For the aviation fans

[Lotus]

Reminds me of 633 Squadron. Great movie and I enjoy the theme music on Classic FM occasionally.

[kosmonooit]

Forkin pilots can do anything

Seen much worse landings than that

I’ll try remember to get a picture of one such classic landing I have at home

 

Any landing you can walk away from was a good one

 

 

 

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[Long Wheel Base]

Any landing you can walk away from was a good one

 

 

 

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Always good to have the same amount of landings as take-offs in your logbook.

[patham]

 

Now this is a great photo of an interesting and more unusual subject- good post. Note the semi-elliptical wings that belonged to the era of "the gov'ment will only buy it it if it looks a bit like a Spitfire (if you squint hard enough)" school of WW2 British aircraft design. The Hawker Tempest/Fury was another good example.

[SwissVan]

Any landing you can walk away from was a good one

 

 

 

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On the subject of hard landings and walking away...

 

 

Retired race car driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr., 44, his wife, infant daughter, a dog, and the two pilots emerged without serious injuries after their Cessna Citation Latitude overran Runway 24 yesterday at Elizabethton Municipal Airport, Bristol, Tennessee. The twinjet then went through a fence, caught fire, and came to rest near a road some 500 feet past the paved end of the runway. It was destroyed in the blaze. 

At press time, two NTSB investigators were still at the crash site. An FAA preliminary report says the aircraft “experienced a hard landing, bounced, departed the runway, and caught fire.” Precise weather conditions at the time of the accident were not immediately available.

[SwissVan]

Looks like the dog was the first one out 

 

Edited August 20, 2019 by SwissVan

[MrJacques]

The fireworks start after the 3 minute mark.

 

[Bateleur1]

[MrJacques]

https://www.rt.com/news/467425-russian-aircraft-stunts-maks-2019/

[SwissVan]

The cobra performed by the Sukhoi

Saw this once at aviation Africa air show at waterkloof

 

https://youtu.be/b-VNSJMiNt0

[patham]

The cobra performed by the Sukhoi

Saw this once at aviation Africa air show at waterkloof

 

https://youtu.be/b-VNSJMiNt0

 

Likewise, saw it at the SAAF 75th anniversary air show in 1995. Still one of the coolest displays i have witnessed.

 

Only thing that beats it for impressiveness was the F-18 E Super Hornet screaming down the Brisbane River at sunset at about the level of my 3rd floor balcony of my work building - which is on the river. I was able to pretty much look level at the pilot. The air force uses them to precede the annual fireworks show, so I was expecting a good display, but not that good! I am pretty sure that pilot was not following his published minima altitudes for that run (was meant to be 150 feet, no way he was that high). All the other years have been a disappointment in comparison!

 

Similar video, but not at sunset or at my stretch of the river linked below:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNzGbqOfINk

[Bateleur1]

Likewise, saw it at the SAAF 75th anniversary air show in 1995. Still one of the coolest displays i have witnessed.

 

Only thing that beats it for impressiveness was the F-18 E Super Hornet screaming down the Brisbane River at sunset at about the level of my 3rd floor balcony of my work building - which is on the river. I was able to pretty much look level at the pilot. The air force uses them to precede the annual fireworks show, so I was expecting a good display, but not that good! I am pretty sure that pilot was not following his published minima altitudes for that run (was meant to be 150 feet, no way he was that high). All the other years have been a disappointment in comparison!

 

Similar video, but not at sunset or at my stretch of the river linked below:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNzGbqOfINk

 

The Red Arrows was also quite something to experience.  Makes the Silver Falcons look like an Old Age Walking ring dance competition.

[patham]

The Red Arrows was also quite something to experience.  Makes the Silver Falcons look like an Old Age Walking ring dance competition.

 

I remember seeing part of their display whilst doing the long walk from where we had parked- traffic was not good that day. As we were not watching from the official sight line I thought they were good but not "wow". 

 

I have since found out, by watching the same display from two different vantage points, what looks meh! from the "wrong" direction looks amazing from the best seat in the house - which is normally the VIP podium. From the best location, all the sight lines and perspectives make the formation look tight and with little to no clearances between planes. From the wrong direction you can see gaps the size of a Putco bus.....well maybe not that bad but you get my drift.

 

I still would like to see the Blue Angels or Thunderbirds, who take up the noise, speed and spectacle up one more notch from the trainers used by the Red Arrows.

[Bateleur1]

I remember seeing part of their display whilst doing the long walk from where we had parked- traffic was not good that day. As we were not watching from the official sight line I thought they were good but not "wow". 

 

I have since found out, by watching the same display from two different vantage points, what looks meh! from the "wrong" direction looks amazing from the best seat in the house - which is normally the VIP podium. From the best location, all the sight lines and perspectives make the formation look tight and with little to no clearances between planes. From the wrong direction you can see gaps the size of a Putco bus.....well maybe not that bad but you get my drift.

 

I still would like to see the Blue Angels or Thunderbirds, who take up the noise, speed and spectacle up one more notch from the trainers used by the Red Arrows.

 

Ja I think the Blue Angels are another level up

[DJR]

Ja I think the Blue Angels are another level up

Aaaaaaagh, that's nothing my bra. Our Capie taxi drivers do tighter and faster formations with much more weaving all over the place.  

[Bateleur1]

Aaaaaaagh, that's nothing my bra. Our Capie taxi drivers do tighter and faster formations with much more weaving crashes all over the place.  

 

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