Why would you? It was "highly secretive!"Quote:
Originally Posted by HoneyBadger
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Why would you? It was "highly secretive!"Quote:
Originally Posted by HoneyBadger
Boeing 747 documentary by the Smithsonian, 2014. From inception to present day with some great stories of its testing and influence on world travel. They say at any given time, there are 100,000 people, around the world, in the air, on 747's!! The new 08 model has reached speeds of 8 mph shy of supersonic! This short clip is from Boeing but you can watch the Smithsonian program online, if you are a plane guy, you will like it.
http://www.boeing.com/Features/2010/..._12_15_10.html
The new -8 is quite the aircraft!
The mighty MAFFS 5 in front of Pikes Peak.
http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...esPeakPic2.jpg
Very cool picture!
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This is a picture of a 1958 endurance flight in Vegas, it was sponsored by a casino.
These guys (Robert Timm & John Cook) flew 64 days, 22 hours and 19 minutes NON-STOP in a Cessna 172. They flew around in a circuit being resupplied and refueled as shown. Over 150,000 miles flown, about 6 times around the earth! They said the engine was about to rattle off the plane when they finally landed.
Pretty cool accomplishment! Wonder what the sleeping arrangements were like?
Veery cool pics
Here is a follow-up on the flight. It still holds the record!!Quote:
Originally Posted by flogger
Engine oil was added by means of a tube from the cabin that was fitted to pass through the firewall. Only the pilot's seat was installed. The remaining space was used for a pad on which the relief pilot slept. The right cabin door was replaced with an easy-opening, accordion-type door to allow supplies and fuel to be hoisted aboard. Early in the flight, the engine-driven electric generator failed. A Champion wind-driven generator (turned by a small propeller) was hoisted aboard, taped to the wing support strut, and plugged into the cigarette lighter socket; it served as the aircraft's source of electricity for the rest of the flight. The pilots decided to end the marathon flight because with 1,558 hours of continuously running the engine during the record-setting flight, plus several hundred hours already on the engine beforehand (considerably in excess of its normal overhaul interval), the engine's power output had deteriorated to the point where they were barely able to climb away after refueling. The aircraft is on display in the passenger terminal at McCarran International Airport. Photos and details of the record flight can be seen in a small museum on the upper level of the baggage claim area.[11] After the flight, Cook said: “Next time I feel in the mood to fly endurance, I'm going to lock myself in our garbage can with the vacuum cleaner running. That is, until my psychiatrist opens up for business in the morning.”[12]
Wow...