Just out of curiosity - Airplane Guys

Good video. There's a Connie at the airport just south of me. Hasn't flown in about 10 yrs now, but it used to pass over my house regularly on it's way to and from airshows. Never got tired of running outside to watch it pass over.
There was a Connie at the downtown airport in KC that GM used to fly parts to the Fairfax Plant. The engine cowling was covered with oil, it smoked like a chimney and it was really loud. I`m sure it wrote the book on borderline airworthy.:yikes: Loved it.:thumbsup:
 
It looks the noses of two B1Bs grafted onto the front fuselages and wings of a couple of Schweitzer sailplanes to which the engines from the Russian Tu225 Mirya (shuttle transporter) have been bolted - with Cessna 172 tails stuck on the rear-end - and then the whole shebang has been fed growth hormones......

I wonder what happens if the pilots aren't getting along?

L: OK we'll use a left hand pattern approach.
R: I want to do a right hand pattern.
L: I said LEFT HAND pattern.
R: No - I hate left hand patterns cause I can't see out the window - I wanna do a right hand pattern.
L: Lookit you dumb little wanker - I said LEFT HAND pattern and I frickin' mean it!
.....................etc. etc. etc.
............................................................................and much mirth ensues.....

....and sorry American friends - but talk about ugly airplanes....YIKES!! :yikes:
 
It looks the noses of two B1Bs grafted onto the front fuselages and wings of a couple of Schweitzer sailplanes to which the engines from the Russian Tu225 Mirya (shuttle transporter) have been bolted - with Cessna 172 tails stuck on the rear-end - and then the whole shebang has been fed growth hormones......

I wonder what happens if the pilots aren't getting along?

L: OK we'll use a left hand pattern approach.
R: I want to do a right hand pattern.
L: I said LEFT HAND pattern.
R: No - I hate left hand patterns cause I can't see out the window - I wanna do a right hand pattern.
L: Lookit you dumb little wanker - I said LEFT HAND pattern and I frickin' mean it!
.....................etc. etc. etc.
............................................................................and much mirth ensues.....

....and sorry American friends - but talk about ugly airplanes....YIKES!! :yikes:

Hi Pete,
perhaps there could be an explosive detachment strip in the middle of the central wing?
Both pilots push the EFF-OFF-U button and land their half on it's own?
 
OK - it isn't an airplane, but man oh man - can it fly!

Apparently, an eagle with a GoPro camera strapped to its back was released from the top of Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, 160 Stories and 828 m (2718 feet or just over half a mile) high. The eagle had been trained to search for its trainer who was about 10 blocks from the base of the building. (Look for the big red square during the eagle's flight.)
When the eagle spots his trainer, it folds its wings and plunges in free fall to land on his arm. Note the eagle moving his head while searching.

 
OK - it isn't an airplane, but man oh man - can it fly!

Apparently, an eagle with a GoPro camera strapped to its back was released from the top of Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, 160 Stories and 828 m (2718 feet or just over half a mile) high. The eagle had been trained to search for its trainer who was about 10 blocks from the base of the building. (Look for the big red square during the eagle's flight.)
When the eagle spots his trainer, it folds its wings and plunges in free fall to land on his arm. Note the eagle moving his head while searching.

I've watched that before. It never gets old.
 
Some say Air Force is an ugly paint job. I say it is cool, and that me, as an armed civilian could get that close to it in Bagram back in 2006. George came to visit some guy in Kabul then.

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Well, I'm not an American, but I've always thought that the paint job on Air Force One looks rather smart.
Pete

Air Force One's paint job ain't for making it look smart, it's for making it look recognizable.
And, like everyone who lives in the Americas, you ARE an American.
It's only US citizens who reckon they have an exclusive title to that name.
 
Air Force One's paint job ain't for making it look smart, it's for making it look recognizable.
And, like everyone who lives in the Americas, you ARE an American.
It's only US citizens who reckon they have an exclusive title to that name.

Ahhhh Fred....there's that olde world British diplomacy coming through again.
 
Back in the early 80s, I was at NAS Millington, TN going through "A" School. Me a some bubbies were at the approach end of one runway waiting to see what came in. We heard an incredibly loud jet noise, almost like there were more than one. Coming over the tree line, we see this very low level B-52 approaching with both of the far right engines one fire. Black smoke was pouring out. As it passed over us to land, that smoke rolled right over us, nasty smelling smoke but now I know what an engine fire smells like.
The Navy firefighter saved the bird and evidently no one on board was hurt. The excitement didn't stop there though. Navy Police surrounded the bird then came the National Guard. It took the USAF a few days to remove and replace the engines and make other repairs, but there was around 50 armed guards at any time around it keeping us away. We figured it must have been loaded to warrant such attention.
 
I spent some time at NAS Millington! Went to Instructor Training School there. Rode my '74 XS from NAS Pensacola FL to NAS Millington TN and back so the wife and kiddies could have the car. (Well, pickup, actually...)

Left out of Pensacola right ahead of Hurricane Frederic (1979). SWMBO was NOT happy about being left home with the kids with Freddy aiming right at them, but the Navy didn't give a shit. Military wives don't get the credit they deserve.
 
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