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A Handed Missus posted:
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FuturePastNow posted:Not a British engine without an oil puddle under it Rolls are like Pratts. You start worrying when there ISN’T a puddle of oil under it.
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Sep 10, 2019 20:08
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Okay, this is getting kinda silly at this point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNoETCRi_20
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Sep 10, 2019 21:09
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Okay, this is getting kinda silly at this point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNoETCRi_20 At this point, you could build a homebuilt for the price. But whether you'd want to sit in it is another question...
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Sep 10, 2019 21:16
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MrYenko posted:Rolls are like Pratts. You start worrying when there ISN’T a puddle of oil under it. Jay Leno said, and I think he was talking about his Rolls, "if there's no oil under it, there's no oil in it"
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Sep 10, 2019 22:35
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Okay, this is getting kinda silly at this point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNoETCRi_20 That looks bigger than a Cri-cri.
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Sep 10, 2019 23:52
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FuturePastNow posted:Jay Leno said, and I think he was talking about his Rolls, "if there's no oil under it, there's no oil in it" The pilot of the An-2 I had a flight in (with a Soviet-built, Polish-installed, Hungarian-maintained copy of a Wright R1820) said that it had an 'inbuilt safety feature' of running out of fuel just before it ran out of oil. And the oil tank was something like 35 gallons. Obviously the pilot was exaggerating for comic effect, but judging from the drip trays, the amount of oil purged from the bottom cylinder, the air intake and the exhaust collector ring in the pre-flight, the perpetual blue exhaust haze and the general oily gunge collecting around the gaps in the cowling panels, it clearly wasn't by much. Old air-cooled radials with some hundreds of hours on them seem to really start burning and leaking stuff.
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Sep 11, 2019 01:14
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A friend was on this. A goose or geese ingested by turbine; turbine runs anyway
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Sep 11, 2019 01:55
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Nebakenezzer posted:A friend was on this. A goose or geese ingested by turbine; turbine runs anyway I hope it was a Canada goose because gently caress those honking making GBS threads bastards
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Sep 11, 2019 01:59
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BalloonFish posted:The pilot of the An-2 I had a flight in (with a Soviet-built, Polish-installed, Hungarian-maintained copy of a Wright R1820) said that it had an 'inbuilt safety feature' of running out of fuel just before it ran out of oil. And the oil tank was something like 35 gallons. Obviously the pilot was exaggerating for comic effect, but judging from the drip trays, the amount of oil purged from the bottom cylinder, the air intake and the exhaust collector ring in the pre-flight, the perpetual blue exhaust haze and the general oily gunge collecting around the gaps in the cowling panels, it clearly wasn't by much. Speaking of radials... This was taken from underneath / inside the landing-gear nacelle of a B-17:  This, and the Liberator next to it, had liberal oil patches under all 4.
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Sep 11, 2019 02:12
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Nebakenezzer posted:A friend was on this. A goose or geese ingested by turbine; turbine runs anyway I didn't know Abbotsford had a big airport. According to Wikipedia it's seen ~25% growth each of the past two years.
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Sep 11, 2019 05:28
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Charles posted:I didn't know Abbotsford had a big airport. According to Wikipedia it's seen ~25% growth each of the past two years. Yah Westjet and now other discount airlines have really been ramping up. Handy for all the Fraser Valley folks too. Similarly I think Bellingham gets a lot of business for the cheaper fares for canucks flying to a US destination.
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Sep 11, 2019 07:38
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PainterofCrap posted:Speaking of radials... The 1820s on the -17 have (I think? It's been a while) 37 gallon oil tanks per engine. Growing up working on them I just remember that they dripped like a motherfucker and refilling 150 gallons of oil was.... Fun...
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Sep 11, 2019 07:41
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priznat posted:Yah Westjet and now other discount airlines have really been ramping up. Handy for all the Fraser Valley folks too. As someone who flies into BLI a lot, you're completely right, since it's way cheaper than Vancouver to several US destinations. That said, Alaska has announced they're abandoning all their direct Hawaii flights from BLI (despite having a monopoly there, and the flights being consistently full), so I assume forcing people to connect through SEA will drive some of that business back to YVR.
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Sep 11, 2019 09:08
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Spaced God posted:The 1820s on the -17 have (I think? It's been a while) 37 gallon oil tanks per engine. Growing up working on them I just remember that they dripped like a motherfucker and refilling 150 gallons of oil was.... Fun... Are you old as dirt or related to someone at Fantasy of Flight?  Did you have an oil feeding system like a lube shop (tanks and hoses hanging from the ceiling)?
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Sep 11, 2019 12:18
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azflyboy posted:As someone who flies into BLI a lot, you're completely right, since it's way cheaper than Vancouver to several US destinations. Great Falls and Kalispell Montana are pretty much 50%+ Canadians as well for the same reason and I personally prefer it. Not only are the flights cheaper, you can park within walking distance of the terminal for a downright reasonable fee. Last time I flew from Kalispell I parked within 150' of the door. I think it was a whopping $40 week or something like that. For us in Lethbridge, the driving distance is only slightly longer (10-20 min?) and the land border/airport security is far preferable to the potential airport mayhem.
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Sep 11, 2019 14:24
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I like Vancouver international but driving to it is absolutely ridiculous with how convoluted the best route can get. Everything is fine until you hit Richmond which is just such a chore. I tried the new YVR version of park n fly last time and overall I think I prefer the OG park n fly. With the YVR one you gotta go out and hunt the car down after getting the keys from a locker instead of just walking off the shuttlebus right to your car all ready with the keys in it.
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Sep 11, 2019 16:06
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madeintaipei posted:Are you old as dirt or related to someone at Fantasy of Flight? Lol I'm a tiny baby child, turning 23 next month. I worked with Yankee Air Force, Collings, and EAA. Most of the poo poo I did was pax related but I right seated every blue moon and helped with ramp work. We just used Jerry cans full of oil
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Sep 11, 2019 16:50
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Yo I heard jet fuel can’t melt steel beams C/D (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Sep 11, 2019 20:50
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Arson Daily posted:Yo I heard jet fuel can’t melt steel beams C/D i immersed a steel beam in a barrel of jet fuel and it hasn't melted yet
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Sep 11, 2019 22:28
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Bit of help here? Is this the world's ugliest Spitfire or something else?
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Sep 11, 2019 23:45
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Hawker Hurricane?
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Sep 11, 2019 23:58
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It probably is the world's ugliest spitfire, except they call it a hurricane. Could be something else though that picture is pretty terrible.
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Sep 11, 2019 23:58
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The overall shape of it is a hurricane, but there's either some kind of video/lens distortion going on or they built it out of spare parts from other unrelated aircraft. e.g.  I don't know exactly what this was made out of but it certainly isn't purebred P-40
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Sep 12, 2019 00:02
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Never mind! The plane is a prop over the stage at an Iron Maiden concert. I assumed it was a solid model but I was just informed that it's a loving inflatable, which obviously means the lines aren't necessarily going to match reality. Bruce Dickinson referred to it as a Spitfire, hence the confusion. Mr. Funny Pants fucked around with this message at 00:16 on Sep 12, 2019 |
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Sep 12, 2019 00:12
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Mr. Funny Pants posted:Never mind! AAAAACESSS HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH  
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Sep 12, 2019 00:33
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Not quite *Aeronautical* insanity, but definitely *some* kind of insanity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuYIbYVLF4k Might want to turn your headphones/speakers down for this one. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 00:49 on Sep 12, 2019 |
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Sep 12, 2019 00:46
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Sagebrush posted:The overall shape of it is a hurricane, but there's either some kind of video/lens distortion going on or they built it out of spare parts from other unrelated aircraft. Well that sent me down some weird google rabbit holes. It's a replica made entirely from scrap that some dude in North Carolina built at home, then it was brought to a small airfield in Carthage and is parked outside a BBQ joint.
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Sep 12, 2019 02:03
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Yep, I knew about it because I went to that BBQ place (The Pik-N-Pig) once and wandered up to the plane out front and was like  trying to figure it outVery good BBQ incidentally. I have some relatives in the area so someday I want to rent a plane and fly in.
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Sep 12, 2019 02:47
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slidebite posted:Great Falls and Kalispell Montana are pretty much 50%+ Canadians as well for the same reason and I personally prefer it. Not only are the flights cheaper, you can park within walking distance of the terminal for a downright reasonable fee. Last time I flew from Kalispell I parked within 150' of the door. I think it was a whopping $40 week or something like that. For us in Lethbridge, the driving distance is only slightly longer (10-20 min?) and the land border/airport security is far preferable to the potential airport mayhem. God drat, I don't even like to go to the airport that's 40 minutes' drive instead of 20.
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Sep 12, 2019 04:13
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Sagebrush posted:Yep, I knew about it because I went to that BBQ place (The Pik-N-Pig) once and wandered up to the plane out front and was like
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Sep 12, 2019 04:28
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HookedOnChthonics posted:Speaking of the B-29ski, I heard an anecdote once emphasizing the strictness of the reverse-engineering that I’m not sure quite passes the sniff test and I wonder if anyone else has heard it too— Russia had at least 3 planes to work with, so all the "lol, they duplicated misdrilled rivet holes/mismatched chromate paint, etc." are all pretty obviously made up.
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Sep 12, 2019 04:37
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Not quite *Aeronautical* insanity, but definitely *some* kind of insanity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuYIbYVLF4k Ok when is this coming to the hyperloop??
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Sep 12, 2019 05:03
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Cocoa Crispies posted:God drat, I don't even like to go to the airport that's 40 minutes' drive instead of 20.
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Sep 12, 2019 05:33
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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-49664560quote:Two freefalling parachutists nearly collided in mid-air with two US fighter planes travelling at almost 350mph (560km/h), a report has revealed.
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Sep 12, 2019 10:56
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Meat missiles.
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Sep 12, 2019 13:18
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Sep 13, 2019 01:56
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Airliner pilot spilled coffee and it shorted a panel to the extent it melted buttons and produced smoke
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Sep 13, 2019 13:25
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Platystemon posted:Airliner pilot spilled coffee and it shorted a panel to the extent it melted buttons and produced smoke Thats pretty bizarre. I've actually been to the tests for different fluid spills on aircraft stuff. Its definitely a standard part of the qualification process of electrical panels in cockpits. Usually its coffee, coke, water for drinking fluids. EDIT: They'll do a long list of fluids, DO-160 has a list of common ones, though they don't always do that test.
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Platystemon posted:Airliner pilot spilled coffee and it shorted a panel to the extent it melted buttons and produced smoke Who leaked my workplace accident to the press 
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