The plane enthusiasts thread

[FishFright]

One of these, or similair, flew over me at a very low altitude in North Staffordshire the other day. It made a right racket. What is it ?

Boss, da plane da plane

• FishFright
• 6 Aug 2017

 

[midlife]

Hercules? They are pretty quiet when they tool around near me.

 

[FishFright]

Could be and by low I'm guessing a few hundred feet

 

[Drago]

Hercules? They are pretty quiet when they tool around near me.

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Trust me, the Herc is so quiet because it keeps all the noise in the inside! Great planes, one of the last aircraft left that's considered 'real flying', with controls thatnpull cables which operate hydraulic actuators - no new fangled crash by wire here.

 

[Illaveago]

They used to live here a few miles away at Lyneham in the good old days.

 

[Cycleops]

Some 20,000 blueprints of the oldWW2 Mosquito aircraft blueprints have been found at Airbus factory in Flintshire:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-40873628
Where I once lived in the village of Hunsdon near Harlow there was wartime airfield behind my house which was used for Mosquito operations.

 

[Drago]

Seen a job advertised at Cranfield Airport. Might slip them a length of my CV.

 

[DaveReading]

Some 20,000 blueprints of the oldWW2 Mosquito aircraft blueprints have been found at Airbus factory in Flintshire:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-40873628

According to the article: "The drawings were made on micro film aperture cards".

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Must have had awfy wee pencils

 

[Illaveago]

Some 20,000 blueprints of the oldWW2 Mosquito aircraft blueprints have been found at Airbus factory in Flintshire:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-40873628
Where I once lived in the village of Hunsdon near Harlow there was wartime airfield behind my house which was used for Mosquito operations.

My parents had a set of encyclopedias which had pictures of Mosquitos being built in the factory, my brother has them in his house somewhere.
The modern aeroplane at the time according to the encyclopedia was the Saunders Roe Princess Flying Boat.

 

[Cycleops]

According to US intelligence IS are working on their own fighter aircraft. Its rumoured they are going to name it the Mosque ito.

 

[Cycleops]

Reports of a ISIS Air Force may be true:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/us-fighter-jocks-pray-the-isis-air-force-rumors-are-true

 

[Drago]

I'm sure the F15E boys would be chomping at the bit to go up against some old Mig 21 that hasn't been services properly since the 70's.

 

[DaveReading]

They enjoy boxing well under their weight?

An expression involving fish and barrels springs to mind ...

 

[Drago]

They enjoy boxing well under their weight?

Peace through superior firepower. The best kind.