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Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
13th Feb 2020, 01:16
Replies: 0
Views: 632
Posted By allyn

New Observation Deck/SFO

Looks like SFO has an Observation Deck now. Going to have to check it out!
Forum: Tech Log
8th Aug 2011, 23:53
Replies: 16
Views: 2,701
Posted By allyn

Entry hatch is on the mid-deck

The mid-deck is below the flight deck and is where the crew enters and the shuttle....yes, I had to look that up...:8

Space Shuttle orbiter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Jul 2011, 18:16
Replies: 12
Views: 4,196
Posted By allyn

Has anyone tried the link?

Has anyone tried the suggestions in the link I posted?

Additional info:

Ah! Just tried it and they've blocked the embedded link. All that means is that you have to go to Youtube directly to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Jul 2011, 09:17
Replies: 12
Views: 4,196
Posted By allyn

Possible ways to watch...

Hi!

Here are some possible solutions if you're outside the UK:

YouTube Video Not Available in Your Country? Watch Blocked Videos...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Jul 2011, 08:15
Replies: 12
Views: 4,196
Posted By allyn

The Old Grey Ladies of Lossiemouth

Here's a good documentary of the last days of the Shackleton that I found on Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av0E-RH31NQ&list=SL&feature=sh_e_sl
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
4th Jun 2011, 09:14
Replies: 17
Views: 4,003
Posted By allyn

Very relaxing...

...Although, I would have liked to have seen the fighter peel away into the distance at the end....;)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th May 2011, 08:24
Replies: 6
Views: 4,437
Posted By allyn

"Mr. Brown"

Wasn't familiar with this incident so I looked it up:

Qantas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas#Extortion_attempts)
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
5th May 2011, 13:51
Replies: 2
Views: 983
Posted By allyn

Redhill

I believe I saw one of them overfly my flat. I didn't note the time but it was about 2 to 3 hours ago....very unusual...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Apr 2011, 12:04
Replies: 18
Views: 17,625
Posted By allyn

Description of a Glow Worm attack

As an aside,

Not being familiar with the procedure, I looked it up:

Sea Vixen. Royal Navy. Carrier Jet. - Sea Vixen Operational Roles > Night Glow Worm Attack...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Apr 2011, 09:18
Replies: 29
Views: 8,437
Posted By allyn

POV Vio 1.5

I haven't used one but I've heard good things about the PIO Vio 1.5 (google it). Two attractive features for me are:

- uses 4 x AA batteries (2.5 hrs/alkaline, 5 hrs/lithium)
- A "loop mode"...
Forum: Tech Log
7th Feb 2011, 19:43
Replies: 34
Views: 11,554
Posted By allyn

Guiberson diesel radial engine

An obscurish diesel aero engine that was test flown in a Stinson Reliant. Sadly, WW II intervened and it was used to power tanks instead. After the war it was forgotten. Some info links below:
...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
26th Jan 2011, 09:07
Replies: 49
Views: 16,477
Posted By allyn

Bristol 170 Youtube clips...

...Mr. Youtube here again ;)...

There are some clips here that might be of interest:

YouTube - bristol 170 (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bristol+170&aq=f)

I'd take a look at...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Jan 2011, 13:22
Replies: 76
Views: 42,445
Posted By allyn

BBC 4/The BRIXMIS Story

Found it:

BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - The Brixmis Story (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007nf6t)

but it's no longer available.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Oct 2010, 17:02
Replies: 30
Views: 6,787
Posted By allyn

Re: Fate is the Hunter (film)

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I've just watched the film "Fate is the Hunter". Not a bad film for its era, but how it can claim to be based on the book is beyond me. Unless you can claim significant co-incidences. BTW, if...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Oct 2010, 12:49
Replies: 196
Views: 35,314
Posted By allyn

My first flight was JFK to SFO on an American...

My first flight was JFK to SFO on an American Airlines DC10 back in the mid-70's...I was 12... This was at the end of a month long driving tour of the US. I'd never been on any kind of airline...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Jun 2010, 16:16
Replies: 54
Views: 24,258
Posted By allyn

"Fish Hauler"

Grace Air Ltd operated a C97 as a salmon hauler from 1988 to (I think!) 1996. This is the plane that is in the videos that I linked.

The plane was eventually bought by the Berlin Airlift...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Jun 2010, 21:59
Replies: 54
Views: 24,258
Posted By allyn

Grace Air C-97 videos

There are three nice videos of a C-97 on Youtube:

Startup taxi and takeoff

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Forum: Military Aviation
29th May 2010, 13:33
Replies: 127
Views: 56,108
Posted By allyn

This clip?

About 5 minutes into the clip:

<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BNOKXfZTEAE&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen"...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
17th Nov 2009, 10:43
Replies: 16
Views: 9,486
Posted By allyn

If I recall correctly, that 727 was outfitted as...

If I recall correctly, that 727 was outfitted as a tanker. So perhaps they're able to take advantage of that and avoid any fuel stops.

In any case, it's all pure speculation because we don't...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Nov 2009, 08:42
Replies: 7
Views: 7,687
Posted By allyn

Wikipedia information

I had to look it up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piasecki_H-25

I didn't realize it was a twin rotor...

My condolences
Forum: Tech Log
7th Nov 2009, 18:58
Replies: 64
Views: 39,800
Posted By allyn

C-131 R2800 startup

One of my favorite Youtube videos...

YouTube - Convair startup (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95n_BYRFcQ8)

:8
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Sep 2009, 09:51
Replies: 0
Views: 749
Posted By allyn

The way it used to be....

A friend sent me a link to this wonderful AT&T produced film on air travel in the US. It's about 20 minutes...sit back and relax!! :ok:

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Forum: Tech Log
18th Aug 2009, 19:42
Replies: 31
Views: 8,205
Posted By allyn

This vid seems topical...

Thomson birdstrike in Manchester

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hTyv8f-_8Mw&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen"...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
26th Jul 2009, 19:41
Replies: 7
Views: 1,056
Posted By allyn

Flypast at the War and Peace Rally

I was at the War and Peace Rally at the Hop Farm in Kent yesterday and the Lancaster made a brief flypast/display....:ok:
Forum: Rotorheads
17th May 2009, 14:00
Replies: 30
Views: 7,693
Posted By allyn

Just watched it...

...great program....

...one thing that strikes me is how crashworthy the Wessex was! :ok:

amazing airmanship...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd May 2009, 10:33
Replies: 1,224
Views: 765,439
Posted By allyn

Old school...

I found some nice videos of:

...a Huey....

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NRd-yMT_5NE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen"...
Forum: Freight Dogs
17th Nov 2008, 20:37
Replies: 10
Views: 5,165
Posted By allyn

Torrents...

You might be able to find it on Bittorrent or Rapidshare or possibly Youtube in a few days.....

An amazing story...

I suspect that there will always be "Viktor Bouts" out there...
Forum: Freight Dogs
17th Nov 2008, 18:42
Replies: 10
Views: 5,165
Posted By allyn

Fascinating....

...stuff...watching it now....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Oct 2008, 19:06
Replies: 3
Views: 1,077
Posted By allyn

amazing story!

That's an amazing story....RIP sir!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Oct 2008, 13:40
Replies: 80
Views: 35,134
Posted By allyn

B-36 links

A fascinating plane.

I got the chance to see a static RB-36 at the Castle Air Museum in California (.: Castle Air Museum - Atwater, California :....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Sep 2008, 14:30
Replies: 11
Views: 4,948
Posted By allyn

Bristol Freighter ZK-CPT startup

I stumbled onto this interesting video on Youtube. It features a Bristol Hercules starting up on a Bristol Freighter being restored down in NZ:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pXDw_670JJk

More...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Sep 2008, 13:58
Replies: 353
Views: 203,553
Posted By allyn

Personal memoirs/Youtube

Someone (one of you?) posted a video (slides in the beginning and movie footage in the last half) of their time in the Varsity:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eKb8fVhKVOw
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Aug 2008, 18:44
Replies: 12
Views: 2,192
Posted By allyn

Great pictures!

...but I didn't understand your question...

It's really amazing how big the wildland firefighting effort is now....and every year it seems to hit California like bad weather...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Jul 2008, 09:48
Replies: 245
Views: 175,327
Posted By allyn

Noodling

It's sort of high tech fish noodling! :O

Noodling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noodling)
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Jul 2008, 19:31
Replies: 5
Views: 1,379
Posted By allyn

Piasecki Helistat

It didn't seem like one of their better efforts:

PA-97 Helistat (http://www.piasecki.com/pa-97.htm)
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