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Not mine... just stuff from around the web...
Randomly found aviation photos
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Shawn
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Hehe...I'm pretty sure I was there when one of those was taken.
Nauga,
everywhere at once
Nauga,
everywhere at once
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If it was the twin, wink twice if you're the guy hanging from the prop. LOL.
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It's the hawk hitting the glider - if it was taken at Point Fermin in San Pedro (CA). It looks familiar and I've seen it more than once while flying there.
Nauga,
the dope on the slope
Nauga,
the dope on the slope
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And here I thought you drove a Cadillac.
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I was flying the A-10 in the pic. Got jumped by 2 SU-25s over Baghdad. 
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Where do you get bike racks and the mudflaps?
Best Guess is Bike Rack = Bird Dog rocket launcher
Plano Pilot
Cleared for Takeoff
Plano Pilot
Cleared for Takeoff
The logo on the tail is worth a thousand words.
It must have been a fun ride. https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/R...ID=20001213X34841&AKey=1&RType=Final&IType=FA
Analysis
THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCK PIN RETRACTED JUST BEFORE OR
DURING TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN 21 FEET SHORT OF THE
RUNWAY. IT TRAVELED THAT 21 FEET, TRAVELED THE FULL LENGTH OF THE 6999-
FOOT RUNWAY, THEN TRAVELED ANOTHER ONE-FOURTH OF A MILE AND STOPPED
ON A GOLF COURSE. NO PRE-TOUCHDOWN MECHANICAL, HYDRAULIC OR
ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS COULD BE FOUND.
Findings
1. (C) PROCEDURES/DIRECTIVES - NOT FOLLOWED - PILOT IN COMMAND
2. (C) GEAR RETRACTION - INADVERTENT - COPILOT/SECOND PILOT
mkosmo
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damn, how fast did he touch down to skid 7k' on concrete plus the additional 1300' on grass?!
Just read that report:
"THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCK PIN RETRACTED JUST BEFORE OR DURING TOUCHDOWN.
THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN 21 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. IT TRAVELED THAT 21 FEET, TRAVELED THE FULL LENGTH OF THE 6999- FOOT RUNWAY, THEN TRAVELED ANOTHER ONE-FOURTH OF A MILE AND STOPPED ON A GOLF COURSE."
Do I detect some BS in that report? Sure sounds like it. That Sabre looks pretty good for having slid down 7,000 feet of concrete/asphalt. Are they saying it slid right down the center line with no deviations into the grass and without taking out any runway lights? Not likely to happen. If it was a flight check plane it probably took out the localizer antenna before it stopped.The pilot must have had exceptional skills to accomplish that feat. OTOH, I think he got a "hole-in-one". Hopefully, no greens were damaged.
"THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCK PIN RETRACTED JUST BEFORE OR DURING TOUCHDOWN.
THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN 21 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. IT TRAVELED THAT 21 FEET, TRAVELED THE FULL LENGTH OF THE 6999- FOOT RUNWAY, THEN TRAVELED ANOTHER ONE-FOURTH OF A MILE AND STOPPED ON A GOLF COURSE."
Do I detect some BS in that report? Sure sounds like it. That Sabre looks pretty good for having slid down 7,000 feet of concrete/asphalt. Are they saying it slid right down the center line with no deviations into the grass and without taking out any runway lights? Not likely to happen. If it was a flight check plane it probably took out the localizer antenna before it stopped.The pilot must have had exceptional skills to accomplish that feat. OTOH, I think he got a "hole-in-one". Hopefully, no greens were damaged.
NoHeat
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That A10 got bullet holes from every angle. Top. Bottom. Side.
That couldn't happen in combat, could it?
That couldn't happen in combat, could it?
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I figured it was an old shell they used for target practice/strafing runs.
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I doubt it but explosions from top and bottom would do it. Have to be a pretty dense AAA / SAM area. Probably why it's a computer sim image.
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NoHeat
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Maybe not, but there's a heck of a divot. And the sign does say that Rule 5 is to replace all divots.
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Ahh, good catch. I wasn't looking at it closely enough to see it was a sim image/rendering.
GlennAB1
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No, because A-10's only fly straight and level.
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Sabreliner's a pretty thick-skinned airplane, but it does look like there's some significant damage to the left wing.
Be interesting to know what "procedures/directives" the PIC didn't follow.
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Definitely photoshop. All those holes and not a one into the canopy? The exposed areas of the engine nacelle don't look like jet engine to me.
Sabreliner's a pretty thick-skinned airplane, but it does look like there's some significant damage to the left wing.
Be interesting to know what "procedures/directives" the PIC didn't follow.
It's a WAG, but I'd guess the pilot went to full throttle when the belly met the concrete. Splains the long landing.