Just out of curiosity - Airplane Guys

[MaxPete]

Now THIS is really something. The range of things that could go wrong with this - but didn't - is quite wide and impressive.

NOTE: this is not an R/C model aircraft. It is a manned 35% scale replica of a Boeing B29 powered by four Honda Fit car engines.

...and here it is flying....

Two things are for sure:

1. This guy has courage
2. this guy has money

Pete

 

[Raymond]

A very impressive project. Have to avoid temptation to ask why?

 

[MaxPete]

A very impressive project. Have to avoid temptation to ask why?

Indeed....the fact that we can do something doesn't mean that we should do it.

Nonetheless, the achievement is very impressive.

 

[Downeaster]

Two things are for sure:

1. This guy has courage
2. this guy has money

Pete

Not any more, he don't...

 

[Adamc]

THIS IS VERY COOL PILOTING.......

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cw0G1FELY-r/?igshid=cjBybXIxYmNxcnp3



Might be a AI lash up tho......

 

[650Skull]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1725057320839688668

 

[Jim]

Holy crap! Here's a guy lucky to be alive.

 

[Downeaster]

THIS IS VERY COOL PILOTING.......

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cw0G1FELY-r/?igshid=cjBybXIxYmNxcnp3



Might be a AI lash up tho......

Pretty sure that was proven to be an RC plane.

 

[MaxPete]

Pretty sure that was proven to be an RC plane.

Could be - but that's not what the article intimates....

P

 

[Jim]

It's CGI

 

[Raymond]

There is an authenticated - or so it says on that internet - case of a pilot landing a plane with just one wing. Israeli IDF jet pilot flying if I recall an F-15 suffered a mid air incident that ripped off nearly all of the starboard wing but he was able to fly the plane back to his home airbase and land. He knew the plane was damaged, had to struggle with poor control authority, asymmetric trim etc but was, eh, shocked would be an understatement, when he got out and saw the wing missing. The aerodynamic lift given by a wide & flat fuselage like the F-15 is said to be one of the factors in his favour.

 

[jetmechmarty]

The aerodynamic lift given by a wide & flat fuselage like the F-15 is said to be one of the factors in his favour.

And a whole lot of thrust!

 

[Vincenthdfan]

There is an authenticated - or so it says on that internet - case of a pilot landing a plane with just one wing. Israeli IDF jet pilot flying if I recall an F-15 suffered a mid air incident that ripped off nearly all of the starboard wing but he was able to fly the plane back to his home airbase and land. He knew the plane was damaged, had to struggle with poor control authority, asymmetric trim etc but was, eh, shocked would be an understatement, when he got out and saw the wing missing. The aerodynamic lift given by a wide & flat fuselage like the F-15 is said to be one of the factors in his favour.

Yes, that is indeed a true story.

Its a story of legend that's been repeated quite often out on the flightline when working on the F-15's. Those of us that maintained those jets had a great affection for them because they're such great aircraft. I worked em all...A's, B's, C's, D's and E's.

 

[Vincenthdfan]

 

[40north]

Remarkable film on the gizmo type B-61 (from 1970, but with great images and scenes...

(26 minutes) The old-timey gadget images especially.

Also remarkable

( Coster-Mullen the bomb guy)
the guy that ran the team that made the little bangers work at a millionth of a second

 

[Grimly]

Duplicate, removed.

 

[halfmile]

Today on VFT. I`d give my left spectacle to take that one around the patch a couple of times.

 

[Vincenthdfan]

Yeah, that's a bucket list item for me.

I've already flown back seat in a T-33 Shooting Star a couple times and an F-15 Eagle once.

For some reason the raw, old mechanical simplicity of going up in a biplane really appeals to me.

 

[Jim]

20yrs ago today, Concorde made it's last flight from London to Filton in Bristol.

 

[Kevin Werner]

And a whole lot of thrust!

...In thrust we trust... Coined when some birds had a near vertical glide angle...