Official Aviation Thread...

[flyboyx]

i started to watch the video. didn't finish it.

looks like the first stage fan exploded judging by the photo. whatever happened, it appears that it was bad enough to take out the containment ring. most of it is missing. its the ragged yellow stuff on the leading edge of the engine. this is the kind of thing that kills people

[BlackbirdM3]

A few shots from 4. Pylon 4 is a special place where only 9 people per day get to shoot from. You enter your name in a lottery and see if you get picked. This was my first time shooting from there, and I have to be honest, its really hard to shoot there. You can't see the planes until they are going over your head. Its an amazing place to watch from however.






Will

[LateFan]

looks like the first stage fan exploded judging by the photo.

Engine bits were found in Greenland...

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41515516

[BlackbirdM3]

Engine bits were found in Greenland...
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41515516

Not the first time a jet has landed at Goose Bay. One of the 4 Vulcan bombers that are in North America is there. It landed with an electrical fire, was deemed to much work to patch up and fly home, so, it never left. Its now on static display there.


Will

[BlackbirdM3]

Or, in color...


Will

[mrsleeve]

You know my take. On shots like that B&W all the way

[flyboyx]

i like that pic i bw. it looks timeless that way as if it could have been taken during the war. also, with the tweaking you have done, it looks a little like it was shot with infrared.

[BlackbirdM3]

The Reno unlimited race...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=YvRmZZZEzF8

(The youtube embedded feature isn't working.)

Will

[BlackbirdM3]

A few shots from the Fenceline (western boundary of the race course) and show area Wednesday night (Witness the gathering storm)









Will

[LateFan]

"...get on that 7 0 7"

[BlackbirdM3]

I think we need another Reno photo dump... Hopefully you haven't had enough of the A model Mustang.



L139 Prototype.

Since the area was on fire the past two weeks, I had a chance to shoot some heavy helicopters in action.







Will

[FLYNAVY]

Awesome pics as usual. I used to work as an FBO lineman at KCVO in college, where the HTSI Skycranes are home fielded at (at least they were back then). I remember at the end of the fire season one year, it was a nice rainy low overcast PNW afternoon, when all of a sudden, it sounded like the world was ending. Turned out to be all 6 or 8 of them on ILS final, and the thunder of those rotors was nearly indescribable. Don't think they had the CH-53's flying yet at that point, were just in the hanger getting retrofitted, but man, it was an impressive sight, as one by one, their taxi lights popped out of the low overcast and they came in to land. Real cool birds, got a few chances to crawl all over them as an interested bystander/airport employee.

[M-technik-3]

Oh look an L100 funny we were talking about them not to long ago.

[BlackbirdM3]

That's all I have for tonight.

Will

[BlackbirdM3]

New mustang pilot.


Will