The General Airplane Thread

[Swagger897]

The video actually has a Bell 430 in it judging by the website you provided Swagger. I work with S76s so I know one when I see them

Yes but their fleet has 76's with them. And the paint scheme matches, as well as the fact that it's in NY.

 

[Dan]

Yes 👍 Not sure those tiny flaps help a lot..

I know the Battlefield franchise has a very unrealistic depiction of aircraft, but in all gameplay I've seen, the flaps open up like clamshells when the pilot is making a hard maneuver.

 

[mazda787]

I got a chance today to get close to the ANA Boeing 777-300ER in the Stars Wars BB-8 Livery making its first landing at my local airport:

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[Dan]

I got a chance today to get close to the ANA Boeing 777-300ER in the Stars Wars BB-8 Livery making its first landing at my local airport:

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Great video! Love the livery.

I thought firetrucks only sprayed water over planes that were about to be retired.

 

[mazda787]

Great video! Love the livery.

I thought firetrucks only sprayed water over planes that were about to be retired.

Thanks Dan. This airport seems to do it for any kind of special occasion, 2 years ago they did it for the startup of Air China service to the airport.

 

[wfooshee]

Nice to see, but dude..... let go of the zoom button!!!! Or edit the zooms out and use dissolves.

I know that's raw video, not "production," but I'm dizzy sitting here....

 

[Carlos]

Great video! Love the livery.

I thought firetrucks only sprayed water over planes that were about to be retired.

Some months ago Finnair came to Schiphol just to show their A350. They don't fly to Schiphol with their A350. It was also sprayed by firetrucks.

 

[Swagger897]

Yeah a lot of the time the trucks give the rainbow on special occasions.. retirements of aircraft/pilots, new routes, last flight route, new plane, etc..

 

[Carlos]

 

[Swagger897]

Ayee... there's the good ole PH-BFA. And the Learjet doesn't look too bad either, better with the old steam gauges.

 

[Dan]

They had a category on fighter jets tonight on Jeopardy. I got all of them except for one.

 

[mazda787]

Nice to see, but dude..... let go of the zoom button!!!! Or edit the zooms out and use dissolves.

I know that's raw video, not "production," but I'm dizzy sitting here....

Indeed, I get too distracted trying to focus on detail shots instead of keeping everything smooth and calm.

 

[Carlos]

"Su-24s scream over the USS Donald Cook while operating in the Baltic Sea. Photo credits US Navy"

The aggressive maneuvers by Russian aircraft occurred both Monday and Tuesday. A Navy press release states that the events began after the USS Donald Cook left the Polish port of Gdynia on Monday. That afternoon a Polish helicopter was training with the destroyer when an Su-24 showed up. The jet would perform no less than 20 passes near the ship. This caused the USSDonald Cook to end flight operations.

The next day the Donald Cook was approached by a Ka-27 Helix helicopter which made seven flights over the ship, taking photographs while doing so. Not long after Su-24s arrived on the scene and began their simulated attacks, making 11 runs in all.

The Russian aircraft were radioed throughout their time near the Donald Cookin both Russian and English. There was no response.

 

[Swagger897]

Gee, if Ted Cruz were president now, I'm pretty sure myself along with the entire rest of the east coast would be dead...

 

[Carlos]

Gee, if Ted Cruz were president now, I'm pretty sure myself along with the entire rest of the east coast would be dead...

Glad he isn't then! I think it's a nice show of force, you know, show some balls All this politically correctness isn't needed, right?

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Glad he isn't then! I think it's a nice show of force, you know, show some balls All this politically correctness isn't needed, right?

All they ended up doing was entertaining U.S. Navy service men with outdated assets in an oversea air show.

 

[Dan]

"Su-24s scream over the USS Donald Cook while operating in the Baltic Sea. Photo credits US Navy"

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

 

[Snaeper]

"Look how close we can get to you when you're not trying to blow us out of the sky!"

 

[unit-one]

*Sigh* Why are they doing this again...

Nice photos by the crew by the way.

EDIT: I guess we'll be hearing the news that the ship's crew now had enough brick to build a wall and all of them had quit their job.

 

[GregTheStig]

This is what a Phalanx CIWS would be doing to those jets - or anything that flies up on it - if it were active. Those guys had a lot of brass to be flying that close and not responding to radio calls...

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

This is what a Phalanx CIWS would be doing to those jets - or anything that flies up on it - if it were active. Those guys had a lot of brass to be flying that close and not responding to radio calls...

Nah they didn't have a lot of anything, the U.S. wouldn't act until acted upon. It's like the idea I was taught growing up as a kid, if someone is picking on you calling you names, and just being a general jerk it's not provocation for me to floor them. However, when they actually show a sign of true force (push, punch or whatever) then I can floor them. Same idea here, and more so considering what is at stake. It's just Russian's probably playing a game of dare with each other.

Also considering the type of hardware U.S. destroyers are getting these days you'd have to be dumber than a box of rocks to attack one and think you're getting out alive.

 

[ScottPuss20]

I got a chance today to get close to the ANA Boeing 777-300ER in the Stars Wars BB-8 Livery making its first landing at my local airport:

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I need a model of this plane. I'll be keeping an eye on the Gemini Jets website...

 

[wfooshee]

There's that "need/want" confusion again that I fought with my kids about for so many years!

You need food and oxygen. You want the model of the jet!

(But I need a 500 or 600 mm lens for my bird shooting.....)

 

[Pupik]

Finally caught a shot of some tire smoke last Friday at RDU...United's Boeing 737-800, registration N78509.

 

[GregTheStig]

Gripen is love. Gripen is life.

 

[Swagger897]

Is this an entirely new fighter?

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Is this an entirely new fighter?

Bro do you even SAAB?

 

[Swagger897]

This is about as close as it gets:

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

This is about as close as it gets:

That's fine, it was a bit of playful banter. SAAB also builds airplanes and has for some time. Sort of like how Japanese companies build engines and turbines along with cars. The Gripen is a SAAB plane that's been around since the 80s or something.