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Should they be worried about melting?

PP

Hopefully the aircraft isn't named Icarus.

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!

Taken by a colleague yesterday...

TheGreenGoblin wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:51 am

Taken by a colleague yesterday...


YAK52.JPG

WHAT in the world is that

A Yak52? (QV)

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...

If you think for one minute that I’m flying to CPT in that

I understand that Yaks are very reliable.

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'.

Still only one engine though, or does it have a hand crank or pedals to keep the prop turning if the engine quits?

No aircraft, but a great shot of Charlie Bravo taken in SA by a gifted photographer friend of mine...

That is a rather impressive CB

Didn’t know at the time that this would be one of the last times I’d see 747’s at CPT

We were lucky enough to fly on one to Vancouver in March 2020. Just before everything came to a grinding halt...