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Forum: Military Aviation
17th Apr 2023, 20:41
Replies: 43
Views: 15,631
Posted By Lexif

One of the destroyed planes is the Sudanese VIP...

One of the destroyed planes is the Sudanese VIP Il-62M ST-PRA, which seems to have been active at least until 2020 edit: 2017. Can't be too many of those flying around anymore....
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Apr 2023, 21:45
Replies: 43
Views: 15,631
Posted By Lexif

Scenes from Karthoum airport ...

Scenes from Karthoum airport
https://twitter.com/fl360aero/status/1647209509813735425
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Apr 2023, 21:12
Replies: 43
Views: 15,631
Posted By Lexif

There are videos of a fighter jet flying low over...

There are videos of a fighter jet flying low over Karthoum, firing rockets. (Edit: apparently from the regular Air Force, firing on RSF rebels.) The RSF rebel forces seem to have conquered a bunch of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Oct 2022, 11:08
Replies: 12
Views: 3,091
Posted By Lexif

PS: There was also D-ABOC, the 707 in LH colors...

PS: There was also D-ABOC, the 707 in LH colors that was scrapped at Berlin Tegel recently. It never flew for LH and was apparently a gift by Boeing to the city of West Berlin when LH bought their...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Oct 2022, 10:58
Replies: 12
Views: 3,091
Posted By Lexif

I think the 707 only got painted with the...

I think the 707 only got painted with the registration when it was stored at Hamburg and used as a training exhibit for the LH maintenance facility there, and was D-ABOD when it was in service with...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
18th Jul 2022, 13:23
Replies: 81
Views: 16,259
Posted By Lexif

More pics at avherald: Accident: Jubba F50 in...

More pics at avherald: Accident: Jubba F50 in Mogadishu on Jul 18th 2022, flipped over on landing (http://avherald.com/h?article=4fbd0537)
Nose gear is missing a wheel and turned 90°, and left main...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
9th Apr 2022, 21:24
Replies: 13
Views: 5,351
Posted By Lexif

The three flights shown are business as usual. I...

The three flights shown are business as usual. I think that since the start of the war, there were at all times one or two tankers on station north of Warsaw and same north of Bukarest. Sometimes...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
5th May 2014, 23:16
Replies: 49
Views: 76,085
Posted By Lexif

SKS777FLYER, so you know "next to nothing about...

SKS777FLYER, so you know "next to nothing about Airbus aircraft", but you still need to get your uninformed BS out into the public? Are you trolling? Got anything to say about this incident?
Forum: Tech Log
26th May 2011, 00:02
Replies: 2,546
Views: 936,586
Posted By Lexif

I read the whole thread, and in my personal and...

I read the whole thread, and in my personal and unqualified opinion as a mere SLF, it's quite clear that on friday, all the doubters of modern aircraft design philosophy and the conspiracy theorists...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Mar 2008, 19:38
Replies: 22
Views: 6,502
Posted By Lexif

Had to look it up since I've never heard of the...

Had to look it up since I've never heard of the Dornier 428JET concept - basically a 328Jet stretched to transport 44 people. Here is a drawing - looks better proportioned than the 328JET IMHO.
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Mar 2008, 10:44
Replies: 22
Views: 6,502
Posted By Lexif

I think the engines would be no worse to access...

I think the engines would be no worse to access than the tailmounted engines on current regional jets, but I also wonder about AoA. And I wonder what the cabin noise level was...

One VFW614 is...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Mar 2008, 00:36
Replies: 22
Views: 6,502
Posted By Lexif

Not exactly related to your question, but I had...

Not exactly related to your question, but I had the unique oportunity to spend a few hours in the Do-728 prototype D-AEVA that the DLR (German Aerospace Center) bought. It's in a small building at...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Dec 2007, 15:25
Replies: 39
Views: 11,656
Posted By Lexif

Ralf Manteufel uploaded a really nice collection...

Ralf Manteufel uploaded a really nice collection of over 800 mostly Tempelhof pictures from the 70s to airliners.net:
Link...
Forum: Tech Log
25th Oct 2007, 00:18
Replies: 24
Views: 18,474
Posted By Lexif

This article describes ATR's plans to launch a...

This article describes ATR's plans to launch a larger successor to the ATR42/72 familly around 2015:
...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Oct 2007, 08:44
Replies: 24
Views: 18,474
Posted By Lexif

At least the ATR 42-600 and 72-600 are confirmed...

At least the ATR 42-600 and 72-600 are confirmed by this ATR press release:
http://www.atraircraft.com/public/atr/html/press/releases-details.php?aid=796
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Sep 2007, 01:19
Replies: 23
Views: 8,325
Posted By Lexif

The underlying thought was just that it appears...

The underlying thought was just that it appears to me that tailstrikes that are not felt in the cockpit or at least the cabin are much rarer occurances than other safety problems for which warning...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Sep 2007, 17:59
Replies: 23
Views: 8,325
Posted By Lexif

rubik101, Wouldn't perhaps a wrong positive...

rubik101,

Wouldn't perhaps a wrong positive indication happen much more often than a real tailscrape that would be dangerous, but not be noticed in the plane?
(I'm not a pilot. Just a thought.)
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Oct 2006, 18:28
Replies: 11
Views: 6,931
Posted By Lexif

No, he didn't try to drive around it... ...

No, he didn't try to drive around it...



...he wanted to make a 360° turn to avoid it. :8 I wonder how that would have worked out! :}
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