Aviation BS and Photo Thread

I love this video ... one of the most incredible aircraft ever built and one cool pilot !!!
Worth your time

https://youtu.be/Fo5hhaylEN4

 

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...^^^ ... WOW ... I didn't think that was aerodynamically possible ... excellent pilot.
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I was extremely sceptical when I first heard about it ... until I saw that History channel video

 

My cousin is married to a long retired F4 driver who once said to me.."it's better to be down here wishing you were up there than to be up there wishing you were down here". Now I get it..

 

...^^^... NumNutz is the carrier pilot who originally posted it. That pilot, who broke the wire, was purely instinctive (and muscle memory) in the reactions (i.e. like your arms going out when you fall) with no time to think, just react.
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Might be an old Chalk Air plane.

 

What's a Chalk Air plane?
Edit...never mind I Googled it.

 

If I remember correctly this wasn't a cable snapping, but a "hook point failure".

Here's a decent article on the mishap - http://fly.historicwings.com/2013/05/eject-eject/

 

Good explanation of what happened and why.

 

Thanks NumNutz... I always thought the cable had snapped. I know they change the cables after a certain amount of traps but I don't know how many traps that would be. Trying to catch the 3rd cable must have been 50% luck.

 

I believe it's 125 traps. As a first time qual, which is what the guys in the E2 and the A6 were doing (well it's their second time at the boat because you go in your training aircraft, but I digress) you're just trying to keep the "meatball" (yellow light) on the happy side of the datums (the string of green lights). You can google IFLOLS to understand how it works. An FNG (fucking new guy) is going to be happy with a 3 or a 4 wire (newer boats are 3 wire boats).

 

Got it NumNutz

 

I thought Sully's landing on the Hudson was incredible but that Israeli F-15 landing with one wing was an absolute miracle. I went to Israel 36 years ago and came home convinced that Israeli pilots were the best in the world. My impression has only been enhanced by that video.

 

I couldn't agree more

 

Mmmmmmm





Meh, I'd rather fly the Lear





Never seen an APU in person before. Here is one out of a Challenger 600. Smaller than I was expecting




And here's a picture of my bird at lunch. We had to divert for weather on our way back into Dallas and now dad wants a faster plane. Lol

 

Albatross

 

@Delmarva was it you who was selling the M20C?

 

http://www.scout.com/military/warri..._term=Editorial+-+Military+-+Early+Bird+Brief

Article about new A-10 CAS aircraft ... Why don't they just build a better/stronger A-10 ? It's taking care of the CAS Missions now

 

The technology behind the A-10 is 1970s. They will most likely conduct their study and realize that the best replacement for the A-10 is another A-10 built from scratch with modern materials and avionics.

 

@MatthewMay1 That's me! Give you a hell of a deal... She'll cruise along a bit faster than your 177.