The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX

[Griz882]

A little late...but...I took the Mrs. to Seattle for the long Veteran's Day weekend. We stopped in at the Boeing Museum of Flight and it happened to be the day they dedicated their new A-6/EA-6 exhibit. I talked to a number of great aviators there and had a blast. Some of you "Extend-A-Truder" guys in the EA-6 community might even recognize the bird below. They also had a sad, but informative exhibit about an A-6 shot down over North Vietnam. The POW/MIA guys found the site and recovered the crew. Damaged segments of the airplane were recovered and displayed along with a cool relief map of VN.

Enjoy...

 

[jmcquate]

Hanging with Buzz. He's a crusty old fucker. He told he his favorite plane was an F-86.

 

[Renegade One]

Hanging with Buzz. He's a crusty old fucker. He told he his favorite plane was an F-86.

Was he wearing a MD Moon watch?

 

[Griz882]

Here is a nice shot of a Japanese Navy (OK, Maritime Self-Defense Force) 60 operating on a US destroyer deck.

 

[Malo83]

Just wondering, are the Japanese E2C Hawkeyes landlocked or have they ever trapped on one of our carriers?

 

[ChuckMK23]

You have to hand it to the JSDF - everything aviation related, whether it be aircraft or flight gear or GSE - all are immaculate.

 

[Uncle Fester]

Just wondering, are the Japanese E2C Hawkeyes landlocked or have they ever trapped on one of our carriers?

They've always been shore-based. The only E-2s ever to cross-deck with us have been the French Navy Hummers (along with their Rafaels and we cross decked to CDG), albeit just for CQ and to show it could be done.

 

[Hozer]

The irony of a Japanese aircraft trapping on a US flattop...

 

[Wareal]

Family Day yesterday with VFA-106. FCLP Fentress

 

[Malo83]

AD-5N Skyraider 132572, Nas Cubi Pt and NAS Atsugi.

 

[VMO4]

Took the Cessna up to KGNV for some $100 BBQ and got to park on the ramp next to a Pukin Dog, in town for the UF engineering open house, along with a P-8 and a -60. Then had to fight all the Riddle guys practicing ILS approaches to leave and go home.

 

[Randy Daytona]

Picture an Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama which set the world record for helicopter flight of 40,814 feet in 1972. (since surpassed) On the same flight, the helicopter inadvertently set the world's greatest autorotation record as the engine flamed out and both the starter and the battery had been removed to save weight. Aérospatiale Chief Test Pilot Jean Boulet also managed to execute IIMC as the canopy iced up, he could not see outside, and the attitude gyro had been removed.

https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/21-june-1972/

Interesting that the Lama has a fixed turbine, not a free turbine. Every pilot that has flown it loves it - only got enough time to get my Part 133 external load qual but it was a blast to fly.

 

[Renegade One]

Picture an Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama which set the world record for helicopter flight...

What kind of aircraft took the photo?

 

[Randy Daytona]

What kind of aircraft took the photo?

That is a very good question. This flight is a good example of the tradeoffs in helicopter design. If the engine power matches transmission power at sea level, the helo is very strong down low. However at altitude, the same configuration does not work as well - other helicopters that have much more engine power than transmission capability at sea level now find these two parameters now efficiently matching up. Boeing and Bell's generally have more engine than tranny, Sikorskys seemed to have beefier gearboxes. It would be interesting to see which could climb higher, a CH-53E or CH-47.

 

[ChuckMK23]

One of the latest batch of refurbished CH-46E's being delivered to Department of State Aviation unit at Patrick AFB, Florida. Beautiful glass cockpit, ILS, GPS, etc.

Moving from "Orca" gloss blue and white to low vis paint scheme.