The Aviators Thread

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Omegafanman

·Sep 30, 2022

64Wing

Wow, close one!!

Found some video …. All down to an airspeed indicator which had worked earlier in the day. An external visual marker needed in future as well? All is well that ends well and no damage done….. but clearly some long skid marks to clean up / maybe someone will get a new call sign ;0).
Lucky considering there could have been a fuel tanker or some such on that road / luck can work both ways…
If the pilot steered it left he did a grand job / only just staid in the grounds.
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JimInOz

·Oct 7, 2022·Melbourne Australia

It's Seniors week here, so free rail travel all over the state.
My Darlin' (only just a Senior 😉) and her girlfriend decided to train it to Castlemaine to visit the historic town.
On the way they stopped at a little cafe in Malmsbury.
Not only did they have great food (a bacon buttie made just for her) they also had a little op shop area.
She spied some aviation mags and picked out a few for me. She would have got the lot, but it would have been too heavy to carry.

I now have a week or so of great reading before I pass them on to my mate (another aviation fan).

 

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Mad Dog

·Oct 12, 2022

Q: How do you chug Dunkin’ in Portland when there’s no Dunkin’ in Portland?

A: You tanker the Dunkin’ from Minneapolis…and then chug it in Portland.

 

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JimInOz

·Oct 12, 2022·Melbourne Australia

Mad Dog

Q: How do you chug Dunkin’ in Portland when there’s no Dunkin’ in Portland?

A: You tanker the Dunkin’ from Minneapolis…and then chug it in Portland.

You can thank an Aussie for inventing the Box O' Joe principle 😉.

https://australianfoodtimeline.com.au/wine-cask-invented/

 

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DoctorEvil

·Oct 13, 2022

JimInOz

You can thank an Aussie for inventing the Box O' Joe principle 😉.

https://australianfoodtimeline.com.au/wine-cask-invented/

Thanks for the link. Most informative. I didn't realise that it all started back in 1965. I thought it was more a late 70s to early 80s thing. I have fond memories of many a barbie from that time where there was a cask present.

 

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JimInOz

·Oct 14, 2022·Melbourne Australia

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DoctorEvil

·Oct 15, 2022

JimInOz

https://twitter.com/flightradar24/s...rid.com&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=website

Holy smokes. Hope there wasn't anyone on the ground in the path of that wheel. Reminds me of that incident at the Melbourne F1 Grand Prix some years back where a wheel came off one of the cars and hit a trackside marshall, killing him. I'm sure the Jumbo's got enough wheels left to make a safe landing at its destination.

 

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Pvt-Public

·Oct 15, 2022

DoctorEvil

Holy smokes. Hope there wasn't anyone on the ground in the path of that wheel.

Or is it one of those “jet/rocket” assisted take off” things? It looks like the other plane is using one.

 

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MRC

·Oct 15, 2022

Pvt-Public

Or is it one of those “jet/rocket” assisted take off” things? It looks like the other plane is using one.

It is the same aircraft in both photos. More info here https://mentourpilot.com/breaking-747-dreamlifter-drops-wheel-on-takeoff/

 

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Pvt-Public

·Oct 15, 2022

Oooops

 

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MRC

·Oct 15, 2022

Pvt-Public

Oooops

Was a bit suspicious about formation takeoff with such unusual aircraft -- there are only four of them. So I got the hi-res version of the image and zoomed in to find where the two photos had been stitched together.

 

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Omegafanman

·Oct 15, 2022

After 3O years sadly the wonderful Fenland Aviation museum shuts its doors for the final time at the end of the month. It is a great place to visit supported by some very dedicated volunteers. The good news is all the exhibits have found new homes (many in a museum not too far away).
I watched this vampire heading off to its new home this week after some impressive reversing and a tight turn. The Shackleton might be more of a challenge but it is already in sections :0).

http://www.fenlandaviationmuseum.org.uk/
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Scarecrow Boat

·Oct 15, 2022·Burt Macklin, FBI

 

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DoctorEvil

·Oct 16, 2022

Image courtesy of Breed of Speed, via Facebook

 

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JimInOz

·Oct 16, 2022·Melbourne Australia

DoctorEvil

Image courtesy of Breed of Speed, via Facebook

An often repeated but not confirmed basis for the expression. Those belts are 50 calibre rounds, so 27 feet of those babies would be a significant weight in an aircraft's wing, especially if four guns per wing.

The expression has been around way before this picture was taken, and even before that.

Good picture though, I used to do something similar in a past life.

 

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DoctorEvil

·Oct 16, 2022

JimInOz

An often repeated but not confirmed basis for the expression. Those belts are 50 calibre rounds, so 27 feet of those babies would be a significant weight in an aircraft's wing, especially if four guns per wing.

The expression has been around way before this picture was taken, and even before that.

Good picture though, I used to do something similar in a past life.

Thanks for that info. Good point. Maybe it was originally referring to a .30 calibre ammo belt for a ground based MG. Either way, it's a lotta ammo!

 

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JimInOz

·Oct 19, 2022·Melbourne Australia

Bumped into this on Youtube the other day, thought it was very interesting.

Reminded me of some of the training movies we had to watch in the 1960s/1970s.

 

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Omegafanman

·Oct 19, 2022

I will be back........ In the meantime I wonder what watch Arnie is rocking in this picture. He can get away with 55mm. Is it vintage or modern?
Interesting choice for him / nice pilots flieger watch.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Hangs with Sylvester Stallone for Pumpkin Carving: 'Happy Halloween' (yahoo.com)

 

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Omegafanman

·Oct 19, 2022

DoctorEvil

Thanks for that info. Good point. Maybe it was originally referring to a .30 calibre ammo belt for a ground based MG. Either way, it's a lotta ammo!

I saw this 20mm cannon (Mosquito crash recovered) on a jaunt last week. I dont think you would want (or be able to carry) nine yards from that. During the visit someone repeated the whole nine yards story related to .303 machine gun belts in a Lancaster . I did not question it at the time. Reading the response from @JimInOz it is a pre-war WW2 phrase The Maxim was invented in 1842 but I think but even the belt length on a Vickers does not match 9 yards (2 belts 500rds is roughly nine yards) and they were not used in the Lancaster anyway. It is possible crews/pilots used the term ''I gave him the whole nine yards'' when they emptied a magazine - but the belt length is not the true origin of the phrase. It seems logical as an explanation, so I guess the myth has stuck. Time to discuss hesalite selection and NASA tests next :0)
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DoctorEvil

·Oct 20, 2022

Omegafanman

I will be back........ In the meantime I wonder what watch Arnie is rocking in this picture. He can get away with 55mm. Is it vintage or modern?
Interesting choice for him / nice pilots flieger watch.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Hangs with Sylvester Stallone for Pumpkin Carving: 'Happy Halloween' (yahoo.com)

I reckon that Arnie would probably be able to wear a WW2 era IWC "Big Crown" on his wrist and it would still look fine.