The General Airplane Thread
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Carlos
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Why prefer the two seater over the single seater? Also, why the A and not the C? A-10C for me!
Also, the two seater was made for night flying and or bad weather operations but it didn't really get off the ground, figuratively speaking. Not sure if it ever really was operational either..
Dan
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I don't think it is operational anymore.
Here's an image from 2003 at Goleta A&S museum. Edit: This one was restored for the Air Force Flight Test Center as a display model.
I'm surprised that they still had room for the GAU-8 and added seat.
Because I know that I would never be able to get a pilot's license, OR join the Air Force.
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Sometimes you really wish the video quality was better.
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The gun is under the seats, and all the way into the wing root. To remove it they have to put a stand under the tail, because they're taking 4,000 pounds out of the nose!
I remember reading that the GAU-8 takes up most of the forward weight, and removing it would unbalance the whole jet. It's kinda like the with the engine of the Ferrari Enzo, just at opposite ends of the vehicles.
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Suddenly, a Consolidated Catalina appears!
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Fullback looks cool.
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Is that the SU-27 with the toilet, microwave and 4 crew members?Fullback looks cool.
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Yes, however I haven't been able to find a picture of said toilet and microwave.Is that the SU-27 with the toilet, microwave and 4 crew members?
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Is that the SU-27 with the toilet, microwave and 4 crew members?
Not a Su-27
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You could stand almost up right in that cockpit! It's huge!
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Stuff like this makes me rage. Read the title of the article (which I'm not linking to for reasons).
Apparently this is a recurring issue on the A320 which they're working to address...
Don't get me wrong, it's bad that this is happening at all, but REALLY? A fan cowl separation = engine breaking apart? I wish "mainstream" media were banned from reporting relatively minor aviation incidents like this because of the crap reporting that always ensues.
/son of an airline pilot rant
Apparently this is a recurring issue on the A320 which they're working to address...
Don't get me wrong, it's bad that this is happening at all, but REALLY? A fan cowl separation = engine breaking apart? I wish "mainstream" media were banned from reporting relatively minor aviation incidents like this because of the crap reporting that always ensues.
/son of an airline pilot rant
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Stuff like this makes me rage. Read the title of the article (which I'm not linking to for reasons).
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Apparently this is a recurring issue on the A320 which they're working to address...
Don't get me wrong, it's bad that this is happening at all, but REALLY? A fan cowl separation = engine breaking apart? I wish "mainstream" media were banned from reporting relatively minor aviation incidents like this because of the crap reporting that always ensues.
/son of an airline pilot rant
Daily Mail manages to be even worse than the worst mainstream media. It's like Weekly World News, minus BatBoy.
Even Business Fish knows they're best used for lining bird cages.
Still, I'd probably say WTF! if that happened in front of my window seat, but I know the darn thing isn't going completely to pieces for that.
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Stuff like this makes me rage. Read the title of the article (which I'm not linking to for reasons).
Apparently this is a recurring issue on the A320 which they're working to address...
Don't get me wrong, it's bad that this is happening at all, but REALLY? A fan cowl separation = engine breaking apart? I wish "mainstream" media were banned from reporting relatively minor aviation incidents like this because of the crap reporting that always ensues.
/son of an airline pilot rant
They aren't also known as The Daily Fail for no reason...
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The unseen angle of those gorgeous air-to-air videos you see...
Spectacular and unsettling all at once.
Spectacular and unsettling all at once.
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I'm gonna be seeing these guys in a couple of weeks 
Double Farvel wit Vapor by Mark Von Raesfeld, on Flickr
The first time (I believe) we've ever managed to get the Blue Angels at The Great Georgia Air Show... and in my home town none the less.
Double Farvel wit Vapor by Mark Von Raesfeld, on FlickrThe first time (I believe) we've ever managed to get the Blue Angels at The Great Georgia Air Show... and in my home town none the less.
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I see on their web site one of the acts is the Screamin' Sasquatch.
That - is a cool airplane!!! He was at the Blue Angels end-of-season Homecoming show last year.
I'm not sure I like the orientation of the field with respect to the sun. It looks like the crowd is facing the sun during the early to mid afternoon.....
That - is a cool airplane!!! He was at the Blue Angels end-of-season Homecoming show last year.
I'm not sure I like the orientation of the field with respect to the sun. It looks like the crowd is facing the sun during the early to mid afternoon.....
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