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[Bucic]

^^^Please see my edited post above^^^

:thumbup:

[Flаnker]

Minsk 9 may

[Flаnker]

[winz]

Some photos from 4th National Aviation Days, Piestany Slovakia

 

http://hutera.blog.sme.sk/c/230262/Narodne-Letecke-Dni-2010.html

(I want that digital camo as a skin in FC2:D )

[Airway]

Ten people were injured, including a 1-year-old girl, by MV-22 downwash during a Memorial Day picnic yesterday on Staten Island. The New York Post has the best coverage, including an interview with the MV-22 pilot.

 

Here the video

[Pilotasso]

Last week, white flag for 100% fleet operational.

 

51st aniversary of 201 squad PoAF, F-16's. Mass fly by.

 

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Also at celebrations the dutch DEMO team plane piloted by Pilot calsign HITEC. The orange beauty is left on the tarmac due to failiure so the plane used on show was the reserve one.

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My brother missed it this year due to other commitments.

Edited June 1, 2010 by Pilotasso

[jpm1]

Some photos from 4th National Aviation Days, Piestany Slovakia

 

http://hutera.blog.sme.sk/c/230262/Narodne-Letecke-Dni-2010.html

(I want that digital camo as a skin in FC2:D )

 

Typhoon pics are nice

[mvsgas]

Atlantis' Last Launch

http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/100514-F-3501M-522.jpg

[mvsgas]

Look like Boeing, has a new website with many photos. If you register, look like you can download Hi-Res version, I did not try it myself tho.

http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=13&depth=4&cat=14

[mvsgas]

Oh No!, I never thought this would bother me until I read the Head Line

Boeing Receives 1st F-16 for Conversion into QF-16 Aerial Drone

http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=13&depth=4&cat=29&item=1131

It was bound to happen, at least they will go in flames, not rusting or weathering in AMARC :(

http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/1590/

Edited June 3, 2010 by mvsgas

[mvsgas]

So similar but so different at the same time. Mitsubishi F-2 and F-16 Block 50/block 20

 

Wow Lots of birds

Edited June 3, 2010 by mvsgas

[nscode]

A Serbian J-22 Orao went down today. Gear couldn't lock, so the pilot was ordered to eject over unpopulated area. He sustained light injuries.

[topol-m]

^^^ Is this the usual way in similar conditions, is an attempt to land too risky even with very low speed?

[Eddie]

^^^ Is this the usual way in similar conditions, is an attempt to land too risky even with very low speed?

 

Seems a bit unusual to me. I've seen RAF pilots land a jet with either total or partial landing gear failure, including one Typhoon here at Coningsby that was landed without nose gear due to a mechanical failure.

 

In fact the procedures for landing/ejecting in the case of gear failure are set out in the flight manuals of every aircraft who's manual I've ever read through. There are of course situations where ejection would be recommended by the emergency procedures, but normally there would have to be additional complications/system failures for that to be the recommended course of action.

 

Of course not knowing all the circumstances we can only speculate, but personally I find it very odd that ejection was ordered rather than a gear up landing which, in my experience, would be the usual course of action.

 

Of course, I'm glad to hear the pilot suffered only minor injuries.

Edited June 3, 2010 by Eddie

[MoGas]

lol yes, try this first.

 

 

hehe

 

[BTTW-DratsaB]

 

wow nice landing!

 

Planes are a lot more sturdy than I thought.

[Pilotasso]

A related video...a reason why the concordsky didn't go commercial...the passengers would get a helluva ride...:shocking:

 

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[L4key]

This harrier pilot managed a belly landing even with gear.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvtoAlAqrAk

 

Sorry if has been posted before!

 

4/6/10 - Boo - vid removed! Why do they do that...

Edited June 4, 2010 by L4key
Update

[MoGas]

Holly sh.., I guess he will have a some back issues in the next couple weeks. It seems some of the vectors out of control?

 

This harrier pilot managed a belly landing even with gear.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvtoAlAqrAk

 

Sorry if has been posted before!

Edited June 3, 2010 by MoGas

[mvsgas]

Man, good one L4key. I'm looking around for info on it but no luck. It look to me that harrier landed hard and fast. I wonder what happened. Lots of ammo on it as well, looks like two GBU-15 where on the thing

[zakobi]

found this chinook video:

 

Quit impressive in my opinion :thumbup:

 

BTW, at 0:40 on the soldiers rifle to the left, is that a suppressor? Don't remember the m4 to that wide barrel there... :huh:

[CE_Mikemonster]

That was nuts. How many prisoners did they have?

[Eddie]

Man, good one L4key. I'm looking around for info on it but no luck. It look to me that harrier landed hard and fast. I wonder what happened. Lots of ammo on it as well, looks like two GBU-15 where on the thing

 

It was just carrying the 2 Paveway IVs and (empty) drop tanks, not that 1000lbs of HE isn't enough. As yet the board of inquiry report hasn't been published (still ongoing) so I don't have the facts, and wouldn't want to speculate for obvious reasons. No real info on the net, although there are forum threads discussing the crash on both pprune (pilots forum) and e-goat (RAF rumour forums) should you want to have a read.

[mikoyan]

A related video...a reason why the concordsky didn't go commercial...the passengers would get a helluva ride...:shocking:

 

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That is not the reason, the Russians knew that it was to expensive to operate and never put it into service.

[nscode]

Seems a bit unusual to me. I've seen RAF pilots land a jet with either total or partial landing gear failure, including one Typhoon here at Coningsby that was landed without nose gear due to a mechanical failure.

 

In fact the procedures for landing/ejecting in the case of gear failure are set out in the flight manuals of every aircraft who's manual I've ever read through. There are of course situations where ejection would be recommended by the emergency procedures, but normally there would have to be additional complications/system failures for that to be the recommended course of action.

 

Of course not knowing all the circumstances we can only speculate, but personally I find it very odd that ejection was ordered rather than a gear up landing which, in my experience, would be the usual course of action.

 

 

 

Of course, I'm glad to hear the pilot suffered only minor injuries.

 

It wasn't a gear up situation. From what I understand from initial reports, one side was stuck in down position, while the other side and nose gear were stuck in the up position. The pilot (test pilot, instructor) made several attempts to lower them (hydraulic, mechanicaly) and made a landing attampt to see if the down gear would go in, or others would become free, but with no success.

 

One gear langing doesn't seem to be a safe option on this aircraft: