The plane enthusiasts thread

[Jameshow]

Globemaster C17. How slippery is that rear ramp in the rain ?

Why the c17 rather than the A400m?

Smoother ride??

Why use a heavyweight yank tank rather than European midweight transporter???

Could have given it a fighter escort too?

That would get the republicans shouting!!

 

[DaveReading]

I've got a book that's all about the F4 Phantom. There's a picture of a Phantom turning whilst supersonic and turning inside it at subsonic speed either an A4 or a T38 Talon (can't remember)

The phantom is going in almost a straight line

G-force in a turn is a function of speed, so a supersonic F-4 would have to pull a lot more g to match the turn rate of the subsonic aircraft.

Why the c17 rather than the A400m?

Smoother ride??

Why use a heavyweight yank tank rather than European midweight transporter???

Could have given it a fighter escort too?

That would get the republicans shouting!!

Most likely a combination of ground noise, speed and comfort.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Whoops!!!!
Did they let Guy Martin have another go?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-62930756

 

[MichaelW2]

Stuck in a traffic jam north of Mildenhall, I got buzzed by a low flying Osprey tilt-rotor doing low level circuits in helo mode. Never seen one before.

 

[classic33]

Stuck in a traffic jam north of Mildenhall, I got buzzed by a low flying Osprey tilt-rotor doing low level circuits in helo mode. Never seen one before.

Watching one that had to go around to allow a B-52 to land at Mildenhall.

 

[DaveReading]

Watching one that had to go around to allow a B-52 to land at Mildenhall.

Presumably an emergency - I can't think of any other reason a B-52 would land there.

 

[classic33]

Presumably an emergency - I can't think of any other reason a B-52 would land there.

Quite possible, they don't do "go a rounds" for no reason.

 

[Jameshow]

Presumably an emergency - I can't think of any other reason a B-52 would land there.

Why not runway too short or not stationed there?

 

[DaveReading]

Quite possible, they don't do "go a rounds" for no reason.

I'm confused now - did it land, or did it go around?

 

[classic33]

I'm confused now - did it land, or did it go around?

The V-22 did the "go around" which allowed the B-52 to land.

 

[DaveReading]

Why not runway too short or not stationed there?

The Mildenhall runway is fine for a B-52, but they are typically only seen there in May for the Air Fete.

Otherwise you need to go to Fairford to see one on the ground, on their increasingly frequent deployments there. So likely an unscheduled visit.

 

[Illaveago]

The Mildenhall runway is fine for a B-52, but they are typically only seen there in May for the Air Fete.

Otherwise you need to go to Fairford to see one on the ground, on their increasingly frequent deployments there. So likely an unscheduled visit.

Or lost !

 

[simongt]

but they are typically only seen there in May for the Air Fete.

Hadn't realised that Mildenhall are doing fetes again. Used to go there religiously every year back in the late seventies.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 1st

Keyrings!!
J Birkitt
Steep Hill
Lincoln
Lincolnshire

The shop window was full of various gauges from a variety of aircraft!
Sadly, nothing from an AV Roe Vulcan

Seen whilst there, on a circuitous route home from Newark-on-Trent, & Truckfest

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 1st

Newark Air Museum
Newark-on-Trent
Nottinghamshire

XM594 is 'scaffolded up' (repainting the wings, apparantly!)


We were down there for Truckfest, which is held on the Showground 'next door' with parking on the old runway

https://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/vulcan/survivor.php?id=49
http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1426302