Aug 21
This Avro Vulcan (HX558) bomber has been incredibly brought to flying condition and is now performing at airshows in Great Britain. The Vulcan was a sub-sonic nuclear capable jet bomber which operated from 1953-1984 in the RAF service.
To put the effort involved in getting this flying, it would be the approximate equivalent of a group of US volunteers coming together, acquiring, restoring, and funding a Boeing B-47 Stratojet to display and fly at airshows.
FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared) imagery of a downed UH-60 Blackhawk being destroyed by two AH-64 Apaches.
Plane Driven’s PD-1 is another entrant in to the already crowded roadable aircraft concept of which is being led and popularized by the MIT alumni designed Terrafugia LSA (Light-Sport Aircraft).
The PD-1 is expected to be offered as a kit to convert aircraft into a vehicle capable of traveling on roadways with cars. The demonstrator is using a converted Glasair Sportsman as the aircraft. The drive pod underneath the aircraft is slid from its position directly below the plane during flight to its aft station while in drive mode.
Unbelievably slow motion video of the mighty Saturn V moon rocket lifting off of the pad. You have probably seen shots of this in documentaries about the moon shots, but this is the full version.
Below is the NTSB video animation of the loss of control of Colgan Flight 3407 approach at KBUF (Buffalo, NY), on February 12th, 2009. The video shows the last two minutes of the flight with the accompanying Cockpit Voice Recording (CVR) below.
22:15:06.3 HOT-1 flaps five.
22:15:08.1 HOT-2 what?
22:15:08.8 HOT-1 flaps five please.
22:15:13.5 APP Colgan thirty four zero seven three miles from KLUMP turn left heading two six zero maintain two thousand three hundred
until established localizer. cleared ILS approach runway two three.
22:15:22.2 RDO-2 left two sixty two thousand three hundred ‘til established and cleared ILS two three approach Colgan thirty four zero seven.
22:15:31.7 HOT-1 alright approach is armed.
22:15:32.8 HOT-2 roger.
22:16:04.1 HOT-1 gear down…loc’s alive.
22:16:06.4 APP Colgan thirty four zero seven contact tower one two zero point five. have a good night.
22:16:11.5 RDO-2 over to tower you do the same thirty four zero seven.
22:16:21.2 HOT-2 gear’s down.
22:16:23.5 HOT-1 flaps fifteen before landing checklist.
22:16:26.6 HOT-2 uhhh.
22:16:37.1 HOT-2 I put the flaps up.
22:16:42.2 HOT-1 [grunt]
22:16:45.8 HOT-2 should the gear up?
22:16:46.8 HOT-1 gear up.
22:16:50.1 CAM [increase in ambient noise]
22:16:51.9 CAM [thump]