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hetfield
28th Aug 2006, 16:27
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/6171/onead4.jpg
http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/3461/twokm3.jpg
http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/2791/threegm7.jpg
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/840/fourft0.jpg
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/5499/fivedf7.jpg
Jerricho
28th Aug 2006, 16:42
Ahh, I those pics emailed to me the other day.
Supposedly a flight from Calgary to Edmonton a couple of weeks ago.
That's so gotta hurt.
Dream Land
28th Aug 2006, 16:45
Looks a lot like Capital Cargo Intl, an old American Airlines bird. :}
CaptW5
28th Aug 2006, 20:43
According to the e-mail that I received, the a/c was flying at FL350 over Alberta. Happened Aug 10.
FougaMagister
28th Aug 2006, 21:34
I've seen hail damage before, but THAT... :eek: :ooh: :ouch:
Cheers :cool:
Bearcat
28th Aug 2006, 21:51
jeez....well be greatful it was'nt one of those tubberware machines built in too loose.....poss a diff ending!
Farrell
28th Aug 2006, 23:11
Would have seen it coming on the Bus though!
Tandemrotor
28th Aug 2006, 23:42
That picture is SO scary!
I mean, look at ALL those dials!!
princeton
29th Aug 2006, 01:27
Ha ha, Tandemrotor, I had the exact same reaction. The hairs stood up on the back of my neck just thinking of flying at 350 in hail :eek: with round dials.
con-pilot
29th Aug 2006, 01:55
No, the sad thing is that this is one more once proud 72 gone to the scrap heap.:(
I loved flying those things. The 727 will truly be the jet age version of the DC-3.
(Now don't get me wrong, I really like flying the latest generations of modern jet airplanes, but,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,)
angels
29th Aug 2006, 08:10
Wow. Awesome pics.
Hats off to the crew who I imagine needed a change of underwear after they landed.
As humble pax, I didn't realise you got hail up at FL350, I thought it occurred a lot closer to the ground?
readywhenreaching
29th Aug 2006, 10:05
it was this bird:
N708AA
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0855450/M/
Jerricho
29th Aug 2006, 13:41
Angels, in a storm cell there are some major up drafts and down drafts going on, hence the "towering" clouds you see. Here's a good page that explains what goes on when hail forms:
Hail Formation (http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/elements/hailform.htm)
Charles Darwin
29th Aug 2006, 17:29
Just look at the window opening handle. Do these copilots never wash their hands? :E
howflytrg
29th Aug 2006, 17:41
mmmmmmm anyone got a microadjuster? We'll have her looking like new in no time!:}
CaptW5
29th Aug 2006, 18:05
[QUOTE=con-pilot;2805612]No, the sad thing is that this is one more once proud 72 gone to the scrap heapQUOTE]
Found on another forum:
"This aircraft is still flying! It sat on the ground for several days, then with a bunch of new parts radome windshield inlets etc... flew in here several days later. "
fredchabbage
29th Aug 2006, 18:12
forgive my ignorance as i am not a pilot -I believe a bird can really make an engine fall apart, but how on earth did these engines withstand such a battering?
howflytrg
29th Aug 2006, 18:21
Hail is mixed with air and thus brittle. At most they weigh about 1 kg. Which is less that hitting a bird. The Hail would stike then probably break up after bouncing off. The bird has a nasty habit of lodging itself in engines for a while, before being spat out! mmmmmm chicken. Never heard of an engine falling off though.
con-pilot
29th Aug 2006, 18:30
[QUOTE=con-pilot;2805612]No, the sad thing is that this is one more once proud 72 gone to the scrap heapQUOTE]
Found on another forum:
"This aircraft is still flying! It sat on the ground for several days, then with a bunch of new parts radome windshield inlets etc... flew in here several days later. "
Well, that is good news, usually when old 72s get that damaged they get scraped out and then put in some corner of the airfield to rot.
Glad she's still flying.:ok:
DH121
29th Aug 2006, 22:49
Imagine the noise! It must have sounded like the end of the world.
rotornut
30th Aug 2006, 14:06
The Calgary area is notorious for hail. There is a private program based in Calgary that seeds potentially dangerous cumulonimbus clouds by air to cause precipitation before they become too developed. Perhaps they have a website but I couldn't find it.
Farrell
30th Aug 2006, 23:02
Angels, in a storm cell there are some major up drafts and down drafts going on, hence the "towering" clouds you see. Here's a good page that explains what goes on when hail forms:
Hail Formation (http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/elements/hailform.htm)
A serious post from Jerricho!!! - AND on JB too!!:eek:
misd-agin
1st Sep 2006, 03:52
There's a new invention coming along that will help avoid these storms. I forget exactly what the letters are abbrievated from but I'm told it will be called
RADAR!
Jerricho
3rd Sep 2006, 15:21
Pssst, Farrell c'mere.
*SLAP*
:p