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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
30th Dec 2023, 01:22
Replies: 38
Views: 11,701
Posted By Mechta

I was told by someone who was a friend of Neil's,...

I was told by someone who was a friend of Neil's, that they had been requested (not by Neil) to lend an altimeter that was appropriate to the type so Neil could make the flight. The individual with...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Dec 2023, 19:42
Replies: 19
Views: 2,386
Posted By Mechta

The Maltese cross on the top of the fuselage...

The Maltese cross on the top of the fuselage fascinates me. A lot of paintings and hand-drawn pictures from WW1 though the twenties showed this, yet most subsequent images only showed them on the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Dec 2023, 11:49
Replies: 41
Views: 7,979
Posted By Mechta

At the 2001 Paris airshow, a Swiss company, Noga,...

At the 2001 Paris airshow, a Swiss company, Noga, tried to impound some Sukhoi aircraft, in lieu of a loan that had been defaulted by the Russian Government. This also resulted in Sukhoi pulling out...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Dec 2023, 11:29
Replies: 33
Views: 3,292
Posted By Mechta

3 May 1953 Polikarpov Po-2 vs Lockheed F-94...

3 May 1953 Polikarpov Po-2 vs Lockheed F-94 Starfire.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/600x301/po_2_0ab967841d4a9c2b00d79cd9e56ec27cd94f522c.jpg
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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Dec 2023, 14:02
Replies: 4,958
Views: 731,853
Posted By Mechta

My apologies for the delay in getting back to...

My apologies for the delay in getting back to you. Yes, Glevum's got it.

The Cross Ladybird was built by David Cecil Cross, out of materials available to him in Chatton, Eastern Southland, New...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Nov 2023, 11:36
Replies: 4,958
Views: 731,853
Posted By Mechta

Not in the UK.

Not in the UK.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Nov 2023, 10:27
Replies: 4,958
Views: 731,853
Posted By Mechta

Conscious that I appear to have derailed the...

Conscious that I appear to have derailed the thread, here is the final clue.
Remains of the aircraft are in a collection which shares its name with a very prominent location in pre-war British...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Nov 2023, 09:25
Replies: 14
Views: 1,749
Posted By Mechta

Considering that its seawater, the BV222 & He115...

Considering that its seawater, the BV222 & He115 parts look in remarkably good condition: Video of dive: Dive on BV222 & He115 in Trondheim Fjord...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Nov 2023, 09:06
Replies: 4,958
Views: 731,853
Posted By Mechta

The engine is, but the airframe isn't.

The engine is, but the airframe isn't.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Nov 2023, 14:36
Replies: 4,958
Views: 731,853
Posted By Mechta

Not American. Here's another clue: ...

Not American. Here's another clue:

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/211x244/pprune_namethatflyingmachine_cropped_2_19cb34f787b85f1e4c25c7f4b75a3111fdaf31f8.jpg
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Nov 2023, 11:32
Replies: 4,958
Views: 731,853
Posted By Mechta

Not European.

Not European.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Nov 2023, 20:26
Replies: 4,958
Views: 731,853
Posted By Mechta

Thanks Asturias56, I wasn't sure whether it was...

Thanks Asturias56, I wasn't sure whether it was the DH 42B or the DH56; so, with your username in mind, I took a punt. :)

Here's the next one:
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Nov 2023, 14:32
Replies: 4,958
Views: 731,853
Posted By Mechta

De Havilland DH.56 Hyena ?

De Havilland DH.56 Hyena ?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Nov 2023, 13:21
Replies: 48
Views: 5,475
Posted By Mechta

Sport Aviation, the magazine of the American...

Sport Aviation, the magazine of the American Experimental Aircraft Association may be a better place to look for a Mustang for sale. There was already a fledgling warbird movement, and pdfs of the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Nov 2023, 12:35
Replies: 72
Views: 5,302
Posted By Mechta

We had an ex-Air Cadet instructor in our gliding...

We had an ex-Air Cadet instructor in our gliding club who said he had logged 13000 launches in Mk3s.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Nov 2023, 12:23
Replies: 14
Views: 1,749
Posted By Mechta

Having recently found a 1945 guide to the...

Having recently found a 1945 guide to the 'Exhibition of German Aircraft and Equipment' at RAE Farnborough, I posted a picture of it and one of the land-based aircraft on the airfield which I had...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd May 2023, 09:37
Replies: 40
Views: 5,469
Posted By Mechta

Imposing a requirement (autorotation) from one...

Imposing a requirement (autorotation) from one type of aircraft (helicopter) onto another type (multirotor) seems a negative step. What is required is the same or better level of reliability and...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th May 2023, 20:40
Replies: 38
Views: 15,082
Posted By Mechta

This brings memories of seeing the outcome of...

This brings memories of seeing the outcome of what was believed to be a cleaner's mop catching a pipe on a QANTAS A380.
QF94 was traveling from Los Angeles to Melbourne when a water pipe became...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th May 2023, 19:13
Replies: 47
Views: 11,879
Posted By Mechta

Callsign: Sully

Callsign: Sully
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Apr 2023, 23:48
Replies: 19
Views: 1,881
Posted By Mechta

A replacement wing was definitely fitted to...

A replacement wing was definitely fitted to ZA947. I worked at RAE at the time and remember it sporting its one yellow wing for a while. I also had a very enjoyable flight in her, in around 1989. We...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Feb 2023, 11:07
Replies: 291
Views: 109,874
Posted By Mechta

Having got the wind up the USA with the high...

Having got the wind up the USA with the high altitude China-launched balloon, locally assembled and launched low altitude balloons seem like an easy way to escalate the reaction from the US military,...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2023, 11:08
Replies: 291
Views: 109,874
Posted By Mechta

Sadly, the aliens chose the wrong week to visit...

Sadly, the aliens chose the wrong week to visit us.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
6th Jan 2023, 12:00
Replies: 58
Views: 12,388
Posted By Mechta

If the reflector gunsight screen is fitted and...

If the reflector gunsight screen is fitted and doing nothing useful, perhaps the image could be projected on to it?
If it were me, I would want any help I could get to see hidden aircraft. An empty...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
5th Jan 2023, 19:15
Replies: 58
Views: 12,388
Posted By Mechta

Had the P-63 pilot been able to see 'Texas...

Had the P-63 pilot been able to see 'Texas Raiders' though his blindspot in flight, he and its crew may still be alive.
There are plenty of other in-flight instances when the benefit of awareness...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
5th Jan 2023, 00:38
Replies: 58
Views: 12,388
Posted By Mechta

Megan, its fine for straight ahead, but the field...

Megan, its fine for straight ahead, but the field of view to the right is blocked by the proximity to the fuselage, as this picture with the labeled gun camera port shows. Mustang Camera Gun Port...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
4th Jan 2023, 22:36
Replies: 58
Views: 12,388
Posted By Mechta

Currently there seems to be a Royal Flying...

Currently there seems to be a Royal Flying Corps/parachutes mentality to doing anything about this ongoing problem of long nosed aircraft and blind spots.

A parking camera and screen can be bought...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
13th Nov 2022, 09:22
Replies: 298
Views: 182,271
Posted By Mechta

With the benefit of eighty plus years of...

With the benefit of eighty plus years of technological progress since these aircraft first flew and given the frequency of collisions both on the ground and in the air with these long-nosed low wing...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Oct 2022, 10:57
Replies: 335
Views: 86,292
Posted By Mechta

Top Gun 3: Maverick - Thirty Pieces of Silver ...

Top Gun 3: Maverick - Thirty Pieces of Silver
Storyline: With Iceman dead and no one to fight his corner, Maverick finds himself teaching a group of enthusiastic, but seemingly inept, Chinese...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Oct 2022, 21:00
Replies: 335
Views: 86,292
Posted By Mechta

To paraphrase Stinger in Top Gun, "You don't own...

To paraphrase Stinger in Top Gun, "You don't own that training; the taxpayers do!"

All arguments comparing what these pilots are doing to trade agreements are irrelevant. Government decisions,...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd Apr 2022, 21:59
Replies: 26
Views: 11,989
Posted By Mechta

If a wind turbine rotates at constant speed and...

If a wind turbine rotates at constant speed and this is speed is related to the average wind speed seen by the full rotor disc, then perhaps it is possible that the slower moving air at the bottom of...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Sep 2021, 06:56
Replies: 30
Views: 11,555
Posted By Mechta

My Scottish girlfriend, from North Ayrshire, uses...

My Scottish girlfriend, from North Ayrshire, uses 'Creeping Jesus' to describe my elderly mother with Alzheimers, who wanders around the house silently, and listens to conversations from the other...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
18th Aug 2021, 11:56
Replies: 16
Views: 6,740
Posted By Mechta

The composite centre section involves lots of...

The composite centre section involves lots of double curvature (door apertures etc.), and if made in metal, a lot of separate pieces. By making it in composite, the fibres in the layup will put the...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Jul 2021, 16:22
Replies: 78
Views: 70,751
Posted By Mechta

Una Due Tfc The original 777 had its fair...

Una Due Tfc

The original 777 had its fair share of issues too. I worked on the 777 Fuel Quantity Indicating System (FQIS) in the late 90s. We had entire ship sets of the ultrasonic probes for the...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Jun 2021, 11:58
Replies: 12
Views: 3,517
Posted By Mechta

Sounds very similar to a problem a friend of mine...

Sounds very similar to a problem a friend of mine had with a Westland Wessex that wouldn't shut down. He was a liney, new to the squadron, and the crew more or less left him to sort it out....
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
12th Dec 2020, 00:11
Replies: 469
Views: 328,142
Posted By Mechta

One for the Douglas Adam fans: ...

One for the Douglas Adam fans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ0PP0BoOpo
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