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Flying and thunderstorms...

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 1:19 pm
by Aerophile
ALL IMAGES MUST BE UPLOADED TO SIMV

Re: Flying and thunderstorms...

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 2:41 pm
by ATI_7500
The prop in shot one looks dangerously slow-moving. ;D

Re: Flying and thunderstorms...

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 2:48 pm
by Iwannabeapilot
That first one is very dramatic, the cloud formations and the secured prop  8-)

What happened?

Re: Flying and thunderstorms...

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:48 pm
by Aerophile
The prop in shot one looks dangerously slow-moving. ;D


That's because I shut it down and feathered it.  Its not moving at all.  8-)

Re: Flying and thunderstorms...

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:48 pm
by F3Hadlow
What were you flying and where from?

Re: Flying and thunderstorms...

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:50 pm
by Aerophile
I was flying a Piper Seminole out of Waco, TX.  I'm working on my multi-engine instructor rating.

Re: Flying and thunderstorms...

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:54 pm
by F3Hadlow
[quote]I was flying a Piper Seminole out of Waco, TX.

Re: Flying and thunderstorms...

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:57 pm
by Aerophile
That first one is very dramatic, the cloud formations and the secured prop  8-)

What happened?


Oh nothing happened.  I was just practicing shutting down and securing an engine.  After I got it restarted, we got a "pop-up IFR" back to the airport and approach vectored me through the leading edge of the thunderstorm on an ILS.  

Re: Flying and thunderstorms...

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:02 pm
by Aerophile
I was flying a Piper Seminole out of Waco, TX.  I'm working on my multi-engine instructor rating.

Thanks for that, just unusual to see a Navy Orion and a NASA Talon in one place.


Yeah, there's a company on the field that does a lot of contract work on various aircraft.  They work on P-3s, C130, and several other military and civilian contracts.  One contract they just finished up was SOFIA, hence NASA's presence.  Here's a link to the SOFIA website...

http://www.sofia.usra.edu/

Re: Flying and thunderstorms...

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:10 pm
by Aerophile
Thanks for that, just unusual to see a Navy Orion and a NASA Talon in one place.


Here's another fun NASA airplane.  This F-18A got me on airliners.net...

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s156 ... 3NA_01.jpg

Re: Flying and thunderstorms...

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:12 pm
by MrRooney
Nice set of Pics there,

Re: Flying and thunderstorms...

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:32 pm
by beaky
8-)  8-)  8-)

Re: Flying and thunderstorms...

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:54 pm
by F3Hadlow
[quote][quote][quote]I was flying a Piper Seminole out of Waco, TX.

Re: Flying and thunderstorms...

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 6:30 pm
by Mobius
Very nice, that first one is great, but I'll always love the T-38. 8-) ;)