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StandardVC10 posted:Went to the March Field airshow last week and uh, I guess this is a thing now: L39? I have learned not what an L39 looks like per se but if it looks like a fighter jet but is owned by some dude its an L39
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So I saw an unusual sight Saturday evening. I was out on the Chesapeake and hear/saw a prop plane going by leisurely in the distance. It came closer and it was definitely old--polished aluminum with what looked like some painted red detailing, four engines, definitely a Douglas something, looked like a DC-6 (or maybe a DC-4, hard to tell at that distance). But whatever it was it was a damned unusual sight. Unfortunately all I had was a phone camera on me and couldn't get anything worth a drat. I mean there I can't imagine there being too many candidates what the sucker could be, anyone have any ideas?
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Apr 26, 2016 03:49
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StandardVC10 posted:Went to the March Field airshow last week and uh, I guess this is a thing now: So this is the guy that ran away with all the MtGox money or what?
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Apr 26, 2016 03:53
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Godholio posted:So this is the guy that ran away with all the MtGox money or what? Isn't that guy in Japan crying on national television?
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Grave $avings posted:So I saw an unusual sight Saturday evening. I was out on the Chesapeake and hear/saw a prop plane going by leisurely in the distance. It came closer and it was definitely old--polished aluminum with what looked like some painted red detailing, four engines, definitely a Douglas something, looked like a DC-6 (or maybe a DC-4, hard to tell at that distance). But whatever it was it was a damned unusual sight. Unfortunately all I had was a phone camera on me and couldn't get anything worth a drat. I believe there are a couple DC-4 or DC-6 survivors doing firefighting missions - got any big wildfires near you? There's also a restored Douglas propliner in Eastern Airlines livery, maybe that's more likely. StandardVC10 fucked around with this message at 05:39 on Apr 26, 2016 |
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Apr 26, 2016 05:36
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Godholio posted:So this is the guy that ran away with all the MtGox money or what? "Suckin' bitcoin bought this jet"
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Grave $avings posted:So I saw an unusual sight Saturday evening. I was out on the Chesapeake and hear/saw a prop plane going by leisurely in the distance. It came closer and it was definitely old--polished aluminum with what looked like some painted red detailing, four engines, definitely a Douglas something, looked like a DC-6 (or maybe a DC-4, hard to tell at that distance). But whatever it was it was a damned unusual sight. Unfortunately all I had was a phone camera on me and couldn't get anything worth a drat. Wasn't a Boeing 247D, was it? Museum of Flight has been flying there's lately (IIRC), thought I saw them posting pics of it flying around the East Coast on Facebook.
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Apr 26, 2016 06:23
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Fayez Butts posted:Isn't that guy in Japan crying on national television? Check one of the bitcoin threads for more. Last we heard he was still in jail in Japan. Supposedly they can keep bringing new charges to reset the timer on detention without trial; the last report anyone heard (last August) was that had happened once already. Some of us suspect he'll just be quietly deported, if that hasn't happened already.
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movax posted:Wasn't a Boeing 247D, was it? Museum of Flight has been flying there's lately (IIRC), thought I saw them posting pics of it flying around the East Coast on Facebook. MoF 247D is in blue/white UAL paint and scheduled to make its last ever flight from KPAE to KBFI tomorrow at noon, (Psion take note) so doubt it  The Museum's flyable DC-2 would be closer, being a bare-aluminum Douglas with red TWA markings, but AFAIK it's hangared at Boeing Field rn, and also remains stubbornly two-engined  e: (any dc-2 posting must be accompanied by the dc-2 and a half, it is Air Law) HookedOnChthonics fucked around with this message at 07:25 on Apr 26, 2016 |
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Apr 26, 2016 07:18
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HookedOnChthonics posted:MoF 247D is in blue/white UAL paint and scheduled to make its last ever flight from KPAE to KBFI tomorrow at noon, (Psion take note) so doubt it fffffffff this is what I get for not reading the AI forum this morning
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Psion posted:fffffffff this is what I get for not reading the AI forum this morning Yeah, I was more distracted by the dude who jumped off the Madison St. bridge and the resultant I-5 clusterfuck. 
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Apr 26, 2016 21:21
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Anyone have any idea what this might have been? Photo was taken "Someplace in North Dakota".
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Apr 27, 2016 00:45
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:Anyone have any idea what this might have been? Photo was taken "Someplace in North Dakota". P-3 Orion.
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MrChips posted:P-3 Orion. I'll be damned. Thanks!
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That was really bothering me. It looks similar to a lot of things...I might've gotten there eventually.
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Godholio posted:That was really bothering me. It looks similar to a lot of things...I might've gotten there eventually. Yeah, I was going through Wikipedia pictures of heavies and decided to ask here to speed up the process.
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The 247D landing turned out to be kind of a non-event; due to ongoing uncertaintly as to whether or not the brakes would function they set down at the extreme north end of KBFI and did a slooooow roll to the parking lot. It briefly taxied alongside a 737, which was neat, but my photography ended up unpostably bad. Still, seeing a living, breathing survivor of that era of commecial aviation is always satisfying. Also seeing the B-17, -29, and -47 all parked in a row is  as gently caress, if you're in seattle you owe it to yourself to at least roll past on E Marginal.
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StandardVC10 posted:I believe there are a couple DC-4 or DC-6 survivors doing firefighting missions - got any big wildfires near you? There's also a restored Douglas propliner in Eastern Airlines livery, maybe that's more likely. No we've no big wildfires but that doesn't mean it wasn't some sort of aerial tanker; the bright polished metal with red would seem to indicate that. movax posted:Wasn't a Boeing 247D, was it? Museum of Flight has been flying there's lately (IIRC), thought I saw them posting pics of it flying around the East Coast on Facebook. Wrong coast but man that would have been neat to see. It almost looked like on of the Douglas transports shown at http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/columbine-ii-2nd-mid-april-update.html and it makes me wonder if somehow relates to the folks at Dynamic Aviation in Virginia who seem to be building up a vintage stock. Edit:Heck maybe it was even this guy. Pepperoneedy fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Apr 27, 2016 |
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Apr 27, 2016 02:00
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What's the plane in the Area Codes music video? DC-6, DC-7? I can't tell.
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Apr 27, 2016 02:34
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MrYenko posted:I tried really hard to find a picture of an Mi-26 parked next to a CH-53, and couldn't. Will you settle for a short vid of a Halo slinging a Hook? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBP1cIh27Oo longer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF5pqwFFik4
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Welp.
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It looks like someone turned the collision off in a videogame and the wheels are clipping through the ground mesh.
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Apr 27, 2016 04:39
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Is that what happens when ABS fails.
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Apr 27, 2016 04:50
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Godholio posted:That was really bothering me. It looks similar to a lot of things...I might've gotten there eventually. What distinguishes that segment of plane from the same segment from a plain old Electra?
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Apr 27, 2016 04:56
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The Orion has a more pointed nose than the Electra, which you can still see even with the radome missing.
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Apr 27, 2016 05:03
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Some Russian dude isn't taking his firing too well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5pVU4FAl70 Kinda reminds me of the Canadian Airlines 737-200 that some dude tried to cut the cockpit section out. The plane eventually became an artificial reef.
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Apr 27, 2016 05:10
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Ooooooh did someone JetBlue 292 again?
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I can't read the words JetBlue without hearing the ATC guy Jetbloooooo!
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StandardVC10 posted:Went to the March Field airshow last week and uh, I guess this is a thing now: The plane lives at Byron (c83) in the Patriots Jet Team hangar. Really pretty plane, the L-39.
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simplefish posted:I can't read the words JetBlue without hearing the ATC guy JETBRUUUUUU Fun fact: Jet Blue never answers on the first call. Ever.
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azflyboy posted:The Orion has a more pointed nose than the Electra, which you can still see even with the radome missing. The escape hatch cutout behind the cockpit windows was the giveaway for me, but yeah you really can see the reprofiled nose quite clearly.
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charliemonster42 posted:The plane lives at Byron (c83) in the Patriots Jet Team hangar. Really pretty plane, the L-39. Everytime I see the L-39 I think of the BD-10 and what could have been there had the prototypes for the kit not, you know, fallen the gently caress apart in midair. Party Plane Jones fucked around with this message at 12:46 on Apr 27, 2016 |
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Twin Cessna crashes into trees and folks rush to help the sole occupant get away from the fire and wreckage. With video: http://www.fox10tv.com/story/31825374/dramatic-video-shows-plane-crash-in-foley-neighborhood The Ferret King fucked around with this message at 14:58 on Apr 27, 2016 |
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Apr 27, 2016 14:21
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When I first saw this, I thought, "Wow, those wheels have really sunk into the ground there." Then I realised they hadn't 
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Party Plane Jones posted:Everytime I see the L-39 I think of the BD-10 and what could have been there had the prototypes for the kit not, you know, fallen the gently caress apart in midair. I still dream of a mach capable homebuilt. Jim screwed up pretty bad on the BD-10.
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The Ferret King posted:Twin Cessna crashes into trees and folks rush to help the sole occupant get away from the fire and wreckage. With video:  Hopefully the full video shows up somewhere.
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Apr 27, 2016 15:49
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Kind of amazed there isn't (much) visible scraping on the concrete behind it.
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Apr 27, 2016 18:24
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Look to the left. Looks like the aircraft was travelling from left to right.
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Pretty sure that's from this incident from a few years back at LAX - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epKrA8KjYvg
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