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Post by I AM The Scouting Authority. on Jan 2, 2018 19:39:00 GMT
We actually had Toby hit an Oak tree at 'high altitude' it snagged and broke the forward shackle on his port tank, which left it hanging on by the rear only. Want to hear colourful language and then watch a guy beat the crap out of a plane to try to get the rear shackle to break and release the tank... Bet the Erks were happy. Can just imagine Toby turned to smoke once back on the apron.
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Post by Ghost RiderXB9R on Jan 3, 2018 20:10:06 GMT
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Post by Snorelacks on Jan 4, 2018 0:45:59 GMT
Well Godfrey would frequently scream mind the masts... mind the bloody masts, I don't think they would have done much damage at 400 plus mph would they?? I worked with the BN in the "wingman" USMC EA-6B Prowler that hit the cable for the gondola in Cavalese Italy in 1998. They thought it was a bird strike, but it cut the cable and 20 people fell to their death. They were at approximately 280' and doing over 470KIA. Very sad. They were not a resident squadron and their chart did not show the cable across the valley like the other EA-6B squadron's charts did.
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Post by Knight of Annwn on Jan 4, 2018 2:21:03 GMT
We actually had Toby hit an Oak tree at 'high altitude' it snagged and broke the forward shackle on his port tank, which left it hanging on by the rear only. Want to hear colourful language and then watch a guy beat the crap out of a plane to try to get the rear shackle to break and release the tank... Bet the Erks were happy. Can just imagine Toby turned to smoke once back on the apron. When he eventually landed he pulled it off the runway onto a taxiway, bailed out of it without a ladder, walked halfway across the field to the Officers mess and went straight behind the bar and grabbed a bottle of Brandy... he resurfaced an hour later in quite a a happy mood and smiling all the time the CO and his crew chief ripped his backside off!!
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Post by Knight of Annwn on Jan 4, 2018 2:23:21 GMT
Well Godfrey would frequently scream mind the masts... mind the bloody masts, I don't think they would have done much damage at 400 plus mph would they?? I worked with the BN in the "wingman" USMC EA-6B Prowler that hit the cable for the gondola in Cavalese Italy in 1998. They thought it was a bird strike, but it cut the cable and 20 people fell to their death. They were at approximately 280' and doing over 470KIA. Very sad. They were not a resident squadron and their chart did not show the cable across the valley like the other EA-6B squadron's charts did.
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Post by Knight of Annwn on Jan 4, 2018 2:41:31 GMT
I remember that tragic incident, the loss of life was horrible and I am not trying to take away from the civilian casualties but the crew must have gone through hell, especially when they tried to get them returned to Italy to stand trial for murder. Unfortunately the utility companies are not very good at keeping everyone updated. We would constantly have arguments in the Highlands of Scotland and parts of the Lake District to get them not to run cables across some of the critical valley's we would run through. It was rumnoured that a Jaguar Squadron commander once warned he would bomb every pylon he saw if they got in his way while training...
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Post by Snorelacks on Jan 4, 2018 12:33:48 GMT
I remember that tragic incident, the loss of life was horrible and I am not trying to take away from the civilian casualties but the crew must have gone through hell, especially when they tried to get them returned to Italy to stand trial for murder. Unfortunately the utility companies are not very good at keeping everyone updated. We would constantly have arguments in the Highlands of Scotland and parts of the Lake District to get them not to run cables across some of the critical valley's we would run through. It was rumnoured that a Jaguar Squadron commander once warned he would bomb every pylon he saw if they got in his way while training... Yes. It was a very sad story.
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Post by Knight of Annwn on Jan 10, 2018 20:45:19 GMT
This is one of my favourite F-4 cartoons, while I never trapped onto a carrier deck we frequently had to requalify to trap on a ground arrestor... tasted dinner from the previous three nights at the same time....
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Post by Snorelacks on Jan 10, 2018 21:19:38 GMT
This is one of my favourite F-4 cartoons, while I never trapped onto a carrier deck we frequently had to requalify to trap on a ground arrestor... tasted dinner from the previous three nights at the same time.... 67 traps....nothing better than knowing you'll walk away from a controlled crash
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Post by HanaHardTime on Jan 10, 2018 21:56:37 GMT
They actually trialed the C-5 engine on the B-52, now as Widow has said... 8 Trents would have it outperforming the F-16!!! The wings can take the engines structurally; problem was ground clearance, necessity for MITO, and resulting FOD. More than one wing cmdr got reassigned to a liaison office in South Korea for clever ideas like clearing snow with the buff or pushing taxi minimums during an ORI.
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Post by Ghost RiderXB9R on Jan 15, 2018 4:23:12 GMT
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Post by Knight of Annwn on Jan 21, 2018 21:51:26 GMT
Wheels are so overrated...!
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Post by flynlion on Jan 22, 2018 15:27:10 GMT
Happy planes too bad there's only 5 in the video:
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Post by hardcore20mk on Jan 27, 2018 6:13:55 GMT
Ace combat 7 to be on Xbox soon! ♠
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Post by flynlion on Jan 27, 2018 18:48:37 GMT
Ace combat 7 to be on Xbox soon! ♠ I never liked Ace Combat, always thought it was waay too arcadey. Is this new one s'pose to be any different?
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Post by hardcore20mk on Jan 29, 2018 17:51:49 GMT
Ace combat 7 to be on Xbox soon! ♠ I never liked Ace Combat, always thought it was waay too arcadey. Is this new one s'pose to be any different? I HATED Ace Horizon... Play that one first. Then u really won't like Ace combat. If you want a challenge. Then I highly recommend "Birds of Steel" it's goes from arcade to insanely hard/realistic It will REALLY open ur eyes just what they went through back in the day... Like you banking ur plane too hard on a turn and go into a flat spin.. Very very veryyyyy hard ♠️
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Post by hardcore20mk on Jan 29, 2018 18:03:41 GMT
I live near Oshkosh Wi. They have a massive air show every year there. I had the enjoyment of pulling a drunk drivers truck out of a muddy marsh.. In the process I was getting buzz bombed by a B2, B52, and a B1. Circling around and around me getting in formation ready to arrive in Oshkosh... The B2 was soooo low to me flying over. I could see the dash lines of the flaps of the wings.. Soo less than 500ft.. RIGHT OVER MY FUNKING HEAD. LIKE 5 TIMES THEY DID!
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Post by flynlion on Jan 29, 2018 18:18:43 GMT
I never liked Ace Combat, always thought it was waay too arcadey. Is this new one s'pose to be any different? I HATED Ace Horizon... Play that one first. Then u really won't like Ace combat. If you want a challenge. Then I highly recommend "Birds of Steel" it's goes from arcade to insanely hard/realistic It will REALLY open ur eyes just what they went through back in the day... Like you banking ur plane too hard on a turn and go into a flat spin.. Very very veryyyyy hard ♠️ Birds of Steel is one of my all time favorite video games War Thunder is also good but in many ways it's just too complicated for my little mind. I could almost go to the airport and rent an airplane for less hassle.
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Post by Knight of Annwn on Jan 30, 2018 17:34:00 GMT
I used to love the F-16 Falcon PC game, it was amazingly close to the actual flight Sim for the aircraft, I wish they had updated it for the newer Windows versions, I miss that game.
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Post by Ghost RiderXB9R on Feb 6, 2018 14:32:42 GMT
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