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    • This Date in Aviation History: May 14 - May 17
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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      @ttyymmnn

      I think I posted this guy's attempt at replicating the dam buster last year.

    • Airplane Pictures!
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      @Highlander

      The 777 engine is the same diameter as the 737 fuselage.

      F4C2861C-3F54-4B4E-9CF6-D1DBEAAEA651.jpeg

    • This Date in Aviation History: May 11 - May 13
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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      @ttyymmnn said in This Date in Aviation History: May 11 - May 13:

      Sikorsky VS-300

      There are some good views of the interior at the Henry Ford Museum site.
      https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/281527/

    • Just Jeepin'

      Passenger lands plane (updated, now with radio)
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      @ibRAD alt text

    • Just Jeepin'

      Weird air travel story of the day
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      MUSASHI66

      @ttyymmnn Those people had to go through the hassle of enabling the iPhone to receive AirDrop from "everyone", and to also accept a random request in a plane. PEBCAC id10t error. It is always PEBCAC id10t.

    • This Date in Aviation History: May 7 - May 10
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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      @LooseonExit

      I think the plane just had to tinkle, and needed to find a nice grassy spot to do it.

    • Never been on a CRJ before
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      GrindIntoSecond

      @Miss-Mercedes lol.
      It’s actually not their business model. Upcoming post in a few mins!

    • This Date in Aviation History: May 4 - May 6
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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      facw

      @Skyfire77 Midway didn't fight in WWII (missed the war by about a month), but it is very much of that era.

    • Flight Safety PSA
      Oppositelock • planelopnik are you kidding me • • ttyymmnn

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      @drVanTraveler said in Flight Safety PSA:

      John Wayne Orange County is a screwy airport.

      I flew through there once. The noise abatement takeoff was fun. The captain warned us about it before we took off.

    • This Date in Aviation History: April 30 - May 3
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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      @gmporschenut-also-a-fan-of-hondas said in This Date in Aviation History: April 30 - May 3:

      @ttyymmnn the nose and tail of the buccaneer always look off.

      Definitely a unique shape. I learned something interesting today about the size of the vertical stabilizer. The size has all to do with the center of gravity. Closer to the COG the tail has to be larger. Farther away, it can be smaller. That's why the tail is so large on the 737. So that might have something to do with the size and shape of the Buccaneer stabilizer.

    • This Date in Aviation History: April 27 - April 29
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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      glemon

      @ttyymmnn "2,500 pounds of cargo, which included 100,000 letters and newspapers."

      Think about that, transporting newspapers by air.

    • US Air Force Museum: June 1970
      Oppositelock • planelopnik wingspan • • ttyymmnn

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      @Mr-Ontop
      Considering that the main purpose of many of the larger items and some of the smaller ones on display was staving off thermonuclear Armageddon through the threat of bringing it about...

      The building long predates nuclear weapons, though. Like so many magnificent (and, with even a bit of maintenance, enduring) government and government-adjacent buildings, it was erected by the Works Progress Administration.

      https://www.wpafb.af.mil/Portals/60/documents/Index/History-of-WPAFB.pdf
      https://www.wpafb.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/400230/historic-buildings-get-a-much-needed-renovation/

      I'd guess that the building (a museum from the outset) was meant to be an imposing symbol of power, not the pretty side of Art Deco.

    • Just Jeepin'

      Your periodic reminder that air safety is hard
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      415s30

      @HoustonRunner bloody French

    • This Date in Aviation History: April 23 - April 26
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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      @Future-Next-Gen-S2000-Owner It has 100+mph speed advantage over a chinook and can fly twice as far. that opens up a substantial number of advantages to getting troops to an area safer and where they may not be expected.

    • This Date in Aviation History: April 20 - April 22
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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    • Just Jeepin'

      It’s official: Trevor Jacob is done flying
      Oppositelock • planelopnik play stupid games • • Just Jeepin'

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      Roadkilled

      @Just-Jeepin

      He may be facing some stiff fines from the state of California. If the FAA made the determination that the crash was intentional, Trevor Jacob could now be held responsible for all costs of removing the plane from the crash site and restoring it to its previous condition. California environmental laws will come into play. Did any fuel or oil leak into the soil? It will need to be cleaned up. I would expect other state laws to be enforced that could result in penalties. This could end up being a very expensive stunt.

    • Crosswind landing: How it's not done
      Oppositelock • planelopnik code brown • • ttyymmnn

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      @Future-Next-Gen-S2000-Owner said in Crosswind landing: How it's not done:

      @drVanTraveler I'm curious as to why the A380 didn't institute crabbed landing gear. Maybe situations like this are too rare for the added expense?

      I'm sure they decided against the expense. After all, it's the pilot's problem..

    • This Date in Aviation History: April 16 - April 19
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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      @ttyymmnn This is why all the cool historians destroy what they are documenting once their work is complete!

    • June 26, 2021 a YouTube masterpiece
      Oppositelock • datsun 240z planelopnik driving montana • • Highlander

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      415s30

      @WhoIsTheLeader It's a Vietnam era H-34, the Army and Marines used them, there was a show in the 70's or 80's that had one but I forget the name.

    • This Date in Aviation History: April 13 - April 15
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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      glemon

      @Roadkilled And they are planning to use them at least through 2045, if man is still alive...

    • Nikkei: Mitsubishi Has Closed US SpaceJet Test Facility
      Oppositelock • planelopnik mitsubishi • • Krieger22

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      @benn454 said in Nikkei: Mitsubishi Has Closed US SpaceJet Test Facility:

      @Krieger22 And they continue to allow the rotten corpse of their US auto division to shamble along.

      Hey, Stellantis is part French!

    • This Date in Aviation History: April 9 - April 12
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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      StreetsofPerth

      @ttyymmnn Great stuff. April 12 sure was an important date for space travel. It's such a pity we can't just celebrate Gagarin's flight for the amazing achievement that it was, because the Soviet and Russian leadership are so hellbent on being an absolute pack of bastards.

    • JetGreen?
      Oppositelock • planelopnik jetblue spirit • • facw

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      tophercrowder

      Pay to use toilets and toilet paper...it pays to hold it

    • This Date in Aviation History: April 2 - April 5
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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      @ttyymmnn the electric for being so fast looks so ungainly. though i guess the girth is needed for all the fuel.

    • That Will Not Buff Out...
      Oppositelock • plane.crab planelopnik ha-ha • • Skyfire77

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      @Skyfire77

      The new aircraft, designated T-10BM, eliminated the canards of the -27M, resulting in a weight savings. The loss of maneuverability was compensated for with the addition of thrust vectoring nozzles, as well as changes to avionics and other internal components which shifted the aircraft's center of gravity aft.

      Some other reading I've claims that what was done with the Su-35S was permitting a greater level of static instability, coupled with more advanced and lighter nose electronics that shifted the center of gravity back compared to the Irkut Su-30s.

      Not that it matters in the slightest because wingtip Khibiny pods means you have no manuverability to speak of. But hey, not bad when all you have on hand is definitely not Yefim Gordon...

    • My new favorite aviation channel
      Oppositelock • planelopnik planes aviation aircraft youtube • • KngT

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      HammerheadFistpunch

      @KngT yeah i like this channel too

    • This Date in Aviation History: March 30 - April 1
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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    • This Date in Aviation History: March 30 - April 1
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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      @benn454

      TTT Zero 02_MG_9650.jpg

      I've seen those Zeros Texans many times.

    • This Date in Aviation History: March 26 - March 29
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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      @WilliamsSW

      Definitely won't win any beauty contests.

    • Murmansk-BN systems turn F-35 fighters into scrap metal near Russian borders
      Oppositelock • planelopnik ukraine • • ttyymmnn

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      gmporschenut also a fan of hondas

      @NKato https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict#United_States
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Nagorno-Karabakh_war
      Turkey russia have their own mini proxy war.

    • Supercarrier (1988)
      Oppositelock • planelopnik wingspan • • ttyymmnn

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      @Skyfire77 said in Supercarrier (1988):

      @gmporschenut-also-a-fan-of-hondas I honestly forgot JAG existed.

      alt text

      Never forget.

    • This Date in Aviation History: March 23 - March 25
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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      @facw

      Those four cannons weren't for show!

      The last of the gunfighters!

    • This Date in Aviation History: March 19 - March 22
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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      glemon

      @ttyymmnn I don't know where to start, one of my high school teachers, Paul Adams, was a Tuskegee Airmen. Remember my friend telling me about it, but I was too young and stupid to appreciate the significance at the time.

      Kind of ironic that an aircraft carrier was named after Langley.

      "Despite the excellent engine, the Aerodrome A, as it was called, met with disastrous results, crashing on takeoff on October 7, 1903, and again on December 8. Langley blamed the launch mechanism. While this was in some small measure true, there is no denying that the Aerodrome A was an overly complex, structurally weak, aerodynamically unsound aircraft. This second crash ended Langley's aeronautical work entirely."

      Launched from a catapult on a boat I might add.

      https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/langley-aerodrome/nasm_A19180001000

    • Skyfire77

      How It's Made: Aircraft Engines
      Oppositelock • planelopnik engine fabrication engine building • • Skyfire77

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      Turbineguy-Nom de Zoom

      @ITA97 That makes sense. The case halves are strengthened by through-bolts so there's no need to make the accessory cover a structural member.

    • Boeing 737 crash in China
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      @gmporschenut-also-a-fan-of-hondas said in Boeing 737 crash in China:

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      Is speed recorded ground or air? For speed to remain steady, while sharply diving, wouldn't flaps have to been deployed with engines cut so as not to spike?

      I believe that is ground speed.

    • The Antonov AN-225 Could Have Been Saved...?
      Oppositelock • planelopnik antonov • • pyroholtz

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      @gmctavish I hadn't heard about landing gear issues, that's unfortunate.

    • This Date in Aviation History: March 16 - March 18
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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      @ttyymmnn Goddard and his diagram calls to mind a Far Side:
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    • Building the 240
      Oppositelock • wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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      ranwhenparked

      @facw Well, it was competing with the DC-3, the VW Beetle and AK-47 of airliners, so I'd figure ruggedness was essential.

    • Drawing the 240
      Oppositelock • wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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      @ttyymmnn

      You're likely better off in some ways. With hand drawings gone away, there's lot of folks with struggle working on the box all day. However, we have a drafter who's been around a long time (acetate drawings!) and transitioned to AutoCAD in the early 80s. His AutoCAD skillset it god tier level - never uses his mouse, it's absolutely wild. He also worked on a very special aircraft btw (ex L-M guy) and on their space program. He has some stories...

      My dad worked in both worlds, when given the opportunity he would draw by hand however - even into the late aughts. CAD definitely takes a different mindset. My creativity excels exists in that space but more by blunt force more than natural ability as I have well over 20k hours doing that (hoo boy that's depressing to think about).

    • This Date in Aviation History: March 12 - March 15
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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      @ttyymmnn It's a shame we lost the de facto flag carrier for the better part of a century of the US aviation industry. Just not the same with no Clippers in the air.

    • Tracking my son's flight to Ireland
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      Roadkilled

      @ttyymmnn said in Tracking my son's flight to Ireland:

      That's an extremely awful thing to do. I'm surprised the crew allowed it.

      This was a TWA flight, and they were in a bit of turmoil in 1984. I don't think the cabin crew wanted to be babysitters. I was more upset with the adult chaperones for the band. A number had booked business class and there were few adults in the coach compartment keeping an eye on these kids. To be honest, the kids were not playing their instruments for more than 20 - 30 minutes during the flight. I think the cabin crew were just happy that the kids had something to keep them in their seats. The rest of the time, they were all over the place.

      It was my first transatlantic flight, and possibly the worst I've had.

      I hope your son has a better flight than I did. The opportunity to travel shouldn't be missed. This sounds like something he will remember for a while.

    • This Date in Aviation History: March 9 - March 11
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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      ash78

      We sure did use a lot of rationalization about ending the war quickly by demoralizing the enemy (which apparently didn't work too well). Probably the same thing Putin is thinking right now, albeit a lot has changed in 75 years, including laws of war and international relations -- plus, in this case, Japan was the initial aggressor and empire builder. So it's a loose analogy in reference to civilian casualties and a nation's will to survive at all costs.

    • Oopsies!
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      zipfuel

      Ah another airport with a big ass drop right at the end of the runway.
      They talked about filling in the ravine after the Toronto Air France crash but nothing ever came of it.

    • Europe Military Aviation Status: BUSY
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      @ttyymmnn I'm not even qualied as an armchair analyst but all the TB2 footage I've seen has seemed a lot grainier with data overlaid. This looks like a go-pro hanging in space rather than a plane with a camera having to pan.
      Even little quadcopters with a mile or so of range have got to be clutch for artillery looking to walk their shots onto a target and basically invisible to an armored column making a huge racket and driving with their hatches shut.

    • Planelopnik: Ever wanted to know everything about the F-106?
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      @Skyfire77 Wow! I googled furiously to find some crazy prototype Dart and figured it was just concept art. This is amazing, thanks for the correction.

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      Americans buy Polish MiG-29s
      OPPolitics • mig-29 ukraine poland planelopnik • • ForSweden

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      @ForSweden alt text
      Nothing to see here

    • This Date in Aviation History: March 5 - March 8
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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      @ttyymmnn
      I'm assuming it's the average speed over a lap, with far faster speeds on the straightaways. What would be scary would be taking the turns at high speeds with 1930s tires and 1930s safety gear (or lack thereof.)

    • Just Jeepin'

      Plane repo
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      ranwhenparked

      @EngineerWithTools There was also the whole pie in the sky dreams of globalization promoters over the last 30 years, who believed that closely intertwining nations' economies with each other was an assurance of world peace, since countries would become too dependent on each other and the continued smooth flow of goods to risk damage to themselves by disrupting it. Well, Russia has proven that to not be the case, when you have a leader who just plain doesn't care what happens to his people or his economy or his companies, as long as he gets a shot at recovering some vague notion of "national prestige" through territorial conquest

    • One of the highest quality war videos I've ever seen- Russian Mi-35 gets obliterated, in 720p
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      @Cé-hé-sin IIRC Mi-35s carry 2-3 crew and up to 8 passengers. Watching this video is watching between 2-11 people die, plus whoever was on the ground, because it looked like they were heading towards a house. War is horrible and should be avoided at all cost.

    • This Date in Aviation History: March 2 - March 4
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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    • Just Jeepin'

      Planelopnik, Russian sanctions edition
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      іди на хуй Влад - formerly known as Distraxi

      @GrindIntoSecond Hadn't thought of that, but yes, you're right. That's one big pick-a-part they've just created, considering the small number of those planes they actually need in the air

    • This Date in Aviation History: February 26 - March 1
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      @classicdatsundebate

      That's interesting. Thanks.

    • Brrrrtt Blueballs
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      rctothefuture

      Russian tanks and A10's both suck. Fight me.

    • The Dream is Dead.
      Oppositelock • planelopnik war on ukraine russia waging war an225 • • Skyfire77

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      Nauraushaun

      i think this serves as an allegory for the outcomes of war. no matter who wins, priceless artefacts of humanity are lost. be it life, the nazi book burnings, art pieces, scorched earth strategies, etc.

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      Air travel changing again
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      TheBarber

      @just-jeepin

      Good thing we just got all this practice with telecommuting! With the price of aviation fuel sure to rise along with the extended flight routes I imagine airfare is going to be a bit cost prohibitive. Looks like the US will be getting some nice transit fees for the Northern routes though.

      Well at least for Aeroflot I certainly hope they have spare parts for all those Boeing and Airbus planes. Also, according to Wiki they still have 16 Airbus A350-900's on order. The others in production are in house Russian Sukhois and Irkuts. What do you think the odds of those orders getting cancelled are?

      Not sure how many of the planes in their fleet are leased either.

    • This Date in Aviation History: February 23 - February 25
      Oppositelock • tdiah wingspan planelopnik • • ttyymmnn

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      ranwhenparked

      @ttyymmnn said in This Date in Aviation History: February 23 - February 25:

      production of the entire series that started with the DC-9 ended in 2006 after 41 years with the final Boeing 717 delivered to AirTran Airways.

      Now revived in China:

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      60 more built 2007-present.

    • So you want a triplane.....what it like?..
      Oppositelock • planelopnik history • • GrindIntoSecond

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      ...and if Shondaland is looking for their next fictionalized crime drama, there's always this (assuming that they can get the requisite airplanes without Peter Jackson's company; apparently he wouldn't cooperate on the story)...

    • Engage Hover Mode!
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      @streetsofperth

      True, but over here they name every nor'easter that blows through.

    • Unconfirmed Reports: The AN-225 has been Destroyed (its not..yet)
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      StreetsofPerth

      @nermal I'm concerned that some asshole will think it would be a laugh to hit the New Safe Containment Structure with a missile...