Love float planes!!
Written on 2019年10月18日 by TBMason
Great shot and very difficult to do! Great job!
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Kobe Hunte
How could you look at this picture and not Love airplanes ????
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Tom Fox
Aussie cammo?
Written on 2019年10月18日 by perry smith
what a great plane.......reminds me of Bruce Taylor...
Written on 2019年10月18日 by garritt
love these...
Written on 2019年10月18日 by garritt
I first spied N9701F at the Santa Monica, CA airport in mid-1978, having just been hired by The Flying Tiger Line in Los Angeles. At that time it was owned and operated by Briles Wing & Helicopters. They had helicopter contracts up in Alaska and used the airplane as a mobile maintenance vessel. By removing the rotor blades, they could transport a Jet Ranger within the fuselage.
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Robert Briggs
This was my first up-close sighting of a Fairchild C-82 Packet. Notably different with the twin-boom tail, and the post-military addition of a single Jet engine mounted on top-center of the fuselage.
Burnished on the left side of the fuselage, were remnants of the logo of TWA. Back in the B-707 days, TWA had owned at least two 'Packets', again serving as mobile maintenance vehicle, large enough to haul spare JT-3D engines, other parts, maintenance crews and their equipment, to service regions within Europe and Africa continents.
Fifteen years later, I had the pleasure of a re-introduction to N9701F at Hawkins and Powers Aviation, Greybull, WY. The Packet was one of a variety of older reciprocating-engine airplane types used for aerial fire-fighting that H&P used various missions. The airplane had the LARGEST supernumerary seating area I had ever seen, all located on the upper deck just aft of the pilot cockpit controls. The distance between the pilot seats were also much further than modern-day jet transports. Communication between the pilots was not enhanced with an intercom, resulting in 'shouting' requests to the 2nd pilot for power settings and checklists. I had the distinct pleasure to take training and fly her, earning an FA-82 type-rating on 27 September 1993.
Although not required for our lighter-weight flight training, we fired up the jet engine for demonstration purposes. Recalling that it was NOT powered by Jet-A, but rather the same 100-octane aviation fuel as the main engines, the jet ran some VERY hot turbine temperatures!
Following two separate incidents of wing folding, one involving a P4Y and another C-130, costs of complying with FAA mandates caused H&P to cease operations. Assets of H&P were sold to accommodate loans. N9701F was eventually acquired by folks in Hagerstown, MD.
While giving initial instruction to a new owner of an Eclipse Jet, student, I again stumbled across N9701F in November 2017 at the Hangerstown, MD airport. I doubt she is airworthy, last sighted north of the main Hangerstown terminal, where she may remain today.
Notes from my logbook include the following:
USAF Serial #45-57814; Limitations included 'Restricted to Private carriage of cargo – no cargo or passengers for hire' ; P&W 2800-CB-16 engines; Westinghouse J-34-WE-34 on top-mounted pod, with 3,250 pounds of thrust; Basic Operating Weight 34,000 pounds; Gross Weight 54,000 pounds with the jet operating; Gross Weight 47,000 pounds without the jet operating; Max. Landing weight 54,000 pounds; Vmc 91; V2 109; Climb 118; Vlo 113; Vle 130; Vse 105; Vb 140-160; Approach 110; Boundary 100; TWA Max. crosswind component 26 knots.
Fabulous shadow facing the sun, impressive livery.
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Jim Costello
Maybe lucky but you had to know where to go to get that awesome picture!!
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Yvon Dionne
A WOW shot - just beautiful timing.
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Dick Nieuwendyk
So pretty and very cool!
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Anne Ross
I just realised, this is also the first pic of ZS-SJS in the FA database.
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Viv Pike
I just realised, this is the first pic of ZS-RPA in the FA database.
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Viv Pike
Outstanding image Ross, well done!
Written on 2019年10月18日 by John David
Its a 400ER Qantas is the only airline to have the extended range 747's I think they had 4 and they only flew the Melbourne to LAX route.
Written on 2019年10月18日 by BIGDJB
Premier vol avec un atterrissage hors pistes et sans rien casser! C'était en 1959. Grand souvenir.
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Jean CLAUDE BALTEL
like to BW
Written on 2019年10月18日 by BillAhrens
cool
Written on 2019年10月18日 by renato basso
Awesome photo! Thanks. Surprisingly the mains are only about 20' AGL, and appears to not even be over the runway yet. Given the length of the aircraft and deck angle, I'd be more than a little nervous at that point if I were PIC. Guess that's why those captains get paid the big bucks. Just seems low to me.
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Fred Ogden
EDDF = Frankfort, so it's probably Lufthansa Cargo. The contrails are coming off the inboard vortex generators on either side of engines 1 and 3. Look closely at the 10:30 and 1:30 positions on the nacelle.
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Jim Smirh
Fantastic pic Quentin !!
Written on 2019年10月18日 by ken kemper
perfection
How many aircraft of IAG will remain registered within the EU after Brexit? About half of them.
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Jim Costello
Center stage for the pending 96th celebration of the Republic.........in more ways than one.
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Jim Costello
That is so beautiful, I could cry!
Written on 2019年10月18日 by silverio califano
The vortices off of the engine fins are way cool too!
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Curtis Smith
Sturdy as she goes.
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Jim Costello
Great shot!
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Curtis Smith
Fast. 400kts.
Written on 2019年10月18日 by jthyland
SOCATA (Morane Saulnier) MS893E GT Rallye 180hp, C/N 12602. Couldn't find the manufacturing date at the moment but she sure is an old lady. And, yes, it's a glider tug, tugging as shown by the stretched out cable. A very traditional role in which she has been (is) widely used, as well as in-flight school. The leading edge slats are 100% automatic (spring-loaded), making her quite hard (though not impossible) to stall. She is the first aircraft I have ever flown (the 100hp variant). That was long ago, almost in a former life. :)
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Louis Cinca
If that is the twice a-day flight from Dulles to Frankfurt, she will be over my backyard in two miles. A twice a day thrilling sight accompanied by the sound and feel of true power.
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Russ Brown
Nice picture but this airplane is actually a 185 on 3430 floats.
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Terry Morris
Looks like the air show has already started!
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Bill Butler
Very Unique Shot. Thanks.
Written on 2019年10月18日 by fholbert
Even as a kid who built models in the 1960's, these things always looked like they severely struggled to stay aloft. So slow they seemed to fly backwards.... Some may argue
Written on 2019年10月18日 by rbt schaffer
Great capture and excellent timing!
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Loyd Enochs
NICE
Written on 2019年10月18日 by jesse kyzer
Phila. PA Police Officer giving you a peace sign. They are our eye's in the sky.
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Shrimp333
ALL stay safe. Good Catch!!!!!
Thank you very much!
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Kazuyuki Taniguchi
Thanks! I was lucky
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Kazuyuki Taniguchi
Neat shot but I like more airplane, less scenery....just me
Written on 2019年10月18日 by jmonroe
I parachuted from aircraft
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Lionel GAUDIN
I flew over Chad, Africa in the very late 60's, between "Fort Lamy" (Ndjamena) and the Tibesti in one of the French Military Noratlas. I remember we had to go one by one to the toilet at the very end of the tale, the last 10ft of the plane was lightly built to gain weight. In the cockpit it was a glass bubble on the top to navigate with the stars in case of instrument failure. Very emblematic plane of this period of time. Another plane very strange, the Breguet Deux Ponts, double deck Breguet, in service between Algiers and Paris in the 50's.
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Patrice LLavador
Nice Shot! I have a picture of the exact same place, I took it yesterday. The GLF6 was on short final to WSSS.
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Joan Williams
What an incredible shot!
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Michael Stansfield
The original movie "Flight of the Phoenix" used a Fairchild C-82 Packet, the remake used a Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar. Similar to a Noratlas in that they were twin-boomed military transports. I used to see C-119's and Noratlases frequently fly over my house in the 1960's
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Alex Howe
yep!
Written on 2019年10月18日 by Brian Wilkes
Classic Dassault aerodynamics with her leading edge devices giving a target final approach speed as slow as 108knots at light landing weights for this Classic Falcon 50.
Written on 2019年10月18日 by CHRIS ROBEY
great paint scheme!
Written on 2019年10月18日 by ghaussner
Nice
Written on 2019年10月18日 by A.Levent Bekdik
