12-07-2022, 10:18 AM | #221 |
Cailín gan eagla.
72129
Rep 1,008
Posts |
End of an era:
The Last 747 Jumbo Jet Leaves Boeing's Everett Factory 54 years after the first 747 was produced, the 1,574th and last leaves Boeing's Everett, Washington widebody factory for flight testing. https://www.pcmag.com/news/the-last-...verett-factory |
Appreciate
9
|
12-07-2022, 07:01 PM | #222 |
///M driver
16791
Rep 506
Posts
Drives: 2022 M3 6-speed
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Oregon
|
Looking at the exhausts, I now see that is an RAF/RN F-4K or F-4M with Spey engines instead of J-79s.
__________________
'22 G80 M3 6-sp Portimao Blue/Tartufo
|
Appreciate
0
|
12-08-2022, 03:48 AM | #224 | |
Schmollbraten
12516
Rep 1,985
Posts |
Quote:
A straight upward climb is not only limited by the sky but by thrust and gravity. If you're staying too long you would just stall the plane and spool down in circles. That's not funny, neither training nor show.
__________________
Citizen of ///M - Town, where too much is just right Some say, that my scrotum has its own small gravity field and when Im slowing down that brake lights come on at my buttox |
|
12-08-2022, 09:58 AM | #225 |
Cailín gan eagla.
72129
Rep 1,008
Posts |
Neptune P2. In service from 1955 to 1970. Th aircraft had a perfect safety record with the RCAF. Then they were sold to become fire bombers. Some are still in use today.
Original livery w/o the jet pods. Updated livery with jet pods. |
Appreciate
7
|
12-08-2022, 11:28 PM | #226 |
Broke A$$ Super Hero
2216
Rep 248
Posts |
I shot these a few weeks ago
|
Appreciate
11
Llarry16791.00 3798j11660.50 Dino GT35139.00 vreihen1615589.00 minn1914078.00 Lady Jane72129.00 ezaircon4jc4557.50 BMWGUYinCO4140.00 3.0L8950.00 hubbahubba9021.50 sygazelle11525.50 |
12-09-2022, 06:18 AM | #227 |
Crusty Old Navy Chief
22998
Rep 1,696
Posts
Drives: 2022 X3 M40i, 1983 911SC
Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: Ottawa
|
Last edited by JJ 911SC; 12-09-2022 at 10:14 AM.. |
Appreciate
0
|
12-09-2022, 07:09 AM | #228 |
///M driver
16791
Rep 506
Posts
Drives: 2022 M3 6-speed
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Oregon
|
And now for something completely different, I present Charles Zimmerman's "flying flapjacks." The proof-of-concept V-173 prototype dates from 1942 and the operational XF5U-1 prototype did not fly before the end of World War II. In the general drawdown after the war, the F5U fell victim to cost-cutting and was destroyed before its first flight. It did do engine run-up testing and had problems with the props. The Navy decided that it was not worth further tests.
Famed aviator Charles Lindbergh flew the V-173 and, like the Vought test pilots, found that it was practically un-stallable and could be flown at very high angles of attack.
__________________
'22 G80 M3 6-sp Portimao Blue/Tartufo
|
Appreciate
8
3798j11660.50 Dino GT35139.00 vreihen1615589.00 JJ 911SC22997.50 Dang3r12516.00 Lady Jane72129.00 BMWGUYinCO4140.00 hubbahubba9021.50 |
12-09-2022, 03:55 PM | #229 |
Recovering Perfectionist
15589
Rep 947
Posts
Drives: 2015 BMW i3 BEV
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Orange County, NY
iTrader: (0)
Garage List 2014 Mighty Freight ... [0.00]
2015 BMW i3 BEV [0.00] 2000 Audi TT Quattro [0.00] 1967 Formula Vee [0.00] |
__________________
2015 BMW i3 BEV, Giga World (Lodge interior), Tech/Driving Assist Packages, 30K miles
|
Appreciate
1
hubbahubba9021.50 |
12-09-2022, 04:38 PM | #230 | |
Major General
4558
Rep 5,409
Posts |
Quote:
I was working a mid once and I had to call the Center for a code as our system was down for the nightly maintenance. They gave me the code 4879 (or some such code), which didn't sound right, but hey, at 0300 what does sound right?! The pilot called bake a few minutes later saying he couldn't enter the code because his transponder was broken and didn't go past a 7. THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG!!!! There is no 8 or 9 in 444444444444444transponders. |
|
12-09-2022, 07:05 PM | #231 | |
Colonel
8950
Rep 2,010
Posts |
Quote:
__________________
///M235i | Mineral Grey Metallic | Premium Package | Technology Package | Driver Assistance Package | Dakota Coral Red/Black Leather | Harman/Kardon Premium 360 watt sound system | 8-speed automatic
When writing your life's plan, use a pencil with an eraser |
|
Appreciate
0
|
12-09-2022, 07:26 PM | #232 |
Crusty Old Navy Chief
22998
Rep 1,696
Posts
Drives: 2022 X3 M40i, 1983 911SC
Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: Ottawa
|
|
Appreciate
0
|
12-10-2022, 07:39 AM | #234 |
Private First Class
1560
Rep 140
Posts |
Do drug runners actually squawk that code? Or is that something ATC can assign to their data block without the pilot knowing?
|
Appreciate
0
|
12-10-2022, 07:50 AM | #235 |
Cailín gan eagla.
72129
Rep 1,008
Posts |
The CF-105 Arrow. If you wanted to get my Dad going, all you had to do is mention it as his Squadron was scheduled to get them instead of the used Voodoos purchased from the USAF and BOMARC missiles that couldn't even get out of their silos. Never let important defense decisions in the hands of politicians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow |
Appreciate
9
|
12-10-2022, 08:54 AM | #236 | |
///M driver
16791
Rep 506
Posts
Drives: 2022 M3 6-speed
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Oregon
|
Quote:
The US -105 went on to be a workhorse of the Vietnam war in a role it was not designed for; nothing we had, with the possible exception of the A-1 Skyraider, was well-suited for that war. We just had to make do.
__________________
'22 G80 M3 6-sp Portimao Blue/Tartufo
Last edited by Llarry; 12-10-2022 at 05:46 PM.. |
|
Appreciate
1
Lady Jane72129.00 |
12-10-2022, 12:14 PM | #237 | |
Colonel
8950
Rep 2,010
Posts |
Quote:
__________________
///M235i | Mineral Grey Metallic | Premium Package | Technology Package | Driver Assistance Package | Dakota Coral Red/Black Leather | Harman/Kardon Premium 360 watt sound system | 8-speed automatic
When writing your life's plan, use a pencil with an eraser |
|
Appreciate
1
Lady Jane72129.00 |
12-10-2022, 03:31 PM | #239 | |
Colonel
8950
Rep 2,010
Posts |
Quote:
He and wife had no children, so that kind of explains how he could afford to own and operate such expensive machinery on a Greyhound bus-driver's salary. He drove and she dispatched.
__________________
///M235i | Mineral Grey Metallic | Premium Package | Technology Package | Driver Assistance Package | Dakota Coral Red/Black Leather | Harman/Kardon Premium 360 watt sound system | 8-speed automatic
When writing your life's plan, use a pencil with an eraser |
|
12-10-2022, 11:05 PM | #240 |
Major General
4558
Rep 5,409
Posts |
|
Appreciate
0
|
12-10-2022, 11:17 PM | #241 |
Lieutenant General
17682
Rep 10,737
Posts
Drives: M4 CS. Former G82, x2 F82, F80
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Jacked out of my mind
|
Has any aircraft ever looked more bad ass?
The Tornado and A10 are my favorites of all time. |
12-11-2022, 12:13 AM | #242 |
Remove Before Flight
6913
Rep 1,616
Posts |
Well.....
__________________
Current: M2C, Miata RF-GT, RDX & Element // R1200GS & VRSCF
Previous: M3, Focus ZX3-S2, Superchaged Solara, Samurai, Integra, Pinto & RX-4 // VRSCR, R6S, FZ1 & FZ600 |
Appreciate
11
|
Post Reply |
Bookmarks |
|
|