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ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
That is one impressive handling plane. I do hope they don't take off with passengers at the steep angle. That would scare me a lot.
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Bob Denman
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Now THAT's an A-Ticket ride!! :clap::2thumbs:I saw that "launch" (Forget about the term "Lift-Off"), this morning on Fox News...
That sucker is packing some serious power!! :bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:
Bob Denman
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Thanks, Jerry! :clap:
That's a beautiful machine.
An observation, and a question: It seemed to appear that the jet would "slide a bit sideways", during some of those hard-banked turns. Am I actually seeing, what I THINK I'm seeing?? :shocked:
But it DOES appear, that elephants can perform ballet! :2thumbs:
That's a beautiful machine.
An observation, and a question: It seemed to appear that the jet would "slide a bit sideways", during some of those hard-banked turns. Am I actually seeing, what I THINK I'm seeing?? :shocked:
But it DOES appear, that elephants can perform ballet! :2thumbs:
spydaman60
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impressive to say the least!!! thanks for the post bruiser!!:thumbup:
jaherbst
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I do miss flying those big birds. Empty, with no payload we could do the same even with the 747. Performance wise nothing could or will for a long time match the Renton Rocket. A Boeing 720 with the oversized 707-320 engines. Just after liftoff at 20 degrees pitch and thirty degrees bank for a downwind departure abeam the runway you were in excess of 10,000 feet.
Of course it does not hold a candle to an F15 with a burner unlimited vertical climb to 60,000 feet.
My daughter is a manager for the 737 MAX program at Boeing. I get to see all the latest and the 787 is one incredible airplane. My son fly's the Airbus for American and is based in Charlotte NC. Very proud of them both.
Jack
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PrairieSpyder
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I think these vids were waken while the pilot was practicing for an airshow.
Thanks, Jerry! :clap:
That's a beautiful machine.
An observation, and a question: It seemed to appear that the jet would "slide a bit sideways", during some of those hard-banked turns. Am I actually seeing, what I THINK I'm seeing?? :shocked:
But it DOES appear, that elephants can perform ballet! :2thumbs:
I saw that, too, Bob. It's an artifact of the position and direction of the chase plane/copter from which the video was taken.
Bob Denman
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Thanks for the explanation! :thumbup:
(What am I gonna do; while you're off exploring Alaska for Gold??? :yikes: :banghead
(What am I gonna do; while you're off exploring Alaska for Gold??? :yikes: :banghead
Bob Denman
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Don't worry about the barf bags; it'll all end up in the tail of the plane anyway! :roflblack::thumbup: :barf:
(Just don't be sitting back there! :yikes
(Just don't be sitting back there! :yikes
PrairieSpyder
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Thanks for the explanation! :thumbup:
(What am I gonna do; while you're off exploring Alaska for Gold??? :yikes: :banghead
Don't worry. I'll be on SL while I'm gone!!
hyea:Bob Denman
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:clap: :2thumbs:
IdahoMtnSpyder
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Jack, is it possible to take off so steeply so quickly that you could touch the tail on the ground? I often wondered if that's ever a likely accident. Is the taper of the tail great enough to prevent that ever happening even in extraordinary take offs like in these videos? I'm sure there's no way it would ever happen in normal take offs.
JerryB
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Hi WasWinger,
Re: Jack, is it possible to take off so steeply so quickly that you could touch the tail on the ground?
Back in the very early 70's I visted the Everett, WA assembly plant. They showed us a film of the testing of the 747 ( I think that is what the aircraft was ). In one of the tests, they had to bolt some wooden pieces to the underside of the tail section because, in this scenario, the tail would touch the ground. In the video it actually showed the tail section scraping the ground .
While you have to have a great airplane, you also need a great pilot.
Jerry Baumchen
Re: Jack, is it possible to take off so steeply so quickly that you could touch the tail on the ground?
Back in the very early 70's I visted the Everett, WA assembly plant. They showed us a film of the testing of the 747 ( I think that is what the aircraft was ). In one of the tests, they had to bolt some wooden pieces to the underside of the tail section because, in this scenario, the tail would touch the ground. In the video it actually showed the tail section scraping the ground .
While you have to have a great airplane, you also need a great pilot.
Jerry Baumchen
