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Offline Rhino

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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #620 on: July 23, 2015, 02:31:53 PM »
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Offline Charlie747

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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #621 on: July 23, 2015, 03:03:08 PM »
Quote from: Rhino on July 23, 2015, 02:31:53 PM
Beautiful stuff right there!

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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #622 on: July 23, 2015, 06:48:14 PM »
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #623 on: July 24, 2015, 06:45:18 AM »
Quote from: VirginiaJim on July 23, 2015, 04:32:15 AM
B-52 landing at Oshkosh...

http://youtu.be/CL-JK6HPAuU

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/b-52-makes-challenging-landing-to-visit-oshkosh-on-hist-1719206718

So they must have had someone on the crew or someone meet them that is rated to repack the parachute. Weird detail I know but I wonder about weird details like that.
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #624 on: July 24, 2015, 11:17:01 AM »
According to the web sites, there was a USAF ground crew waiting on it.  They also had volunteers assist.  I had the same thoughts.  You don't land an aircraft like that without ground crew on a non-USAF landing site.  I'm sure that they arrived earlier.  What I want to see is if they can take off on an 8k feet runway.  I'm sure that they can, otherwise they wouldn't have landed there.  Probably won't have a lot of fuel and will refuel once airborne.
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #625 on: July 24, 2015, 11:35:44 AM »
Makes sense to have a ground crew meet them. And I be your correct that they took off with no payload, min allowable fuel and refueled mid-air.
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #626 on: July 24, 2015, 03:47:52 PM »
Quote from: VirginiaJim on July 23, 2015, 04:32:15 AM
B-52 landing at Oshkosh...

Good B-52 footage Jim.   What was that white & blue prop plane in the video at 2:05?  That looked cool.
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #627 on: July 27, 2015, 08:12:17 AM »
Quote from: Pilgrim on July 24, 2015, 03:47:52 PM
Good B-52 footage Jim.   What was that white & blue prop plane in the video at 2:05?  That looked cool.

Cessna 195, a nice classic from the 40's
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #628 on: July 27, 2015, 05:20:49 PM »
This big girl was blowin' around like a kite coming down...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPVE2LY2Xqo

Nicely done I'd say...

I was in a smaller one a few weeks back that couldn't land due to bad weather...we tried three times, and then they hauled us off to another airport a couple hundred miles inland...lol. (Much smaller plane of course - Bombardier Q400)

These pilots amaze me. Great skills.

And just think of all the people out there that can barely drive with 4 wheels firmly planted on the ground at all times;).

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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #629 on: July 27, 2015, 05:29:25 PM »
A definite come to Jesus moment.  :_shudder_Emoticon
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #630 on: July 27, 2015, 05:36:00 PM »
Quote from: gPink on July 27, 2015, 05:29:25 PM
A definite come to Jesus moment.  :_shudder_Emoticon

LOL, I know eh? A Triple-7 is a big plane to be rockin' and rollin' like that...

We get weather like that here all the time...but the planes usually divert to an airport further inland.

I wonder if these guys circled for a while and got low on fuel and then had no choice?

Maybe one of the pilots on here can tell us what normal protocol is;).
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #631 on: July 27, 2015, 08:40:23 PM »
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #632 on: July 29, 2015, 07:26:39 AM »
GoPro on a Corsair, whats not to like

http://youtu.be/RxizAawVLoQ
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #633 on: July 29, 2015, 08:48:54 AM »
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National Aviation Day
« Reply #634 on: August 19, 2015, 08:56:49 AM »
Wednesday is National Aviation Day, so proclaimed by U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1939. The date was chosen to honor the birthday of aviation pioneer Orville Wright.

USA Today story with lots of pics
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Re: National Aviation Day
« Reply #635 on: August 19, 2015, 10:25:08 AM »
Quote from: ManWorkinghere on August 19, 2015, 08:56:49 AM
Wednesday is National Aviation Day, so proclaimed by U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1939. The date was chosen to honor the birthday of aviation pioneer Orville Wright.

USA Today story with lots of pics

Interesting, National Aviation Day proclaimed by US president FDR is a day to recognize aviation in the USA. But most of the pictures in that USA Today article is of foreign airlines, foreign aircraft at a foreign air show. Even a foreign president stepping off an Airbus. Couldn't find a pic of a US president stepping off Air Force One?

Or how about a few pics from here: http://www.eaa.org/en/airventure/eaa-airventure-news-and-multimedia/airventure-2015-photos
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #636 on: August 19, 2015, 10:37:04 AM »
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #637 on: August 19, 2015, 11:40:25 AM »
They could have killed two birds with one stone by showing Slick Wily steppingoff AF1 as today is his birthday.
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #638 on: August 19, 2015, 12:44:59 PM »
Don't get me wrong, I've go nothing against non-US aircraft and in fact I've always wanted to see the Paris Air Show. Duxford and Farnborough are on my bucket list. Just thought USA Today could have found a few pics closer to home for National Aviation Day.
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #639 on: August 19, 2015, 01:47:19 PM »
planes?

check this out, and also on the main page check out the photos from the past few years of the event....
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=20051.0#new
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