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Winter Flight Operations, pt 2 - Flight Test in Winter.jpg (1/1)
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Winter Flight Operations, pt 2 - Flight Test in Winter.jpg (1/1)
Flight test?? Are the test officers the two guys standing on the
fuselage (in a reasonably light wind by the look of their coats), or the others running on the ground and seeming to keep up with it? -- Mike Mackenzie (AVCOM Services) Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Remove "XYZ" from the "Reply to" address when responding by email. |
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Winter Flight Operations, pt 2 - Flight Test in Winter.jpg (1/1)
Mike Mackenzie wrote in
: Flight test?? Are the test officers the two guys standing on the fuselage (in a reasonably light wind by the look of their coats), or the others running on the ground and seeming to keep up with it? Your guess is as good as mine......... |
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Winter Flight Operations, pt 2 - Flight Test in Winter.jpg (1/1)
"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message
... Mike Mackenzie wrote in : Flight test?? Are the test officers the two guys standing on the fuselage (in a reasonably light wind by the look of their coats), or the others running on the ground and seeming to keep up with it? Your guess is as good as mine......... "We will be landing shortly at our destination of Sheremetyevo Airfield. Please return to your SEATS and fasten your seat belts." -- Andrew Chaplin SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO (If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.) |
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Winter Flight Operations, pt 2 - Flight Test in Winter.jpg (1/1)
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Chaplin writes "Mitchell Holman" wrote in message ... Mike Mackenzie wrote in : Flight test?? Are the test officers the two guys standing on the fuselage (in a reasonably light wind by the look of their coats), or the others running on the ground and seeming to keep up with it? Your guess is as good as mine......... "We will be landing shortly at our destination of Sheremetyevo Airfield. Please return to your SEATS and fasten your seat belts." I'm surprised no-one had identified this yet. It's Igor Sikorsky's Ilya Muromets (spellings vary) from 1913. http://www.aviastar.org/air/russia/ilja_muromets.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_Ilya_Muromets http://news.webshots.com/photo/10121...7832IEaMZqIEVI -- Peter Ying tong iddle-i po! |
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Winter Flight Operations, pt 2 - Flight Test in Winter.jpg (1/1)
"Peter Twydell" wrote in message
... In message , Andrew Chaplin writes "Mitchell Holman" wrote in message ... Mike Mackenzie wrote in : Flight test?? Are the test officers the two guys standing on the fuselage (in a reasonably light wind by the look of their coats), or the others running on the ground and seeming to keep up with it? Your guess is as good as mine......... "We will be landing shortly at our destination of Sheremetyevo Airfield. Please return to your SEATS and fasten your seat belts." I'm surprised no-one had identified this yet. It's Igor Sikorsky's Ilya Muromets (spellings vary) from 1913. http://www.aviastar.org/air/russia/ilja_muromets.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_Ilya_Muromets http://news.webshots.com/photo/10121...7832IEaMZqIEVI It's such a famous shot, it didn't occur to me. -- Andrew Chaplin SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO (If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.) |
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