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Driving northward past Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and coming straight at
us on final southerly approach, a C-130. Unknown if just a cargo carrier, or a Spooky, but one big fat slow beautiful airplane. My wife saw it first and quipped, "What the hell is that?" It takes a lot to get her attention. I just said it was a weapons platform that you would not want looking for you. Steve |
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Steve B wrote: Driving northward past Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and coming straight at us on final southerly approach, a C-130. Unknown if just a cargo carrier, or a Spooky, but one big fat slow beautiful airplane. My wife saw it first and quipped, "What the hell is that?" It takes a lot to get her attention. I just said it was a weapons platform that you would not want looking for you. Steve Hi, Brings back memory during days in 'Nam in late '60s. Once I was sitting on top of fully loaded ammunition cargo pile going on a TDY in a hurry. Guess what? looking out one engine on the starboard side was smoking but no flame. Pilot cut out the engine and landed at destination w/o a hitch. At the time I was a bit scared and did not feel good until I stood on the ground. C-130 went thru a lot of evolution over the years. One of best flying workhorse around. I used to fly around in Caribou twin engine job too which can take off on short runway. And Huey chopper. |
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On 2011-03-26, Tony Hwang wrote:
I stood on the ground. C-130 went thru a lot of evolution over the years. One of best flying workhorse around. I used to fly around in Caribou twin engine job too which can take off on short runway. Yep. I was in USAF as a firefighter. Used to have runway standby duty and watch those Hercs and Caribous shoot touch n' goes all day long. Those damn Hercs are one of the greatest planes ever designed. Still in production after 50 yrs! "Over 40 models and variants of the Hercules serve with more than 60 nations." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules nb |
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On Mar 25, 9:30*pm, "Steve B" wrote:
Driving northward past Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and coming straight at us on final southerly approach, a C-130. *Unknown if just a cargo carrier, or a Spooky, but one big fat slow beautiful airplane. *My wife saw it first and quipped, "What the hell is that?" *It takes a lot to get her attention. I just said it was a weapons platform that you would not want looking for you. Steve And this relates to home repair topics just how? Joe |
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On Mar 26, 3:48*am, Joe wrote:
On Mar 25, 9:30*pm, "Steve B" wrote: Driving northward past Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and coming straight at us on final southerly approach, a C-130. *Unknown if just a cargo carrier, or a Spooky, but one big fat slow beautiful airplane. *My wife saw it first and quipped, "What the hell is that?" *It takes a lot to get her attention. I just said it was a weapons platform that you would not want looking for you. Steve And this relates to home repair topics just how? Joe Not at all. But participation is not compulsary. Are you a control freak? |
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On Mar 26, 2:30*am, "Steve B" wrote:
Driving northward past Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and coming straight at us on final southerly approach, a C-130. *Unknown if just a cargo carrier, or a Spooky, but one big fat slow beautiful airplane. *My wife saw it first and quipped, "What the hell is that?" *It takes a lot to get her attention. I just said it was a weapons platform that you would not want looking for you. Steve I see them here in the UK often. They fly below my house, which is on a low hill. Definately spooky. You hear them about five seconds before you see them. As they are in camaflage and below me, it takes a few seconds to spot them as they go by. Occasionally they pass over my house at less then fifty feet I would say. I dunno whether they have terrain following radar. If not, I hope the pilot never blinks. |
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"Steve B" wrote in message ... My wife saw it first and quipped, "What the hell is that?" That's what SHE said. |
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"Tony Hwang" wrote in message ... Steve B wrote: Driving northward past Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and coming straight at us on final southerly approach, a C-130. Unknown if just a cargo carrier, or a Spooky, but one big fat slow beautiful airplane. My wife saw it first and quipped, "What the hell is that?" It takes a lot to get her attention. I just said it was a weapons platform that you would not want looking for you. Steve Hi, Brings back memory during days in 'Nam in late '60s. Once I was sitting on top of fully loaded ammunition cargo pile going on a TDY in a hurry. Guess what? looking out one engine on the starboard side was smoking but no flame. Pilot cut out the engine and landed at destination w/o a hitch. At the time I was a bit scared and did not feel good until I stood on the ground. C-130 went thru a lot of evolution over the years. One of best flying workhorse around. I used to fly around in Caribou twin engine job too which can take off on short runway. And Huey chopper. Flew in a lot of Hueys in the oilfields in 74 to 80. Probably not AH1's, but their successor. We had no door gunner. Steve Heart surgery pending? www.cabgbypasssurgery.com |
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"Joe" wrote in message ... On Mar 25, 9:30 pm, "Steve B" wrote: Driving northward past Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and coming straight at us on final southerly approach, a C-130. Unknown if just a cargo carrier, or a Spooky, but one big fat slow beautiful airplane. My wife saw it first and quipped, "What the hell is that?" It takes a lot to get her attention. I just said it was a weapons platform that you would not want looking for you. Steve Steve Heart surgery pending? www.cabgbypasssurgery.com And this relates to home repair topics just how? Joe Joe: I notice you have taken to task a writer about whether or not a post is on topic, is spelled correctly, or some other minute detail. I would like to inform you that the post of Netnanny is already filled. It is held by Newton Fillmore, in Pacoima, California, although Mr. Fillmore is currently in a coma, and has been for three years, eight months now. We just could not bring ourselves to demote him without a proper hearing and him being present. Please be advised that there are currently over 500 applicants and wannabes for the position. That does not include people like yourself who have broken with protocol and currently act like they are in the cherished position. If and when and if ever the post becomes available, you will be required to write an essay of no longer than 1500 words, single spaced, using the words there, they're, their, your, you're, and any others you can come up with in as many incorrect grammatical situations as possible. You must also describe the difference between "lose" and "loose" in 25 words or less. You must also include the reason that gives you the lifelong right to hold this post, and review the rest of humanity on its daily heretofore unobserved unsupervised act of Usenet Posting. Steve 3rd Pooh-Bah and Grand Mucky Muck of the Society of Netnannies. |
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"Tony Hwang" wrote in message news:6Pcjp.1475
And Huey chopper. Six thousand parts flying in close formation capped by a Jesus nut. -- Bobby G. |
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On Mar 26, 11:30*am, "Steve B" wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message ... On Mar 25, 9:30 pm, "Steve B" wrote: Driving northward past Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and coming straight at us on final southerly approach, a C-130. Unknown if just a cargo carrier, or a Spooky, but one big fat slow beautiful airplane. My wife saw it first and quipped, "What the hell is that?" It takes a lot to get her attention. I just said it was a weapons platform that you would not want looking for you. Steve Steve Heart surgery pending?www.cabgbypasssurgery.com And this relates to home repair topics just how? Joe Joe: I notice you have taken to task a writer about whether or not a post is on topic, is spelled correctly, or some other minute detail. I would like to inform you that the post of Netnanny is already filled. *It is held by Newton Fillmore, in Pacoima, California, although Mr. Fillmore is currently in a coma, and has been for three years, eight months now. *We just could not bring ourselves to demote him without a proper hearing and him being present. Please be advised that there are currently over 500 applicants and wannabes for the position. *That does not include people like yourself who have broken with protocol and currently act like they are in the cherished position. If and when and if ever the post becomes available, you will be required to write an essay of no longer than 1500 words, single spaced, using the words there, they're, their, your, you're, and any others you can come up with in as many incorrect grammatical situations as possible. You must also describe the difference between "lose" and "loose" in 25 words or less. You must also include the reason that gives you the lifelong right to hold this post, and review the rest of humanity on its daily heretofore unobserved unsupervised act of Usenet Posting. Steve 3rd Pooh-Bah and Grand Mucky Muck of the Society of Netnannies. Gotcha! Joe |
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On 3/26/2011 9:41 PM, Robert Green wrote:
"Tony wrote in message news:6Pcjp.1475 And Huey chopper. Six thousand parts flying in close formation capped by a Jesus nut. -- Bobby G. Darn, for a second there I thought you were referring to a mega-church. TDD |
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On Mar 26, 7:41*pm, "Robert Green" wrote:
"Tony Hwang" wrote in message news:6Pcjp.1475 And Huey chopper. Six thousand parts flying in close formation capped by a Jesus nut. -- Bobby G. I was stationed at Kelly AFB, Tx in...umm... 1954 at an intelligence outfit on a hill just above the start of the runway. Used to watch the B-36s landing They would touch down just past our location, pop chutes and roll for what seemed forever. Dunno how long that runway was but they would disappear over a slight rise in the middle of it still rolling with the chutes still out. That one was known as "The Aluminum Overcast" and also "a collection of parts flying in loose formation". The only modern bomber that never saw action. Harry K |
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On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 21:07:45 -0700 (PDT), Harry K
wrote: On Mar 26, 7:41*pm, "Robert Green" wrote: "Tony Hwang" wrote in message news:6Pcjp.1475 And Huey chopper. Six thousand parts flying in close formation capped by a Jesus nut. -- Bobby G. I was stationed at Kelly AFB, Tx in...umm... 1954 at an intelligence outfit on a hill just above the start of the runway. Used to watch the B-36s landing They would touch down just past our location, pop chutes and roll for what seemed forever. Dunno how long that runway was but they would disappear over a slight rise in the middle of it still rolling with the chutes still out. That one was known as "The Aluminum Overcast" and also "a collection of parts flying in loose formation". The only modern bomber that never saw action. We used to live under one of the landing patterns to Stuart Airforce Base. You want see a slow bird fly, the C5A looks like it's almost stopped in mid air. It's still going a couple of hundred MPH, but it's huge. |
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On Mar 27, 2:41*am, "Robert Green" wrote:
"Tony Hwang" wrote in message news:6Pcjp.1475 And Huey chopper. Six thousand parts flying in close formation capped by a Jesus nut. -- Bobby G. Helicopter. "The triumph of technology over common sense". |
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On 3/27/2011 10:51 AM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 01:10:35 -0500, The Daring Dufas wrote: On 3/27/2011 12:14 AM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote: On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 21:07:45 -0700 (PDT), Harry wrote: On Mar 26, 7:41 pm, "Robert wrote: "Tony wrote in message news:6Pcjp.1475 And Huey chopper. Six thousand parts flying in close formation capped by a Jesus nut. -- Bobby G. I was stationed at Kelly AFB, Tx in...umm... 1954 at an intelligence outfit on a hill just above the start of the runway. Used to watch the B-36s landing They would touch down just past our location, pop chutes and roll for what seemed forever. Dunno how long that runway was but they would disappear over a slight rise in the middle of it still rolling with the chutes still out. That one was known as "The Aluminum Overcast" and also "a collection of parts flying in loose formation". The only modern bomber that never saw action. We used to live under one of the landing patterns to Stuart Airforce Base. You want see a slow bird fly, the C5A looks like it's almost stopped in mid air. It's still going a couple of hundred MPH, but it's huge. Back in '88 I was on the island of Kwajalein when an Air force Reserve C-5A buzzed the runway. It sounded like 10,000 vacuum cleaners coming in low over the strip and since it was empty, the pilot pulled up into a surprisingly step and fast climb then that monster disappeared into a cloud bank with what I could swear was a loud "POOF!". ^_^ They were still pretty high when they passed over us (probably 20mi from Stuart). We didn't hear any vacuum cleaners, just a really odd whistle. I believe I meant to write "steep climb" but anyway, if you ever get a chance to be near a C-5 on takeoff you will hear that unique sound of those high-bypass turbofan engines when they're max power. The older C-141 planes that came through there, screamed like banshies because the engines are older design turbofans. I got to ride a C-141 to Hawaii from Kwajalein and got my Air Force white box lunch too. The crew let me say hello to the pilots who were laid back in their seats with their feet on the dash and the plane on cruse control. They were Air Force Reserve pilots out of California getting in flight hours. ^_^ TDD |
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On Mar 25, 9:30*pm, "Steve B" wrote:
Driving northward past Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and coming straight at us on final southerly approach, a C-130. *Unknown if just a cargo carrier, or a Spooky, but one big fat slow beautiful airplane. *My wife saw it first and quipped, "What the hell is that?" *It takes a lot to get her attention. I just said it was a weapons platform that you would not want looking for you. Steve In the true spirit of home repair topics slightly OT, by all means Google 'Antonov 225' and get some views of the world's largest aircraft. Fortunately, used for cargo work as far as we know. Joe |
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Steve B wrote the following:
Driving northward past Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and coming straight at us on final southerly approach, a C-130. Unknown if just a cargo carrier, or a Spooky, but one big fat slow beautiful airplane. My wife saw it first and quipped, "What the hell is that?" It takes a lot to get her attention. I just said it was a weapons platform that you would not want looking for you. Steve I live within a few miles of Stewart International Airport (SWF). Also stationed there is the 105th ANG with 13 C-5A Galaxies that have flown over my house since I moved here in 1984. Unfortunately, the giant C-5As are to be replaced by 8 of the smaller C-17s this Summer. I will miss those big birds as they floated overhead looking like they were doing 30 MPH. -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
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On 3/27/2011 8:06 PM, Oren wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:30:25 -0700, "Steve B" wrote: Driving northward past Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and coming straight at us on final southerly approach, a C-130. Unknown if just a cargo carrier, or a Spooky, but one big fat slow beautiful airplane. My wife saw it first and quipped, "What the hell is that?" It takes a lot to get her attention. I just said it was a weapons platform that you would not want looking for you. Steve I spent many years on this base before I quit working for a living. At one time I had hundreds of convicts working and performing janitorial duties. I always say: Hear that? That's the sound of freedom. I've been in about every hanger on the base at Nellis at one time or another. Seen many planes there. I teased a rookie from Texas about the B-52 having eight motors. He corrected me right away, calling them engines. Well golly gee.... Somewhere in my file cabinet at work, I still have the catalog from when Uncle sold the last bunch of them for scrap, as part of START treaty compliance. IIRC, no more than 10-15% of the airframes are left- 'G' or maybe 'H' models I think, but it has been awhile. I saw some of the ground-level and aerial photos from when they guillotined them- rather sad. If I was master of the universe, stuff like that would be left parked in the desert, for people 1000 years from now to marvel and wonder about. A few of them will probably still be flying 80 years after production of the model started. Gotta give Boeing credit for a pre-computer-era design like that, to still be usable this many decades later. -- aem sends... |
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On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:56:37 -0400, aemeijers wrote:
On 3/27/2011 8:06 PM, Oren wrote: On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:30:25 -0700, "Steve B" wrote: Driving northward past Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and coming straight at us on final southerly approach, a C-130. Unknown if just a cargo carrier, or a Spooky, but one big fat slow beautiful airplane. My wife saw it first and quipped, "What the hell is that?" It takes a lot to get her attention. I just said it was a weapons platform that you would not want looking for you. Steve I spent many years on this base before I quit working for a living. At one time I had hundreds of convicts working and performing janitorial duties. I always say: Hear that? That's the sound of freedom. I've been in about every hanger on the base at Nellis at one time or another. Seen many planes there. I teased a rookie from Texas about the B-52 having eight motors. He corrected me right away, calling them engines. Well golly gee.... Somewhere in my file cabinet at work, I still have the catalog from when Uncle sold the last bunch of them for scrap, as part of START treaty compliance. IIRC, no more than 10-15% of the airframes are left- 'G' or maybe 'H' models I think, but it has been awhile. I saw some of the ground-level and aerial photos from when they guillotined them- rather sad. If I was master of the universe, stuff like that would be left parked in the desert, for people 1000 years from now to marvel and wonder about. I think only 'H' models are still around. There is one 'H' with a 'G' tail (broke its tail on landing), or something like that. A few of them will probably still be flying 80 years after production of the model started. Gotta give Boeing credit for a pre-computer-era design like that, to still be usable this many decades later. IIRC, they're already flying with the grandkids of their first crews. |
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On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:59:16 -0400, aemeijers wrote:
On 3/27/2011 11:44 PM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote: On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:56:37 -0400, wrote: On 3/27/2011 8:06 PM, Oren wrote: On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:30:25 -0700, "Steve B" wrote: (snip) A few of them will probably still be flying 80 years after production of the model started. Gotta give Boeing credit for a pre-computer-era design like that, to still be usable this many decades later. IIRC, they're already flying with the grandkids of their first crews. I've seen occasional reports like that, but have no way to know if they are true, or just PR hype. Seems like it would be a hoot for some young crew member to go to the squadron archives and pull the old logbooks for 'his' bird, and see Grandpa's name on the crew roster from some missions 40-50 years before. Only the B52-Hs are still flying, but I just checked and even the H models are 50 years old (made from '61 to '63). Amazing. |
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On 3/27/2011 10:59 PM, aemeijers wrote:
On 3/27/2011 11:44 PM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote: On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:56:37 -0400, wrote: On 3/27/2011 8:06 PM, Oren wrote: On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:30:25 -0700, "Steve B" wrote: (snip) A few of them will probably still be flying 80 years after production of the model started. Gotta give Boeing credit for a pre-computer-era design like that, to still be usable this many decades later. IIRC, they're already flying with the grandkids of their first crews. I've seen occasional reports like that, but have no way to know if they are true, or just PR hype. Seems like it would be a hoot for some young crew member to go to the squadron archives and pull the old logbooks for 'his' bird, and see Grandpa's name on the crew roster from some missions 40-50 years before. Kind of like Battlestar Galactica? Of course it's more of a spacecraft carrier but it's old, very old. ^_^ TDD |
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On Mar 27, 9:02*pm, Joe wrote:
On Mar 25, 9:30*pm, "Steve B" wrote: Driving northward past Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and coming straight at us on final southerly approach, a C-130. *Unknown if just a cargo carrier, or a Spooky, but one big fat slow beautiful airplane. *My wife saw it first and quipped, "What the hell is that?" *It takes a lot to get her attention. I just said it was a weapons platform that you would not want looking for you. Steve In the true spirit of home repair topics slightly OT, by all means Google 'Antonov 225' and get some views of the world's largest aircraft. Fortunately, used for cargo work as far as we know. Joe I thought the "Spruce Goose" was still the world's largest aircraft? |
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On 3/28/2011 2:12 AM, harry wrote:
On Mar 27, 9:02 pm, wrote: On Mar 25, 9:30 pm, "Steve wrote: Driving northward past Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and coming straight at us on final southerly approach, a C-130. Unknown if just a cargo carrier, or a Spooky, but one big fat slow beautiful airplane. My wife saw it first and quipped, "What the hell is that?" It takes a lot to get her attention. I just said it was a weapons platform that you would not want looking for you. Steve In the true spirit of home repair topics slightly OT, by all means Google 'Antonov 225' and get some views of the world's largest aircraft. Fortunately, used for cargo work as far as we know. Joe I thought the "Spruce Goose" was still the world's largest aircraft? Best comparison I've seen at a very cool site: http://www.asb.tv/blog/2011/02/worlds-largest-aircraft/ TDD |
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@dont-email.me: Best comparison I've seen at a very cool site: http://www.asb.tv/blog/2011/02/worlds-largest-aircraft/ TDD Kewl! -- Best regards Han email address is invalid |
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"The Daring Dufas" wrote In the true spirit of home repair topics slightly OT, by all means Google 'Antonov 225' and get some views of the world's largest aircraft. Fortunately, used for cargo work as far as we know. Joe I thought the "Spruce Goose" was still the world's largest aircraft? Best comparison I've seen at a very cool site: http://www.asb.tv/blog/2011/02/worlds-largest-aircraft/ TDD I saw the Antonov land and take off from McCarran Airport in Las Vegas. Newspaper reports said they "used every foot of the runway", and they got that right. I thought it was going to take out the fences at the end of the runway. IIRC, it was carrying tons of medical supplies for the Chernobyl thing. What amazed me was the wheel assemblies. Saw the Concorde many times, too, as flight approach on the east/west runway ran right over my house way at the east end of the valley. Steve Heart surgery pending? www.cabgbypasssurgery.com |
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On Mar 28, 3:32*am, The Daring Dufas
wrote: On 3/28/2011 2:12 AM, harry wrote: On Mar 27, 9:02 pm, *wrote: On Mar 25, 9:30 pm, "Steve *wrote: Driving northward past Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and coming straight at us on final southerly approach, a C-130. *Unknown if just a cargo carrier, or a Spooky, but one big fat slow beautiful airplane. *My wife saw it first and quipped, "What the hell is that?" *It takes a lot to get her attention. I just said it was a weapons platform that you would not want looking for you. Steve In the true spirit of home repair topics slightly OT, by all means Google 'Antonov 225' and get some views of the world's largest aircraft. Fortunately, used for cargo work as far as we know. Joe I thought the "Spruce Goose" was still the world's largest aircraft? Best comparison I've seen at a very cool site: http://www.asb.tv/blog/2011/02/worlds-largest-aircraft/ TDD- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I recall an inflight picture of a huge 1930s era Soviet bomber with mltiple engines mounted IIRC on top of the wing. So far all I have been able to turn up is: http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/k/k7bomber.htm Which is nowhere as big as I recall and the engines are wrong. Harrry K |
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"Han" wrote in message
... The Daring Dufas wrote in news:impo4m$hka$1 @dont-email.me: Best comparison I've seen at a very cool site: http://www.asb.tv/blog/2011/02/worlds-largest-aircraft/ TDD Kewl! Yes, very nice pictures. Good comparison diagram at: http://www.asb.tv/blog/wp-content/up...t-aircraft.png They don't say what happened to the "Goose", though, after Hughes died in 1976. -- Bobby G. |
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On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:14:26 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote: "The Daring Dufas" wrote In the true spirit of home repair topics slightly OT, by all means Google 'Antonov 225' and get some views of the world's largest aircraft. Fortunately, used for cargo work as far as we know. Joe I thought the "Spruce Goose" was still the world's largest aircraft? Best comparison I've seen at a very cool site: http://www.asb.tv/blog/2011/02/worlds-largest-aircraft/ TDD I saw the Antonov land and take off from McCarran Airport in Las Vegas. Newspaper reports said they "used every foot of the runway", and they got that right. I thought it was going to take out the fences at the end of the runway. IIRC, it was carrying tons of medical supplies for the Chernobyl thing. What amazed me was the wheel assemblies. That's what amazed me about the first B38 wheels. There's a whole rubber forest in one of those things. ;-) Saw the Concorde many times, too, as flight approach on the east/west runway ran right over my house way at the east end of the valley. Saw them take off at JFK a few times. Noisy doesn't even begin to describe them. ...and I was in the terminal building. |
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On Mar 28, 10:35*am, "A. Baum" wrote:
On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:26:48 -0700, Harry K wrote: On Mar 28, 3:32*am, The Daring Dufas wrote: On 3/28/2011 2:12 AM, harry wrote: On Mar 27, 9:02 pm, *wrote: On Mar 25, 9:30 pm, "Steve *wrote: Driving northward past Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and coming straight at us on final southerly approach, a C-130. *Unknown if just a cargo carrier, or a Spooky, but one big fat slow beautiful airplane. *My wife saw it first and quipped, "What the hell is that?" *It takes a lot to get her attention. I just said it was a weapons platform that you would not want looking for you. Steve In the true spirit of home repair topics slightly OT, by all means Google 'Antonov 225' and get some views of the world's largest aircraft. Fortunately, used for cargo work as far as we know. Joe I thought the "Spruce Goose" was still the world's largest aircraft? Best comparison I've seen at a very cool site: http://www.asb.tv/blog/2011/02/worlds-largest-aircraft/ TDD- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I recall an inflight picture of a huge 1930s era Soviet bomber with mltiple engines mounted IIRC on top of the wing. *So far all I have been able to turn up is: http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/k/k7bomber.htm Which is nowhere as big as I recall and the engines are wrong. Harrry K Unfortunately the k7 link contains drawings, but I guess you knew that. *- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - ??? so? Is that supposed to mean something? Harry K |
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They also did a demo "mass drop" with the 82d Airborne. These guys jumped from what looked like a few hundred feet. It was spooky. I sure wouldn't want to be sitting in a fox hole watching that happen. It was about 90 seconds after the plane went over that they had run, screaming at us and mustered in front of the grandstand in full battle gear. All I can say is the bad guys better know a short prayer. I don't want to be one of them jumping on the badies, either. They're "hanging out" in more than one way, until they get down. That was the thing that was so impressive. These guys were so low, the chute opened and they were on the ground. By the time the last stick was off the ramp the first stick was running at us. I don't know how they would have handled a malfunction. During the training of Patton's troops in WWII, near Palm Springs, they set two world records one night. They had the largest numbers of paratroopers jump at night. And they jumped into the largest cholla forest in the WORLD. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylindropuntia_fulgida Casualties were estimated at 80%. Ouch! I've quail hunted in southern Nevada where there is a lot of it. They call it "jumping cactus" because no matter how careful you are, you can get stuck by it. It doesn't really "jump"............ or does it? Steve Heart surgery pending? www.cabgbypasssurgery.com Steve Heart surgery pending? www.cabgbypasssurgery.com |
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... stuff snipped These days they would have air support that would keep everyone's head down. That was the other plane that was impressive. An AC-130H "Spectre" would have people digging their fox hole a little deeper. Would that be the famous "Son of Puff the Magic Dragon?" I know a version of that song that's way too politically incorrect to post here. The last time I posted it I got cut to pieces even though it's an equal opportunity offender of a song. I know the original Puffs were already long in the tooth when they were used in the Vietnam war - I believe the Puffs were built on the military version of the DC-3. I've seen footage of gunships like the Spectre taking out entire city blocks in seconds. The Panama/Noriega business, IIRC. Gotta love those miniguns. Talk about your unique sounds. Designed and made by that tax cheat, GE! (-: The only thing I've seen that's more impressive were tests of the stacked bullet array guns called "MetalStorm" with firing rates in excess of 1 MILLION rounds per minute. Targets just disappear in a puff of smoke. Talk about a "hail of bullets." http://cseserv.engr.scu.edu/StudentW...earchPaper.htm Good illustrations but too concerned with ethics. (-: That author merely confirms the amazing lethality of these new guns by writing: "Metal Storm military technology is too powerful to be classified as a conventional weapon. While it only fires bullets, and does not unleash biological, chemical, or radioactive toxins, it is still a technology that is currently too powerful to be used for military applications." I'll take "too powerful" over "not powerful enough" for OUR military weapons any day. The large array metalstorm guns make a sound unlike anything you've ever heard. Imagine the angriest beehive in the world and multiply by 100,000. I've seen a troop carrier loaded with crash test dummies just vanishing into a cloud of confetti. It's almost like a military Cuisinart set to puree the enemy. Looks nothing like a conventional gun and more like those black monoliths from the movie "2001." As you can imagine, DoD is *very* interested in this technology, especially for defeating (shredding) incoming missiles. -- Bobby G. |
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