WW II plane?
Jul 9, 2015 20:21:53 #
sailorsmom wrote:
I don't know anything about planes, but these are very good shots, Henry!
Thanks
Jul 10, 2015 02:41:29 #
Jul 10, 2015 06:09:40 #
13oct1931 wrote:
I was USAF 1951-55. Aeromedical. At one time we were Top Secret. We worked with 82nd AB and others. Worked on invasion scenarieos. Used C-122's plus helicopters.
Had to Google the C-122. I thought I knew a lot about aircraft models, but that one had slipped by me;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chase_YC-122_Avitruc
Jul 10, 2015 07:25:06 #
The Blue Angles support plane is a C-130 "Fat Albert"
The current pilot happens to be female and is the first woman to fly with the team. They do some pretty amazing stuff with this very large aircraft. The first shot is with JATO assist, they don't do this kind of takeoff anymore. (credit Blue Angles)
The current pilot happens to be female and is the first woman to fly with the team. They do some pretty amazing stuff with this very large aircraft. The first shot is with JATO assist, they don't do this kind of takeoff anymore. (credit Blue Angles)
Jul 10, 2015 08:05:00 #
Jul 10, 2015 09:31:55 #
The C-130 is an amazing machine with lots of turboprop power. A trick I did in my youth was to take off with no load, holding the aircraft on the runway until 137 knots (max safe wheel rotation speed) then yanking back on the yoke. I climbed to 800'(similar to a jet-assisted takeoff as shown in Bob J's images) before approaching stall and pushing the nose over gently. The guys in the tower at Fort Drum asked us to return and do it again. We had to decline.
Jul 10, 2015 09:49:04 #
Bob.J wrote:
The Blue Angles support plane is a C-130 "Fat Albert"
The current pilot happens to be female and is the first woman to fly with the team. They do some pretty amazing stuff with this very large aircraft. The first shot is with JATO assist, they don't do this kind of takeoff anymore. (credit Blue Angles)
The current pilot happens to be female and is the first woman to fly with the team. They do some pretty amazing stuff with this very large aircraft. The first shot is with JATO assist, they don't do this kind of takeoff anymore. (credit Blue Angles)
The JATO takeoff is an awesome thing to see. Sorry to hear they don't do it any more, saw it at an airshow at Lakehurst Naval Air station in 2000.
Jul 10, 2015 10:43:59 #
jimga wrote:
The JATO takeoff is an awesome thing to see. Sorry to hear they don't do it any more, saw it at an airshow at Lakehurst Naval Air station in 2000.
From what I heard they (military) have run out of JATO bottles. Ok, I looked it up, here you go
http://archive.navytimes.com/article/20091029/NEWS/910290326/Nov-14-final-JATO-popular-Fat-Albert
Jul 10, 2015 11:30:23 #
photosbyhenry wrote:
Saw this on our walk last night. It was a long way away when I spotted it but got a fairly good shot.
Here's what our NC-130A looked like in the 1970's when I operated the raindrop spectrometer hanging under the port wing and the on board cameras during weather modification experiments at AFCRL. The next photo shows you the sad fate of most old government aircraft. Say a toast for the old bird as she held together and brought us back from quite a few "severe weather penetration" missions over Wallops Island. Hell, you might have drunk a beer out of her already.
If you want to reply, then register here. Registration is free and your account is created instantly, so you can post right away.