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Offline VirginiaJim

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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #560 on: March 14, 2015, 09:38:18 AM »
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #561 on: March 16, 2015, 07:36:13 PM »
A couple from last year.
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #562 on: March 16, 2015, 07:41:49 PM »
A nice one.
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #563 on: March 16, 2015, 07:44:22 PM »
A couple of broke ones.
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #564 on: March 17, 2015, 04:06:27 AM »
Quote from: SapperLdr on March 16, 2015, 07:36:13 PM
A couple from last year.

I believe that the base is Dyess.  C-130J Super Hercules from the 317th ANG doing the Elephant walk.

http://www.dyess.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123434184

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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #565 on: March 17, 2015, 08:20:00 AM »
^ You are correct sir.
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #566 on: March 17, 2015, 11:00:02 AM »
I usually am, unless I'm not.
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #567 on: March 17, 2015, 11:16:43 AM »
How is this airplane still flying? Notice the right aileron in the up position but still hard to believe it has enough control authority to keep the airplane from rolling over. I'm guessing he didn't land on the deck but flew back to a friendly ship to bail out next to it. Gotta love the Grumman "Iron Works". I know this Avenger could have been built by another contractor but it was Grumman who designed it.

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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #568 on: March 17, 2015, 12:22:12 PM »
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #569 on: March 17, 2015, 01:24:18 PM »
A tail I can understand because the fundamental balance of lift and center of gravity isn't compromised too much. But the lift on that Avenger is way non-symmetrical.
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #570 on: March 17, 2015, 01:58:01 PM »
Ah the gauntlet has been thrown down..

http://youtu.be/1lvEGohPmxk
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #571 on: March 17, 2015, 02:21:23 PM »
Oh yea, I remember that story. With enough thrust, anything can be made to fly I guess. I'm shocked they didn't just punch out.
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #572 on: March 17, 2015, 02:45:15 PM »
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #573 on: March 23, 2015, 01:05:48 PM »
I never knew they built a 747 air tanker. I'm guess this was a prototype for a Boing bid when the USAF bought the KC-10. But just a guess.

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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #574 on: March 23, 2015, 03:56:21 PM »
The KC-33A was proposed, just as stated when the KC-10 bidding was being let.
The Air Force, it its infinite wisdom went with the KC-10.
Iran bought four of the KC-33s for use with their F-4s but it is not known if they are still serviceable as tankers.
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #575 on: March 23, 2015, 11:04:45 PM »
Quote from: VirginiaJim on March 17, 2015, 01:58:01 PM
Ah the gauntlet has been thrown down..

http://youtu.be/1lvEGohPmxk

Interesting. Them two boys got lucky!
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #576 on: March 24, 2015, 06:58:44 AM »
Quote from: Cholla on March 23, 2015, 03:56:21 PM
The KC-33A was proposed, just as stated when the KC-10 bidding was being let.
The Air Force, it its infinite wisdom went with the KC-10.
Iran bought four of the KC-33s for use with their F-4s but it is not known if they are still serviceable as tankers.

I had a buddy that was a P3 instructor pilot that went over to Iran in the Shah days to train Iranian pilots. He said none of the candidates could safely be signed off. The were told to sign them off anyway. So on the last day, right before leaving the country, they signed off the pilots but he was never sure if any of the P3's flew again.
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #577 on: April 10, 2015, 11:51:34 AM »
So while playing ADV tag this week, a pal posted a pic from a HUGE collection of old war birds....
I'm fighting a cold, so I didn't run to the tag site yet, hopefully I can grab it tomorrow....
Its only 20 minutes from my house, and I had heard about it years ago, but never could find where it was, they kept it hush hush to keep hoards of pickers from converging on it.....

I'll go in the morn, and shoot pics....
Here is a story written by the son of the fellow that owned the collection ( now deceased).
http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/the-soplata-airplane-sanctuary-22000009/

Its such a huge collection I could find it using bing sattelite photos in the area... and clearly can see all the planes that still exist there...
Awesome stuff...
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=qxbcg886ygfp&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=9377893&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #578 on: April 10, 2015, 01:51:12 PM »
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #579 on: April 14, 2015, 08:26:06 AM »
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