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A 1:1 scale Boeing 720 under remote control..
Sad to see such beautiful airframes being used as drones, such a waste
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.Brown trouser time, how far off the end of the runway were they once they'd stopped.
Tupolev 134 UBL - I think.View attachment 2829 another odd Russian pointy thing
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.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.
Did you have the video with you?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?
. 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.
And F1 drivers complain about having too much to do with one digital display and 13 buttons!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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