All Things Aviation Related

[RNajarian]

Marty,

Those Cox AT6s are going for a small fortune on eBay.

[A930Rocket]

I had the Stuka dive bomber. First flight, I yo yo’d it up and down until it dove straight into the ground. There was no fixing it.

[HobieMarty]

Originally Posted by RNajarian

Marty,



Those Cox AT6s are going for a small fortune on eBay.

Wow!!! My Mom got me that plane for my Birthday back in the 90s. I still have everything that you see that came with it.

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[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by svandamme

Did the police get him?

Oh yeah!!!!! Gets to spend the holiday in jail. Pays to have connections

Not the sexiest plane out there but purdy dang fast for the design, clipped wings do have their advantages.




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[bugstrider]

Doing do more updates to FastMover-1. More brake n tire schtuff followed up with fuel lines, filter (gasgolator), valves and fittings.
And….. a short afternoon hop in a buddies LongEz for motivation.




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[bugstrider]

Some shots from my LongEZ run today. Short, but fun to get out on such a beautiful day.





Our flight track, sorta looks like a whale.

This is exactly the amount of stick force to fly the Long. Thumb and fore-finger is all you need.



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[Heel n Toe]

These Images Of An F-22 Raptor’s Crumbling Radar Absorbent Skin Are Fascinating

The photos are a reminder of just how much work goes into keeping the F-22’s skin ready for combat and the amazing science behind its stealthy design.

Much of what makes up and lies beneath the F-22 Raptor’s silver skin remains a tightly guarded secret.
The aircraft's outer mold-line is a mosaic of radar-absorbent coatings and radar transparent and radar
defeating composite structures that combine to allow the Raptor to remain aerodynamically efficient
while also largely invisible to fire control radars. All this takes a lot of work to maintain and many of
these applications start degrading shortly after they are applied, with friction from high-speed flight,
crushing G forces, and the elements accelerating that process. As such, one of the costliest aspects
of operating F-22s—and flying this aircraft is extremely expensive with an average flight hour cost of
about $60k—is keeping its stealthy skin up to par. This also is a major contributor to its fairly abysmal
mission capable rate of around 50 percent.

More:
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/these-images-of-an-f-22-raptor-s-crumbling-radar-absorbent-skin-are-fascinating

[svandamme]

suspect that area is where there is the most pressure during high speed flight?
like a speed bump for oncoming air?

[URY914]

Saw this and thought it belonged here, I'm sure some of you know the story

[svandamme]

Carrier tests part of Operation Credible Sport
designed to see how they can do Sierra Hotel Near vertical landings with a C130 with hairbrain idea to land one INSIDE a football statium to rescue the Iran US embassy hostages




They also landed a U2 on a carrier for some other occasions

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by URY914

Saw this and thought it belonged here, I'm sure some of you know the story

Neat stuff URY. Quick video.

Great idea for Sea State One, day ops...COD for the win in bad seas, night ops and being able to park aircraft on the roof.

More here: History of the Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) — The Hangardeck

[Seahawk]

A friend of mine was a C-1 Trader pilot out of North Island. Radial engine, carrier ops, which the pilots loved: Instant go-go.

[RNajarian]

”Any landing you can walk away from is a good one”.

(It was first penned by Gerald R. Massie in 1944 after the crash-landing of his B-17 while serving as a photographer.)

I guess that’s also true if you end up in power lines.





https://www.foxnews.com/us/maryland-plane-crash-leaves-85k-power-two-stranded-inside-dangling-plane

[Racerbvd]

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by RNajarian

”Any landing you can walk away from is a good one”.

(It was first penned by Gerald R. Massie in 1944 after the crash-landing of his B-17 while serving as a photographer.)

I guess that’s also true if you end up in power lines.

To be fair, he didn't land, plane did not touch the ground :P

[RNajarian]

^^ You are correct sir. They needed a cherry picker to rescue the pilot and passenger who were not injured.

[svandamme]

Some are now reporting the p63 had impacted a drone prior to hitting the b17..and he was trying to restart engine when he hit it.

Vague yt vid. Shows nothing but a camera smudge..sounds bs to be.. if he really had gone through a drone his engine would t cut out without smashing his prop.big Ic engine does not cut out from a drone.. and i would expect the pilot to just dead stick it in so close to airfield if it had..

[bugstrider]

Looking into converting my old mil helmet for GA use in the VE. Anyone have experience or pointers on the BOSE conversion kit?



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[Adrian Thompson]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

It sounds like there has been more than one 'landing' around St Augustine beaches recently, in one everyone was OK, for the other the pilot unfortunately passed away from injuries despite being in phone contact with authorities as they were trying to reach her due to accessibility issues and needing an air boat to get to her. i know there's a huge flight school there, and having been on vacation and stayed just North of the town, opposite the airport on several occasions I know that there are always 2-3 single and twin engine aircraft in the pattern at any time during the day.

[FA-18C]

bug -

I don't think it is much more than splicing in the proper connector to the helmet. All of my flying was with a mask, vice boom mike, but I believe the mike connects to helmet and the helmet connects to AC avionics, is that correct? I would think if you want to keep it the way it is you could make a connector that bridges the connection. I gave one of my old helmets to a buddy and he did this.