Hmmm..do you like low flying aircraft?....then here ya go!

[Another Ahab]

It is now an anniversary.... NOW
Another aircraft to not forget
so as to NOT forget the people
how about 562 people, at once, or
How about three of our beloved trucks and a trailer full,
and 100 paratroopers
Been there
How about The C130 Hercules

Whoa! What's the story THERE!?

 

[frank8003]

Whoa! What's the story THERE!?

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/

 

[Another Ahab]

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/

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.

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

I have heard P51s go by low and WOW, but I would really love to have heard the four Merlins in mutt_kahuna’s Lancaster (page 1) !!

Hmmm...ok...ask and ye shall get...TWO lancaster's flying togther!...1st time in 50 years!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60jRgKbuKi8

Look skyward!

..... I hear a symphony ! ! !

 

[Another Ahab]

There was thousands of them in the air at one time
To to do a job
Now there is only ONE

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.

 

[steelypip]

- The Sound of Authority;

- The Sound of Getting Things Done;

- The Sound of Pure Power.

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."

 

[Another Ahab]

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."

Wow. I bet that sure enough was a special day; very cool.

 

[Another Ahab]

]I assure they are not forgotten.[/COLOR]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-QUIzaDYSs

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").

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.

 

[frank8003]

DC3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8kt2vDm3Mw

 

[marchplumber]

DC3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8kt2vDm3Mw

That does NOT appear to be even fifteen feet above the deck! Sure glad pilot didn't sneeze or photographer jump!! HOLY SMOKES!!

 

[steelypip]

That may be the most fun way to mow the grass ever...

 

[Another Ahab]

That might be the closest thing to landing without actually landing that I've ever seen!

 

[mutt_kahuna]

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

 

[marchplumber]

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

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

 

[Another Ahab]

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!

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!

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

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."

 

[frank8003]

..........by the looks of the buildings in the background it's all the same city.

Looks like BHX in the UK
google to birmingham airport BHX crosswind

 

[Another Ahab]

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."

ColdWarrior, you really boosted my flying confidence with THAT one. Ho-Boy!

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

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 !

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

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