The Planespotting/General AV Geek Thread

[FlyboyAl]

Wow - never seen a bird with props and jet. Were they common?

Great pics FlyboyAl

As they say,6 pushing and 4 pulling! The B36 Peacemaker.

 

[Altair]

As they say,6 pushing and 4 pulling! The B36 Peacemaker.

One of the first aircraft my father served on.

 

[FlyboyAl]

If you ever wondered about the Trent 1000 engine on a 747, check out these pics taken today at Tucson airport. Note the rego on the aircraft, although it does have experimental on it.

 

[petercr]

You could just about fit one of the other 3 engines inside that Trent 1000

 

[FlyboyAl]

The magnificance of the A10 Warthog. Not great pics, but today was not a photo day.
Taken at Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson.

 

[jb747]

Interesting how the ailerons are split, so that they are up and down simultaneously, making them into speedbrakes.

 

[Happy Trails]

I'm not sure how common it is to see an Antonov at MEL but my first time spotting it despite all my travels in MEL, SYD and Asia

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I noticed it earlier in the day unloading some military vehicles.
Armoured cars or suchlike.

 

[ozimax]

Some more RAAF noise. Williamtown today.

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Nice photos. Awesome planes.

 

[BAM1748]

Phone snap about 6 weeks ago in Sydney, Honeywell 757 with extra engine mounting for monitoring test engines. Be nice sitting up the front with a shiraz watching to make the sure motor doesn't fall off, Larson style.

 

[straitman]

Wow - never seen a bird with props and jet. Were they common?

Have a look at this then.

SP2H Neptune. Two burning and two turning. The jets actually ran on 115-145 octane Avgas.

SP2H Neptune

 

[docjames]

Phone snap about 6 weeks ago in Sydney, Honeywell 757 with extra engine mounting for monitoring test engines. Be nice sitting up the front with a shiraz watching to make the sure motor doesn't fall off, Larson style.

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Wow, that's unusual, haven't seen that mountpoint for an extra engine before.

Makes sense though, the 757 is well powered but i wonder how much structural reinforcement is required to have it mounted there?

 

[leadman]

First trip to the US for a while and was looking forward to see if I could spot the scimitar winglets on the 737's. Surprised by the number around the west coast mainly on Southwest and Alaskan. Did not see any of the AT winglets. Photos taken at OAK and good to compare both types

 

[FlyboyAl]

Many may have heard of "The Boneyard" at Daivs Monthan AFB in Tucson.
It is here that most aircraft of the USAF, USN and USMC are stored, parted out, or destroyed.
bus tour from Pima Air Museum is the only way you can see it.
Everything from single seat trainers to B1 and B52 bombers

 

[FlyboyAl]

And a few more.

 

[FlyboyAl]

And, lucky last, the A10.
Tomorrow, it's the Titan ICBM Missile site.

 

[jb747]

Have a look at this then.

SP2H Neptune. Two burning and two turning. The jets actually ran on 115-145 octane Avgas.

SP2H Neptune

Back around 1975 a Neptune arrived at Nowra. The refueller turned up with his truck (of avgas), but saw the jets and figured he needed the other truck (of avtur). Somehow or other, the flight engineer didn't supervise this, so the upshot was that the aircraft was fuelled up with the wrong fuel. The pistons started up ok, but when they tried to run them up they started misbehaving. Both piston engines had to be replaced.

 

[lastrow]

Not long ago on TV I witnessed the Plane Eater! This monster gobbled up a passenger aircraft in about 3 minutes, seats and all. The shredded product was spat out the back into a waiting truck and taken to a sorting station.

 

[Franky]

Back around 1975 a Neptune arrived at Nowra. The refueller turned up with his truck (of avgas), but saw the jets and figured he needed the other truck (of avtur). Somehow or other, the flight engineer didn't supervise this, so the upshot was that the aircraft was fuelled up with the wrong fuel. The pistons started up ok, but when they tried to run them up they started misbehaving. Both piston engines had to be replaced.

I was serving there at the time, and from memory, the tanker driver was initially charged with being under the influence of mary jane.

 

[bertflyer]

Saw this Globemaster arrive at MEL this morning, 10.23am. Loved watching its long and slow approach!

 

[ozbeachbabe]

Many may have heard of "The Boneyard" at Daivs Monthan AFB in Tucson. It is here that most aircraft of the USAF, USN and USMC are stored, parted out, or destroyed. bus tour from Pima Air Museum is the only way you can see it. Everything from single seat trainers to B1 and B52 bombers.

FlyboyAl I think you need to organise a pilgrimage to some of these places.

There's a new show on Foxtel's A&E Channel called Wrecking Plan which features the company ARC Aerospace Industries LLC at Victorville CA that wrecks old aircraft and sells off the scrap metal. There's also another company called Avi Art that purchaes parts from ARC to make custom furniture from aircraft parts.