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64Wing
·Anybody headed to OSH?
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Twocats
··Married... with childrenIt’s a bucket list destination for me that I will fulfill one day.
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DoctorEvil
·Speaking of bucket lists, this is mine so far:
Farnborough airshow
Imperial War Museum Duxford
NASM Smithsonian Institute
USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio
USS Intrepid in NYC
Kennedy Space Centre
Pearl Harbour, USS Missouri, Arizona Memorial
D-Day tour of Normandy
I think that should suffice for the moment.
Farnborough airshow
Imperial War Museum Duxford
NASM Smithsonian Institute
USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio
USS Intrepid in NYC
Kennedy Space Centre
Pearl Harbour, USS Missouri, Arizona Memorial
D-Day tour of Normandy
I think that should suffice for the moment.
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·If anyone is curious: I've been attending annually since 2008. Arrived Saturday early evening to set up my rig (finally bought a trailer!). The place is packed! Probably another record-breaking crowd this year by the look of things
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·Speaking of bucket lists, this is mine so far:
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I think that should suffice for the moment.
I think you should add Shuttleworth to that list, preferably on a flying day or evening [*]. But although Duxford and Shuttleworth are only 30 miles apart by road you cannot realistically do both in one day.
About 30 years ago a friend from Seattle was visiting the UK and had only one day in his schedule to try to do both, with me as "native guide". We were so long at Duxford that we got to Shuttleworth just before weekday closing. I explained that my friend had come from the USA and especially wanted to see around the collection and played what I hoped was a trump card in that I was a member of the Shuttleworth Veteran Aircraft Society (the volunteers organisation). So they agreed to leave one hanger open and asked which we would like. We wanted the workshop of course, both of us being hard-core engineering techies who wanted to see "under the hood". They gave me the keys against a promise that we would carefully lock up and put the keys in the letter-box when we left. We were nearly two hours in that workshop 😀
And locked up properly afterward 👍
[*] In general the pre-WWI aircraft only fly in the evening if the wind has dropped enough, but it's always a gamble about whether they can fly at all.
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DoctorEvil
·If anyone is curious: I've been attending annually since 2008. Arrived Saturday early evening to set up my rig (finally bought a trailer!). The place is packed! Probably another record-breaking crowd this year by the look of things
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·I saw this article today. A sombre situation and RIP to the crew but an important take home from the investigation.
“Hopefully this accident will prompt operators to have a long hard look at all possible loose articles in cockpits and robustly securing valuable tools and sources of situational awareness like EFBs,” he told Vertical by email.
Dropped iPad implicated in fatal Rotak Chinook helicopter crash - Vertical Mag
“Hopefully this accident will prompt operators to have a long hard look at all possible loose articles in cockpits and robustly securing valuable tools and sources of situational awareness like EFBs,” he told Vertical by email.
Dropped iPad implicated in fatal Rotak Chinook helicopter crash - Vertical Mag
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Omegafanman
·I think you should add Shuttleworth to that list, preferably on a flying day or evening [*]. But although Duxford and Shuttleworth are only 30 miles apart by road you cannot realistically do both in one day.
About 30 years ago a friend from Seattle was visiting the UK and had only one day in his schedule to try to do both, with me as "native guide". We were so long at Duxford that we got to Shuttleworth just before weekday closing. I explained that my friend had come from the USA and especially wanted to see around the collection and played what I hoped was a trump card in that I was a member of the Shuttleworth Veteran Aircraft Society (the volunteers organisation). So they agreed to leave one hanger open and asked which we would like. We wanted the workshop of course, both of us being hard-core engineering techies who wanted to see "under the hood". They gave me the keys against a promise that we would carefully lock up and put the keys in the letter-box when we left. We were nearly two hours in that workshop 😀
And locked up properly afterward 👍
[*] In general the pre-WWI aircraft only fly in the evening if the wind has dropped enough, but it's always a gamble about whether they can fly at all.
@DoctorEvil ... Another vote for Shuttleworth - also as most of their aircraft are operational. You can also stay at the main house / book a posh B&B.
I have a backlog of visits I want to post up going back a year now... will take a break to catch up. East Kirkby is another place to visit if you get the time. RAF museum at Hendon as well.......
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Twocats
··Married... with childrenI saw this article today. A sombre situation and RIP to the crew but an important take home from the investigation.
“Hopefully this accident will prompt operators to have a long hard look at all possible loose articles in cockpits and robustly securing valuable tools and sources of situational awareness like EFBs,” he told Vertical by email.
Dropped iPad implicated in fatal Rotak Chinook helicopter crash - Vertical Mag
My dad is an aircraft engineer just like my grandad was before him. The best piece of advice they ever gave me was that we love aircraft but they hate us and want to hurt us at every chance they can get. Aviation is the most unforgiving mistress but we still love her because without her we would be forced to grow up and get real jobs and none of us wants that.
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DoctorEvil
·I saw this article today. A sombre situation and RIP to the crew but an important take home from the investigation.
“Hopefully this accident will prompt operators to have a long hard look at all possible loose articles in cockpits and robustly securing valuable tools and sources of situational awareness like EFBs,” he told Vertical by email.
Dropped iPad implicated in fatal Rotak Chinook helicopter crash - Vertical Mag
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DoctorEvil
·😁
Courtesy of Avgeekery.com via Facebook
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Yeah, I saw this appear on my Facebook feed too. Glad there were no fatalities. Will be interested to see what the cause was as the aircraft seemed OK just prior to the crew ejecting.
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64Wing
·Yeah, I saw this appear on my Facebook feed too. Glad there were no fatalities. Will be interested to see what the cause was as the aircraft seemed OK just prior to the crew ejecting.
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Lépine
·So close to a dwelling. It must have made a huge sound as it broke apart on contact.
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·This is unofficial, but the current focus is on a hydraulic failure... Which makes for a really bad day in a Mig
