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23 July 2006, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Leslie
Good one Rabid
I was lucky enough to get a tour of the Blackbird at Offutt AFB when I did a display there. I always wanted to fly it, the handling was very similar to a Vulcan they say. It is true about the fuel tanks, the aircraft surface was "tiled" so that the aircraft could expand at high temperatures at speed and when cold the tanks do drip, we were told to avoid the drips as the hypergolic special fuel would burn our clothes. The navigator also told me that if the spikes in front of the engine air intakes which motored back and forth automatically to adjust the conical shockwave in front of each intake went wrong, the engine on that side would surge and stall and the instant yaw would make your helmet hit the side of the cockpit screen so hard that it would knock you dizzy for a while! Bit of a frightener that one.
200 feet is a bit high for proper low level Miss Kinky
I thought the wing over in that clip of the Vulcan was a bit conservative, we used to climb vertically and roll to the inverted to stop the climb before rolling out in the reverse direction! Happy days!
Les
I was lucky enough to get a tour of the Blackbird at Offutt AFB when I did a display there. I always wanted to fly it, the handling was very similar to a Vulcan they say. It is true about the fuel tanks, the aircraft surface was "tiled" so that the aircraft could expand at high temperatures at speed and when cold the tanks do drip, we were told to avoid the drips as the hypergolic special fuel would burn our clothes. The navigator also told me that if the spikes in front of the engine air intakes which motored back and forth automatically to adjust the conical shockwave in front of each intake went wrong, the engine on that side would surge and stall and the instant yaw would make your helmet hit the side of the cockpit screen so hard that it would knock you dizzy for a while! Bit of a frightener that one.
200 feet is a bit high for proper low level Miss Kinky
I thought the wing over in that clip of the Vulcan was a bit conservative, we used to climb vertically and roll to the inverted to stop the climb before rolling out in the reverse direction! Happy days!
Les
Have you seent the Mig 29 ( with the vectored thrust ) display? If so, what do you think of it? I couldn't believe my eyes yesterday.
23 July 2006, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by speed demoness
excellent pics..... i'd love to see the Lancaster bomber in flight.
and I take it that the pic with the red arrows is the new A380 massive thing!?
it looks enormous !!!!!!
and I take it that the pic with the red arrows is the new A380 massive thing!?
it looks enormous !!!!!!
Very Imresive,i'm sure the Sunderlad Airshow is on very soon, possibly August.Keep eye's and ears open i'm sure it will be advertised very soon
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23 July 2006, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Brendan Hughes
Well duuh, of course it is. It's directly above. 
Incidentially is there an Eastbourne show this year?
24 July 2006, 01:43 PM
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Flightman,
Yes the Mig29 and its vectored thrust is totally amazing. They can certainly put an effective aframe in the air alright. Thats another aircraft I would like to get my hands on
Les
Yes the Mig29 and its vectored thrust is totally amazing. They can certainly put an effective aframe in the air alright. Thats another aircraft I would like to get my hands on
Les
24 July 2006, 04:57 PM
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There is no cooler sight than seeing an SR-71 taking off, at Farnborough many years back , my dad worked at RAE at Farnborough, never a problem getting in on trade day, far easier than slumming it with the public at the weekend 
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Never likely to see that again sadly, they're all retired now or so I believe.
If anyone (Flightman) has any clips of the SR71 in action I'd love to see it.
Did the KL B-747 bursting tyre link ever come up again ??
The Mig is awesome
, my dad worked at RAE at Farnborough, never a problem getting in on trade day, far easier than slumming it with the public at the weekend . Never likely to see that again sadly, they're all retired now or so I believe.
If anyone (Flightman) has any clips of the SR71 in action I'd love to see it.
Did the KL B-747 bursting tyre link ever come up again ??
The Mig is awesome
24 July 2006, 04:59 PM
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I saw SR-71 take off from RAF Fairford after the IAT in 1989 - very impressive sight it was too. 
I think NASA still run some of them for high speed/altitude research, I remember seeing an article about them a while back.
I think NASA still run some of them for high speed/altitude research, I remember seeing an article about them a while back.
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