Aircraft General Discussion

LOL! It's a mudflap!

Neil

Hmmm Neil, my mud flaps go behind the wheel, not in front of them. I am still puzzled as to how these "water deflectors" worked also the minimum ground clearance there was on the nose wheel setup. Again, on a four wheel bogie, why was the water deflector just on the front pair of wheels - was it that these cleared the water for the rear pair. There didn't seem to have been any aerodynamic shape given to them ?

Please note that I am completely out of my depth here.

Whilst searching for pictures of the Loughborough drop-test rig that I mentioned earlier: I happened across this report on a previous Hunter accident. ... Those with the appropriate technical background may find it of interest.

MichaelG.

Michael,

Thanks for that link it took me back a good few years & brought back many memories for me. I refer to page 10 last paragraph before the report conclusions.

I was the guy in charge of that "computerised database" which held data on all aircraft operated by the RAF & FAA (the Army wasn`t interested & didn`t join up which caused a few laughs at times). CAA got to hear of us & visited & from then on we had a very good relationship with them & yes we did get some real head scratching enquiries from them all of which we answered.

Alan

Please note that I am completely out of my depth here.

Whilst searching for pictures of the Loughborough drop-test rig that I mentioned earlier: I happened across this report on a previous Hunter accident. ... Those with the appropriate technical background may find it of interest.

MichaelG.

Hello MichaelG

Did you pick up in that accident report that this was the Hunter that was in the Aero & Auto department at Loughborough in the early 60's

I sat in it often, dreaming!

I remember that one Saturday (yes we had lectures on a Saturday then) the airframes instructor Jim Oates was away so we decided to do him a favour and top up the tyre pressures on the Hunter. It took us about 2 hours to remove a wheel (they were big!) and roll it down to the shop compressor at the Auto end of the department, only to discover that the compressor only produced about 100 psi and the tyre already had 150 psi in it. We then had to work "overtime" to reassemble the landing gear.

Jim

Edited By Bubble on 29/08/2015 13:54:59

It has been recommended on the Wings Over NZ aviation forum, by members in the UK that no further speculation about the Hunter crash should be made, particularly in respect to the grieving relatives of the dead. Wait 6 months to a year, and the official report will be published.

Ian S C

I live in rural east Hampshire,last saturday I saw a Spitfire in very close company with a eurofighter Typhoon then later on while mowing the lawn the Vulcan flew over , I assume they were going to Dunsfold, must be the last time I shall see a Vulcan up in the air.

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I did indeed, Jim

I was at Loughborough from '68 to '71 [plus a year year working for I.C.E.] so I don't think we would have met.

Ergonomics Dept. was a bit 'fringe' ... but I did have a couple of pals in Aero & Auto.

MichaelG.

I think a V-22 Osprey flew over the house just a moment ago or at least that's what I think it was, the Army are supposed to playing in the area this week.

From what I have seen and heard, if there is an Osprey around- Duck ! 2 came across here a few months back and they seemed slow and noisy.

It was slow, noisy and low which made me look, first though was WTF is that.

Bob

Being a complete wally I forgot to take my camera when flying in the recent Nationals at the local gliding club. Fortunately I got a mate to take a couple of pictures of one of the Tiger Moths I flew when learning to fly:

G-AOEI was fairly tidy when I flew it in the mid 80s, it is now absolutely pristine. Sorry about the scruff bag in front of the aeroplane.

Behind is the Queen Bee, and hiding behind that is a Rapide, and then the tugs and the local club motor glider.

Andrew

V-22 Osprey

The Osprey has been buzzing around for most of the day can't miss the as they are noisy things

Here's a Tiger in RNZAF colours at one of our local air displays, there are still quite a number of DH-82As around NZ.

Ian S C

Well Ian they did build about 8000 of them in what became the terminal building at Rongotai.

When I was a kid they were common over Masterton, to the point that almost any light aircraft was a "Tiger Moth" to us. Little did I know that had I been born a bit earlier I would have been seeing P51 Mustangs, they used to operate out of Hood aerodrome during WWII.

John

Nearer 200 Tigers built in NZ there was a total of 335.

The Mustangs arrived in Aug/Sept 1945, only 30 out of an order of 370 that were to replace 12 squadrons of Corsairs arrived before the war ended. They mostly went into storage until the Territorial Airforce was started in 1951.

I see that one Corsair is at MOTAT, how is it getting on.

The aircraft at Hood may have been P-40s or Corsairs during the war.

Aerobatics Kiwi stile, well used to be, aerobatics while coupled together with the refuelling line. A-4K Skyhawks

Ian S C

Here is a link to download the AAIB interim report on the Hawker Hunter crash at Shoreham:

**LINK**

Andrew

Thanks, Andrew

MichaelG.