Boeing 747 Dreamlifter
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Boeing 747 Dreamlifter
A fascinating talk by Boeing test pilot Jerry Whites on the development and flight testing of the Dreamlifter. The video of the Vmcg tests (28:50 - 32:10) is particularly impressive.

The airplane starts to skate.

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megan, which thread did you have in mind
Why is automation dependency encouraged in modern aviation ?
744 Eng Fail and Vmcg
I can highly recommend PeninsulaSrsVideos on Youtube, they have folks from all areas of aviation giving lectures, up to 1:20 in length.
https://www.youtube.com/user/PeninsulaSrsVideos
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megan,
Thanks. No problem.
I thoroughly agree with your recommendation about the Peninsula Seniors Videos. I just watched this one on the YF-23:
A few years ago, I visited the museum at Torrance and had a close-up look at their YF-23.
Thanks. No problem.
I thoroughly agree with your recommendation about the Peninsula Seniors Videos. I just watched this one on the YF-23:
A few years ago, I visited the museum at Torrance and had a close-up look at their YF-23.
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The interesting part, for me, was the open acknowledgement that the planning for bringing the components together was not thught of that early in the process. Unless he was adding to make his story more of a story - it showed up the problems that Boeing gave themselves in adopting the methods of Airbus at short notice.