Nah! Bit of speedtape and couple of rivets................

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Nah! Bit of speedtape and couple of rivets................

#1 Post by Boac » Tue Mar 10, 2020 12:34 pm

https://www.airlive.net/incident-a-gulf ... -a330-300/

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#2 Post by G-CPTN » Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:06 pm

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#3 Post by OFSO » Tue Mar 10, 2020 9:17 pm

I remember seeing worse bulges folds bumps and ripples under a B-52's armpits while on the ground. Did they straighten out in flight with the wings under load ?

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#4 Post by Boac » Tue Mar 10, 2020 9:30 pm

Are you looking at the right picture, OFSO?

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#5 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Mar 11, 2020 5:46 am

One assumes that the Gulfstream will be a write off, fit for spares only?
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#6 Post by Ex-Ascot » Wed Mar 11, 2020 5:59 am

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One assumes that the Gulfstream will be a write off, fit for spares only?
I would think so. There has to be more damage than the obvious. Fuselage probably twisted.
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#7 Post by barkingmad » Wed Mar 11, 2020 7:56 am

“seriously damaged”? Why the mealy mouthed wording? I would have thought “almost completely severed” would be a more suitable description of the tech log entry?

Marie Antoinette had a graceful neck which was also “seriously damaged” by a bladed article in public!

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#8 Post by Boac » Wed Mar 11, 2020 3:42 pm

Another view, presumably with the 'guilty bastard' in shot.

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#9 Post by OFSO » Wed Mar 11, 2020 5:00 pm

Should have been on the "I bent it thread.". Bulgy armpits on B-52.

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#10 Post by barkingmad » Wed Mar 11, 2020 8:26 pm

A bit if judicious thrust lever juggling might keep the bizjet more or less flying straight.
Pitch control probably a deciding factor in the go-nogo decision.

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#11 Post by Boac » Wed Mar 11, 2020 8:38 pm

The drag would be the problem?

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#12 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Mar 11, 2020 8:56 pm

OFSO wrote:
Wed Mar 11, 2020 5:00 pm
Should have been on the "I bent it thread.". Bulgy armpits on B-52.
Both threads are dealing with the issue in many ways, bad taxiing and parking aside.

The B-52 had a tendency to shed its vertical stabilizer in the early days of its operation. Go easy on the rudders china!

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