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Gramaisc

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Sad to see such beautiful airframes being used as drones, such a waste
A 1:1 scale Boeing 720 under remote control..


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_Impact_Demonstration
 

Gramaisc

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Ryanair flight returned to Manchester this morning, after a bird strike.



Not quite so dramatic as the Thomson one a while back.


All quite calm - I've known people get almost psychotic when their car won't start.....
 

Gramaisc

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Brown trouser time, how far off the end of the runway were they once they'd stopped. :lorks:
This ex-BOAC Britannia at Cosford is painted up to represent a plane that lost an engine most spectacularly when attempting to take off, with me in it*, on a flight back from Cyprus in 1971.

It was just about at the point of commitment when the guts fell out of Number One and there was very little concrete left when it finally stopped.

After some considerable repairs, a second attempt was made and, even with all four, it did not inspire confidence when contact with the ground was abandoned.

From the end of the runway to the sea was a few miles - and this area had several wrecks, which were left there for fire training purposes. Every now and then, they would set fire to one again and practice putting it out and rescuing any "occupants". Seeing these wrecks, as the plane struggled into the air, did not help. Interestingly, Google Earth shows that they have all been cleared away now.

Three years later, the same aircraft went off the end of the same runway.

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* I doubt that is why this aircraft is commemorated.
 

Chillybean

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Siberia: Here's another odd Russian pointy thing, the head of the FSB (exKGB) was visiting along with a few other Russian heavy weights, hence the guards surrounding the planes.
 

Laurie61

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My brothers brother in law is a pilot, (Bulgarian) ex military and now commercial. He used to fly Tupolev 154 for many years. This is one of their old 154's taking off form Düsseldorf, before they were replaced.

 

Chillybean

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Only been in one once from Tbilisi to Frankfurt on Air Georgia was upgraded to business class as it was was my birthday so couldn't complain.
 

Gramaisc

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My brothers brother in law is a pilot, (Bulgarian) ex military and now commercial. He used to fly Tupolev 154 for many years. This is one of their old 154's taking off form Düsseldorf, before they were replaced.

Great plane - with one of the highest (subsonic) cruising speeds for any passenger aircraft. The "Kuchemann Carrots" that house the undercarriage also act to reduce the high speed drag and give it a really wide track.

They wouldn't have been serving coffee on this one - truly remarkable flying to put it back down with virtually no damage.



And the fashion for deploying the thrust reversers whilst still in the air does often surprise people.

 

Laurie61

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On my first trip out to see my brothers in-laws, VIA were still using the 154's. One of the design features is quite thin wings which reduce drag and help with speed and fuel use, the wing flex it produced also helps to isolate the fuselage in turbulence, although it could upset some passengers looking out the windows. On my flight the ride was very smooth and engines out back help keep the noise levels down. On that flight I ended up in the fold down seat for the landing at Burgas, this was before 9/11. Cruising speed on the way over was about 0.8 Mach, from memory.
 

Gramaisc

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On my first trip out to see my brothers in-laws, VIA were still using the 154's. One of the design features is quite thin wings which reduce drag and help with speed and fuel use, the wing flex it produced also helps to isolate the fuselage in turbulence, although it could upset some passengers looking out the windows. On my flight the ride was very smooth and engines out back help keep the noise levels down. On that flight I ended up in the fold down seat for the landing at Burgas, this was before 9/11. Cruising speed on the way over was about 0.8 Mach, from memory.
Did you have the video with you?

 

Laurie61

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Did you have the video with you?


Yes, I managed to get most of the last twenty mins or so but accidentally hit the pause button just after touch down, so I missed a bit. I transferred it from the hi8 tape to dvd which I should have somewhere. I have not attempted to upload video to the interweb yet but I could get some screen grabs. Will see if I can find it.
 

Chillybean

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. On that flight I ended up in the fold down seat for the landing at Burgas, this was before 9/11. Cruising speed on the way over was about 0.8 Mach, from memory.

I've been in the front of many small planes but sadly never had the luck of sitting in the jump seat of a jet, that would be something special during take off and landing.
 

Laurie61

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I've been in the front of many small planes but sadly never had the luck of sitting in the jump seat of a jet, that would be something special during take off and landing.

Yes, I had an enjoyable time on the flight, was not expecting the chance of a front row seat for landing, just a look around the cockpit and chat with the crew. I don't expect I will get the opportunity again, with the current anti terrorist precautions. :(

A few more screen grabs.

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proactive

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Yes, I had an enjoyable time on the flight, was not expecting the chance of a front row seat for landing, just a look around the cockpit and chat with the crew. I don't expect I will get the opportunity again, with the current anti terrorist precautions. :(

A few more screen grabs.

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And F1 drivers complain about having too much to do with one digital display and 13 buttons!
 

Gramaisc

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It seems that one was converted to fly on liquid hydrogen in the 1980s, making around a hundred flights and being designated Tupolev 155.

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Some sort of ventilator on top of the tail is the most obvious identifying feature.
 
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