Random aviation photos

a reply to: Zaphod58
I realize that contract amount will be minus engine but that seems extremely low at an average of just US$55.4m per airframe. Not that I would complain about a low price.

a reply to: thebozeian

All contract amounts currently include engine cost starting with Lot 10. That was the first contract award to include the engine as well as the airframe. Lot 11 will see the list cost of the A model drop to just under $78M an airframe. Each country will pay a different amount though, depending on a lot of different factors.

Random Apache hovering near me for almost 30 minutes on a test hop out of the plant at Mesa.

a reply to: Zaphod58
Sure its not the CIA keeping tabs on you again Zaph :-P

Oops.

a reply to: Zaphod58

stress tests? its always amazing to see the flex aircraft really have.

a reply to: penroc3

Heavy maintenance and they dropped it of the jacks.

a reply to: Zaphod58
I'm betting they either bounced it during a gear swing somehow or they jacked it all wrong and weren't looking at the load cell figures before punching at least two of the jacks through the pads. It appears to be a 737 given the spoiler mounts, relative size of the guys head in the second pic and the designation on the tail jack, not to mention the service door near it. Its certainly not a 320.

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Spirit A319 at Lufthansa Technik in Puerto Rico.

a reply to: Zaphod58
Fail on my behalf. Could have sworn it was a 738, now I look like as big a d**khead as the guy who was running those jacks.In hindsight the flaps should have been a dead giveaway. Nice closeup pics though. Good to see that LT's hiring standards are consistent in all its overseas facilities. I have seen some awesome screw ups in Manila. Thats going to be quite a fun repair on the wing. Wouldn't want to be the tech services guy having to run with that ball.

a reply to: thebozeian

Yeah, I was looking at the wing and thanking God it's not my problem. That's going to be a fun one. I'm thinking it's gonna be out of service for a minute.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: penroc3

Heavy maintenance and they dropped it of the jacks.

Yikes. Someone better polish up the old resume.

Go home Mercury, you're drunk.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: thebozeian

Spirit A319 at Lufthansa Technik in Puerto Rico.

yeeeesh i dont even know what i would say to the boss if something like that happened. not like you can say take it out of my pay lol

Heard someone saying on Fb the Electrical Fuel pumps give the jet a good shake..

I didn't know where else to post this forgive me...

But I'm a TopGun fan and this popped up at the end of the trailer!



Annoyingly I went throught the comments on youtube and no one even seemed to notice/care.

a reply to: E92M3
Yeah I noticed it as well haha
Looks like someone has had some inspiration from the LM concept pictures

F35 take off from Portsmouth harbour:




Launch at about 8 minutes

a reply to: RexKramerPRT

I was watching that while fueling the truck.

a reply to: E92M3

i saw that as well, and the nice new pressure suit he is wearing compared to the ones the U2 guys fly with today.


i wonder if lockhead/Boeing or the USAF gave them a sneak peak at some of the goodies to help enlistment numbers.

top-gun was the reason i feel in love with aircraft as a kid, well one of them. The movie is just a very very well produced enlistment ad and pitch