The General Airplane Thread
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Good to see my favorite thread is still alive.
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That howl <3 
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^ Sean Tucker is one of the best acts out there. Even better, the guy seems to love flying. I was at the Friday practices for the last couple shows in Pittsburgh, and it seemed like he was in the air every chance he got.
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Good to see he is still around. Been watching the guy at air shows for as long as I can remember.
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@ExigeEvan, how did you like the aerial displays? Was Airbus flying the A350? How does that plane look?
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@Crash - Flying displays were good, but I'm much more of a modern military guy myself so whilst I appreciated that some classics were being kept in the air at great effort, seeing the Breitlig Super Constellation do flat 8s for 5 mins go quite tiresome quickly.
Similarly I loved seeing the Vampire and Meteor flying, but you can't push such ancient air frames and they haven't the power of the Vulcan to pull off an awe inspiring fly-by.
The A350 left before the weekend, as had the Boeing civilian fleet. It's my hope that I can get there on the business days during the week in two years, even if I have to lean on one of my 'corporate' family members to do so. The A380 still did a marvelous show though, they love chucking it about.
Similarly I loved seeing the Vampire and Meteor flying, but you can't push such ancient air frames and they haven't the power of the Vulcan to pull off an awe inspiring fly-by.
The A350 left before the weekend, as had the Boeing civilian fleet. It's my hope that I can get there on the business days during the week in two years, even if I have to lean on one of my 'corporate' family members to do so. The A380 still did a marvelous show though, they love chucking it about.
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I visited Battleship Park in Mobile, Alabama this past weekend. Their aircraft exhibit houses a Lockheed A-12 on display, the predecessor to the better-known SR-71, and one of only two F-17 prototypes on display, the aircraft that competed against the F-16 in the Air Force's Lightweight Fighter program in 1974, and led to the Navy's development of the F/A-18 Hornet. There is also a P-51 painted in the colors of the "Tuskegee Airmen" squadron, America's first black combat pilots.
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Edit: Never mind, it's stupid crap. No one cares.
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Two low flying helicopters at a car show today.
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A couple of nice vids.
Some nice Viggens doing STOL.
That Hawker Hunter @ 1.54.
Some nice Viggens doing STOL.
That Hawker Hunter @ 1.54.
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Had a blast yesterday, didn't have time to edit my pics but my mate did and here are some pics from him:
I hope to finish some work over the weekend. Got some video footage too, got some very cool moves from Polish MiG29
Can't wait till I'm free from work to do some real work 
I hope to finish some work over the weekend. Got some video footage too, got some very cool moves from Polish MiG29
Can't wait till I'm free from work to do some real work 
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Here's an interesting documentary on the Su-27 Flanker. Some awesome old footage and stuff. Some of it seems kind of biased towards the Sukhoi but it's still a good watch.
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The windows tint electronically; you choose one of five levels from transparent to nearly opaque. There's a slight bluish-aquamarine tint, and it takes about 20-30 seconds to go dark to light and vice versa. The windows are taller, but the two I had seemed a tiny bit blurry, when looking at fine detail.
It's a wide-body, but there's a good bit of height, so you have to be very talk to bang your head on anything. It's laid out like a 767; United uses 3-3-3 seating; one thing I liked was that the window seat didn't have a seat support brace that restricted legroom, so my backpack and legs fit nicely.
I had standard seating, no extended legroom, and I didn't opt for the lay-flat business seating was an extra $500 on the day of the flight. Economy class isn't too bad for a four-hour flight; however, it would probably be a pinch for anything over six hours (I'm 5'10").
In-flight entertainment was top notch, although I just browsed it to check it out. I was reading a book and took a 40-minute nap (it's rare I get more than 20 minutes).
The engines (I think) made a weird howling noise during taxiing, like a wolf or dog; it might have been cargo pressurization, as other types of planes make odd noises during that time. I was sitting aft of the engines, they weren't noisy, although not quite as whisper-quiet as the 777's were on take-off.
Ailerons seem to have more movable elements, which was cool to watch for the last twenty minutes of the descent into Houston.
Large overhead bins; you can mount a carry-on piece sideways in any row. Interior lighting softly changes color, air vents were adequate (the some ones on the 737-900 seem a bit miserly with airflow). Didn't use the lav.
The crew seemed a bit friendlier and met drink needs nicely, although they charge for any snacks. I prepared in advance. They also supplied all passengers with pillows and blankets, which is the first time in years since I've seen that available.
From reviews I'd read on seatguru.com, I was expecting a cattle-class experience, but it was actually quite positive compared to my usual jaunts in mid-sized aircraft. 👍
Photos later on...although I didn't get any of the outside of the aircraft, since security and ticketing were long lines at SFO's International Terminal G.
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