Military Aircraft: airshows, operational, whatever, lets see what you have!
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FEBS said:Nonac, nice shot of the B-2. Lucky you to see and fix it in a photo.
I'm lucky in that I get to see them all the time. The airbase that they are kept at is close to where I live. This weekend, there was an air show at the base, that's where I took this pic.
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Last week in Pardubice Airport (Czech Republic) there was great air show mostly presenting older planes. Here, some of my captures:
Pardubice 2015 Air Show by Lukasz Bien, on Flickr
Pardubice 2015 Air Show by Lukasz Bien, on Flickr
Pardubice 2015 Air Show by Lukasz Bien, on Flickr
Pardubice 2015 Air Show by Lukasz Bien, on Flickr
Pardubice 2015 Air Show by Lukasz Bien, on Flickr
Pardubice 2015 Air Show by Lukasz Bien, on Flickr
Pardubice 2015 Air Show by Lukasz Bien, on Flickr
Sopwith Camel - Pardubice 2015 Air Show by Lukasz Bien, on Flickr
Pardubice 2015 Air Show by Lukasz Bien, on Flickr
Pardubice 2015 Air Show by Lukasz Bien, on Flickr
It was also first serious test for me of the new combo (7dII + 100-400II).
Pardubice 2015 Air Show by Lukasz Bien, on Flickr
Pardubice 2015 Air Show by Lukasz Bien, on Flickr
Pardubice 2015 Air Show by Lukasz Bien, on Flickr
Pardubice 2015 Air Show by Lukasz Bien, on Flickr
Pardubice 2015 Air Show by Lukasz Bien, on Flickr
Pardubice 2015 Air Show by Lukasz Bien, on Flickr
Pardubice 2015 Air Show by Lukasz Bien, on Flickr
Sopwith Camel - Pardubice 2015 Air Show by Lukasz Bien, on Flickr
Pardubice 2015 Air Show by Lukasz Bien, on Flickr
Pardubice 2015 Air Show by Lukasz Bien, on Flickr
It was also first serious test for me of the new combo (7dII + 100-400II).
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Hi Guy.
Im a bit of a sceptic, perhaps you or others could enlighten me. Is it really possible for a passenger airliner to go vertical right after takeoff, I realise that with no passengers or their luggage and a light fuel load the aircraft would have plenty of power to call upon, or was what we saw a result of crafty camera angles and lens distortion or was it just pure CGI?
Cool film whatever, definitely stolen!
Cheers, Graham.
Im a bit of a sceptic, perhaps you or others could enlighten me. Is it really possible for a passenger airliner to go vertical right after takeoff, I realise that with no passengers or their luggage and a light fuel load the aircraft would have plenty of power to call upon, or was what we saw a result of crafty camera angles and lens distortion or was it just pure CGI?
Cool film whatever, definitely stolen!
Cheers, Graham.
GuyF said:
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Hi Lucasz.
Some very nice shots of some beautiful aircraft, loving the WW1 aircraft, and the polished alloy planes are always a pleasure to see. Nice work.
Cheers, Graham.
Some very nice shots of some beautiful aircraft, loving the WW1 aircraft, and the polished alloy planes are always a pleasure to see. Nice work.
Cheers, Graham.
LukasS said:
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Valvebounce said:
Boeing 707 Barrel Roll - Pilot Tex Johnston Performs Roll In Dash-80 Prototype Aircraft In 1955
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaA7kPfC5Hk
So, yes, passenger aircraft do have possible flight capabilities that ordinarily go unused.
Really, we wouldn't want it any other way.
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Valvebounce said:
The 787 has pretty powerful engines but I think you would need to see the side on shot to know what the actual angle of take off was as that top view can be deceptive. So I found a video they did in preparation for the 2014 Farnborough show. Not vertical but still impressive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZRKm6PG918&feature=youtu.be
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Valvebounce said:
Definitely not CGI. I suspect a mixture of zero payload, full thrust and camera angle allow a "near vertical" angle of attack.
I gather only certain airliners have the ability to perform anything that might approach being called a stunt. I saw an interview with a former Concorde pilot who (early on in its development) was sitting at the controls with a test pilot. The test pilot did a barrel roll which surprised the pilot just a bit. "Well, I've rolled it one way, you better roll it back", said the test pilot. He did. Try that in a 747 and you'll rip the wings off. Shall we start singing Rule Britannia?
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GuyF said:
Not true. Barrel rolls do not induce abnormal G loads, it is a 1G maneuver that pretty much anything moving can do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KNbKFMBsQE
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tolusina said:
As always, do you have a point? Mine was specifically addressing the post above mine with video contradicting the statement, repost or not it was relevant.
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Hi Folks.
Thanks for clearing that up for me, I did know some airliners had pulled some fairly stunt like manoeuvres, my suspicion was about going vertical or near vertical. Just about to check the videos you have linked to.
Edit. Thanks, the side view gives a really good impression of just how steep the climb out was, not quite as steep as it first appears in the original linked video, but not unimpressive to say the least.
Cheers, Graham.
Thanks for clearing that up for me, I did know some airliners had pulled some fairly stunt like manoeuvres, my suspicion was about going vertical or near vertical. Just about to check the videos you have linked to.
Edit. Thanks, the side view gives a really good impression of just how steep the climb out was, not quite as steep as it first appears in the original linked video, but not unimpressive to say the least.
Cheers, Graham.
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Hi privatebydesign.
Really, misinformation is all over the place, all the people that post it online live somewhere. There is probably someone close to you now misinforming a neighbour! ;D
Cheers,Graham.
Really, misinformation is all over the place, all the people that post it online live somewhere. There is probably someone close to you now misinforming a neighbour! ;D
Cheers,Graham.
privatebydesign said:No problem Guy, I thought the internet was the only source of dodgy information!
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