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Great aviation shot!
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 10:19 pm
by TheGreenGoblin
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Re: Great aviation shot!
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 10:42 pm
by PHXPhlyer
Should they be worried about melting?
PP
Re: Great aviation shot!
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2021 5:27 am
by llondel
Hopefully the aircraft isn't named Icarus.
Re: Great aviation shot!
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 6:44 am
by TheGreenGoblin
Operation moon shot... an old respected buddy posted this as his vale to fellow pilots as King Farouk's old haunts vanished in the Nile mist behind him for the last time!
Re: Great aviation shot!
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:51 am
by TheGreenGoblin
Taken by a colleague yesterday...
Re: Great aviation shot!
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 2:17 pm
by Woody
TheGreenGoblin wrote: ↑Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:51 am
Taken by a colleague yesterday...
YAK52.JPG
WHAT in the world is that
Re: Great aviation shot!
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:17 pm
by Boac
A Yak52? (QV)
Re: Great aviation shot!
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:23 pm
by TheGreenGoblin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-52
I have not flown that aircraft but I have flown this very Yak....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-18T
I love the photo of the Yak-52 and wish it was mine... just like I wish I could photograph Cumulus Mammatus with the panache of Boac...
Re: Great aviation shot!
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:39 pm
by Woody
If you think for one minute that I’m flying to CPT in that
Re: Great aviation shot!
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:43 pm
by G-CPTN
I understand that Yaks are very reliable.
Re: Great aviation shot!
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 4:19 pm
by ian16th
G-CPTN wrote: ↑Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:43 pm
I understand that Yaks are very
reliable rugged.
Not reliable, but they keep going even if things go wrong!
Think 'high availability' and 'fault tolerance'.
Re: Great aviation shot!
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 7:27 pm
by llondel
Still only one engine though, or does it have a hand crank or pedals to keep the prop turning if the engine quits?
Re: Great aviation shot!
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2021 4:41 pm
by TheGreenGoblin
No aircraft, but a great shot of Charlie Bravo taken in SA by a gifted photographer friend of mine...
Re: Great aviation shot!
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2022 9:29 am
by reddo
That is a rather impressive CB
Re: Great aviation shot!
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:23 am
by Woody
Didn’t know at the time that this would be one of the last times I’d see 747’s at CPT
Re: Great aviation shot!
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2022 9:45 am
by reddo
We were lucky enough to fly on one to Vancouver in March 2020. Just before everything came to a grinding halt...