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A350 Formation Flying

Started by rickshaw, December 19, 2014, 06:26:31 PM

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rickshaw

December 19, 2014, 06:26:31 PM Last Edit: December 19, 2014, 06:29:52 PM by rickshaw
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Knightflyer

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December 20, 2014, 01:24:22 AM
Very Impressive :o ....Of course ...they should all be painted in a red colour scheme! ;)
Oh to be whiffing again :-(

PR19_Kit

#2
December 20, 2014, 09:49:07 AM
Excellent flying on the A350 team's part, but where was the smoke?  ;D

And I want to see it with A380s next, OK?  ;)

As for the A400M, I'm not sure that was a loop, it looked more a wing-over to me, the aircraft was never fully inverted.
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Librarian

#3
December 20, 2014, 01:10:36 PM
...so that's the curriculum sorted out for TCAS training ;D.

Weaver

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December 20, 2014, 01:28:45 PM
Most transports can put on a surprisingly spritely show with an empty cabin and a light fuel load. Their fuel and payload is a rather high percentage of their take-off weight, so under these conditions, their wing loading can be remarkably low. IIRC, the An-72, with all these characteristics plus it's USB-boosted lift, can put on a very impressive performance.
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Weaver

#5
December 20, 2014, 01:38:48 PM
Alenia C-27 doing rolls and loops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JSw7iGDpl4  :blink: :bow:
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pyro-manic

#6
December 25, 2014, 02:45:35 PM
One of the best displays I ever saw was performed by a RNZAF 757. Absolutely brilliant. :thumbsup:
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rickshaw

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December 25, 2014, 04:52:54 PM Last Edit: December 25, 2014, 06:15:24 PM by rickshaw
Quote from: Weaver on December 20, 2014, 01:28:45 PM
Most transports can put on a surprisingly spritely show with an empty cabin and a light fuel load. Their fuel and payload is a rather high percentage of their take-off weight, so under these conditions, their wing loading can be remarkably low. IIRC, the An-72, with all these characteristics plus it's USB-boosted lift, can put on a very impressive performance.

Way back in '88 I went to the RAAF Bi-Centennial Airshow.  Indeed, it's the only airshow I've ever been to.  Anyway, there for the first time outside the fUSSR was the An-125.  For such a big plane, it put on a very impressive performance, doing turns inside the airfield perimeter and basically standing on one wing tip overhead.    Of course it was lightly loaded, carrying minimum fuel and no load but it was still very impressive to watch from underneath.  :thumbsup:
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pyro-manic

#8
December 25, 2014, 05:29:26 PM
The '125 is quite unsettling to watch display, particularly at low speed. It's so big it looks like it's barely moving! :blink: Yeovilton 2012:


AN-124 by pyro-manic, on Flickr


Final pass by pyro-manic, on Flickr
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rickshaw

#9
December 25, 2014, 06:21:12 PM
The one I saw had nice, big, proper Red Stars on it.  ;)
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PR19_Kit

#10
December 26, 2014, 12:09:37 AM
Wait till you see the '225, I think it stands still and the Earth moves underneath it!
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ChernayaAkula

#11
December 26, 2014, 08:18:42 AM
Saw a, then, G.222 put on a spektacular show at some ILA. Really cool.

Another cool thing was an Airbus 340 being put through its paces. Extremely steep climb right after take-off. And surprisingly silent. Unless you looked right up the exhausts, it was all but inaudible.
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#12
December 28, 2014, 06:30:25 AM
Neat stuff. The formation breaks were the best part, as was seeing the shadow of all 5 on the green hills.

I was lucky enough to see a couple of large formations of KC-135s returning from the original Gulf War. They were letting down to land at Selfridge. Impressive.

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#13
January 07, 2015, 02:05:50 PM
Anyone get a kick out of spotting that, despite being a high-tech company, in 2014, filming awesome airliner acrobatics, Airbus still runs on Windows XP?
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#14
January 07, 2015, 02:40:40 PM
Quote from: puddingwrestler on January 07, 2015, 02:05:50 PM
Anyone get a kick out of spotting that, despite being a high-tech company, in 2014, filming awesome airliner acrobatics, Airbus still runs on Windows XP?

Let's be fair, WinXP is now a solid product without many bugs and people are used to it. If it works, don't fix it - Are you listening Microsoft?!!!!  :banghead:
I reckon they'll move over to Windows 7 just as the latest version of Win10 is released... safest and cheapest way to play it!
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