Aviation BS and Photo Thread

There is one of these greasy Ukrainian bastards parked at the airport I work at right now. Lordy is it huge in person.

 

So is the C-5B...and it has a much better maintenance record.*





*And even that is horrible. 70%? Seriously?!?

 

Haha - I just watched something on them flying a generator to Australia from Germany. Saw one in PHX once I think...or Dallas.

 

I was wondering what they were used for. The entire nose hinges open.

 

Watched one of these guys pull in and unload here yesterday too, I wonder if it's the same one. They are delivering stuff to us here once every week or two.

 

That antonov has actually been parked at BWI on a closed runway for a couple weeks now, hasn't moved. I was looking up pictures of the antonov 225 though, and holy heck is that an even bigger plane.

 

Ah, yes. The Vodka Dumper

 

Vodka Dumper (Volga-Dnepr) has 12 of em. They have a few spares. The 225 is a beast though. It was parked in Houston for A LONG time a few years back on MX issues.

 

Have one in PHX now that will be staying for a few weeks

 

Today’s rescue flight

 

What’s that object on the window?

 

That is my Sentry ADS-B in receiver. I won it at Oshkosh

 

So it’s for electronics of some sort?

 

Yep, it collects signals from ground towers and displays traffic and weather on my iPad over a WiFi connection

http://flywithsentry.com/

 

So is it easy to move from plane to plane? Most of what I'm flying now has in, but some don't. Would be nice to have on my tablet.

 

Oh yeah, it's just on a suction cup on the window. I bring it home with me after each flight

 

@kodiakisland If you feel so inclined, there are a lot of homemade ADS-B receivers that you can put together for significantly less money. A quick Google search would find many options. At $500, the Sentry isn't "cheap," But the plus is that there's a support team if I ever need it.

 

Very cool! I was just too lazy to look it up as I was on my phone.....

 

I was told that they have to sit on the runway for 3-5 minutes to do a final INS alignment, and to spool the engines up to takeoff power. If they do it too quickly, it’ll compressor stall.

 

Morning all,

USAF Heritage flight action with the F-35 and P-51s from Oshkosh 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwv9-O8PvlE&feature=push-fr&attr_tag=PjxJaXJDaGGtNgk7:6

RJ