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Nebakenezzer posted:I'll be damned, they had GIFs in 1944 but did they pronounce GIF with a hard or a soft g? 
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Psion posted:but did they pronounce GIF with a hard or a soft g? "Gee Aye Eff."
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Nebakenezzer posted:Seven Men in a Boat - to say nothing of the badly beaten Navigator it's fairly common knowledge that if we run out of fuel over open water and the pilot is armed, the nav probably isn't making it to the raft Totally saving that picture for use with my students - any chance of a higher-quality scan?
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I love the IL2 one, I've seen it before... The entire manual is basically a comic book with the simple linear sequence of how to get through a flight. Quite a jarring reversal from the main body of text with the occasional explanatory picture that we're used to. What other way to build up an air cadre from a population of peasants?
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Gotta love the TF2 Spy shooting swastika rays from his fighter.
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vessbot posted:I love the IL2 one, I've seen it before... The entire manual is basically a comic book with the simple linear sequence of how to get through a flight. A lot of WWII flight training material is made in this manner...not necessarily aircraft manuals, but the textbooks they learned from in their ground school classes. Many of them are quite beautifully illustrated too, especially the US Navy's "Flight Thru Instruments".
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MrChips posted:A lot of WWII flight training material is made in this manner...not necessarily aircraft manuals, but the textbooks they learned from in their ground school classes. Many of them are quite beautifully illustrated too, especially the US Navy's "Flight Thru Instruments". I have that one! The book tent at Oshkosh truly delivered.
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From my Thanksgiving vacation to NYC:
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MrChips posted:A lot of WWII flight training material is made in this manner...not necessarily aircraft manuals, but the textbooks they learned from in their ground school classes. Many of them are quite beautifully illustrated too, especially the US Navy's "Flight Thru Instruments". I have a B-17 manual and it's loving hilarious.
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chitoryu12 posted:From my Thanksgiving vacation to NYC: Nice. I know what scheme I'm gonna use for the J-7 model that's gonna show up at my house one of these days...
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One last batch for the new page:       This is among my favorite of the images I've posted just because of the sheer disparity between the dryness, technicality and Heller-like modernity-absurdity of the information (an in-depth examination of the ways saving your own life will muck up the beaurocracy of warfare) and the aesthetic beauty of the presentation—these could respectably hold their own opposite Rothkos and Newmanns in exhibition, imo.              This should be a familiar sight for a fair few of you. Il-2 cockpit    
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Air India worker 'sucked into engine'. From all the way next to the nose wheel apparently? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-35115579
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Jonny Nox posted:Nice. I know what scheme I'm gonna use for the J-7 model that's gonna show up at my house one of these days... Both MiGs are Polish models painted in North Vietnamese camo schemes.
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monkeytennis posted:Air India worker 'sucked into engine'. From all the way next to the nose wheel apparently? That's why you open the window and yell 'clear prop' drat it
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Caution wake turbulence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXlv16ETueU Remember, the condition that most exacerbates a wake turbulence encounter is when you're following an aircraft that's: Heavy Clean Configuration and Slow
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Too bad my Blade 120 SR is only 3.75 oz according to the website. Since it would be free if I registered now, I was kind of liking the idea of getting an FAA tail number for it just for flying around my living room. 
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The Ferret King posted:Remember, the condition that most exacerbates a wake turbulence encounter is when you're following an aircraft that's: And remember that AN-2's have no other configuration.
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xergm posted:Too bad my Blade 120 SR is only 3.75 oz according to the website. If it had enough spare lift, you could just tape a roll of pennies to it or something.
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MrYenko posted:And remember that AN-2's have no other configuration. So does this count as a clean configuration, or... 
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In the related videos, not sure if it's been posted before but I thought it was awesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lYGUROZ_Pg. Does anyone actually do afterburning RC size turbojets or is that just things getting hot when they're throttled up? Never mind, looks like it only has one engine and LEDs in the backs of the nacelles. Not quite as cool, but still awesome. drzrma fucked around with this message at 17:46 on Dec 17, 2015 |
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drzrma posted:In the related videos, not sure if it's been posted before but I thought it was awesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lYGUROZ_Pg. Does anyone actually do afterburning RC size turbojets or is that just things getting hot when they're throttled up? Pretty cool, yea. I was just going to post that those appear to be LEDs to simulate afterburners. I completely missed that it was just a single engine in the centerline though.
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monkeytennis posted:Air India worker 'sucked into engine'. From all the way next to the nose wheel apparently? Was it a piston engine or a turban engine?
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Phanatic posted:Was it a piston engine or a turban engine? Oh god, you're awful
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MrYenko posted:And remember that AN-2's have no other configuration. The only way you could configure most AN-2s "clean" is with a bucket of solvent.
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MrYenko posted:And remember that AN-2's have no other configuration. What's worse than wake turbulence is when you're behind an AN-2 while it's doing its flying backwards in a headwind thing.
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Platystemon posted:Behold the world’s shortest commercial flight: Must be a bastard for building time 
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0toShifty posted:What's worse than wake turbulence is when you're behind an AN-2 while it's doing its flying backwards in a headwind thing. Is it still turbulence when you rear-end an AN-2?
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MrYenko posted:Is it still turbulence when you rear-end an AN-2? "We encountered structural turbulence." or solid-phase turbulence
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Olly gonna gently caress that spark plug.
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Phanatic posted:Was it a piston engine or a turban engine? Oh drat son  Every day I hear about vibration and seal issues on their steam turbans.
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MrYenko posted:And remember that AN-2's have no other configuration. The guy who runs my flight school used to own an AN-2. He still maintains it's his favorite airplane he ever owned, even amongst the litany of fairchilds, wacos, yaks, and PZLs he has or has owned.
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Everything I've ever heard about AN-2s is good, with the single exception of the fuel burn. It's a huge, thirsty bitch.
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Transport Canada approves Bombardier CSeries for commercial service http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/transport-canada-certifies-bombardier-cseries-commercial-jet-for-service-1.2705518
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slidebite posted:Transport Canada approves Bombardier CSeries for commercial service The article specifically mentioned that they hope to sell in numbers to China - but isn't how Bombardier got access to the Chinese market by saying "here, this is what we do, copy us?"
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MrYenko posted:Everything I've ever heard about AN-2s is good, with the single exception of the fuel burn. It's a huge, thirsty bitch. Apparently the ASh-62 powers some DHC-3s, PT6A conversion kits exist for the DHC-3.... I don't think the transitive property works for aircraft engines though. edit: specific fuel consumption of .77 lbs/shp*h vs a PT6B-36A's .581 lbs/shp*h 
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There are actually turboprop conversions for the AN-2, or at least there've been a few attempts.
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Speaking of the AN2. There was 2 making daily supply runs to the airport in Canaima Venezuela (near Angel Falls). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6mstG5OqcE
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