Aircraft Videos and Images - Page 35

Sternjaeger II · #**341** 04-23-2012, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Sutts

I wonder if we have any Egyptians among our ranks? Would love to hear what those guys in the vids are saying.

any Arabic speaker might do as well.

zodiac · #**342** 04-23-2012, 05:34 PM

Hello fellow air enthousiasts!

I hope you like some pilot culture to? I was wondering if anybody knows if the picture I attached to my post depicts some kind of pilot ritual. The picture is from a set of photo's from RAF 609 squadron i've found on the internet. Because there is no further information with the photos, I can't tell if it was a practical joke or if it's really some kind of ritual for RAF pilots.

Yesterday I've heard another funny story about a pilot walking on the ceiling of the mess, in a documentary about operation Jericho (a very good one to). I assume that it must atleast have something of a purpose (it can't be just for fun, can it?

).

So if somebody knows more about what's happening on that photograph: feel free to share your knowledge. And I think there is still some place in this thread to post other pilot rituals to...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAlaPEfcX2Q

Sternjaeger II · #**343** 04-23-2012, 05:45 PM

Peeing on the plane's wheels or tail wheel before takeoff was quite a common one. I've heard of pilots not wanting to be photographed before a mission,not celebrating the end of a tour before the last mission..

Pilots were/are a superstitious bunch: I once was going to an airfield with a military pilot who slammed on the brakes and pulled over because a black cat had crossed the road.. I thought he was pulling my leg but he actually waited for someone else to pass before he got back on the road!

engadin · #**344** 04-23-2012, 07:38 PM

The pilot got lost due to a wrong Lonely Planet map consulted upside down. The rest is history:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJZ5x...168&feature=iv

Thee_oddball · #**345** 04-23-2012, 09:13 PM

nice read
http://www.historynet.com/world-war-...-over-iraq.htm

palker4 · #**346** 04-23-2012, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

well most WW2 planes are a monocoque design, so you can't really "skin" them, they would just bend and break. Some have their panels partially removed or cut to show the inside structure though, you can find them in several museums.

Well i have seen MiG-21 that had most almost all of its skin removed on one side of the fuselage. I think that most aircraft would survive such treatment

taildraggernut · #**347** 04-23-2012, 09:46 PM

Mig-21 is not a stressed skin construction.....well it kind of is, but it's built using heavier and stiffer formers and spars which are much more self supporting.

Maybe a Hurricane or other fabric covered aircraft can be displayed that way, but a typical WWII all metal airframe is a monocoque (stressed skin) and would deffinately bend and wobble with no skin on.