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Whoa! What's the story THERE!?
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Hmmm..do you like low flying aircraft?....then here ya go!
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oops 452 not 562
I should not hurry written on the board 500 times
Nothing demonstrates this flexibility more than the last C-130 out of Saigon, South Vietnam. On 29 April 1975, a C-130A, set up to carry it's maximum load of 92 ... a last ditch dash to freedom and took-off with a whopping 452 people on board.
from http://fightersweep.com/367/c-130-hercules-great-american-airplane/
http://lockheedmartin.com/us/news/p...30-airlifter-celebrates-60th-anniversary.html
http://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenth...r-the-most-successful-military-aircraft-ever/
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It doesn't matter, frank8003; it's an amazing story either way.
Thank you for letting us all know about this. I had no idea until you mentioned it.
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The skipper's speech in this video is Classic:
- "After more fighting; we'll do more talking".
Right there with "Nuts" by General McAuiffe at Bastogne.
Thanks a million, frank8003.
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Or, as I told my 10 year old son when Fifi was taking off (and remembering standing beside the runway during a 12 ship B-52 MITO when I was knee-high to a grasshopper),
"That, my son, is the sound of Freedom."
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Wow. I bet that sure enough was a special day; very cool.
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I never heard or read anything about the details of the Pacific air war, until seeing this very video. And I'm not sure why but just never ran across it (not even having read Karen Hillenbrand's "Unbroken").frank8003;1759821[COLOR=#ffff00 said:
So Iwo held the airfields for the escorts (P-51), and the other islands were marshaling points for the waves of bombers. I didn't know that. I got to thank you here, frank8003.
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That does NOT appear to be even fifteen feet above the deck! Sure glad pilot didn't sneeze or photographer jump!! HOLY SMOKES!!
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That may be the most fun way to mow the grass ever...
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That might be the closest thing to landing without actually landing that I've ever seen!
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Here's a GREAT video showing some really bad crosswind conditions...on both landing AND takeoff!...this is fairly long BUT worth it..at apx 6:50 watch the B-777 TRY to land...have those burp bags handy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P9OAng32F0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P9OAng32F0
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Remind me to NEVER fly into or out of that airport! Eegad man! The winds are bad enough, but what is up with the "hilly" runway???!?!?? Looks like an British aircraft carrier deck for goodness sake, without the arresting wires!! LOL
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That's some real rodeo flying video you found, kahuna.
And by the looks of the buildings in the background it's all the same city.
Remind me not to book any flights in or out of THERE. Yikes!
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I believe I have been aboard airplanes for similar crosswind approaches and departures. Most pilots will tell you that the most challenging part of any mission is the point at which you convert a truck into a flying machine and/or when converting it back into a coasting truck again. A test pilot for Mitsubishi Aircraft International once advised me, "Every landing is simply a controlled crash."
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Looks like BHX in the UK
google to birmingham airport BHX crosswind
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ColdWarrior, you really boosted my flying confidence with THAT one. Ho-Boy!
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ColdWarrior, you really boosted my flying confidence with THAT one. Ho-Boy!
You're welcome.
He was the same pilot that described his first solo instrument landing.
Clouds were on the deck, his instruments looked good. gradually descended below 100 ft above the ground. He was perfectly centered on the runway, but it was 80 ft long and 4800 ft wide!!!!!!! OOPS !
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