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How can a plane fly in this conditions?
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I saw this aircraft in 2008. It had just arrived at the Boneyard to await
its fate. "guido" wrote in message . .. How can a plane fly in this conditions? |
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Anyone know what happened?
"guido" wrote in message . .. How can a plane fly in this conditions? |
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"Salamanda" wrote in message
... Anyone know what happened? "guido" wrote in message . .. How can a plane fly in this conditions? http://www.talkingproud.us/HistoryB52NoTail.html Google is your friend -- Cheers Dave Kearton |
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On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:35:13 +0200, guido wrote:
How can a plane fly in this conditions? If it can happen to a Boeing, it could also happen to an Airbus. Could something similar explain the demise of Air France 447 that recently was lost over the Atlantic? |
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"rabid_fan" wrote in message news On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:35:13 +0200, guido wrote: How can a plane fly in this conditions? If it can happen to a Boeing, it could also happen to an Airbus. It did - 2001 in New York - straight after 9/11 |
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On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:57:46 +0930, "Dave Kearton"
wrote: "Salamanda" wrote in message ... Anyone know what happened? "guido" wrote in message . .. How can a plane fly in this conditions? http://www.talkingproud.us/HistoryB52NoTail.html Boeings ~usually~ make it home after the tail falls off. http://www.seattlepi.com/archives/1989/8901260265.asp Of course, the KC-135/707 was designed with a folding tail, for back in the days when it were the big'n in the hangar. Bob ^,,^ |
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Never heard of a KC-135 loosing a tail. The one(E-6A) in the article is
quite different from the 135's. The first time the tail fell off the crew didn't know that they had lost the tail until told so upon landing. The fix was to change the amount of hydraulic pressure available to the rudder at different airspeeds. How do I know? I fly and maintain these aircraft and have many hours in this one. The Navy crews wanted to call the plane 'Gecko' but we ended up with 'Mercury' Frydaddy "Bob (not my real pseudonym)" wrote in message ... On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:57:46 +0930, "Dave Kearton" wrote: "Salamanda" wrote in message ... Anyone know what happened? "guido" wrote in message . .. How can a plane fly in this conditions? http://www.talkingproud.us/HistoryB52NoTail.html Boeings ~usually~ make it home after the tail falls off. http://www.seattlepi.com/archives/1989/8901260265.asp Of course, the KC-135/707 was designed with a folding tail, for back in the days when it were the big'n in the hangar. Bob ^,,^ |
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"Bob (not my real pseudonym)" wrote in message ... On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:57:46 +0930, "Dave Kearton" wrote: "Salamanda" wrote in message ... Anyone know what happened? "guido" wrote in message . .. How can a plane fly in this conditions? http://www.talkingproud.us/HistoryB52NoTail.html Boeings ~usually~ make it home after the tail falls off. http://www.seattlepi.com/archives/1989/8901260265.asp Of course, the KC-135/707 was designed with a folding tail, for back in the days when it were the big'n in the hangar. Bob ^,,^ In fact, none of the 135s upon which I flew had folding tails. BTW and FWIW, the 135 is not a 707. It is, per Boeing, a 717..... DaveD With about 10k hours in RC135 aircraft. |
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On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:10:49 -0800, "Dave D"
wrote: "Bob (not my real pseudonym)" wrote in message .. . On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:57:46 +0930, "Dave Kearton" wrote: "Salamanda" wrote in message ... Anyone know what happened? "guido" wrote in message . .. How can a plane fly in this conditions? http://www.talkingproud.us/HistoryB52NoTail.html Boeings ~usually~ make it home after the tail falls off. http://www.seattlepi.com/archives/1989/8901260265.asp Of course, the KC-135/707 was designed with a folding tail, for back in the days when it were the big'n in the hangar. Bob ^,,^ In fact, none of the 135s upon which I flew had folding tails. BTW and FWIW, the 135 is not a 707. It is, per Boeing, a 717..... DaveD With about 10k hours in RC135 aircraft. I'm not an expert on this stuff, but thought I had read that at least the KC-135 had this feature. Could it have either been removed, or just never used? When I look at my own and other's photos of KC-135s from before the re-engining projects, they all have what appears to be a walkway outlined in black (looked like a big check mark) on the port side of the vertical stabilizer - which would have been the topside when folded. http://aviation-safety.net/photos/ai...-P-d-1-500.jpg Also, wasn't part of the reason the USAF scarfed up so many used 707 and 720 airframes back in the '80s was for replacement vertical stabs for the KC-135s? Or was the folding stab only implemented on the 367-80? Sorry - limited vision and blood flow to the brain inhibit further research on my part at this time. Bob ^,,^ |
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