B-17 video!!

[beaky]

At last, it's finished and uploaded to YouTube... footage from my unforgettable ride aboard Aluminum Overcast. Something happened to the sound during the upload (it's out of sync), but it doesn't matter, really.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbQowHtx_mM

[Willit Run]

SWWWWEEEEEEET!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rifleman]

WHAT A time ! !.........Lucky you  :o

[TSC.]

Awsome vid Sean!!

Cheers,

TSC.

[Hagar]

Wonderful.

[expat]

And to think that you asked the forum if you should spend the money or not
I flew two trips  in the jump seat of a 737-800 last week. You have just pailed that into insignificance.

Matt (slowly turning green)

[Ecko]

Awesome, just awesome!

[beaky]

And to think that you asked the forum if you should spend the money or not
I flew two trips  in the jump seat of a 737-800 last week. You have just pailed that into insignificance.

Matt (slowly turning green)

I dunno, an airliner jump-seat ride is pretty damn cool, too... although they won't let you stick your head out in flight.

[expat]

I dunno, an airliner jump-seat ride is pretty damn cool, too... although they won't let you stick your head out in flight.

I would have traded in a heart beat for you B17 trip. Perks of the job, I could have then got my jump seat next week too

As for sticking your head out of the window, you may laugh, but it is possible. For the last three weeks I have been doing a A320 maintenance course and we were shown an Air Bus Industries video of a A320 were the Pilots forward screen was blacked out and he then opened the window in flight and hung his head out and landed the aircraft. Air Bus designed the air flow over the nose so that the window is protected by an air bubble. The cockpit was loud, but there was no wind or turbulence in the cockpit at all. The pilot just put on his smoke goggles to protect his eyes and it was business as usual. I have tried to find this video on the net, but as of yet no luck.
Matt

[61_OTU]

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant video.

Especially the view out the top as you bank to the left over the beach, stunning! Also love the crazy cackle as you get to the bomb aimers position, classic

Thanks for sharing Sean

[beaky]

I would have traded in a heart beat for you B17 trip. Perks of the job, I could have then got my jump seat next week too

As for sticking your head out of the window, you may laugh, but it is possible. For the last three weeks I have been doing a A320 maintenance course and we were shown an Air Bus Industries video of a A320 were the Pilots forward screen was blacked out and he then opened the window in flight and hung his head out and landed the aircraft. Air Bus designed the air flow over the nose so that the window is protected by an air bubble. The cockpit was loud, but there was no wind or turbulence in the cockpit at all. The pilot just put on his smoke goggles to protect his eyes and it was business as usual. I have tried to find this video on the net, but as of yet no luck.
Matt

Well, I'll be! So I guess an A320 crewman could also use his survival  knife to scrape ice of the windscreen in the event of defrost failuer, like back in the old days.
At typical approach speeds, it wouldn't be bad, even without stramlining to reduce flow at the nose. We were doing about 150 KIAS when I stuck my un-goggled face into the slipstream "amidships" and it was different, but not unpleasant...