimrod and some other pictures here
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freelop posted:Took a trip down to the Classic Air Force hanger today because their website said they were open for visitors again. What's the clear bubble on the wing?
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NightGyr posted:What's the clear bubble on the wing? Searchlight, for SAR operations.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9CoBMlOLi4 20 P-51s in formation. I'm just… what. Who, how. I'm sure this has been posted here before, but the sound of those engines all together… drat. I sort of get what a live NASCAR race feels like now.
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That just looks like great time. Although it's not same type the balbo at Duxford flying legends is similarly impressive with big numbers of warbirds in the air simultaneously. They regularly throw up more than 10 spits.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Ideally, given the size of the thing, you'd land and hook up a dedicated power line so you're not running poo poo entirely off the helo's engine, but that space easily looks large enough to house an OR-like space. Though now that I've had time to think about the statement - the trickiest part would be keeping it a sterile environment with that big-rear end access door. It's not as big as it looks. The seats in a private aircraft are usually smaller than you expect, so without people in them you can't get a good gauge on size.
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Well, shitfuckballs. We've got an An-225 on deck at KBGR and I missed it. It was supposed to come in the other day, but had some maintenance trouble and was down in Houston. I subsequently forgot to keep track after that. Bah. Local news link: http://wabi.tv/2015/04/11/bangor-sky-watchers-witnessed-worlds-largest-plane-today/ If it's parked where I think it is, I should be able to mosey right out on the ramp and get some nice closeups of it tomorrow, assuming it's still here. I'll see what I can do.
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Acid Reflux posted:Well, shitfuckballs. We've got an An-225 on deck at KBGR and I missed it. It was supposed to come in the other day, but had some maintenance trouble and was down in Houston. I subsequently forgot to keep track after that. Bah. It already left  http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ADB3495/history/20150411/2100Z/KBGR/EINN
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GODDAMIT Well, at least I have pics from the last time it was here. Somewhere, buried in a subfolder. e: Heyo! We can all live vicariously through my buddy Kyle, who was able to grab this today:  edited edit: My company's got some neat pictures and footage on the Facebook page as well: https://www.facebook.com/CLAVIATION Incidentally, and apropos of nothing, if anyone's ever in the Bangor ME area and would like to see our facility, drop me a line. I'd be happy to give you a tour.  Acid Reflux fucked around with this message at 04:31 on Apr 12, 2015 |
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Slo-Tek posted:Searchlight, for SAR operations. ...and scaring the poo poo out of drug-runners in speedboats, apparently.
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Canada stole a good idea from America: behold, a CF-18 done up as a Battle of Britain Hurricane.
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I didn't know Hurricanes had fake canopies painted on their undersides.
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Craptacular posted:I didn't know Hurricanes had fake canopies painted on their undersides. They had the equally-upsetting port-black/starboard-white undersides.
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If you want to read about the B-36 I've written a thing.
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Nebakenezzer posted:If you want to read about the B-36 I've written a thing. Very nice. Pro read. quote:If there's one thing the B-36 program can teach you, is that you show how big a thing is by putting it next to smaller things. So true. Much like the B-52, the Wright-Patterson museum shows off the B-36 by having it overshadowing about half a dozen other planes. With the possible exception of the ICBM hall, the B-36 has to be the most "holy poo poo" part of the museum in terms of sheer size. I had a vague idea that the B-36 was a big plane prior to that, but seeing it up close, next to other ostensibly large planes, really puts it in full perspective.
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According to wikipedia it had 13 crew. What were all of them doing? Were there like 6 flight engineers to take care of the massive number of engines?
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Mortabis posted:According to wikipedia it had 13 crew. What were all of them doing? Were there like 6 flight engineers to take care of the massive number of engines? Eight gunners, apparently. Having seen photos of the cockpit, I can imagine needing three flight engineers.
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Uh...why would you need 8 gunners for a plane with only one gun?
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Mortabis posted:Uh...why would you need 8 gunners for a plane with only one gun? The production models had eight guns. Most of them were later removed. wikipedia posted:The defensive armament consisted of six remote-controlled retractable gun turrets, and fixed tail and nose turrets. Each turret was fitted with two 20 mm cannons, for a total of 16.
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Mortabis posted:Uh...why would you need 8 gunners for a plane with only one gun? From many pages earlier in the thread, a video showing the pop-up turrets. Nebakenezzer posted:For the past two months I've been working on a infodump for **my blog** on the B-36. ('My Blog' being very similar to **MY GIRLFRIEND** in that it's basically impossible to even mention it without sounding douche-y. I've come to accept this, though I gotta apologize at the same time.) Anyway, the most impressive thing I've found round the net that you might not have seen before is this: a propaganda short on the B-36.
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Some new uploads from the San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives Grumman F-14A 157991 tested with retractable canards at NASA Dryden  Grumman/General Dynamics F-111B 151973 during Phoenix missile tests 
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Just pulled into the gate at IAD. Had to walk a little further from the plane to the jetway because we hit a luggage cart with the lift wingtip while pulling in. Went about 6" into the wing then pulled out a bunch of wiring for the strobe and what looked like insulation.
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Jealous Cow posted:Just pulled into the gate at IAD. Had to walk a little further from the plane to the jetway because we hit a luggage cart with the lift wingtip while pulling in. Went about 6" into the wing then pulled out a bunch of wiring for the strobe and what looked like insulation. Oh jeez. Is that one of the new planes with the scimitar winglets (The ones going down as well as up)?
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