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@Machpants I was watching a doco about them , they plan to retire the beast in 2050. I bet the designers never imagined in their wildest dreams they’d be in service for 100 years
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@jegga that is insane aye, built to fucking last - and they've wangled some pretty gnarly tech upgrades into them over the years.
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@Machpants said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Well cool, that'll be impressive. Last time I saw a BUFF it was dropping 50 odd precision bombs West of Baghdad!
@Crucial said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
BTW: I hear a strong rumour of a very exciting first for Wanaka this year. Think big, very big. Think hairdo and 80s music.
It's why you come to the Fern for news first. (Ok got the airshow wrong but the aircraft right)
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@Paekakboyz said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@jegga that is insane aye, built to fucking last - and they've wangled some pretty gnarly tech upgrades into them over the years.
Yeah , the Russian equivalent is still in the air too but I doubt it’s changed anywhere near as much .
Our Orion’s would be getting up there in years too . -
Pretty awesome engineering to still have these planes flying. Must be an interesting job to shoehorn in new tech and upgrades to engines etc. Aside from the core chassis they'd probably be entirely new planes!
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@Paekakboyz said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Pretty awesome engineering to still have these planes flying. Must be an interesting job to shoehorn in new tech and upgrades to engines etc. Aside from the core chassis they'd probably be entirely new planes!
Yeah pretty much grandads axe at this stage ,
I like this story too ,
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@Paekakboyz said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Pretty awesome engineering to still have these planes flying. Must be an interesting job to shoehorn in new tech and upgrades to engines etc. Aside from the core chassis they'd probably be entirely new planes!
There is probably very little left from original, they've been re-sparred etc. Like many ww2 planes flying around, just the serial plate is original! But so big and capacious, very easy to add boxes and wires and shit. As long as you are in a low threat environment, and we normally have Air Dominance, they're great! Like the OV-10 mentioned above. Lots of countries are up powering and arming training turbo-props and the like. Much better for schwacking terrorists, although the sound of a fast jet (or whine of a harrier) often does the same job flying low overhead
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@Machpants reading that post reminded me of this oldie
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@Crucial Great stuff. I have met so many of them - they change a bit after a couple of years in the real world, flying rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong.
As for B52's - I had a series of engine failures in single engine aeroplanes years ago, my main goal was to find a BUFF to fly. 8 fucking engines, who cares if a couple fail?
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@Paekakboyz Don't know how many a B52 needs to fly effectively, (never flown one) also depends on the altitude that you want to maintain. In ground effect they might manage on less than four, also asymmetry comes into it (will go heaps better if failed engines are on opposite wings).
My trials with piston engines were all in PNG. Worst one was a failure on take off from a very rough mountain strip and the engine caught fire, and so did I. Upside down in a burning plane is not a good place to be. Spent the night on a dirt floor in a grass hut and got choppered out the next day. Skin grafts on chest and arm a few weeks later back in NZ.
Another was an oil pump failure and I manged to dead stick it into a little strip in the bottom of a valley. Funniest thing about that one was the wailing passengers. Everybody complains about the noise in small aircraft, but you should hear them when it is dead quiet....
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@Snowy said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@jegga All pistons though. 8 Turbines over 10 pistons any day.
Later models got a couple of jets chucked on each wing . The fuel consumption from that thing would make a green voter curl up in the foetal position.
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@Snowy said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
(will go heaps better if failed engines are on opposite wings).
@Snowy said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Everybody complains about the noise in small aircraft, but you should hear them when it is dead quiet....***
Scary, but funny!
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@Snowy fuck me, that is hardcore!!
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@taniwharugby said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@Snowy said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
(will go heaps better if failed engines are on opposite wings).
Everybody complains about the noise in small aircraft, but you should hear them when it is dead quiet....Scary, but funny!
Actually it was (the funny bit came later).
When the prop stopped turning there was silence. I was a little busy trying to work shit out and then the moaning and wailing started.
It wasn't helpful.
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@Paekakboyz said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@Snowy fuck me, that is hardcore!!
"Storied" I think is the preferred word on here. The Baron loves that term.
A mate of mine has the longer versions in his book.
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@Snowy surely you are better for your 'storied' life than if you had a less 'storied one'
check out usage of the word storied
Convair B-36 Peacemaker - Wikipedia
