Plane Spotters Corner

[Taf]

We just had a UFO fly over at very low altitude (I reckon 800 feet). A four-prop job with a high tail in camo.

A400M ?

[Halcyon]

For the aviation enthusiasts. Not sure how many places are left but worth a look:

http://www.monarch.co.uk/offers/flig...iasts-day-trip

[Kymmy]

Originally Posted by Taf

We just had a UFO fly over at very low altitude (I reckon 800 feet). A four-prop job with a high tail in camo.

A400M ?

Yep the a400m was around at that time

[Kymmy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15135716

A lucky escape

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Originally Posted by Halcyon

For the aviation enthusiasts. Not sure how many places are left but worth a look:

http://www.monarch.co.uk/offers/flig...iasts-day-trip

That's actually not a bad price..

[Derek]

Eek!

http://gizmodo.com/5844628/a-passeng...f-a-dumb-pilot

An All Nippon Airways passenger plane carrying 117 passengers on board experienced a little bit of a scare earlier this month. Why? Because a numb-brained pilot accidentally almost made a Boeing 737-700 fly belly up, as in upside freaking down.

Here's what happened: the co-pilot mistook the rudder trim knob for the cockpit door lock switch so when he "opened the door" for his captain, he actually caused the jet to roll and drop 1,900 meters in 30 seconds. According to internal investigations, "the narrow-body aircraft continued to roll until it reached 131.7 degrees to the left, leaving it almost belly-up. Its nose pointed down as much as 35 degrees at one point."

[Kymmy]

Would rudder trim cause such a severe roll also the alerts wouldn't the alerts have gone crazy??

[Kymmy]

Some people take the hobby a bit too far Looks great though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz4NcTnQedo

New article for it: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...l-airport.html

[Taf]

A ride with the Blue Angels


Looks like fun!

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=700_1319229484&p=1

[Taf]

This Iran Air aircraft seems to be missing something, but the pilot does a great job anyway.

http://www.flabber.nl/linkdump/video...vliegtuig-9554

[Kingofthedead4]

Originally Posted by Taf

This Iran Air aircraft seems to be missing something, but the pilot does a great job anyway.

http://www.flabber.nl/linkdump/video...vliegtuig-9554

A true hero.

[Kymmy]

http://avherald.com/h?article=444b62b9&opt=0

An Iran Air Boeing 727-200, registration EP-IRR performing flight IR-742 from Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) to Tehran Imam Khomeini (Iran) with 94 passengers and 19 crew, was on approach to Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport around 15:20L (11:50Z) when the crew did not receive a down and locked indication for the nose gear and aborted the approach. Following unsuccessful troubleshooting the crew decided to divert to Tehran's Mehrabad Airport where a low approach confirmed the nose gear was not extended. The crew subsequently performed a landing without the nose gear on runway 29L at about 16:00L (12:30Z) and came to a stand still on both main gear and the nose of the aircraft. The aircraft was evacuated, no injuries occurred.

[Taf]

Boeing 767 wheels up landing at Warsaw airport

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15543209

Safe landing..... 230 people on board

[Kymmy]

Looks like another Red Arrows incident, this time an ejector seat issue on the ground

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15640104

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From the pictures of the smashed canopy it looks like one of the zero-zero seats has fired.. They're reporting a serious injury

Pilot has died.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15640104

[Sirius]

May he R.I.P

It just shows how dangerous it is and the risks they take everyday to entertain us with there incredible skill.