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Just out of curiosity - Airplane Guys
- Thread starter Downeaster
- Start date
I'm feeling dizzy . . .
Any latest findings on the terrible Air India crash?
All gone quiet for now. Just speculation by YouTube bloggers.
They have the recorders so analysis will take some time.
I never knew about this, very interesting.
Merlin anyone?
I was literally yellin' at the screen... "push the mixture out of cutoff, Jay!!" 
Cool vid... awesome engine!
Cool vid... awesome engine!
Are you trying to force me into getting an Instagram account?
JAX71224
jax71224
Ok so what is it? I don't use Instagram and don't want to add it.
'scuse me, I need a towel and a cigarette...
Is anybody else curious , just how were these flawless, vibration free videos were taken from outside the plane? The camera was not in a fixed position, it was moving around the plane…..while it was in flight!?
Is it real?
https://www.insta360.com/product/insta360-x5Is anybody else curious , just how were these flawless, vibration free videos were taken from outside the plane? The camera was not in a fixed position, it was moving around the plane…..while it was in flight!?
Arrow points to the Insta 360 mount (a glorified selfie stick) and the oval is the shadow.
Mikey
got muscles in his head that ain't never been used
I mentioned this in a previous post, but quite a few years ago, my wife bought me a ride on the Lancaster bomber - the one Jay mentioned. It was certainly a once in a lifetime experience. The noise from the 4 Merlin engines was deafening even with ear plugs and headsets. I’ll try to dig up some pics and post them later. Back when I flew (must be well over 10 years ago), a one hour ride was $2,000cdn iirc. I just looked it up and it’s now $4,300. Expensive but it’s the only one in the world you can still fly around in. The other great part of the flight was to get a true appreciation of what the brave men and women lived through back in the war years. I hope we never see that again.
I share the sentiment. Flew on a B-17 about 20 years ago, I still get goosebumps and misty eyes when I think about it and the kids that flew them.
