Planes

[Machpants]

@Paekakboyz said in Planes:

@dogmeat I wonder how much stuff like google maps has played into that. Lots of games and apps just plug into all this data which is around now, whereas years ago it would have been a much bigger deal to map all these tiny airfields and stuff. I know with the virtual cycling you can ride all sorts of courses and roads, not sure if the golf software is still limited to the famous venues or there are heaps of other venues you can play.

Microsoft Flight Simulator uses it's own map software to real time map the world, you can mod it to use the better Google maps. MS and modders also release specific areas/airports that are upscaled. It is pretty amazing. Nothing like that was around in 911 though, but cockpits were realistic.

[Paekakboyz]

@Machpants my flying was limited to GTA games

And it can be a lot of effort without cheat codes to get a plane. In the game I mean!

[Machpants]

Might want to give flying with air France a miss!

World, Travel

Air France pilots come to blows in cockpit mid-air

Air France under scrutiny following recent incidents which put passenger safety at risk.

[Machpants]

Not a huge incident, but cool shot

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-62712450

[mantissanet]

Ex Israeli F-16s operated by private company. (13 odd minutes)

[Machpants]

@mantissanet said in Planes:

Ex Israeli F-16s operated by private company. (13 odd minutes)

Love they're still using their A4 sticks

[mantissanet]

Assuming thats original 70s flight control systems? Avionics upgrade looks amazing

[dogmeat]

Not exactly a F-16 but nothing beats a gyro-copter flight before breakfast

[Machpants]

@dogmeat said in Planes:

Not exactly a F-16 but nothing beats a gyro-copter flight before breakfast

Neither fish nor fowl, Satan's work!

Nice view tho

[Machpants]

@mantissanet said in Planes:

Assuming thats original 70s flight control systems? Avionics upgrade looks amazing

Yeah looks similar to what the RNZAF would've got

[Victor Meldrew]

Saw one of these flying quite slowly from the train near Settle in Yorkshire.

Not a clue what it was doing there, but Menwith Hill is nearby

[Machpants]

Bravo Zulu to the pilot!

https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/300709684/video-shows-dramatic-moment-plane-makes-emergency-descent-without-landing-gear-in-australia

[Donsteppa]

These guys were a flight crew that you really wanted to have in charge if things started going to custard.... as well as being masters of understatement

[mantissanet]

New Rolls Royce UltraFan testbed

[booboo]

[Machpants]

@booboo Even at double/triple/whatever times seed shows how dull an airline pilots job is!

[Machpants]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/131168444/miraculous-pilots-walk-away-from-first-737-crash-in-australia

[booboo]

The.

Fuck.

If it's real??

[canefan]

@booboo said in Planes:

The.

Fuck.

If it's real??

What was the hurry for the plane taking off? The plane on approach had to go around again, surely that can't have been the plan

[Winger]

Maybe delete this post or move elsewhere. But just read an article on a speech by one of the survivors of this crash. 50 years back late last year

October 13, 1972.

Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 - Wikipedia

It is one of the better-known survival stories, and will shortly be even better known to a new generation when the Neflix movie directed by J.A.Bayona is released later this year.