OT - Oh my god! : Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:21 pm  

How did this get off the ground. http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogalle ... tralia.wmv

How did this get off the ground. http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogalle ... tralia.wmv

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:26 pm  

Incredible

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:27 pm  

wouldn't fancy that.

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:28 pm  

Austin 3:16 wrote:

Incredible

It's the Paleaaesina of aeroplanes.

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:29 pm  

flipper wrote:

:shock:

wouldn't fancy that.

I bet the pilots backside was nipping.

You have to have sound on for the full effect. The commentary near the end is very funny.

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:30 pm  

King Monkey wrote:

It's the Paleaaesina of aeroplanes.

Quality!

[Wheels]

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:31 pm  

I wouldn't fancy watching that try and land at LBIA...

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:32 pm  

Wheels wrote:

:shock:

I wouldn't fancy watching that try and land at LBIA...

It'd go straight through the tarmac.

Re: OT - Oh my god! : Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:10 pm  

King Monkey wrote:

How did this get off the ground.

Lift generated by the wings most likely. Although in truth the lift is actually lower air pressure above the wing so in effect it is sucked off the ground.

We had an Il76 (Candid) in at Waddington last summer to transport a Nimrod fuselage up to BAE Woodford. It were alright I suppose but up and away at the mid point of the runway. They even stopped the traffic on the A15 for it's taxi out, I was on the fence and the wingtip didn't even reach me. Gutted I was.

Re: OT - Oh my god! : Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:17 pm  

tvoc wrote:

Lift generated by the wings most likely. Although in truth the lift is actually lower air pressure above the wing so in effect it is sucked off the ground.

We had an Il76 (Candid) in at Waddington last summer to transport a Nimrod fuselage up to BAE Woodford. It were alright I suppose but up and away at the mid point of the runway. They even stopped the traffic on the A15 for it's taxi out, I was on the fence and the wingtip didn't even reach me. Gutted I was.

Did it have the shock and awe factor of the vulcan tvoc??