by expat » Thu Feb 18, 2016 5:22 pm
Nice video, but it should be called, Vertical landing aircraft, The Harrier and the rest......Mind you I am biased, I was an engine technician on them for almost ten years. You cannot even imagine the feeling of doing a full power run up and then slamming the nozzles in to hover. Max chat with them aft the aircraft is trying to shake your eyeballs out, one swift movement and you are on a cushion of air and all is smoother than a Kashmir codpiece......And before anyone points it out, the aircraft is fixed to the run up box with chains that would have not been out of place on a battleship.
Matt
"A bit of a pickle" - British translation: A catastrophically bad situation with potentially fatal consequences.
PETA
People Eating Tasty Animals.
B1 (Cat C) licenced engineer, Boeing 737NG 600/700/800/900 Airbus A318/19/20/21 and Dash8 Q-400
1. Captain, if the problem is not entered into the technical logbook.........then the aircraft does not have a problem.
2. And, if you have time to write the fault on a napkin and attach to it to the yoke.........you have time to write it in the tech log....see point 1.
