TrickyTrotter Posted February 28 Posted February 28 Harrier is a great shout. Another favourite of mine was the English Electric Lightening phenomenally fast up to Mach 2 and a rapid climb rate. I went to school on the RAF base in Bahrain and at break times watching the squadron of Lightnings based there was a highlight for all the lads. Quote
Tonge moor green jacket Posted February 28 Posted February 28 48 minutes ago, TrickyTrotter said: Harrier is a great shout. Another favourite of mine was the English Electric Lightening phenomenally fast up to Mach 2 and a rapid climb rate. I went to school on the RAF base in Bahrain and at break times watching the squadron of Lightnings based there was a highlight for all the lads. One of my favourite air-fix kits that plane was. All silver! I remember seeing one in a museum, and all the wiring and various clunky electronic components. Probably fit is all into a briefcase now! 😀 Quote
Dimron Posted February 28 Posted February 28 Chief test pilot for the Lightning was Roly Beamont, he also first flew a single engined two seat aeroplane built by the apprentices at Warton which became his personal "runabout" as he liked it so much, he then owned it when he retired. I liked to imagine him flying it into Salmesbury and climbing into the TSR2, doing a shift then flying home in the puddle jumper. I was honoured to be a joint owner of the same aeroplane for a while. This was the plate inthe cockpit... Quote
gonzo Posted February 28 Posted February 28 12 hours ago, Marc505 said: Well! There's been a lot of night flying all over the UK recently from an RAF Typhoon squadron that specialises in testing new kit (41 Squadron) so it could be that. But! Looking at FlightRadar the last few nights there's been loads of convoys of US tankers and fighter jets heading towards the Middle East and it looks like many of them are passing directly over you. The Pegasus usually supports F-22 Raptors (when they're not broken which is often) so I think you've been getting buzzed by stealth fighters! That's definitely them and bang on right times! Made dog bark and rattled the windows. Quote
Underpants Posted February 28 Posted February 28 The USAF will be doing their daily fly past in about 5 minutes. Quote
gonzo Posted March 23 Posted March 23 https://news.sky.com/story/laguardia-crash-latest-pilot-and-co-pilot-killed-at-new-york-airport-after-collision-with-truck-13519011?postid=11386262#liveblog-body Looks a bit grim. How the hell do you crash in to fire truck. Quote
Tonge moor green jacket Posted March 23 Posted March 23 Amazing isn't it. Pilot and co pilot reportedly dead. No news on the fire crew- if they have survived, then that's a miracle. Quote
Lt. Aldo Raine Posted March 23 Posted March 23 Apparently, the ATC cleared the fire truck to cross before realising their mistake too late Quote
Tonge moor green jacket Posted March 23 Posted March 23 Some claims lawyers will be rubbing their hands together. One big fuck up. Quote
Manchester_whites Posted March 23 Posted March 23 Apparently an air stewardess was found alive on the runway still strapped to her seat Quote
Dimron Posted March 23 Posted March 23 10 hours ago, gonzo said: https://news.sky.com/story/laguardia-crash-latest-pilot-and-co-pilot-killed-at-new-york-airport-after-collision-with-truck-13519011?postid=11386262#liveblog-body Looks a bit grim. How the hell do you crash in to fire truck. Fire trucks often go out clearing debris off runways. Terrestrial vehicles have windows aligned to see along the ground, landing aircraft are higher up in the blind spots. Pilots cannot see forward in the final 50 feet or so as aircraft land nose up to avoid breaking the nose wheel and maximise aerodynamic drag. Good radio discipline is needed to avoid big crunches Quote
Spider Posted March 23 Posted March 23 39 minutes ago, Dimron said: Fire trucks often go out clearing debris off runways. Terrestrial vehicles have windows aligned to see along the ground, landing aircraft are higher up in the blind spots. Pilots cannot see forward in the final 50 feet or so as aircraft land nose up to avoid breaking the nose wheel and maximise aerodynamic drag. Good radio discipline is needed to avoid big crunches If you read that in the voice of Alan Partidge, it really works. Quote
Dimron Posted March 23 Posted March 23 20 minutes ago, Spider said: If you read that in the voice of Alan Partidge, it really works. Saw a collision between a glider and a farm vehicle once and had an idiot drive a bus across the end of a runway just as I was flaring, probably left tyre treads on the roof... shit happens in my world but shouldn't at major airports Quote
gonzo Posted March 23 Posted March 23 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8dlmrjn1l Another bad one Quote
Tonge moor green jacket Posted March 24 Posted March 24 Your link doesn't work, but presumably it's the Colombian military one. Anyway, the second in quick succession. Avoid flying for the next few days as the third usually follows fairly closely. Quote
gonzo Posted March 24 Posted March 24 Listening to the audio of the firetruck one, the bloke says stop about 5 times. Then the poor bloke says he messed up 🤦♂️ He'll be haunted for a long time Quote
Marc505 Posted Monday at 19:47 Posted Monday at 19:47 Retiring Icelandair pilot decided he'd fly his 757 at low altitude over his home village to celebrate. I didn't realise there were passengers onboard 😂 Quote
Dimron Posted Tuesday at 09:00 Posted Tuesday at 09:00 (edited) As long as he was 500 feet from any person, vessel or structure...😁 Edited Tuesday at 09:01 by Dimron Quote
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