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Post by LBer1568 on Mar 28, 2014 0:32:16 GMT 9
Those of you that have not seen first hand a landing from the cockpit of an aircraft, enjoy this video. Awesome!
Cockpit view Landing through thick cloud
Known as the land of the long white cloud, so if you fly into NZ you could well encounter this scenario.
Hold on to your seat.
This is spectacular.
This is the descent into Queenstown, New Zealand. It must take great faith in your instruments to pilot an approach like this but the rush must be amazing.
www.chonday.com/Videos/pilotnewzdalnd1
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Post by LBer1568 on Mar 28, 2014 1:01:18 GMT 9
Subject: F-35 unintentional loop at takeoff
NOT MUCH ONE CAN SAY..... EXCEPT.... HOLY S_ _ T AND WOW !!!!!!!!!!!
Check Your Shorts On This One!
This guy clearly has brass you-know-whats and you know the sailors on the flight deck had a cow when they saw this unfold in front of them. Intentional? Hardly!
F-35 unintentional loop at takeoff - a real "check your laundry" event.
A supremely well-trained US Navy pilot, ice running in his veins instead of blood, fully regains control of his $70 million, F-35 joint strike force fighter, after a problematic vertical take-off attempt. Watch as the rear vertical thruster fires to cause the problem.
There's nothing about this the pilot enjoys. If he could have ejected at 100' upside down and lived, he would have. Looks like the afterburner kicks in while still vectored for vertical takeoff. Lockheed would call this a "software malfunction" and do a little more "regressive testing". This is a good demonstration of power-to-weight ratio of this aircraft! And talk about stability control... wow!
If he didn't come out of the loop wings-level, it probably would have been bad news; maybe taking some of the carrier with him!
Add to this flying through your own exhaust, which can lead to equipment malfunctions, as in "flame out". The F-35 is single engine aircraft with vertical takeoff/landing capability, but it has the aerodynamics of a Steinway piano at zero airspeed. This is the most unbelievable piece of flying you will ever see in your life.
This guy's coolness saved a 70 million-dollar aircraft! On the other hand, he might not have had time to react to anything except just ride it.
I bet you'll watch it at least 2 times!
www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150113735642761
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Mar 28, 2014 1:34:06 GMT 9
If you have not read the story of Jimmy Doolittle and his flights that changed the way planes fly, you need to.
On 24 September 1929, Doolittle made the first fully blind flights, takeoff to landing, in a Consolidated NY-2 Biblane, with the rear (pilot's) cockpit fully enclosed.
He used the newest instruments of the time and made two flights the same day.
The first one was solo.
The second was with an observer in the front cockpit.
Those flights made it possible for aeroplanes to be able to fly in any weather.
It was several years, however, before the technology was installed in commercial aircraft, like the DC-2 and Boeing 247.
The rest, as has been said, is history.
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Mar 28, 2014 1:40:18 GMT 9
Subject: F-35 unintentional loop at takeoff
Lorin, this is not real, but a clip from a video game, "Battlefield 2".
This video has been around for a while, and I think was dealt with on the Forum some time ago.
Here is the story from Hoax Slayer:
www.hoax-slayer.com/F-35-fighter-jet-flip-video.shtml
Jim Too
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Post by LBer1568 on Mar 28, 2014 3:05:55 GMT 9
Thanks, I didn't bother to verify. My bad Lorin
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