The Aviation Thread [Contains Lots of Awesome Pictures]

[RdKetchup]

Proper approach into Paro, not like the clowns in a 737 that went viral a few months ago.

View: https://youtu.be/Nm52jOSnfz0

 

[jack_christie]

light aircraft crashes at Cotswold Airport ​

CCTV shows moment plane overshoot runway at Cotswold Airport | ITV News

The A429 has been closed and three people have been taken to hospital | ITV News West Country

www.itv.com

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMPEqNLoSk

 

[RdKetchup]

I've seen one of those in person

View: https://youtu.be/KRSx8qYBLJE

 

[93Flareside]

I'm interested, but at this point it feels like a pipe dream.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTqeAshrbUE
Though with United and American investing like this, I hope it happens.

 

[calvinhobbes]

I'm interested, but at this point it feels like a pipe dream.

Strictly “I’ll believe it when I see it” for me.

 

[Blind_Io]

Same. Since I was a kid I wanted to break the sound barrier, I figured I would save up for a single flight on Concorde - but that didn't happen.

 

[calvinhobbes]

Yay! My third attempt at a flight in a biplane worked, the wind finally decided to cooperate!

 

[narf]

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Yay! My third attempt at a flight in a biplane worked, the wind finally decided to cooperate!

 

[calvinhobbes]

the aircraft in question, a rather decent-looking 1944 de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide

window view shortly after takeoff from Duxford Aerodrome

and the “destination” of this flight: Cambridge

The aircraft has seats for eight passengers and you get weighed during check-in so they can get the centre of gravity right. I’ll let you guess who gets to sit above the wings.

coming in to land right over the hotel the wife and I had been in for the night

And that was it! Total time in the air was about fifteen minutes. You can also book scenic flights down to London.

https://www.classic-wings.co.uk/dragon-rapide-flights/

 

[narf]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwABJGzifao

 

[NecroJoe]

Related-ish:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLXRIHi1bCg

 

[narf]

German, but great footage from Teruel temporary graveyard

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03OezAWiHGQ

 

[Blind_Io]

German, but great footage from Teruel temporary graveyard

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03OezAWiHGQ

Apparently it's unavailable in the US.

 

[GRtak]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34Sa0vzmBfs

 

[RdKetchup]

Absolutely terrifying

View: https://youtu.be/5Qg3KTcjc24

Spoiler

Until you realize it's an RC glider.

 

[jack_christie]

Landing at Madeira Airport

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8yntRSWuJ0

 

[RdKetchup]

One of my favorite airports to have fun in the simulators at work. Innsbruck being the other one.

 

[calvinhobbes]

One of my favorite airports to have fun in the simulators at work. Innsbruck being the other one.

Do you still have the old VHHH in the database?

 

[RdKetchup]

Do you still have the old VHHH in the database?

No, only the new one.

 

[calvinhobbes]

Landing at Madeira Airport

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8yntRSWuJ0

Didn’t look bad from what I can tell. They kept it very close to the centreline and crabbed nicely until the last moment. Yes, the flare was very long, but they were constantly descending and when they got to the end of the touchdown zone, they plonked it down from the lowest possible altitude. That’s what tyres and shock absorbers are for.