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Old 08-04-2012, 08:21 PM   #781
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HA HA HA!!!! Those youtube videos are an absolute classic! A must see for all. Well done Peuty for posting them
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Old 08-04-2012, 08:37 PM   #782
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Old 08-04-2012, 10:20 PM   #783
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I really can't tell if the vids are a ****take or not!
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Old 08-04-2012, 11:51 PM   #784
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...."just a few small hiccups!"

That bad boy is lacking a few hundred more ponies to power it down the dirt strip!

I'm interested to see if he's checked the real weight and balance of this thing!!
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Old 08-04-2012, 11:55 PM   #785
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youtube drift.....

This bad boy is something else!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...Et0bCeTy8&NR=1
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Old 09-04-2012, 05:35 PM   #786
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Ah yes, the Caspian Sea Monster!

Cool link - http://englishrussia.com/2010/03/12/ekranoplan/
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Old 09-04-2012, 06:57 PM   #787
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Ah yes, the Caspian Sea Monster!

Cool link - http://englishrussia.com/2010/03/12/ekranoplan/

The USSR (sorry it wasnt russia when it was built lol) built quite a few different versions of these beauties.... as big as a 747 just 30m from the gound at over 250knots is pretty scarey and impressive!
Just at the end of the clip you get to see the LUN (the aircraft in the pictures that Peuty posted) firing one of its antiship missiles...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlEt0...eature=related
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Old 11-04-2012, 11:18 AM   #788
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Does RC Aviation count in this thread lol. My T-28 Trojan 140mm wingspan foamie. Flaps, retracts, led lighting.



Some aerial shots of it. Notice the shots are so good it looks real





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Old 07-05-2012, 08:59 PM   #791
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For viewing of aircraft at Melbourne Airport.......http://jetspotter.com/mel%20view.htm
There is a long range view from down near Star Track on Annandale road near the concrete works.
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Old 12-05-2012, 05:31 PM   #794
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Old 12-05-2012, 05:32 PM   #795
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For any Ice Pilots fans,

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskat...s.html?cmp=rss

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Interesting read about a P-40 that crashed in the Sahara during WWII and has only just been recently found 70 years later.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...=feeds-newsxml
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great read about the P40, I hope they save it before people souvenier it
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Just finished reading this book...

Punching Out: Stories of High-Speed Ejections
by James Cross

A great read for aviation enthusiasts, with some really funny stories. Like the RAF pilot who ejected from his Harrier over Germany after a bird strike, but the plane then continued flying for 30+ minutes until it ran out of gas and crashed in Denmark.

Thoroughly recommend.
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Will check that book out for sure, thanks Magpie.

Also, good to see that the RAAF have finally done something about a Caribou replacement - C27J Spartan. 10 of them.
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Does anyone have flight sim 2004.
Does this game feature the Concorde?
I'm pretty keen to fly one.
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Will check that book out for sure, thanks Magpie.

Also, good to see that the RAAF have finally done something about a Caribou replacement - C27J Spartan. 10 of them.
Yes but basing the whole lot in richmond??? Prefer they were moved here to Tsv... The army here used the caribou quite a lot, plus they are handy during disaster relief etc...

But the C-27 is the only obvious choice.



The basic design has been around for nearly 30yrs now as it was orginally the G-222, built and designed in Italy.
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Yes but basing the whole lot in richmond??? Prefer they were moved here to Tsv... The army here used the caribou quite a lot, plus they are handy during disaster relief etc...

But the C-27 is the only obvious choice.

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The basic design has been around for nearly 30yrs now as it was orginally the G-222, built and designed in Italy.

Mini-Me to a Herc??
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Ha yes, its often referred to as a Mini Herc.

In order for it to be more sellable to the US (it was a contender for the Joint Cargo Aircraft, for the US army and USAF) the Italian company joined forces with Lockheed Martin who make the Herc.

The C-27 has the same engines, similar props (smaller diameter) and almost exactly the same cockpit as the C130J model Herc.

Its more then twice the size of a Caribou however.... but there isnt anything out there that will fly in and out of a 150m strip!
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Will check that book out for sure, thanks Magpie.

Also, good to see that the RAAF have finally done something about a Caribou replacement - C27J Spartan. 10 of them.
Are they getting the ones the US didn't want or new ones from Italy?
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Are they getting the ones the US didn't want or new ones from Italy?
The ones from the USA... all ready to go...
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[QUOTE=Jim Goose]Yes but basing the whole lot in richmond??? Prefer they were moved here to Tsv... The army here used the caribou quite a lot, plus they are handy during disaster relief etc...


It's all about logistics which is why Richmond is the best solution for the time being. I am sure once the wrinkles are ironed out 35SQN will move back up North.
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EiiR Diamond Jubilee Windsor Castle fly past from inside the formation:

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Great display of formation flying.....
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A short video clip and pics of an exercise we had with the defence force in Bass Strait in April....apologies for the picture quality...

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