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Forum: Quality Images and Videos 08-31-2020, 05:10 AM
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Posted By Carruthers
bXiBJq5fOhY I didn't notice it at first, but...

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I didn't notice it at first, but the landing Su-27 slightly undershoots and straddles the barrier in the central reservation before completing the landing. :eek:
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 07-25-2020, 12:57 PM
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Posted By Carruthers
We've paid for the use of the runway so we're...

We've paid for the use of the runway so we're going to have our money's worth...

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Rada Airlines (Belarus) IL-62 freighter departing Nis, Serbia.
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 06-27-2020, 12:25 PM
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Posted By Carruthers
70866 This is a screen grab from Google...

70866

This is a screen grab from Google Earth.
It's a bit of a compromise as far as vertical angle v area covered is concerned.
Compare the unlit area to the LHS with the rather low river in...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 04-25-2020, 04:27 PM
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Posted By Carruthers
Not quite. The aircraft is pointed into wind and...

Not quite. The aircraft is pointed into wind and the wheels are aligned with the centre line of the runway.
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 04-25-2020, 04:41 AM
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Posted By Carruthers
I had a look at the Haynes Manual for the B-52 on...

I had a look at the Haynes Manual for the B-52 on Amazon.

It's extremely expensive, so I won't be shelling out, but I was interested to see a description of the landing gear offset mechanism in...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 04-24-2020, 06:55 AM
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Posted By Carruthers
Somewhere up thread I mentioned the ability of...

Somewhere up thread I mentioned the ability of the landing gear on the C5 Galaxy and the B-52 to align itself with the runway centre line as the aircraft 'crabs' down the approach for a cross wind...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 04-12-2020, 04:32 AM
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Posted By Carruthers
Some more here... LINK...

Some more here...

LINK (https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/32869/this-man-owns-the-worlds-most-advanced-private-air-force-after-buying-46-f-a-18-hornets)
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 04-05-2020, 05:15 AM
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Posted By Carruthers
70191 And that's about all I've seen this...

70191

And that's about all I've seen this morning.

Just passing north of Oxford as I type.
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 03-21-2020, 11:44 PM
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Posted By Carruthers
Circadian rhythm long since shot to bits! ...

Circadian rhythm long since shot to bits!

It's 0445... what on Earth am I doing here?
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 03-21-2020, 05:16 PM
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Posted By Carruthers
Gentlemen, I think that we may be looking at a...

Gentlemen, I think that we may be looking at a MiG 17.

What I hadn't noticed is that there are three fences on the wing of the aircraft in the initial photo, the one nearest the fuselage not being...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 03-21-2020, 08:36 AM
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Posted By Carruthers
Two things sent me in the MiG direction. One...

Two things sent me in the MiG direction.
One was the old Soviet red star marking outboard of the wing fence, and the second was the fences themselves.
Also, note the antenna by the rear of the...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 03-21-2020, 05:26 AM
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Views: 279,224
Posted By Carruthers
I think it might be a MiG 15 exhibited at Air Zoo...

I think it might be a MiG 15 exhibited at Air Zoo Aerospace & Science Museum, Kalamazoo, MI.

It appears to have been operated under the civil registration of N621BM at one point.

Admittedly the...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 02-21-2020, 09:34 AM
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Views: 279,224
Posted By Carruthers
A while back I posted a 'colourised' B&W print of...

A while back I posted a 'colourised' B&W print of another Imperial Airways HP42 on a refuelling stop in Jordan in 1931.

Link (https://www.cellar.org/showpost.php?p=963269&postcount=5)

I knew...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 02-18-2020, 03:49 AM
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Views: 279,224
Posted By Carruthers
That probably means that they just lowered the...

That probably means that they just lowered the crosswind landing limits. :rolleyes:
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 02-17-2020, 09:52 AM
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Posted By Carruthers
I believe that the C-5 Galaxy landing gear aligns...

I believe that the C-5 Galaxy landing gear aligns itself with the extended centre line of the runway so even if the aircraft is crabbing down the approach the wheels will still point in the right...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 02-17-2020, 04:32 AM
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Views: 279,224
Posted By Carruthers
Taken during Storm Dennis, Saturday last... ...

Taken during Storm Dennis, Saturday last...

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Foreshortening of distance due to telephoto lense effect and camera angle probably conspire to make this look worse than it was.

That...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 01-15-2020, 05:31 AM
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Views: 279,224
Posted By Carruthers
I've occasionally seen one of these monsters but...

I've occasionally seen one of these monsters but only at great altitude when trailing.

They fly between the Airbus factory near Chester, where wings are manufactured and, I believe, the assembly...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 12-29-2019, 12:06 PM
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Views: 279,224
Posted By Carruthers
Ta! :thumb:

Ta! :thumb:
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 12-29-2019, 09:46 AM
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Views: 279,224
Posted By Carruthers
I have a feeling that I have already posted this...

I have a feeling that I have already posted this but it's worth another look.

Those of a sensitive disposition might be offended by the use of strong language.

The rest of us will just have a...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 11-04-2019, 06:48 AM
Replies: 1,132
Views: 279,224
Posted By Carruthers
I wonder what it is like to land in a crosswind?

I wonder what it is like to land in a crosswind?
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 09-24-2019, 04:39 AM
Replies: 1,132
Views: 279,224
Posted By Carruthers
My befuddled early morning brain couldn't...

My befuddled early morning brain couldn't remember which engines were installed in the Victor.

Both the Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire and the Rolls-Royce Conway rang a bell. The answer is both!
...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 09-09-2019, 09:14 AM
Replies: 1,132
Views: 279,224
Posted By Carruthers
You might like to have a look at FR24...

You might like to have a look at FR24 (www.flightradar24.com/38.84,-77.1/13)

I tried to post a screenshot of the app from my iPad but the file was too large.

If you click on the aircraft icon,...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 08-24-2019, 12:52 PM
Replies: 1,132
Views: 279,224
Posted By Carruthers
I've had a look at silverspitfire.com and it...

I've had a look at silverspitfire.com and it doesn't shed any light on why the aircraft stopped at Bowling Green either.

Twitter and Facebook feeds linked in that site are similarly bereft of...
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 08-15-2019, 09:44 AM
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Views: 279,224
Posted By Carruthers
Expensively so!

Expensively so!
Forum: Quality Images and Videos 08-15-2019, 05:41 AM
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Views: 279,224
Posted By Carruthers
Following Bruce's post #925 (wheels up landing) I...

Following Bruce's post #925 (wheels up landing) I did a bit of digging.

The aircraft is a Hawker Sea Fury of the Royal Navy Historical Flight but is on the civil register as G-RNHF. The accident...
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