This girl learned the hard way why it’s a bad idea to throw up in a plane if the aircraft is going to do a flip.
Low fly-by of Air Force One at 30 Hudson Street
April 28, 2009 @ 9:45 pm
Here’s the view from 30 Hudson Street in Jersey City yesterday as a large 747 used sometimes to transport the President flew low over the Lower Manhattan vicinity scaring people and causing companies to evacuate their premises out of caution. The fly-by was a photo-shoot to update the image of Air Force One that the government had on file and the White House has since apologized for their bad judgment.
Recycling old airplanes in France
April 1, 2009 @ 1:34 am
Here’s a video report from The International Herald Tribune on the recycling and dismantling process of airplanes that are taken out of service because of old age. Most aircraft have a lifespan of about 30 years before they are put out of commission and this particular aircraft recycling center in France is seeing a large influx of planes coming into their yard whose service began back in the 1970’s.
While recycling old planes usually mean that companies are buying newer and more efficient aircraft, the report cites current economic hardships as the reason behind why some companies are choosing to hold back recycling for now in order to push their aircraft lifespans to 40 years. This certainly can’t be a good thing for the environment or for passengers.
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and its stockpile of airplanes
February 6, 2009 @ 9:07 pm
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BBG linked to a Google Maps image of the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona and I was immediately fascinated by how many airplanes and jets were collected in that field in the desert.
I went ahead and looked up the area in Google Earth instead and found a bit more information and detail about the place. Plus, Google Earth allows you the ability to backtrack through a timeline to compare dated maps with the current map, and it’s fun to see the number of airplanes go down and up over the years. If you’ve got the newest Google Earth installed, it’s worth checking out the area. It really does look like a massive pattern on the ground from the sky due to the sheer amount of planes on the ground.
The Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is also home to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, and it has garnered the nickname “The Boneyard” for the out of service aircraft that collects on its base. If I ever get clearance to go in here, I’d have a field day taking pictures. Cool huh!
Videos of pilots ejecting from their aircraft
December 17, 2008 @ 11:36 am
This pilot ejects because his plane’s brakes failed and ultimately caused the jet to plunge into the water.
This pilot ejects because his plane snapped the “stop-cable” which normally would prevent an aircraft from continuing on into the water.
This pilot ejects because…well, I don’t know why. But his plane drops something big and then it starts to pitch. If you know what’s happening here, please enlighten me.
I don’t know why exactly, but all three of these videos seem so comical to me even though there’s nothing funny about a pilot needing to eject from his plane. Still, the relatively slow manner in which these happen — meaning, not during combat or anything — makes the videos somewhat entertaining.
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