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Plane Lodgings in Alaska

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Mon Aug 19, 2024 8:15 pm

by PHXPhlyer » Mon Aug 19, 2024 8:15 pm

The man turning jet planes into cool houses

Wasilla, south central Alaska. Home to bears, lakes, mountains and a flight school that’s fast...

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Mon Aug 19, 2024 8:15 pm
High Tech Tool Tracking

Last post by llondel « Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:40 pm
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by PHXPhlyer » Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:28 pm

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I am watching a program on the Science Channel on helicopter maintenance.
One of the operators featured is Era Helicopters operating out of Louisiana...

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One of my previous employers has a fancy solution for tool tracking on production lines. Mostly cars, but I think they've got pictures of an aircraft...

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Last post by llondel
Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:40 pm
One Big Ass Plane

Last post by G-CPTN « Fri Mar 22, 2024 2:33 pm
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by PHXPhlyer » Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:16 pm

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Gigantic new aircraft design aims to create the largest plane ever to fly

There’s a global energy crisis and onshore wind farms are a potential...

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Years ago I travelled on one of the large hovercraft and jokingly asked the stewardess if I could 'go up on deck' to which she disappeared and...

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Last post by G-CPTN
Fri Mar 22, 2024 2:33 pm
Flying cars

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Mon Jul 03, 2023 2:34 pm
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by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:27 am

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Found this in the Guardian;

An interesting read, I still can't envision the roads/skies being full of self flying cars though. :-?

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Alef Aeronautics CEO: Our flying car is 'safer than regular cars'
The price tag for this vehicle is $300,000, but the company's CEO says they are...

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Mon Jul 03, 2023 2:34 pm
Coming To A Cargo Ramp Near You

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Fri Feb 03, 2023 2:39 pm

by PHXPhlyer » Fri Feb 03, 2023 2:39 pm

UPS, FedEx partner airline agrees to buy 20 pilotless cargo planes in $134M deal

Ameriflight, a cargo airline that partners with shipping giants...

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Fri Feb 03, 2023 2:39 pm
Seaglider vs. Sailboats, etc.

Last post by G-CPTN « Tue May 18, 2021 2:06 pm
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by PHXPhlyer » Wed May 12, 2021 6:38 pm

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What could possibly go wrong? :-?

This New All-Electric Seaplane Glides Above the Water Like a Hovercraft
Flying at high speeds on a cushion of...

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Christopher Skase ran two large, four- engine, 40-seater hovercraft on shuttle runs between Brisbane Airport and the Gold Coast Spit between 1988 and...

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Tue May 18, 2021 2:06 pm
Electric Aircraft

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Thu Apr 15, 2021 8:07 am
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by ian16th » Wed Sep 16, 2020 2:05 pm

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An interesting article.

Well I thought so.

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TGG, once, fresh out of training and going somewhere North with my boss, both pax in the back of the Anson, I was disappointed when we turned back....

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Thu Apr 15, 2021 8:07 am
Fingers crossed

Last post by ricardian « Wed Nov 18, 2020 1:30 pm

by ricardian » Wed Nov 18, 2020 1:30 pm

Boeing's 737 Max gets approval to fly passengers again

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Wed Nov 18, 2020 1:30 pm
The conception and birth of the Boeing 747.

Last post by ExSp33db1rd « Wed Jan 15, 2020 12:07 am
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by G-CPTN » Tue Jan 14, 2020 11:31 pm

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From the days when Boeing 'got it right':-

Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet Documentary .

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Queen of the Skies ?

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Wed Jan 15, 2020 12:07 am
Cobham taken over by US firm

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Mon Dec 30, 2019 1:23 pm
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by CharlieOneSix » Sat Dec 21, 2019 2:57 pm

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I find this extremely sad. Yet another all-British aviation firm to be influenced by the US. My ex-father-in-law worked for Flight Refuelling all his...

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A personal example.

Be afraid, Cobham employees, be very afraid!

A very interesting post, illustrative of the pitfalls of this kind of takeover....

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Mon Dec 30, 2019 1:23 pm
Impact on Airbus of Boeing dramas.

Last post by ian16th « Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:42 pm
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by Alisoncc » Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:11 am

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With all the media attention being directed at Boeing, we hear very little of it's impact on Airbus. Are they just chugging along unchanged or making...

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They should triple check every detail to make sure NEOs don't have similar issues.

No! They have a different one, them gearbox thingies isn't it?

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Last post by ian16th
Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:42 pm
Pod planes

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:39 pm
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by probes » Mon Nov 25, 2019 8:51 am
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based on idea of shipping containers as units that are easily transferred to other transport,
The key idea here, both in Clip-Air and Link & Fly,...

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I can hear O'Leary licking his lips - loads of possibilities there! 1) Pay to get into the pod? 2) Pay to get out of the pod? 3) The biggest on-board...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:39 pm
The Largest Aircraft on Floats

Last post by llondel « Wed Sep 04, 2019 1:27 am
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by ian16th » Fri Aug 30, 2019 12:39 pm

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I asked myself a question that I couldn't answer. Not difficult!

What was/is the largest 'float plane'?

I know things are ambiguous in this area,...

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Still reckon the Concorde could’ve cracked it with enough shackles holding it on and a long enough run. :D

It would have been OK until it tried to...

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Last post by llondel
Wed Sep 04, 2019 1:27 am
If only......

Last post by Slasher « Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:19 am
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by ian16th » Sun Apr 07, 2019 12:53 pm

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We'd had these things in my day!

How many screw and Dzus fasteners wouldn't we have had to unfasten to remove panels to do an 'inspection'?

Might...

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What a smartphone would've looked like had it been invented back in the '80s.

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Last post by Slasher
Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:19 am
Flying Clunkers

Last post by izod tester « Mon Jan 28, 2019 6:56 pm
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by Cacophonix » Sun Jan 27, 2019 8:13 am

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The thread for aircraft that were unsafe, badly designed, unfit for purpose of just generally failed to do what they were intended to do.

I was...

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After Henry Folland left Glosters after it was taken over by Hawkers in 1937 he formed the Folland aircraft company. The first aircraft Folland's...

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Last post by izod tester
Mon Jan 28, 2019 6:56 pm
Made in china

Last post by llondel « Thu Jan 24, 2019 3:33 pm
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by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Fri Dec 28, 2018 4:49 pm

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Just spotted this in the DM;

Wonder what engines they are using on this 'new' design aircraft? Are they made in China too? :-?

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Give them another 50 years and they'll probably dominate the sector.

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Last post by llondel
Thu Jan 24, 2019 3:33 pm
Airlander 10 finally gets airborne without crashing!

Last post by ian16th « Sun Sep 10, 2017 11:00 am
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by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Thu May 11, 2017 9:59 am

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Good news to see it go up and then landing without going SPLAT!

:YMAPPLAUSE:

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Seriously, I don't understand the modern propensity for backing *sh*t* without knowing wtf the salesman is on about.

It always seems easy to get...

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Last post by ian16th
Sun Sep 10, 2017 11:00 am
The Cirrus SR22 just got better...

Last post by Pinky the pilot « Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:50 am
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by Cacophonix » Thu Jan 05, 2017 12:04 am

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At a little over +- $800,000 I am sure that some folks here will be out there bidding for one of these models.

Cirrus today officially introduced...

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What Bob said, but rather than a Beaver on floats I'd go for a reasonably low hour C404.

Always a bit of work about around here for a good example...

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Last post by Pinky the pilot
Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:50 am
If it looks right it will fly right

Last post by More Aviation « Thu Dec 29, 2016 3:48 am
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by More Aviation » Thu Dec 29, 2016 2:55 am

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So says the old dictum and the Boeing/Saab T-X trainer certainly looks right...

In December, a diminutive two-seat military jet aircraft took...

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Other competitors in the race to replace the T-38 Talon.

MA

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Last post by More Aviation
Thu Dec 29, 2016 3:48 am
Turkey and the F35

Last post by Dirk « Mon Nov 14, 2016 3:56 pm

by Dirk » Mon Nov 14, 2016 3:56 pm

WTF!!, I didn't know this was happening:(admittedly i stopped following the money-pit fighter story some time ago)

Not only is Turkey odering F35s,...

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Last post by Dirk
Mon Nov 14, 2016 3:56 pm
Warping Wings

Last post by Dirk « Sun Oct 23, 2016 9:09 pm
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by admin » Fri Jan 22, 2016 7:11 pm

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Future aircraft wings will ripple with adaptive, shape-shifting, quiet moving parts rather than noisy hinged flaps.
Interesting article on future...

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I have been watching Red Kites lately, their flight is a little unusual in the marked use of their horizontal tail as a roll control, they twist it...

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Last post by Dirk
Sun Oct 23, 2016 9:09 pm
How Airbus achieved the miracle of keeping a European project flying

Last post by Capetonian « Sun Oct 23, 2016 5:22 pm

by Capetonian » Sun Oct 23, 2016 5:22 pm

Entire article can be read here .........

The beginning and end are the most telling.
In many ways, the history of aircraft maker Airbus parallels...

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Last post by Capetonian
Sun Oct 23, 2016 5:22 pm
Crash proof

Last post by OFSO « Wed Jan 20, 2016 11:50 am
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by Woody » Fri Jan 15, 2016 6:58 pm

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WTF

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It has to be a windup.

Yes, that might work, but would passengers accept a whopping great twisted band of elastic running down the aisle from nose...

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Last post by OFSO
Wed Jan 20, 2016 11:50 am
Wot 'Nuts and Bolts' is for

Last post by Sisemen « Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:49 pm
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by henry crun » Thu Oct 22, 2015 8:22 am

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There has been a complaint elsewhere that 'Nuts and Bolts' is underused, so perhaps I should explain.

My suggestion of this topic came simply from...

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They're probably like buses Henry - you wait ages for one and then 5 turn up at the same time.

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Last post by Sisemen
Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:49 pm
Apprenticeships

Last post by Alisoncc « Thu Oct 22, 2015 4:00 am
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by henry crun » Sat Sep 05, 2015 10:27 pm

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I started my apprenticeship late 1961 in the aerospace industry as a 6-6 student apprentice. This meant six months of each year at the company and...

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Like Blacksheep did an RAF apprenticeship, except mine was at RAF Locking, their No 1 Radio School. That has held me in good stead for the whole of...

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Thu Oct 22, 2015 4:00 am

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