For Those Interested

[Saintly]

Hi everyone,

First of all apologies if I have put this in the wrong area of the forum, I wasn't sure where to put it.

This aircraft came into Perth on the 16th of June. Fast forward to the take off...the engines are smokers:

You Tube

Cheers.

[Capn Bloggs]

Those idle-at-500ft-landings are a bit dodge...

And the mixture! Jaba, have a talk to them, will you? The No 2 looked better tuned to me.

[wheels_down]

Why is it here?

[Ascend Charlie]

Did Igor leave the choke out?

[tail wheel]

Needs a new set of piston rings!

[troppo]

You're all wrong.
It is a top secret low level Chemtrail experiment on unsuspecting Australians.
Just watch. Y'all gonna start speaking faster, walking faster and start breeding outside your family gene pool

[Slippery_Pete]

Where is Geoffrey Thomas when you need him?

He would get to the bottom of it.

[Capt Fathom]

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[Saintly]

Sounds like a loud turboprop too when it taxis. Most turboprops are.

[megan]

That ain't smoke, this is smoke.

[Kranz]

^^ out of interest, isn't that a little bit of an early call for "gear up"?

[C441]

^^ out of interest, isn't that a little bit of an early call for "gear up"?

Not when there's a photo to be taken.
Reminds of an F28 in Tennant Creek a year or thirty ago!! Not quite as smoky though…..

[topdrop]

That looks like BH's photo of F28. I have seen similar shot of his of an F27 at Tennant Creek with early gear up - the props are only just clear of the tarmac - a little bit of sink as gear came up!!.

[On eyre]

Yes Topdrop - BH has some brilliant stuff from that era. Those were the days.

[C441]

That looks like BH's photo of F28.

Yep, and from memory he had a coupla days off afterwards as a result of a "minor ear infection" rendering him temporarily deaf!

Those were the days.

He was among a number of great Flight Service operators in Gove, Tennant, Darwin, Alice and, I'm sure, numerous other out-stations.

Some of the blokes from Alice Tower in the early-mid 80's join us for our Tillair/Chartair reunions; it would be great to get a few more of the ATC/FSU team together….might need a few days off afterwards though!

[Saintly]

I remember Skywest and they used to bring up their F50 landing gears quite early after takeoff if memory serves me correctly.

[swh]

Originally Posted by Saintly

I remember Skywest and they used to bring up their F50 landing gears quite early after takeoff if memory serves me correctly.

Good airlines tend to retract their gear after takeoff, the takeoff run is longer and causes more wear if done before hand.

[Traffic_Is_Er_Was]

I remember watching the An12's depart BNE on their fish charter runs. Similar smoke trails disappearing out over Moreton Bay using the curvature of the earth to gain altitude. I reckon Russian ATC worked by looking out the center's windows and making sure the smoke trails didn't cross.

[BewareOfTheSharklets]

Where was it arriving from/departing to?

[Capt Fathom]

Where was it arriving from/departing to?

The Sky!