https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/a...aft-affordableOriginally Posted by entropy
About a slow, bloated development process compared to others.
https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/a...aft-affordable
About a slow, bloated development process compared to others.
Cloud Yeller of the Boomer Age
If they don’t design and build new airplanes every so often, won’t they lose the skills to do it?
If we have to march off into the next world, let us walk there on the bodies of our enemies.
It is not just the skills, it is the courage. Textron has done much innovating with their single engine and light jet products lately.
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.
I read something a while back that the Brits had hired Electric Boat to help design a new class of submarines. The Brits once designed their own, but as their need for them dropped and they built fewer, they lost the ability to design them.
If we have to march off into the next world, let us walk there on the bodies of our enemies.
Embraer is contemplating a new narrow body to compete with the current Airbus and Boeing designs. Looking for partners. They have an interesting two engine jet military transport that countries are buying in small numbers. They are hoping for a big buy from India.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraer_C-390_Millennium
Cloud Yeller of the Boomer Age
Helicopter Gurus:
I'm curious about a "formation" of dissimilar news ships I observed flying in close trail earlier today. All three were co-altitude and basically flying in follow-the-leader fashion in circular orbit around an accident. Jet Ranger, EC-135 and an A-Star representing competing stations in the Bay Area. This went on for probably a dozen or more orbits. When the leader altered the orbit, wingmen followed.
I recall the mishap in Phoenix between two ships covering a ground event, among several others.
Is this a recent tactic being promoted by HAI or other industry group? FAA? Does it have a proper name?
Not a RW guy.
Thanks.
As a former SAC guy, I was thinking that sure must be an odd formation, and then I was wondering what news station has an EC-135, and what would they do with it.
Then it dawned on me, perhaps somebody makes a helo also named EC-135 which would not be the EC-135 I was thinking about.
Boeing EC-135 Airborne Command Post https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_EC-135
Yeah, not the TACAMO, ABNCAP thing. This:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...9185182%29.jpg
Out of curiosity, how far above ground level, about how fast, and were they making left or right turns?
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.
500' to 1,000' AGL. Left turn ovals of varying length, following a busy two-lane highway in the canyon. <100 kts.
I did find the radar track of one of the helicopters on FlightRadar, a Jet Ranger 505 (no N-number). Maybe ATC asked the other two to squawk STBY.
Maybe they're filming the sequel to Blue Thunder.
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