Looking for pictures of airplanes covered in dust
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Looking for pictures of airplanes covered in dust
Or ice. or any other contamination that might affect the performance or flying qualities.
I realize I'm leaving myself open for some pretty strange pictures, but it will be fun to see what comes up.
I realize I'm leaving myself open for some pretty strange pictures, but it will be fun to see what comes up.
ross_M. Do you know what happened to that MD-11? Was this tiping due entirely to the ash (I assume) accumulation?
I have heard stories about odd MD-11 balance/control trim problems. But are they actually that tail heavy? They don't strike me as having particularly large horizontal stabilizers, so I wonder about whether a larger ash accumulation aft caused this.
I have heard stories about odd MD-11 balance/control trim problems. But are they actually that tail heavy? They don't strike me as having particularly large horizontal stabilizers, so I wonder about whether a larger ash accumulation aft caused this.
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ross_M. Do you know what happened to that MD-11? Was this tiping due entirely to the ash (I assume) accumulation?
I guess the seismic activity that close to the volcano was strong enough to tip it on its tail.
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Sorry, I don't know much about the incident details. Maybe R. L. Rieger reads pprune if we are lucky! 
Heavy ashfall from the June 15, 1991, eruption of Pinatubo volcano in the Philippines caused this World Airways DC-10 to set on its tail. About 4 cu km of ash was erupted on June 15. It accumulated to depths of 10-15 cm at this airfield at the Cubi Point Naval Air Station, 40 km SSW of Pinatubo.
Photo by R.L. Rieger, 1991 (U.S. Navy).
Photo by R.L. Rieger, 1991 (U.S. Navy).
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Some more details:
Report on the volcanic incident
Aircraft landed at Cubi
Point Naval Air Station
on June 14, 1991, just
prior to start of major
eruption. Up to 6 in of
ash accumulated on
aircraft, including
wings and horizontal
stabilizer, and caused it
to tilt back on the tail.
Weight of ash was
approximately 32 lb/ft
2
.
Aircraft suffered some
damage to exterior of
tail fuselage, rear
pressure bulkhead, and APU compartment.
Point Naval Air Station
on June 14, 1991, just
prior to start of major
eruption. Up to 6 in of
ash accumulated on
aircraft, including
wings and horizontal
stabilizer, and caused it
to tilt back on the tail.
Weight of ash was
approximately 32 lb/ft
2
.
Aircraft suffered some
damage to exterior of
tail fuselage, rear
pressure bulkhead, and APU compartment.
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MiG-25 hidden in sand in Iraq. Presumably when they burried them they intended to fly them again.
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Sadly I did not take any pictures of this, but to be honest I didn't think of it at the time, I was more concerned about other things at the time.
Park a brand new white corporate jet, a Falcon 50EX in this case, on the ramp at Beijing, China for three weeks and when you come back, it is brown, from the pollution in the air.
This is what it looked like when I first parked it;
Now imagine all the white color, now the color of mud and you've got it.
I was able to have it cleaned in Singapore a couple of days later.
Park a brand new white corporate jet, a Falcon 50EX in this case, on the ramp at Beijing, China for three weeks and when you come back, it is brown, from the pollution in the air.
This is what it looked like when I first parked it;
Now imagine all the white color, now the color of mud and you've got it.
I was able to have it cleaned in Singapore a couple of days later.
