allardjd 1,853 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 No doubt the pucker meter was deep in the red. John Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 No doubt the pucker meter was deep in the red. John Definitely a potential 10 out of 10 brown trouser moment! ;-) Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted November 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 23 November, 1934 http://t.co/fPuuFLlc9sThe Dornier Do-17, also known as the Flying Pencil, takes off in Friedrichshafen on its first flight. From the EADS Facebook page Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted December 19, 2013 Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 On this day in history, 19th December 1910 the Curtiss Aeroplane Company was founded which became the largest aeroplane manufacturer in the US in the 20's and 30's. In later years, when they became Curtiss-Wright, they developed the well known C46 Also on this day in 1997 the loss of a Silk Air 737 in Indonesia became the start of a highly publicised and controversial debate between the two main independent investigative teams as to the probable cause. Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,285 Posted December 19, 2013 Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 Interesting video on the Silk Air crash. Hmmm...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig9LE0Vp1YM Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 Great link Brett. There have been a number of programmes about the incident, some biased towards one camp more than the other. Always nice to see Greg Feith...Great investigator, relentless pursuit of the cause, charismatic, and the coloured ties are incredible. Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 21st December 1988 On this date in history, the one and only (literally) Antonov 225 took to the skies. It was originally built to carry the Russian version of the space shuttle (strange how similar they look eh), and is still flying huge loads around the world today. A completely jaw dropping aircraft. Sadly, the same day is marked in history following the Pan Am incident over Lockerbie Scotland. Forever remembered... Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 Have they ever finished the second AN-225? When the first one entered commercial service it was such a success they were going to try to finish a second one that had been laid up when partially completed. Have never heard how that's going. Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 Not sure the 2nd An-225 ever got back in the air. Last i read it was sat on an airfield, completely untouched. Given that its probably not cost effective to try and rebuild it from the original airframe, maybe theyll just use it as parts for the main ac and then build their own version of the A380 ? Anyone else out there know if there is any update on the big bird? Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 I found this buried in the Wiki article on the AN-225... By 2000, the need for additional An-225 capacity had become apparent, so the decision was made in September 2006 to complete the second An-225. The second airframe was scheduled for completion around 2008,[15] then delayed. By August 2009, the aircraft had not been completed and work had been abandoned.[2][16] In May 2011 Antonov CEO is reported to have said that the completion of a second An-225 Mriya transport aircraft with a carrying capacity of 250 tons requires at least $300 million, but if the financing is provided, its completion could be achieved in three years.[17] According to different sources, the second jet is 60–70% complete. Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted December 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 25 years ago today Pan Am Flight 103 crashed near Lockerbie after a terrorist bombing Re the other An-225, it could be done. They are talking about restarting the An-124 production, so some savings could come from there (since many cockpit parts, engines etc are shared) Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted December 22, 2013 Report Share Posted December 22, 2013 On this date, 22nd December 1964, those clever cloggs at the Lockheed 'skunk works' sent up the beautiful SR-71 Blackbird on its first flight. Still a stunning aircraft to look at even now. Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,285 Posted December 22, 2013 Report Share Posted December 22, 2013 On this date, 22nd December 1964, those clever cloggs at the Lockheed 'skunk works' sent up the beautiful SR-71 Blackbird on its first flight. Still a stunning aircraft to look at even now. +1 It Rocks. Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted January 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Today in 1971, the US Marine Corps took delivery of its first Hawker Siddeley AV-8A Harrier aircraft Today in 1979, the very first operational F-16A was delivered to the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Two aircraft that the taxpayers got good value from. John Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 This day in history, 18th January 2005, saw the big reveal of the Airbus A380 at the Airbus factory in Toulouse, France. There was a very interesting documentary called ' Building the biggest' charting the development, assembly and testing which is well worth watching. This plane is my favourite IRL. Visited the factory a couple of years back during a bike trip around France, and flew on it in 2012. Completely awesome! Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted January 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 On this day in 1919 Captain Eric Melrose "Winkle" Brown, CBE, DSC, AFC, Hon FRAeS was born in Leith, near Edinburgh in Scotland. He first flew when he was eight or ten when he was taken up in a Gloster Gauntlet by his father, the younger Brown sitting on his father's knee. A former Royal Navy officer and test pilot, Captain Brown has flown more types of aircraft than anyone else in history, piloting 487 different aircraft types. He is also the Fleet Air Arm’s most decorated living pilot and holds the world record for aircraft carrier landings – 2,407. Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 71 years ago today: 30th January 1943 was the tenth anniversary of Hitler’s rise to power. To coincide with the commemorative rallies, the first daylight raids over Berlin took place on that day when Mosquitoes carried out two attacks timed to disrupt speeches being delivered by Reichsmarschall Hermann Göering and Joseph Goebbels, the Third Reich’s Propaganda Minister, at the main broadcasting station. Read more here Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,285 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Great poster and an interesting way to send a message. I like the complete opposite demeanor of the pilots in the picture. Two handsome serviceman, one serious and thoughtful and the other one relaxed with a touch of bravado. I hope they both made it unscathed throughout the war. Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 On this day in history 1969, one of, if not THE most iconic aircraft ever built, the Concorde, took to the skies. Flying on one used to be one of the things on most peoples 'bucket list' in the 70s and 80s... sadly Airbus has ensured this remarkable machine will never fly again thanks to them not being able to support necessary maintenance and parts required to get an Airworthiness Certificate ... or so they told me when I visited the Airbus factory in Toulouse a couple if years back. I was lucky to fly on it in 1985 on the inaugural British Airways flight between London and Luxembourg, and it was definitely the most incredible flight of my life. Unfortunately I cannot find any of the photos from the day (they were lost courtesy of an ex boyfriend), but I still have my certificate, first day cover and many fond memories of a beautiful example of engineering Minx Link to post Share on other sites
britfrog 180 Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 the 225 has personified the phrase aluminium overcast I was lucky enough to be at the Farnborough air show on press day when it first showed up and had a walk through it I have some home made vids of the A380 doing circuits here at perpignan . The airport here sees all the Airbus test planes especially when it is windy so they can asses the new a/c handling in gusty x winds In my video you can see the 380 having a few stopping wing drops on short final as it suffered from insufficient aeleron authority, something that was corrected quite soon after ward by a new wing design. We used to have great evenings at Popham in the winter with a whole host of speakers who were mostly test pilots or the like one evening we had Brian Trubshaw the concorde test pilot and the place was packed sadly the talk was as dry as dust and by far the worst speaker we ever had there, still i got him to sign my copy of his book. Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Would be cool to see your A380 footage. Is it on YouTube? I must get around to putting some of my flight vids on there sometime... even if its only to save some space on the home pc Do they still do "talks" at Popham ? Link to post Share on other sites
britfrog 180 Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Steph I will have to try to put the vid on you tube , i will have to edit it smaller though as it is over an hour long. I already have loads of motorcyling videos there if that is of interest. ref Popham the manager who organised all these marvellous evenings retired last year (he was given 2 fly by's by the BOB lancaster and the vulcan) The new manager doesnt seem to be going down too well at the moment with some of the membership so it remains to be seen if he will continue with those evenings or indeed if he stays. Link to post Share on other sites
hlminx 301 Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Fantastic footage! Always a pleasure seeing the BOB too. Love the sound of those engines! ! Shame there aren't more places locally that have guest speakers. There is a well know writer, Tony Blackman, who is local but I've always missed his talks.. Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted April 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 On this day 49 years ago (April 6, 1965), the BAC TSR-2 was axed by Harold Wilson's Labour government in favour of the General Dynamics F-111. TSR.2 was the last significant attempt by the UK to single handedly design and develop a top tier military aircraft. Link to post Share on other sites
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