Flying. Everything planes.

[VladimirIlyich]

8 minutes ago, Stouffer said:

This is what I mean:

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-publications/aaib-publications

I watch those Air Safety Institute reports on youtube. Very interesting.

[dockers_strike]

2 hours ago, VladimirIlyich said:

I watch those Air Safety Institute reports on youtube. Very interesting.

Yea, I find a wall of text a bit heavy going which is why I prefer the visual. Obviously a written report will contain greater detail but the aforementioned YT channels make it easier to understand, at least for me!

[Stouffer]

27 minutes ago, dockers_strike said:

Yea, I find a wall of text a bit heavy going which is why I prefer the visual. Obviously a written report will contain greater detail but the aforementioned YT channels make it easier to understand, at least for me!

I love the written reports (RAIB ones too), they're kind of relevant to my job so get to read them in work.

[dockers_strike]

58 minutes ago, Stouffer said:

I love the written reports (RAIB ones too), they're kind of relevant to my job so get to read them in work.

Cool and even better if you get paid to read them! Do you read NTSB ones from the US or just UK ones?

[Stouffer]

51 minutes ago, dockers_strike said:

Cool and even better if you get paid to read them! Do you read NTSB ones from the US or just UK ones?

I'm saving the NTSB ones for later in the year.

 

The maritime ones are good as well.

 

Proper rock and roll me.

[dockers_strike]

These are interesting to listen to. Pilots and ATC manage to remain calm in the most testing circumstances.

 

 

[Rico1304]

A red arrow on display had a bird strike yesterday.  Went clean through the canopy.  Pilot ok but I bet he shit himself.  

[Kepler-186]

[dockers_strike]

1 hour ago, Kepler-186 said:

Love the shape of the Corsair with its gull wings. Did the RAF have any in service during WW2?

[Kepler-186]

40 minutes ago, dockers_strike said:

Love the shape of the Corsair with its gull wings. Did the RAF have any in service during WW2?

I know Fleet Air Arm and RAAF and RNZAF did,  not sure about RAF. 

[dockers_strike]

2 interesting vids to watch.

 

Glider static winch launch.

 

 

Bell 505 start up procedure.

 

 

[Kepler-186]

 

[M_B]

I was there. They had a Big Wing of 20 Spitfires that flew over the airfield. Quite a sight.

 

And a B-17 (The Memphis Belle). And a Yak 3.

 

The B-17 surprised me - a lot smaller than I imagined.

[Kepler-186]

7 hours ago, M_B said:

I was there. They had a Big Wing of 20 Spitfires that flew over the airfield. Quite a sight.

 

And a B-17 (The Memphis Belle). And a Yak 3.

 

The B-17 surprised me - a lot smaller than I imagined.

Yeah must’ve been amazing to be there for that. 

[Kepler-186]

“Don’t just stand there, get one up!”

[Kepler-186]

P47 Thunderbolt. Beast. 

[Kepler-186]

Put this in the Ukraine thread cos of the source but it really belongs here. 
 

 

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Took off from Schiphol the other day in this tiny KLM plane, looked out the window and there was about 6 other planes along side us, horrendous turbulence too, not a big fan of flying.

[dockers_strike]

Electric self launch glider. Really cool!

 

 

[easytoslip]

I was just looking at that Vulcan Bomber that reared off the runway or something but it reminded me of working on Formby beach and one of them flew over us on the sand dunes at low level what I thing to see and hear. 

I think it came from that base that was by Blackpool, I can't think of its name but RAF Wharton springs to mind opposite Southport? 

[dockers_strike]

3 minutes ago, easytoslip said:

I was just looking at that Vulcan Bomber that reared off the runway or something but it reminded me of working on Formby beach and one of them flew over us on the sand dunes at low level what I thing to see and hear. 

I think it came from that base that was by Blackpool, I can't think of its name but RAF Wharton springs to mind opposite Southport? 

Think it's BaE Warton now, near Lytham St Annes I think? But it could also have come from Bae Salmesbury near Preston.

[Rico1304]

15 minutes ago, easytoslip said:

I was just looking at that Vulcan Bomber that reared off the runway or something but it reminded me of working on Formby beach and one of them flew over us on the sand dunes at low level what I thing to see and hear. 

I think it came from that base that was by Blackpool, I can't think of its name but RAF Wharton springs to mind opposite Southport? 

Could have been Woodford. 

[dockers_strike]

Couple of nice models.

 

First is a turbine powered Lockheed T 33. Seems somewhere between quarter and one fifth scale?

 

 

Second is a huge AirBus A 380 with 4 electric powered ducted fan units. This is totally self built including the under carriage and not a kit. Been following the build and to see it fly is pretty awesome.

 

 

 

[VladimirIlyich]

Two Typhoons from Conningsby just landed at Speke Airport tonight. No idea why.

[M_B]

On 13/09/2022 at 06:27, Kepler-186 said:

Yeah must’ve been amazing to be there for that. 

The Big Wing is at 28:32, the B-17 at 8:30