co199 posted:

Isn't it good if military hardware leaks like a sieve? Or is that just helicopters?

7of7 posted:

I'm hoping someone with a better knowledge of airliners can answer a question about crosswind landings. It seems in videos like this that the wheel bogies on many airliners are somehow kept parallel to the runway during crosswind landings. However, I've done a bit of googling, and read a few airliners.net threads, and found that only the B-52 was actually designed to align the wheel bogies with the runway during such a landing. It seems pretty clear in the video above around 0:24(also shown below) that the A-340's wheels are aligned with the runway.

Can anyone settle for me whether or not any major civilian airliners are capable of turning the wheel bogies to align with the runway during a crosswind landing? I suspect the answer is no and some other mechanism such as simple inertia is at work in the video.

darknrgy posted:

Aerospace Insanity: send space toilet repair instructions, thx

Edit: Also Cady Coleman is a SPACE MILF

grover posted:

For federal travel, we're required to complete a travel cost comparison worksheet, where we compare the costs of various modes of travel, and then select the least expensive one. Over 8 hours of driving, hotel/per diem costs nearly always tip in favor of air travel. Below that, it depends almost entirely on how overpriced the flights are on whether it's cheaper to fly or drive. But considering even the shortest flight involves driving to the airport, paying for parking, at least 2 hours wasted in early arrival/layovers, and then renting a car and driving to your destination, driving wins out for virtually anything under 3-5 hours.

Unfortunately, this policy completely ignores lost productivity and comptime as a factor, concentrating ONLY on direct travel costs, and we end up stuck on 2-hop flights that depart/arrive at inconvenient times instead of a direct flight that's $10 more expensive in ticket costs but gets us there 3 hours sooner and entirely during normal working hours, and for several hundred dollars cheaper with labor costs considered. Your tax dollars at work!

monkeytennis posted:

Isn't there already a 737 derivative replacing the P-3?

Boomerjinks posted:

Saw this the other day and thought it was neat.


Full size here

obligatory "of course it's a composite of planes taking off from different runways from different distances and angles"

Sagebrush posted:

I believe this, because I remember reading in Ben Rich's autobiography (this is the guy who ran the Skunk Works roughly between the U-2 and F-117 eras) that the paint actually turns kind of a steel-blue when the plane is at its cruising speed.

By the way, I highly recommend the book, which I think is just called "Skunk Works". The whole episode surrounding the first real radar tests of the F-117 mockup is excellent. Something about using the McDonnell Douglas range, and Lockheed having to design a stealth pole to put their model on because the model's return was smaller than that of the support it was on, and the McD personnel saying something like "jesus christ, if they can do that with a goddamn POLE, what can they do with their airplane?"

Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

According to some random hipster, having this as computer wallpaper is "retro" and "ironic"
http://i.imgur.com/M6P6i.png

There is nothing ironic about my love of old airplanes <>

Phanatic posted:

TA-134? He used to park that thing at Summit all the time when I was down there working.

Nebakenezzer posted:

History = awesome

KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:

With the shuttle attached, the operational range of the modified 747-100 that they use to carry the shuttle drops from 5500nmi to 1000nmi.

Ola posted:

The point (of this utterly hypothetical internet invention) is to save lives that would otherwise expire helplessly in the lower stratosphere, and the risk of an automated descent is very similar to the risks of a controlled emergency descent with regards to other aircraft. As for what happens once it's established at 10000 but none of the occupants are recovering...well, that's enough morbid internet speculation for now!

Godholio posted:

What one are we looking at here?

The Electronaut posted:

My jump from a B-17's bomb bay is still my favorite.

grover posted:

AH-1S Cobra... with the engine hatch open! Always a joy to see some of the more important bits as opposed to just the skin.

KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:

Muzzle velocity sucked and you can't really walk 75mm rounds all over something like you can with a 50 cal.

dayman posted:

We were lucky enough to see this early Navy plane in flight. It was wild. Apparently the waving is ill advised because it takes a lot of muscle to work the controls but I'm sure the pilot knew what he was doing.


He still landed safely.

Thanks to my wife who took most of these photos while I was yakking with the docent.

Captain Postal posted:

As the old guys say, it's when they stop leaking that you worry. That means you've run out of oil.

Shai-Hulud posted:

So, what plane did this thing fall off of?

Leviathor posted:

Bob Odegaard died in a crash while practicing for the Valley City air show this evening.

https://www.newsdakota.com/2012/09/07/breaking-pilot-dies-in-airplane-crash-at-barnes-county-airport

Nebakenezzer posted:

From page 9; this deserves a repost.

GTi posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vQOY3d89JE

This old girl will be making her first flight after an 8 year long rebuild this Saturday. I believe she will be the only flying Mosquito in the world.

http://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured-article/warbird-ready-to-fly-new-zealand-mosquito-to-fly-on-saturday-september-29-2012.html

https://www.facebook.com/Avspecs

Any kiwi goons who want to check it out it's happening at Ardmore airfield, first flight at 10:30am.

GTi posted:

Colonel K posted:

Wholeheartedly agree. It's just a change to dress up history to make it more palatable.

It looks like a Canadian Mosquito is coming along too - http://vicair.net/projects/mosquito/august-2012

slidebite posted:

B52 just dropping by the Ranger