Condor B757-300 taking off with the Cockpit window kept open
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Yep, you just beat me to it. Background is about right for a good mid setting.
M J just popped in before my post...will have to give that more thought.
The link did get my attention. It just doesn't look 'right'.
There is another vein near the first of the small letters. Same angle.
Oh, BTW, would the veins drop sharply during rotation? this rings a very distant bell, but I wouldn't have thought it would have been anything like that angle. The one near the B of Boeing does seem to show a shadow as well.
M J just popped in before my post...will have to give that more thought.
The link did get my attention. It just doesn't look 'right'.
There is another vein near the first of the small letters. Same angle.
Oh, BTW, would the veins drop sharply during rotation? this rings a very distant bell, but I wouldn't have thought it would have been anything like that angle. The one near the B of Boeing does seem to show a shadow as well.
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It surprises me that you guys are pilots for 2 reasons:
1) How did you pass your medical with such bad eyesight? You need to get your eyes checked, you can just make out the position of the forward AOA vane. A very, very faint line that is horizontal (third photo). What you are seeing, as mentioned before, is the shadow.
2) When did Boeing start installing those extra large AOA vanes on aircraft? For the AOA vanes to be that large in photos taken at that distance........ It's all about scale
Also as is said, the torque links on the nose leg clearly show that it's at full extention. You can even see the witness mark (dirt for the intelectually challenged) from where the piston sits when WOW.
Guess it's just easier to be the usual anal retentive lot that most pilots on PPRuNe appear to be.
Oh and back to the question of eyesight.... Look carefully again (third photo); oval nuts/bolts on wheel halves? (no not the axle nut) I don't think so!! Evidence of rotation of the wheel methinks.
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1) How did you pass your medical with such bad eyesight? You need to get your eyes checked, you can just make out the position of the forward AOA vane. A very, very faint line that is horizontal (third photo). What you are seeing, as mentioned before, is the shadow.
2) When did Boeing start installing those extra large AOA vanes on aircraft? For the AOA vanes to be that large in photos taken at that distance........ It's all about scale
Also as is said, the torque links on the nose leg clearly show that it's at full extention. You can even see the witness mark (dirt for the intelectually challenged) from where the piston sits when WOW.
Guess it's just easier to be the usual anal retentive lot that most pilots on PPRuNe appear to be.
Oh and back to the question of eyesight.... Look carefully again (third photo); oval nuts/bolts on wheel halves? (no not the axle nut) I don't think so!! Evidence of rotation of the wheel methinks.
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Those main gear bogies and the elevator are at about the right angle for rotation, too. Whoever put this one together really thought of everything..... 
Why can't you guys just admit it's a pretty cool photo and that it happens?
Why can't you guys just admit it's a pretty cool photo and that it happens?
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For the benefit of eff oh (who's post has been deleted), this is the 'Spectators' Baclony, where we try to answer enquiries as gently as possible. Not all are familiar with B757s, and may get the 'words' wrong. The nose-wheel IS indeed 'braked' on retraction on the 757, by rubbing strips in the nose gear bay, so 'Rude Boy' was in fact 'technically' correct in what was posted, although it was not well written.
A 737 can certainly have the window come open on take-off, and as the video shows, it is distracting but not life-threatening. Of the 757 I know not.
However, this thread has nearly passed its 'best-before' date, and further discussion of rivets/bolts/shadows will consign it to another thread here.
'Spectators' are welcome to ask questions about flying with the window open or discuss other aspects of this topic, of course.
A 737 can certainly have the window come open on take-off, and as the video shows, it is distracting but not life-threatening. Of the 757 I know not.
However, this thread has nearly passed its 'best-before' date, and further discussion of rivets/bolts/shadows will consign it to another thread here.
'Spectators' are welcome to ask questions about flying with the window open or discuss other aspects of this topic, of course.
