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Just out of curiosity - Airplane Guys
- Thread starter Downeaster
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VFT
Today on VFT
Yeah, I remember that, they used to launch them from Florida and land them at Davis Mt AFB in California, then piggyback them like that back to Florida! Crazy!
First time I noticed the rudderons on the 747, no doubt turbulence, wind shadow concerns.
Quick why did the B24 have 2 vertical stabilizers but the B17 only had one?
Hint it had nothing to do with aerodynamics. 
Height?
Nosewheel put the tail higher. A single vertical fin wouldn't fit AAF hangers of the day. Just a guess.
a quick story about that here
http://www.aviation-history.com/consolidated/pb4y.html
"When the new single tail was ready, it caused the Privateer to tower a hanger-roof-scraping 29 feet 1 5/8 inches off the floor."
Found it. United 777 out of Denver engine failure. Played the video in slow motion and sure enough, you can see at least 3... maybe 4 fan blades missing.
Michaelo
650Mick
Michaelo
650Mick
That’s an interesting web page Gaz, plenty of information about some of the aircrafts (and versions there of) my father and uncle flew during WWII.....
If you happen to be in Tucson AZ March 4-7, you might want to park your car at Freedom Park and hike to the ridge with a folding chair and watch WWII fighters fly with the latest fighters. Heritage flight training week end! F-35 in formation with P-38! P-51 with F-22. I'll post pics afterwards. I do miss the howl of the mighty F-4's.
Michaelo
650Mick
Interesting points to be made are the configuration of OV-101 and the 747-123, check out the airflow over the wing of OV-101 and the direction when it leaves the trailing edge, adding lift and directed air to the modified tail fin and horizontal stabilizer on the 747. Also when you look at this in flight, it looks as the shuttle does (angle of attack) when its in the unpowered glide back to terra firma on its own.....
I would surmise, because I don’t know, that the AOA would change somewhat (trying to slow the bloody thing down through thinner atmosphere) in the long decent back to earth.....great picture
I would surmise, because I don’t know, that the AOA would change somewhat (trying to slow the bloody thing down through thinner atmosphere) in the long decent back to earth.....great picture
A link in web-based shortwave which I have a minor interest in lead to this. It's totally captivating, really.
https://globe.adsbexchange.com
https://globe.adsbexchange.com
Yeah flight aware. https://flightaware.com/live/airport/KDLL You can look up tail numbers for their flight history also.
An old plane of mine 3206R now lives in SLC
