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Monday, September 19, 2011
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ReplyDeleteFVH
Doing that to a 60+ year old aircraft of that size is... err... unwise?
ReplyDelete- Badtux the Flightless Penguin
BadTux, I sort of thought so. And the "two engines out-gear down-low pass" also seemed a bit unwise.
ReplyDeleteDon't think I've ever seen anyone loop a 4-engined transport for real.
Foolhardy? I don't doubt it, but MAN THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so selfish, I know.
The pilot was doing very careful energy management. Than and damn good. When you do those things you have to be super smooth on the controls to minimize G loads. Doesn't hurt that that bird was very strongly built and likely 12,000 pounds or more under gross weight.
ReplyDeleteMany years back I watched a Canadian airforce crew fly a high wing twin round engine in ways not thought possible. I thought him nuts but he was super smooth and was not pulling sharp Gs.
Aircraft age is more subjective due to the rigorous maintenence and inspection demands of the FAA and often the owners are pretty picky too.
Eck!
Awesome performance. And just remember: that guy had two more engines on than Bob Hoover did in his twin engine Commander routine... ;)
ReplyDeleteOh wow!! That was awesome!! Totally scary but absolutely awesome!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad someone invoked Bob Hoover. I did, myself, in another blog in defense of the "old pilot" cited regarding RNO.
ReplyDeleteOld airplanes doesn't mean the same thing when they are unpressurized, like the C-54. Pressurized is a whole different ballgame where life is measured in pressurization cycles and can be counted in years, not wars served in.
I wonder how many readers are engaged in the reality series Ice Pilots. Lots of round engine flying in some pretty extreme conditions done by those boys (and girls) in the NWT. Their most modern airplane is a 50 year old Electra (the turboprop L-188, not the twin).
LRod
ZJX, ORD, ZAU retired
LRod, I don't watch "reality" TV. Not "Ice Pilots" or "Sons of Guns" or any of them. As far as I can see, 90+% of the footage is just bullshit and hype.
ReplyDeleteI've learned to divest of the drama. I just like hearing (and seeing) R-2800s wheezing, chucking, spitting, then roaring to life. One blade, two blades, three blades…
ReplyDeleteLRod
ZJX, ORD, ZAU retired
I don't know anything about aircraft maintenance, or how to fly, or anything at all to do with airplanes, really.
ReplyDeleteAll I know is... this video had me cheering.
I love Ice Pilots and watching those piston-pounding beasts haul their wares across the tundra. That's some serious skill involved on the part of both pilots and mechanics. I especially enjoyed the story arc where they were trying to get those two VFR water-bombers across the North Atlantic to Turkey.
ReplyDeleteThe narration makes me laugh, though, when the writers blow things out of proportion. I know the weather up there can be a force to be reckoned with, but not every little crosswind is "a highly dangerous maneuver".