Aviation Fans

[Vegas Halo Fan]

The Last Avro Vulcan Bomber Flying Just Pulled Off An Amazing Stunt

Saw one of these at the RAF Museum Hendon (a must see if you're ever in the London area - Northern Line to Colindale on the Tube).

Edited July 20, 2015 by Vegas Halo Fan

[ten ocho recon scout]

Nice video. The V bombers never really did it for me, just didnt like the look as much. Love their fighters though.

Agreed on the RAF museum. The lancaster they have there (for me) was reason enough to make that trip. Thats a beautiful plane

[mp170.6]

Roy Halladay has really gotten into flying since retiring from baseball. He got his private pilot's license last year and bought a large Cessna. 

 

He and/or his dad (also named Roy Halladay) own this T-33.  His dad is a commercial pilot.

 

http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6271010&nseq=0

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

Thats pretty cool. If i was suddenly rich i would absolutely buy my own warbird. I used to know this old guy at my gym. He was late 80s, had the double canes going. But he was a tough old paratrooper of ww2 101st airborne breed.

Anyway, he said after the war mustangs and all the other ones were basically being given away, so he bought two mustangs and still kept them in some hanger in long beach. That would have been a cool inheritance if i were his grandson

[mp170.6]

From Reddit: This is what happens when a pilot lands on the wrong aircraft carrier

 

 

One of the replies said this:

 

A U.S. Navy McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee (BuNo 125019) of Fighter Squadron 62 (VF-62) "Gladiators" from the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVB-43) after it had landed aboard USS Wasp (CV-18) in 1952.

VF-62 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 4 (CVG-4) aboard the Coral Sea for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 19 April to 12 October 1952.

 

It was common practice to paint a visiting aircraft with comments: "VF-62 Guard Mail Original Coral Sea First"; "Fouled up"; "Must be Air Force"; "Airman Adams reporting sir"; "I wanna be a Ubangi" (referring to VF-12 "Flying Ubangis" on Wasp); "From Heaven to Coral Sea via Stinger", "You name it - you land on it". - (courtesy of the National Naval Aviation Museum)

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Some other guys who suffered the same fate:

 

 

 

 

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

Thats pretty rad, had never heard of that before

[gotbeer]

Watch this fighter jet's insane vertical takeoff

 

 

[gotbeer]

Cruise Stunt: 'I Did Everything To Hang On'

 

Dude is a wacko.  But man, I give him props for being the right kind of wacko in this stunt.

 

[gotbeer]

Watch This Boeing 777 Land In A 75 MPH Windstorm

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Watch This Boeing 777 Land In A 75 MPH Windstorm

Hell of a job by the pilot, but I can't believe that the airport wasn't on divert with surface winds that high. That happened here once, and the FAA closed McCarran Airport. Everything was diverted to airports in California and Arizona until the winds died down. I believe that a few flights went to Reno as well.

Edited July 27, 2015 by Vegas Halo Fan

[arch stanton]

Watch this fighter jet's insane vertical takeoff

 

 

 

Maybe a bit quicker into the climb but F-15's have been doing this for 40 years. They were the first jet aircraft to achieve vertical acceleration with the Streak Eagle in 1975.

 

https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=streak+eagle&ei=UTF-8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001

[gotbeer]

There’s a massive World War II bomber at the bottom of a lake in Nevada
 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

There’s a massive World War II bomber at the bottom of a lake in Nevada

 

 

A B-29 that ditched in Lake Mead while performing atmospheric research.

 

Some other items on it:

 

Tech Diving Limited, which offers dives to the wreck

 

NOAA article

Edited August 2, 2015 by Vegas Halo Fan

[mp170.6]

This is quite cool:

The First Boeing 727 Prepares for its Last Flight

http://www.airlinereporter.com/2015/08/first-boeing-727-prepares-last-flight/

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I like also that it is being repainted in the original United delivery colors.

[gotbeer]

10 Amazing Abandoned Airports and Airbases

[Blarg]

There’s a massive World War II bomber at the bottom of a lake in Nevada

Well duh. Haven't you played fallout Las Vegas?

[Tank]

We drove by the boneyard out near Palmdale last week. Was surprised at how many 747s we saw. Tons of them all lined up.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

We drove by the boneyard out near Palmdale last week. Was surprised at how many 747s we saw. Tons of them all lined up.

 

Since airlines are now regularly making transcontinental flights using two engines, the 747s that remain in service are primarily freighters. There are still a few flying passengers (that I know of, Lufthansa, KLM, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Delta and United still use them), but I am guessing that they will be gone within the next 5-7 years. The Airbus A340 is suffering the same fate.

Edited August 15, 2015 by Vegas Halo Fan

[Tank]

Too bad. I thought the shape of the 747 was very sexy.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Why is that? Anout the 747/ 4 engine thing?

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Basically it takes a lot less fuel to run two engines than four, and the capacity of a 777, A330 or 787 is close enough that the 747 just doesn't make economic sense for the airlines anymore. Airlines that still have them use them rather than park them, but they aren't part of anyone's long range plan. Sales of the passenger version of the 747-8 have been pretty much nonexistent, and soon only the cargo version may be built. I used to see 747s at McCarran fairly often, but only British Airways and Virgin Atlantic fly them here now, and not on every flight. I have seen VA A330s and BA 777s part of the time. At one time Hawaiian flew L-1011s and DC-10s to Honolulu, but those were replaced by 767s and now A330s.

Of course, on a trip with that wide a stretch of water under me, I would prefer four engines. It remains to be seen if a twin engined jumbo jet could maintain enough altitude to make it to the nearest airport if an engine failed over the Atlantic or the Pacific.

Edited August 15, 2015 by Vegas Halo Fan

[mp170.6]

I wonder if Boeing now regrets the development of the 747-8? 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Last year, for the first time the number of passenger miles flown by 747s worldwide dropped below those of the Airbus A380. Boeing has reduced production of the 747-8 to 1.3 planes per month. Almost 70 percent of the deliveries so far have been of the cargo version. About the only airline that seems to be adding 747s is Lufthansa (also an A380 operator). The German airline has added 16 747-8s.

 

The slow death of the Boeing 747