For the aviation fans

[Alouette3]

This ^^^^^

 

From your name I take it you are aligned with those machines that stay airborne because they are so ugly that even the earth rejects them .......

Yip, paint stirrers

[SwissVan]

Touching story of a WW2 P51 pilot and his plane

 

https://chriswoodsdirector.com/gray-eagles-documentary/?fbclid=IwAR2vpjlUi_uRjjaJvebqZbwB4sl_O5VXYOaGwzWfAQ9FOjrgg0ZiqUJKKnY

[Mojoman]

Helicopter crashes into Vaal dam

https://krugersdorpnews.co.za/lnn/1153453/helicopter-pilot-was-an-angel-among-men-says-friend/?fbclid=IwAR0aCvElK_NB5DXBHbqV_R_ib1__qxge15oCZjZPd3cNwg59_5nBuTGdslw

[SwissVan]

2 hours ago, Mojoman said:

Helicopter crashes into Vaal dam

https://krugersdorpnews.co.za/lnn/1153453/helicopter-pilot-was-an-angel-among-men-says-friend/?fbclid=IwAR0aCvElK_NB5DXBHbqV_R_ib1__qxge15oCZjZPd3cNwg59_5nBuTGdslw

Horrible - RIP

Looks like he misjudged his height, low light and calm water maybe made it difficult

[Spokey]

55 minutes ago, SwissVan said:

Horrible - RIP

Looks like he misjudged his height, low light and calm water maybe made it difficult

Gosh, yes agreed, looks like a complete error in judgement......sad.

[Bateleur1]

Now this looks like some very cool technology ...

 

[SwissVan]

Swiss Airforce F5 crashes in the Alps this morning, video shows the pilot ejected shortly before the plane crashes.

The pilot was recovered without serious injuries

 

https://www.20min.ch/video/so-sah-der-absturz-des-kampfjets-ueber-melchsee-frutt-aus-890904871331

 

 

[Bonus]

1 hour ago, SwissVan said:

Swiss Airforce F5 crashes in the Alps this morning, video shows the pilot ejected shortly before the plane crashes.

The pilot was recovered without serious injuries

 

https://www.20min.ch/video/so-sah-der-absturz-des-kampfjets-ueber-melchsee-frutt-aus-890904871331

 

 

 

Rough landing for the pilot! But better than staying in the plane, obvs.

[kosmonooit]

Found this doccie  quite good. Posting with it starting with the Comet landing at Jhb after its first trip, Suikerbosrand can be seen in the distance. Link to cycling so not totally off-topic.

 

 

[Bonus]

B.O.A.C stood for "Baggage On Another Continent" apparently . . . . ????

[The Guy in Pink]

On 8th April a Gripen was damaged in a crazy accident at AFB Louis Trichardt (Makhado).

During a static engine test the restraining cable  broke and away it went . . . 

The Zoutpanberger has the story, which the Defence Force finally admitted to 5 weeks after the Zoutpanberger asked for them to confirm the incident.

[The Ouzo]

Came across this story on FB

Setting the Flight Endurance World Record

https://disciplesofflight.com/flight-endurance/?fbclid=IwAR0sc1Zs8EJuTqnht8jjgmdFpDndjt3BiKSFkBZZSoB9lmSTXKHHfJbP4WQ

[The Guy in Pink]

https://www.zoutnet.co.za/articles/news/54402/2021-06-10/air-force-finally-breaks-the-silence-over-gripen-crash

 

[SwissVan]

2 minutes ago, The Guy in Pink said:

https://www.zoutnet.co.za/articles/news/54402/2021-06-10/air-force-finally-breaks-the-silence-over-gripen-crash

 

Oops 

Afterburner could snap the chains....

 

Actually not funny, been there and done something similar

[SwissVan]

Came back to work last week after a short holiday and saw this "low flying" PC9 close to the airfield

 

 

[The Guy in Pink]

1 minute ago, SwissVan said:

Oops 

Afterburner could snap the chains....

Actually not funny, been there and done something similar

Far more likely that the restraint has not been load tested since the AFB opened 33 years ago. A few years ago the entire base ran on generators for over a year,  as the switch gear around the base was some fancy American stuff which needed the oil levels checked annually. One switch failed afer 25years of never being checked and it started a chain reaction