Hungary or Slovakia bucking the trend may be understandable, as they are very dependent on Russian oil. But Italy? EU seems to talk the talk but doesn't walk the walk... https://www.ft.com/content/83fa3e90-e36d-463a-a4db-9ea24f22964f ISAB declined to comment. Lukoil and Rosneft Deutschland did not ...
Jump to postHungary or Slovakia bucking the trend may be understandable, as they are very dependent on Russian oil. But Italy? EU seems to talk the talk but doesn't walk the walk... https://www.ft.com/content/83fa3e90-e36d-463a-a4db-9ea24f22964f ISAB declined to comment. Lukoil and Rosneft Deutschland did not r...
Jump to postLooks like there is a STC to convert twin engined 212 to a single engine version. "The single powerplant modification reduced the helicopter’s empty weight by 305 kg (1,000 lb) to 2,540 kg (5,600 lb) and increased the internal useful load from 2,087 kg (4,600 lb) to 2,495 kg (5,500 lb)." h...
Jump to postHow would the repairs differ from a normal ramp-rash damage/repair, if any?
Jump to postApplying is one thing getting in is another. Turkey may use it’s veto and that’s the end of it, unless Turkey is expelled. https://www.ft.com/content/3d1ab5d0-19a6-41bd-83a4-7c7b9e2be141 Turkey has the EU by the proverbials, in part due to the 2016 Turkey/EU refugee agreement - highly unlikely that...
Jump to postPutting aside the actual root cause, someone from the NTSB leaked this? This coming just weeks after the Supreme Court leak...
Belgian Air Force F-16:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-p_TorCGR4
This will also be a challenge once the Luftwaffe gets the F-35. You cannot refuel it with the A400m unless the F35 gets a drogue/hose system, which is probably very unlikely. It just is the way it is, and the A330MRTT fleet allows both kinds of refueling, anyway. Can't they shoehorn the USN F-35C d...
Jump to postBut compared to how the 747s preserved in Atlanta and Australia it is a less fitting arrangement. Be it at Bruntingthorper or Cosford aircraft are just left to corrode in the elements and are scrapped. I believe the weather condition in Longreach, central Queensland is much more conducive compared ...
Jump to postLooks scary, even on video.
Which makes this even scarier!
https://interestingengineering.com/a-st ... wheel-well
I guess desperate people will do desperate things.
If I were the head of Boeing's F-15EX Sales team, I'd be sending a delegation to Slovakia pronto.. https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1470285&start=5150#p23282395 While I'm an F-15EX fan, I see the F-16 as a better fit for Slovakia. Which means when Poland gets their F-35s...
Jump to postIf I were the head of Boeing's F-15EX Sales team, I'd be sending a delegation to Slovakia pronto..
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1470285&start=5150#p23282395
Are they filming Airplane Redux in TLV?
Jump to postWho needs vortex generators when you have corrugated aluminium sheets?
Don't mention this to AAB - he'll freak out!