 | How Many Army, Navy, Airforce, Marines.......| The NAAFI & PX Discuss How Many Army, Navy, Airforce, Marines....... in the Military Matters forums; Originally Posted by wingnuts
Notice the 2 engines feathered on the same side in the above photo doing the low ... |
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02-12-2008, 10:11 AM
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#181 | | Older Than Dirt
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Originally Posted by wingnuts  Notice the 2 engines feathered on the same side in the above photo doing the low pass over the beach (Majunga, Madagascar)..... saves covering everone in engine oil.... RR Griffon engines had a bit of a reputation | To make a low pass.... with two engines feathered, on the same side takes balls,
and a lot of confidence in an airplane.... and one's ability to control said airplane.
My hat's off to the pilot....
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02-23-2008, 01:35 PM
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Country:  | The engines feathered flypast was a bit of a Party Piece of the Shacking Great Fuc£lebomber. My ex-father-in-law was an Air Eng on them and said that the early Mk 1s had that delightful trait of being overpowered. He told me that one did a flypast at a display at Gibraltar (or was it Malta?) on 2 and then turned around (carefully!) and repeated the performance on only one!
Unfortunately, the Air Eng (not my ex’s dad) then proceeded to spoil the effect by feathering the one labouring Griffon instead of re-starting a second! The resulting belly-in on the main drag was met by sarcastic wild applause evidently! The aircraft was not badly damaged and returned to service after repair – but never trimmed out ever again! Quote: |
saves covering everone in engine oil.... RR Griffon engines had a bit of a reputation
| Not as bad as the Centaurus on the Blackburn Beverly! You only ever needed a navigator on the outbound leg, you followed the oilslick on the way back........... | |
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02-23-2008, 01:38 PM
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#183 | | Older Than Dirt
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you....
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Aw - I've been missed! First time for everything! | |
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02-26-2008, 07:42 AM
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#185 | | Older Than Dirt
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Originally Posted by Downwind.Maddl-Land I could tell you Charles, but I'd have to shoot you afterwards! | I guess that's like "Burn before reading"... huh ?
Any-who... welcome back.
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Portuguese Air Force - Air Police 3 years! | |
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03-05-2008, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Luis Miguel Almeida Hi!!!
Portuguese Air Force - Air Police 3 years! | So you were a fun ruiner??? 
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I was a APC driver and in the last year i was in the service, i was in CSAR. | |
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03-05-2008, 08:51 PM
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DBII | |
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03-05-2008, 08:53 PM
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If anyone need info about Portuguese Air Force i would be happy to try to help!! | |
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03-06-2008, 05:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Luis Miguel Almeida Thank you!!
If anyone need info about Portuguese Air Force i would be happy to try to help!! | Welcome aboard! I hope to make it over to Portugal one day.
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03-11-2008, 10:54 AM
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Country: | Lisbon is definately one of the better "Med" liberty ports.
Beautiful country. BTW, welcome to the forum....
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