Anyone one know if this is for real?
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Anyone one know if this is for real?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn-eGZSfmyY
Looks kind of fake, but how often does anyone get to witness one of these?
I was told it was China Airlines, but couldn't find anything on the net about it except this video.
If it's for real, who, when and where?
CC
Looks kind of fake, but how often does anyone get to witness one of these?
I was told it was China Airlines, but couldn't find anything on the net about it except this video.
If it's for real, who, when and where?
CC
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If you have to ask .......
If it makes your day, then yes it's real, the rest of the sane population will be happy in the knowledge that another gullible person is in cloud cuckooo land ..... bring in the men in white coats, nurse
If it makes your day, then yes it's real, the rest of the sane population will be happy in the knowledge that another gullible person is in cloud cuckooo land ..... bring in the men in white coats, nurse
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No, in fact I'm not kidding. I've seen the reconstruction of a similar incident and in fact it looks pretty much just like this.
Either of you ever seen an airplane this size porpoise?
Anyhow, the question is who where and when if anyone with a ciil tongue is out there.
CC
Either of you ever seen an airplane this size porpoise?
Anyhow, the question is who where and when if anyone with a ciil tongue is out there.
CC
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Clyde- I have a ciil tongue, whatever that is. Take the hint- drop it. The where is on someone's computer, who cares when. You're making a fool of yourself. Yet another internet hoax, to add to the millions of others out there.
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Clyde
Your profile describes you as being 'at the pointy end, of course'.
Of what may I ask?
I'll also give you a clue - name a modern aircraft with nose wheel braking.
TB (Captain in my time of B737, A320 family and presently B747-400 aircraft - not MS Flight Sim but the real thing).
Your profile describes you as being 'at the pointy end, of course'.
Of what may I ask?
I'll also give you a clue - name a modern aircraft with nose wheel braking.
TB (Captain in my time of B737, A320 family and presently B747-400 aircraft - not MS Flight Sim but the real thing).
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Originally Posted by Contacttower
I've seen this video before and what I've read is that the plane was remote controlled and being filmed for use in an advert.
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My word, how many times have I seen this one? Throw in the A319 starboard wing breaking pics too.
However Contacttower is right on the plane being remote controlled and shot as an ad stunt - except that it is a RC model of size not likely greater than 3m in any dimension. I've had a similar video of a B747 model doing a very similar bouncy baby landing and then hitting a bystander in the leg, poor chap. The bouncing is a dead giveaway. Somewhere to the end the video is blended onto a real a/c where you can see the anti-collision light blink for the 1st time.
Parabellum beat me to it
However Contacttower is right on the plane being remote controlled and shot as an ad stunt - except that it is a RC model of size not likely greater than 3m in any dimension. I've had a similar video of a B747 model doing a very similar bouncy baby landing and then hitting a bystander in the leg, poor chap. The bouncing is a dead giveaway. Somewhere to the end the video is blended onto a real a/c where you can see the anti-collision light blink for the 1st time.
Parabellum beat me to it
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OK OK! I'll put CC out of his/her misery
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2913482 Posts #1-6
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2913482 Posts #1-6
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Either of you ever seen an airplane this size porpoise?
To be fair though I wasn't sure what to think either when I first saw it.
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As I said before 'name a modern aircraft with nose wheel braking'.
16-17 secs in the nose wheel tyre smokes and the nose dips under nose wheel braking. I refer the doubting eejits to the above.
16-17 secs in the nose wheel tyre smokes and the nose dips under nose wheel braking. I refer the doubting eejits to the above.
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The 727 has nosewheel brakes, for one.
I'm at the pointy end of a 757 at the moment, if you really must know.
It was supposed to be "civil" tongue and if you have to resort to spelling lames, well the reply there should be obvious.
Who says the nosewheels were braking anyway?
The nosewheel can become compressed under abrupt mains braking and the smoke from the nosewheel also could have come from abrupt and violent contact with the runway.
I saw all of these things as well before I posted and I'm still not sure.
As I said, I've seen a computer reconstruction taken from a FDR and it looks just like that! The FO on the reconstructed flight told me himself that it was incredibly violent and yes, the airplane was quite badly damaged.
Just thought someone here would know positively if it had happened or that it might stimulate some intelligent discussion.
What was i thinking?
CC
I'm at the pointy end of a 757 at the moment, if you really must know.
It was supposed to be "civil" tongue and if you have to resort to spelling lames, well the reply there should be obvious.
Who says the nosewheels were braking anyway?
The nosewheel can become compressed under abrupt mains braking and the smoke from the nosewheel also could have come from abrupt and violent contact with the runway.
I saw all of these things as well before I posted and I'm still not sure.
As I said, I've seen a computer reconstruction taken from a FDR and it looks just like that! The FO on the reconstructed flight told me himself that it was incredibly violent and yes, the airplane was quite badly damaged.
Just thought someone here would know positively if it had happened or that it might stimulate some intelligent discussion.
What was i thinking?
CC
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This one is for real: please note how different it looks from the Beer Ad: far less phoney!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh1wQ...elated&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh1wQ...elated&search=
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Models vs reality
We have all seen umpteen cruddy movies with models (especially in the olden days) and it is my observation that film-makers always seem to neglect one aspect - camera speed. With the video being discussed here, you can see if it was "slow motioned" slightly it would be very much more realistic. You see it with water scenes too - the waves lapping in a model tank would more closely resemble ocean swells if slow motioned. But of course nowadays simulations must be a lot cheaper.