10SQN is still operating Orions until they are replaced in the SIGINT mission by MC-55 Gulfstreams, starting next year.
Jump to postkalvado wrote:Is that limited by fuel tank capacity?
The Blue Angels pilots are full time US Navy or Marine Corps officers, I suspect their duties don't leave much time for a second job.
Jump to postThe Boeing Loyal Wingman had a naming ceremony today, is now designated the MQ-28A Ghost Bat. Link
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Jump to postSome years ago, a Jet overflying canada had an engine failure, with some nice vibrations. Some days later, when people (and their lawyers) started to investigate in order to know who was going to pay (aircraft manufacturer, engine manufacturer, operator) , the engine manufacturer asked why the pilo...
Jump to postReversing core thrust would involve a lot off titanium use. Might be easier and lighter to design a drag chute system. bt I can't see the USAF/Boeing going for something as maintenance intensive as a drag chute, especially since remote/austere field operations is a big part of the mission set. The ...
Jump to postThe blown flaps arrangement might make re-engining expensive or problematic or both. Any C-17 re-engine program is going to be more complicated than most; in order to keep the short field landing performance a nacelle/exhaust system that reverses the core thrust is probably going to be required. Bo...
Jump to postThat plane has a range with max payload of over 2,400 miles. Flights of ~150 miles are not what it was optimized for. All true, however almost completely irrelevant to the mission planners. The Herc's self protection capability, rugged and reliable systems, short field performance and maneuverabili...
Jump to postMax Q wrote:Are there any plug in electrical sockets on the main deck cargo hold on civil or military aircraft ?
Or failing that, anything that looks like a part number or identifier from the strut label or elsewhere would help some of the wizards on here to give you model and series, and a tail number wouldn't surprise me.
Jump to postHi, Correct me if I am wrong, but I am given to understand that when the gear is retracted into the wheelwell, braking is applied to stop the wheels spinning. If this is the case, can anyone explain why please? Many thanks Just to expand a little to the OP, tyres on the main gear almost universally...
Jump to postVery basically, system voltage and therefore the charger voltage has to be at a higher potential than the batteries in order to get some charge into them. 24V battery on a 28V system is standard.
Jump to postInteresting thread indeed. While I could imagine that the task of programming a digital FBW is already highly complex - but how the heck did they manage to implement this complex logic in an analog aircraft like the Concorde? Of a similar era, the F-111 did it purely mechanically. Pitch and roll st...
Jump to postA UAV has no one on board, by definition. They can either be controlled remotely from a ground station or flying themselves along a pre-programmed route.
Jump to postGetting a brand new, non-retreaded tire out of the warehouse is more of a surprise actually.
A retread tire is little different to getting an avionics box that's been repaired and checked at the workshop, or a hydraulic actuator that's just out of overhaul.
Question on windsocks - yes windsocks! We have reasonably progressed from the day of the windsock with more information about wind available than the windsock can provide but coming into SYD last night i saw the windsock between T2/3 and T1 and was wondering if it really was used by pilots anymore ...
Jump to postanshabhi wrote:Cool but there's quite a difference between firing a bullet and flying an airplane
Maybe they are required to provide info to CASA but 3 flights are nowhere near enough to be meaningful in any sense. If CASA accepts such a useless dataset, you'd have to wonder why they bother and the whole thing is a rubber-stamp. Realistically, you probably need 30 flights in both directions wit...
Jump to postI'm not so sure about the bases in Australia. The Government here has welcomed the increased Marine contingent that are based near Darwin with open arms, and I suspect that if and/or when a serious request is made, it would be granted without much of a fuss. Australia is certainly more likely, IMO, ...
Jump to postWhat's unsafe about it?
Given that the current VC-25 fleet was completed as a bare passenger airframe then moved off the line to get its special modifications, it's really little different to gut and then modify an already used airframe.
vhqpa wrote:Atlas 744F N477MC
Apparently WH001 will be doing 7 hour high power engine run. Pretty interesting considering the recent reports about the GE9X https://twitter.com/mattcawby/status/1139666904585424896?s=21 so most likely that story is BS. i'm no expert, but wouldn't it be a bad idea to do a high stress run if your e...
Jump to postNo, even with the yaw induced by having more reverse on one side you’re not going to lock out reverse on the other and lose even more stopping power Funny, for the large quad I work on (albeit a military one), the book dictates that if one thrust reverser is inoperative, its symmetric paired engine...
Jump to postNo, even with the yaw induced by having more reverse on one side you’re not going to lock out reverse on the other and lose even more stopping power Funny, for the large quad I work on (albeit a military one), the book dictates that if one thrust reverser is inoperative, its symmetric paired engine...
Jump to postRead an interesting observation on this new drone and the reasons for Boeing developing and looking to probably build the aircraft in Australia. James Hasik, a now academic and author I follow, had the following to say on why Boeing went with Australia. Won't Boeing Australia be treading a pretty f...
Jump to post325i wrote:AJ had a set to with the unions some time ago, they ceased flying for a short period.
Cheers 325i.
The C-17 has oxygen masks that are very similar to airliner ones installed in the sidewall for the integral seating that pop out of little panels near your shoulder when you're sitting on the seats. They are deployed much like an airliners, triggered by high cabin altitude or selected to deploy manu...
Jump to postIt's not without precedent: https://www.arabianaerospace.aero/emira ... -york.html
Jump to postMobile phone and google maps with the satellite photo overlay?
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KC135Hydraulics wrote:They're phosphorescent.
Ozair wrote:will have the internal changes required to use a third stream, among other enhancements.
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/bunumuring" class="quote" target="_blank">bunumuring</a> (<a href="#58" class="quote">Reply 58</a>):<br/><i>introduction of the C-27J Spartan in...
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Jump to postWhat is unique to the 757 that it generates such disproportionately large wake vortices?
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Jump to postLike the 757, if the demand was present right now, or even probably shortly into the future, Boeing would have kept the line open. I have no doubt that the C-17 sales department has put feelers to out to any country that might be interested, and the answer was obviously in the negative, so it makes ...
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Jump to postI work with several ex RAN air wing personnel, a couple of whom caught the end of fixed wing operations. Their opinion is that the Navy wouldn't want the hassle of working back up to fixed wing operations on their carriers. They would have to train an entire cadre of sailors how to safely operate fi...
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