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Terrible photo, but it was with my phone. Second flyover in two days.
http://i.imgur.com/jhNTZlO.jpg
I love airplanes, ever since I was a kid. My dad switched from oil panting to watercolor and landscapes to planes, here is his first watercolor. He saw this as a photograph and turned it into a painting.Attachment 47571
They're watching you Ridge! That's just the one you could see.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Ridge
Have any of you guys seen a big, white with a little blue, 4 engine prop job (reminds me of a C130), flying around the Denver area lately? We first saw it flying low, Thursday the 17th, over downtown Denver circling and gradually getting higher. Then we saw it Monday the 21st, up by Dacono circling low. Then we saw it the next day, Tuesday, flying around the Chatfield area circling low. It was weird that we saw it so many times in different locations. We're pretty certain it was the same plane each time. It looked like it had a bit of a tail boom like a re-fueler.
P3 Orion. https://www.ar-15.co/threads/135619-...o?highlight=P3Quote:
Originally Posted by crob1
A380 passing us like we were standing still.
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At .74, I've been waiting for pelicans to pass usQuote:
Originally Posted by ColoWyo
Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by rondog
Its even more painful at 300 true, headed west. And then descending below 20 just to get out of the headwind.Quote:
Originally Posted by sniper7
.74 is unacceptable.Quote:
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Nice picture, you have a good view from your office window! ( I'm not getting the .74 thing, is that a rotation or Mach reference?)Quote:
Originally Posted by ColoWyo
.74 is a mach reference.
The cruise speed in an Airbus is generated by a computer based on a 'cost index' number. These numbers can range from 0 to into the hundreds [I seem to remember entering 999 at some point, but I'd never admit to it!]. The cost index number is supposed to balance fuel economy with other non-fuel costs associated with the flight… crew costs, engine per hour costs, misconnected passengers, headwinds or tailwinds, etc. Near as I can tell, most Airbus operators use cost indexes of somewhere in the teens up to around 75. Frontier consistently uses a cost index of 4… which can lead to some very low cruise airspeeds.
I would guess that most operators fly their A320 series aircraft at somewhere around .78 mach. Frontier is usually .76 +/- .01 unless we're at lower altitudes for whatever reason and then it gets stupid slow. Hence the reference to being passed by birds in flight or by an A380.
If fuel prices double again we will be doing .70 and single engine descents!Quote:
Originally Posted by ColoWyo
A couple weeks ago, did some plane spotting from my balcony while waiting for a few AH-64s to come back (they didn't :( )
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Nice pics, that Sea Fury is a treat to see.
I wanna see it up close! When we first moved here, I'd see it tearing across the sky and I swore it was a P-47. I called every airport I could find trying to find out where that P-47 was hangared and they all thought I was nuts. 'Twas several years before I found out what it really was. But man, that sumbitch sure scoots along, and it sounds like it's just loafing. I'd love to see it wide open!Quote:
Originally Posted by flogger
I'm pretty sure it's out of Centennial. This is one powerful airplane and the sound is very distinctive when it's cruising! I think Iraq or Iran surplused a bunch of these back in the 80's, Bitchin' plane! The owner is an aviation lawyer and had or has a P-51 as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by rondog
This is from a while back, on one of W's last visits here (Buckley)
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Not a plane but my son's ride at his deployment ceremony in December (he's a SSG, Flight Medic), should be home in just a few short weeks woohoo!!
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Joe Thibodeau. Our man Quib knows him well I believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by flogger
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This is his P-51. I got to see that one up close, just not the Sea Fury.
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Frontier Airlines used to operate a charter plane for a company called Blue Moon. A little over 10 years ago, I was co-pilot on a flight where we carried the White House press corps from Andrews Air Force base to Fort Smith, Arkansas to cover a speech the President was giving.
This photo is re-touched to remove the flight attendants who were standing on top of the air stairs and someone who walked into the left side of the frame just as I took the picture. Otherwise, everything else is 'as it happened.'
[EDIT: I just found the original, un-retouched photo. I guess there were also a couple of people standing in line with Air Force One's main landing gear--I removed them, too.]
http://www.woodardfamily.com/hosted/AirforceOne.jpg
Since I'm on a roll…
I also took this picture about 10 years ago. I had just finished signing off an 80+ year old man for his 2-year flight review using a friend's Cub at his farm east of Windsor. This is the "student" (the 80+ year old man) after having returned from his first solo flight in many years. He did well. This is an ~1100 foot grass strip that dead-ends at the top of the hill at the irrigation ditch/canal. Land uphill, takeoff downhill.
http://www.woodardfamily.com/hosted/CubGrass.jpg
So Badass! This is my favorite plane.
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Makes me a bit queasy just looking at it.
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DO 328, N328GT...you don't see many of them ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ridge
Spotted two of these stopping by Buckley a couple of years ago while out on a motorcycle ride:
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Yeah, that one caught me off guard. Unusual plane to see, and one of the larger jets I've seen fly into KAPA.Quote:
Originally Posted by wyome
Took out the new camera today, and caught an F-18 making a hard u-turn over Centennial and spitting out a bunch of smoke while doing so. Unusual enough that a bunch of cars pulled over and people came out from who knows where to see what was going on...
http://i.imgur.com/PAeq8F9h.jpg
Click the pic for full size, the F-18 is just visible at the bottom of the frame. I was holding the camera over a chainlink fence to get the shot.
It almost looks like a Blue Angels plane! But they're in Duluth this weekend...
Fixed link for yaQuote:
Originally Posted by rondog
http://s18.photobucket.com/user/rins...00345.mp4.html
A friend of mine called me today and told me he saw a Blue Angels place take off or land at Centennial.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ridge
Pretty cool video about a K-Max helicopter used for firefighting and other things.
This may have been posted before.
http://sandrermakoff.livejournal.com/641744.html?nojs=1
It's a large collection of color photographs from the Korean War. Most are aircraft related. I was surprised at how many planes I don't think I've ever seen before.
That is one nice link! Great detail shots, I'd like to hear the story behind some of the pictures.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim K
Thanks for the post.
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