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Offline Rural53

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Re: Anything Aviation
« Reply #75 on: February 14, 2021, 10:10:12 PM »
One of those pink Cresco working a fire in the Hawkes Bay last week.




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Re: Anything Aviation
« Reply #76 on: February 22, 2021, 05:48:51 PM »
How you do one hundred topdressing loads in a day. 1,800kg/3,900lb in under three minutes.

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Re: Anything Aviation
« Reply #77 on: February 22, 2021, 07:50:44 PM »
That is pretty amazing to do 3 minutes per turn. No daydreaming allowed working that low. I love flying low level and it is a blast doing it in a P-51 at high speed but you really have to look ahead for snags or powerlines.

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Re: Anything Aviation
« Reply #78 on: February 27, 2021, 07:52:55 PM »
Yesterday at Wings over Wairarapa. It was supposed to happen at the last airshow two years ago but didn't for operational reasons.










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Re: Anything Aviation
« Reply #79 on: February 27, 2021, 11:02:54 PM »
Due to their size their speed is deceptive. I used to share airspace with them and every single time I thought I could pass in front of them I had to let them go by first. One time when I was screwing around with them I noticed the tail cannon barrels tracking me so I quit. I also used to watch them flying low level over the Arizona desert and that was amazing to watch.

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Re: Anything Aviation
« Reply #80 on: March 01, 2021, 10:59:00 PM »
A 19-hour round trip from its base in Guam, with one air to air refueling.


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Re: Anything Aviation
« Reply #81 on: March 01, 2021, 11:02:15 PM »
 :))

Flight Cat-astrophe: Aircraft forced to land after angry feline takes over cockpit!

It's not uncommon for aircraft emergency landings to make the news, but the reason for this one is anything but regular.

A Tarco Airlines flight was flying from Khartoum, Sudan to Doha, Qatar last weekend, when the pilots in the cockpit were attacked by a cat.

In what could be described as a hairy take-off, the incident happened just a couple of minutes after the flight had left Khartoum International Airport.

Clearly not a fan of flying, the cat's erratic behaviour is said to have made it impossible to catch as it jumped and scratched its way around the cockpit.

The flight had to turn around and return to Khartoum International Airport which, by the way, has the very hissy airport code of HSSS.

At first it was thought perhaps an animal smuggling passenger had let the cat out of the bag after take-off, but further investigations have revealed the cat most likely climbed aboard the aircraft while it was in a hangar the night before the flight.

No serious injuries have been reported and it's unclear as to what happened to the cat once the aircraft landed.


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Re: Anything Aviation
« Reply #82 on: March 09, 2021, 10:04:23 PM »
Is the need enough? Or does the want suffice?

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Re: Anything Aviation
« Reply #83 on: March 09, 2021, 10:08:59 PM »
Is the need enough? Or does the want suffice?

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Re: Anything Aviation
« Reply #84 on: March 09, 2021, 10:09:53 PM »
Is the need enough? Or does the want suffice?

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Re: Anything Aviation
« Reply #85 on: March 09, 2021, 10:32:46 PM »
The last video there with Connie Edwards is great. The guy who ran my friend's restoration shop was the broker who sold these aircraft.

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Re: Anything Aviation
« Reply #86 on: March 21, 2021, 02:23:59 PM »
In 1968 this float-plane was put on the back of a truck at Christchurch Airport in an attempt to launch it airborne.

The truck belted down the runway as fast as an old Bedford could go and after a few failed attempts the plane took off from the back of the truck!

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Re: Anything Aviation
« Reply #87 on: April 09, 2021, 04:28:43 AM »
Film from Norair circa 1950s spoofing Ejection Seat testing. From the archives of the San Diego Air and Space Museum.


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Re: Anything Aviation
« Reply #88 on: April 09, 2021, 10:07:35 PM »
Film from Norair circa 1950s spoofing Ejection Seat testing. From the archives of the San Diego Air and Space Museum.

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Re: Anything Aviation
« Reply #89 on: April 19, 2021, 03:51:35 PM »
When the engine on your TBM torpedo bomber fails and you are already at a low altitude due to flying in an airshow at the beach.

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