Sturgis270
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http://www.chonday.com/Videos/fivebujawe2
"Jumbo Jets" in formation...interesting
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Pretty impressive! Wonder what the (uninformed) folks on the ground thought?
Colonialgirl
Hawkeye
I didn't see ANY barrel rolls as was done with a US Airliner one time to help sell it.
The echelon and break was impressive. Rare to see passenger jets in formation but our USAF does it all the time in a thing they lovingly call the BUFF otherwise known as a B-52.
Fox Mike said:
Ever watch a BUFF take off. You'll notice the wings flap up and down. Why you ask. If the wings didn't flap, it couldn't get off the ground. TAC troop to Sac troop usually.
Got to watch them take off from Griffiss Air Force Base in New York. There is a switch on the panel, in the cockpit, that say "FLAPS" but somehow I believe that pertains to something else. :roll:Jeepnik said:
I got to sit by the window (one of the four port holes) in a fully loaded C-5 and watched those wings flex. Quite a sight. If they didn't flex they would break!
Fox Mike said:Got to watch them take off from Griffiss Air Force Base in New York. There is a switch on the panel, in the cockpit, that say "FLAPS" but somehow I believe that pertains to something else. :roll:Jeepnik said:
I got to sit by the window (one of the four port holes) in a fully loaded C-5 and watched those wings flex. Quite a sight. If they didn't flex they would break!
Yep, the old C-141 Starlifter did the same. The wings are set high on the fuselage and the wings move up when in flight. Don't seem to move much once they've take the weight of the rest of the aircraft though.
Colonialgirl said:
Pam..
That was Tex Johnson in a 707...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IV9PZW1N9U
That was the introduction to the 707. After the show the CEO suggested that he not do that ever again.Number9 said:
I heard the CEO asked Tex what was going on up there. TEX told him he was selling an airplane! :mrgreen:Fox Mike said:
gramps
The Airbus in formation was an awesome sight. The pilots were having a ball. Being paid to play. Don't ya know that all cost a pretty penny. I wonder how many takes it took to get er done?
gramps
gramps
During the filming of "A Gathering of Eagles" with Rock Hudson and Rod Taylor, there was an ORI Ordinance Readiness Inspection and the alert B-52's were in a wartime condition, taxied to the end of the runway and took off one right after another. This happened while I was "walkin' the line" and I was stationed at the end of the runway where they started. As soon as they took off, eight of them, they each fanned off in different directions. It was an awesome sight! I wish they would release that movie for public viewing.
GunnyGene
Hawkeye
Jeepnik said:
Besides wing flex on large planes (including passenger jets), the passenger cabin also expands by a couple inches in diameter at altitude due to pressure differential between the inside and outside. All this movement of various parts of the plane is what causes fatigue cracking of skins and structural members and is why they are inspected for this after a set number of flights.
Y'all might be interested in this Boeing video of a wing test to failure. I've watched this in person a couple times while I was employed at the Everett plant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai2HmvAXcU0
Now this may upset you some on a flight!?
The cabin roof ripped off an Aloha Airlines 737 in 1988, having been weakened by metal fatigue; a flight attendant was blown out the approximately ten-foot hole in the plane’s fuselage. Metal fatigue is a recurring problem.
I flew on a Aloha Airlines 737 in 1970.. I've often wondered if it was the same plane?
The cabin roof ripped off an Aloha Airlines 737 in 1988, having been weakened by metal fatigue; a flight attendant was blown out the approximately ten-foot hole in the plane’s fuselage. Metal fatigue is a recurring problem.
I flew on a Aloha Airlines 737 in 1970.. I've often wondered if it was the same plane?
Colonialgirl
Hawkeye
The SST Concorde stretched Over 8 inches when in flight at over speed of sound.
On the LAST flight, one of the flight engineers stuck his cap into the gap between his console and the bulk head before they landed. That cap is there for an eternity if that aircraft never flies again.
On the LAST flight, one of the flight engineers stuck his cap into the gap between his console and the bulk head before they landed. That cap is there for an eternity if that aircraft never flies again.
Number9 said:
That man could do aerobatics in a hot air balloon.
Colonialgirl said:
Sadly I doubt we'll see another supersonic passenger aircraft any time soon. Too costly to operate, and too much BS from an uneducated public.
I spent sometime on one going over emergency shutdown and egress stuff. An amazing aircraft, but it's a good thing it was fast, cuz spend any time in that cramped fuselage and you might never stand up again.
