Planes
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@Donsteppa and I suspect (hope) they got thier arses kicked too!
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Interesting, never heard about these guys before http://www.caribbeanaircrew-ww2.com/
The guy who wrote To sir with love was one of them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._R._Braithwaite
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Nice little piece for aviation nerds:
I've known Dave for a couple of decades and he is possibly the nicest man on the planet. If you have been to an airshow in NZ you have probably seen his tiger moth display. Possibly the Avro Anson, and he also flew the first Mosquito that they restored.
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@Machpants said in Planes:
They're all so high! Well it appears to be mostly yanks who dont really know what low level is
Haha. I ferried a C402 up from Townsville up to Lae years ago, so all the way up the eastern edge of Cape York. When I arrived, the boss came out to inspect his new plane and his first words were "what's this all over it? It appears to be salt?"
"No idea mate, was like that when I got it".
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=12295561&&ref=recommended
It might not have much of a sonic boom but how are you supposed to see to land it? Auto land only? Cameras? That's why concorde had a movable nose cone.
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Love this story
That's bloody brilliant . Hear those biggest dick contests all the time. The "we're showing closer to 2,000" - superb.
I remember when the SAAB 2000 (50 odd seat turboprop) was new and being demonstrated in NZ, it was heading into CHC. An Air NZ 737 called up and asked ATC when they were going to pass the SAAB as they wanted descent clearance, he was getting a bit angsty about it. The controller, with a distinct snigger in his voice replied " you won't, he's going faster than you.
There was that silence on the radio for quite some time that was just mentioned in the clip.