Formation flight Sunday.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
talesofwar:French Air Force Skyraiders in the Algerian sky. If...
talesofwar:
French Air Force Skyraiders in the Algerian sky. If...:
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Formation flight Sunday reblog
French Air Force Skyraiders in the Algerian sky. If...:
talesofwar:
French Air Force Skyraiders in the Algerian sky. If the French Air Force central command denied for a long time the use of napalm strikes in Algeria, proofs has been given since that this kind of action was pretty common. The troops used the expression “special tanks” to refer to napalm.
Formation flight Sunday reblog
Russia - Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29UB (9-51)
Russia - Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29UB (9-51): 
12 photographed at Kubinka (UUMB) on Apr 1 by Oleg Botov. Day of open doors on Kubinka air base
12 photographed at Kubinka (UUMB) on Apr 1 by Oleg Botov. Day of open doors on Kubinka air base
UK - Air Force Lockheed L-1011-385-3 TriStar KC1 (500)
UK - Air Force Lockheed L-1011-385-3 TriStar KC1 (500): 
ZD948 photographed at London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL) on Apr 1 by Chris Lofting. 216 sqn
ZD948 photographed at London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL) on Apr 1 by Chris Lofting. 216 sqn
Fly by
Fly by:
A picture I took recently of one of my favorite shows of all time, the Blue Angels. My daughter, who loves planes, is still too young to enjoy air shows mainly from the fright factor of all the noise. Hopefully we can go together soon and I can share my excitement for these awesome machines with her. Until then, I made her this.
Cold War History: Domestic Propaganda
Cold War History: Domestic Propaganda:
I came across this public service announcement, evidently issued by the U.S. Air Force and Convair, a onetime producer of fighter aircraft (and “A Division of General Dynamics” as you can see in the poster):
Thanks to Vintage Ads and user spuzzlightyear for this find: http://vintage-ads.livejournal.com/3212546.html
Be assured, if that picture were to scale, that milkman would be cowering in fear on the ground, shattered milk bottles all around him. Then again, anyone would have done the same; that would be a “low pass” if ever there was such a thing! That lead plane appears to have barely cleared the roof of the house in the background. OK, it probably was not meant to be scale, but it’s funny to imagine.
(As an aside, we have been out in the desert up on a small plateau surveying the landscape, and have had fighters come screaming right over us. It is terrifying – it’s like the biggest bird you ever saw came swooping down at you so fast that you never saw nor heard them coming. It flashes over you and then it’s gone, and a split second later a deafening roar as the sounds catches up. It’s quite terrifying as you can probably imagine.)
The caption, for those of you having a hard time reading it, reads (their emphasis):
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At U.S. Air Force bases strategically located near key cities our Airmen maintain their round the clock vigil, ready to take off on a moment’s notice in jet aircraft like Convair’s F-102A all-weather interceptor. Every flight has only one purpose – your personal protection!
The next time jets thunder overhead, remember that the pilots who fly them are not willful disturbers of your peace; they are patriotic young Americans affirming your New Sound of Freedom!
Published for better understanding of the mission of the U.S.A.F. and Air Defense Command
Convair – A Division of General Dynamics Corporation
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Basically they are saying, when you start getting upset by all of the screaming jets and sonic booms, remember that it’s not simply a bunch of “fighter jocks” messing around up there, but rather they are practicing to be able to (hopefully) save your ass in the case of an attack.
I love where they chose to capitalize the letters (we call that “Initial Casing”, as opposed to ALL CAPS, in editorial jargon), and where they chose to emphasize using the italics. In “round the clock vigil,” why don’t they italicize the word “vigil”? In the last part, why did they include the word “your” in the italics? Very strange, and yet somehow it fits into that 1950s design dynamic.
The F-102 Delta Dagger was an early supersonic jet fighter interceptor, one of the “Century Series” of aircraft, designed primarily to fly up to intercept and destroy incoming Soviet bombers. To carry out that mission, they stood by on high alert, fueled and armed on runways around the U.S. (and the world) with crews at the ready.
It was the first operational supersonic interceptor in the Air Force inventory. One of its design elements was the incorporation of what was then a very advanced fire-control system, which used radar and an automated computer system to direct the pilot where to fly the aircraft in order to automatically launch its missiles toward the incoming bombers.
Incredibly, by today’s standards, the fire-control radar reached out only 30 miles and began tracking targets individually at 15 miles! Assuming both the F-102 and the incoming Soviet bombers were traveling at or near Mach 1 – the speed of sound, roughly 700 mph near sea level – that distance would be closed awfully fast.
Another aspect of its design was its internal missile bay. Most fighters back then, as well as now, carried their weapons on external mounts under the fuselage and wings, called pylons. However, in order for this early interceptor aircraft to achieve supersonic speeds, the Convair designers built a system into the fuselage where doors opened up beneath the plane and exposed the missiles only when they were ready to fire.
You can see a fine picture of that here:
In the cockpit, I love the early radar screen with the shade hood, above the flight instruments. The pilot would be looking right “down the barrel” of the radar scope, to steer his airplane towards the incoming threat.
I came across this public service announcement, evidently issued by the U.S. Air Force and Convair, a onetime producer of fighter aircraft (and “A Division of General Dynamics” as you can see in the poster):
Thanks to Vintage Ads and user spuzzlightyear for this find: http://vintage-ads.livejournal.com/3212546.html
Be assured, if that picture were to scale, that milkman would be cowering in fear on the ground, shattered milk bottles all around him. Then again, anyone would have done the same; that would be a “low pass” if ever there was such a thing! That lead plane appears to have barely cleared the roof of the house in the background. OK, it probably was not meant to be scale, but it’s funny to imagine.
(As an aside, we have been out in the desert up on a small plateau surveying the landscape, and have had fighters come screaming right over us. It is terrifying – it’s like the biggest bird you ever saw came swooping down at you so fast that you never saw nor heard them coming. It flashes over you and then it’s gone, and a split second later a deafening roar as the sounds catches up. It’s quite terrifying as you can probably imagine.)
The caption, for those of you having a hard time reading it, reads (their emphasis):
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Freedom Has a New Sound !
All over America these days the blast of supersonic flight is shattering the old familiar sounds of city and countryside.At U.S. Air Force bases strategically located near key cities our Airmen maintain their round the clock vigil, ready to take off on a moment’s notice in jet aircraft like Convair’s F-102A all-weather interceptor. Every flight has only one purpose – your personal protection!
The next time jets thunder overhead, remember that the pilots who fly them are not willful disturbers of your peace; they are patriotic young Americans affirming your New Sound of Freedom!
Published for better understanding of the mission of the U.S.A.F. and Air Defense Command
Convair – A Division of General Dynamics Corporation
=====
Basically they are saying, when you start getting upset by all of the screaming jets and sonic booms, remember that it’s not simply a bunch of “fighter jocks” messing around up there, but rather they are practicing to be able to (hopefully) save your ass in the case of an attack.
I love where they chose to capitalize the letters (we call that “Initial Casing”, as opposed to ALL CAPS, in editorial jargon), and where they chose to emphasize using the italics. In “round the clock vigil,” why don’t they italicize the word “vigil”? In the last part, why did they include the word “your” in the italics? Very strange, and yet somehow it fits into that 1950s design dynamic.
The F-102 Delta Dagger was an early supersonic jet fighter interceptor, one of the “Century Series” of aircraft, designed primarily to fly up to intercept and destroy incoming Soviet bombers. To carry out that mission, they stood by on high alert, fueled and armed on runways around the U.S. (and the world) with crews at the ready.
It was the first operational supersonic interceptor in the Air Force inventory. One of its design elements was the incorporation of what was then a very advanced fire-control system, which used radar and an automated computer system to direct the pilot where to fly the aircraft in order to automatically launch its missiles toward the incoming bombers.
Incredibly, by today’s standards, the fire-control radar reached out only 30 miles and began tracking targets individually at 15 miles! Assuming both the F-102 and the incoming Soviet bombers were traveling at or near Mach 1 – the speed of sound, roughly 700 mph near sea level – that distance would be closed awfully fast.
Another aspect of its design was its internal missile bay. Most fighters back then, as well as now, carried their weapons on external mounts under the fuselage and wings, called pylons. However, in order for this early interceptor aircraft to achieve supersonic speeds, the Convair designers built a system into the fuselage where doors opened up beneath the plane and exposed the missiles only when they were ready to fire.
You can see a fine picture of that here:
In the cockpit, I love the early radar screen with the shade hood, above the flight instruments. The pilot would be looking right “down the barrel” of the radar scope, to steer his airplane towards the incoming threat.
Manx2 crash landing was caused by corrosion
Manx2 crash landing was caused by corrosion:
The Manx2 plane at the side of the runwayAir accident investigators have confirmed that mechanical failure caused an aircraft to crash land at Ronaldsway.
The UK-based Air Accident Investigation Branch has issued a safety recommendation to the European Aviation Safety Agency following the accident.
Emergency services were called into action at just before 6pm on Thursday, March 8, when the Manx2 service from Leeds Bradford Airport got into difficulties after landing at Ronaldsway.
Twelve passengers were escorted shaken but unharmed from the aircraft which was operated by Lincolnshire-based Links Air, on behalf of Manx2. The two crew members also escaped unscathed.
Now a preliminary investigation by the AAIB has concluded that a corrosion crack in a metal component caused the right hand landing gear of the Jetstream to collapse, resulting in the plane skidding along the runway on its wingtip and coming to rest in the grass at the side.
The AAIB found that the accident was caused by stress corrosion cracking in a metal component at the top of the right main landing gear leg.
Its report describes how almost immediately after the aircraft touched down it leaned to the right and there was an unusual noise.
Investigators say that the corrosion was not detected by a visual inspection carried out 11 days before the incident nor during a test of the landing gear completed 10 months before – although the amount of corrosion in the crack and on the steel spigots suggest it was present then.
As these inspection requirements didn’t detect the crack, the AAIB has issued a safety recommendation to the European Aviation Safety Agency that it review the effectiveness of an airworthiness directive in identifying cracks in the yoke pintle housing on landing gears fitted to Jetstream 31 aircraft.
SOURCE: http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/traffic-and-transport/manx2-crash-landing-was-caused-by-mechanical-failure-1-4384557
The Manx2 plane at the side of the runway
The UK-based Air Accident Investigation Branch has issued a safety recommendation to the European Aviation Safety Agency following the accident.
Emergency services were called into action at just before 6pm on Thursday, March 8, when the Manx2 service from Leeds Bradford Airport got into difficulties after landing at Ronaldsway.
Twelve passengers were escorted shaken but unharmed from the aircraft which was operated by Lincolnshire-based Links Air, on behalf of Manx2. The two crew members also escaped unscathed.
Now a preliminary investigation by the AAIB has concluded that a corrosion crack in a metal component caused the right hand landing gear of the Jetstream to collapse, resulting in the plane skidding along the runway on its wingtip and coming to rest in the grass at the side.
The AAIB found that the accident was caused by stress corrosion cracking in a metal component at the top of the right main landing gear leg.
Its report describes how almost immediately after the aircraft touched down it leaned to the right and there was an unusual noise.
Investigators say that the corrosion was not detected by a visual inspection carried out 11 days before the incident nor during a test of the landing gear completed 10 months before – although the amount of corrosion in the crack and on the steel spigots suggest it was present then.
As these inspection requirements didn’t detect the crack, the AAIB has issued a safety recommendation to the European Aviation Safety Agency that it review the effectiveness of an airworthiness directive in identifying cracks in the yoke pintle housing on landing gears fitted to Jetstream 31 aircraft.
SOURCE: http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/traffic-and-transport/manx2-crash-landing-was-caused-by-mechanical-failure-1-4384557
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