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Just out of curiosity - Airplane Guys
- Thread starter Downeaster
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Well happy (belated) birthday then!!Damn and I was born just 8 days prior to that historic flight.
FKT / RHINE MAIN. Army post on an Air base, no real problems there, well maybe a little bit of rivalry.
I was stationed there 20 yrs earlier than this picture. The military side no longer exists, all civilian now 
Good times had by all.
FKT / RHINE MAIN. Army post on an Air base, no real problems there, well maybe a little bit of rivalry.
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Well, to my untrained eye, that looks like a busy airport.
Having spent over 20 years working at ATL, it doesn’t leave much as qualifying as a busy airport. At least, not from my perspective.
Big Lift. Clift was a doper and there was plenty in occupied Krautland...the crew had a tough time keeping him straight enough to shoot...ah, shoot the film, not the dope. Speaking of flying ....
enjoy old birds
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enjoy old birds
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An anecdote an old pilot friend told me. He was talking about one of the senior pilots in the airline when he started out, so a long time ago.
Must have been the 1960s or early 70s, this guy had landed at Berlin Tempelhof and had to ask control about his taxi route to the terminal. The controller was a bit sharp with him, she said 'Have you not been to Berlin Tempelhof before?' He came straight back with 'Yes, several times, but always at night and we never went below 12,000!'
Must have been the 1960s or early 70s, this guy had landed at Berlin Tempelhof and had to ask control about his taxi route to the terminal. The controller was a bit sharp with him, she said 'Have you not been to Berlin Tempelhof before?' He came straight back with 'Yes, several times, but always at night and we never went below 12,000!'
How about today? Looks like they're still building onto-into it.Having spent over 20 years working at ATL, it doesn’t leave much as qualifying as a busy airport. At least, not from my perspective.
technically not an airplane but what the hell.
The Caspian sea monster.
The Caspian sea monster.
Ekranoplan
Exactly one day after the F111 first flew, the SR-71 Blackbird flew it's maiden flight. they pushed her up to 45,000 ft and 1000 mph. Not bad for a first flight.
https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/
https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/
One-way bungee jump...
You can see the bloke's completely understandable anxiety.
He's tense coz either it's his first - rescue? - and he doesn't know what the yank is like, or he's done it before and knows exactly what the yank is like. Yank here refers to a pulling action and is not intended to cause offence to anybody of N American persuasion. Then you see him duck his head and you wonder what it feels like - waiting to see if you're gonna be clouted on the head by some no doubt heavy hook arrangement swinging at the end of a long line.
Yikes!
He's tense coz either it's his first - rescue? - and he doesn't know what the yank is like, or he's done it before and knows exactly what the yank is like. Yank here refers to a pulling action and is not intended to cause offence to anybody of N American persuasion. Then you see him duck his head and you wonder what it feels like - waiting to see if you're gonna be clouted on the head by some no doubt heavy hook arrangement swinging at the end of a long line.
Yikes!
I remember watching this in the John Wayne movie "The Green Berets".
Its about 3/4 of the way through this clip with a C-130.
