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Vintage jet takes off by mistake
upi ^
| 9/8/09
| upi
Posted on 09/08/2009 6:37:58 PM PDT by Flavius
England, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- British aviation regulators say the investigation into the accidental takeoff of a vintage Cold War bomber is closed.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: aerospace; aviation; bombers; coldwar; jets; raf
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posted on
09/08/2009 6:37:59 PM PDT
by
Flavius
To: Flavius
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posted on
09/08/2009 6:38:09 PM PDT
by
Flavius
To: Flavius
Was only supposed to have been taxied down the runway. Co-pilot mashed the gas instead of the brake and the plane was clear of the ground for nine seconds till they gathered their wits and set it back down.
To: Flavius
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posted on
09/08/2009 6:42:40 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com ............. http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
To: Flavius
Mistake my arse. You don't get to V2 without some malice aforethought.
/johnny
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posted on
09/08/2009 6:43:02 PM PDT
by
JRandomFreeper
(God Bless us all, each, and every one.)
To: Flavius
Reminds me of Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose. He was only suppose to taxi.
To: HiTech RedNeck
Unless the aircraft had wildly different controls from every one I've flown, the 'gas' is in your right fist, and the brakes are at your toes. Or in the case of a co-pilot, throttle in the left fist.
/johnny
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posted on
09/08/2009 6:45:38 PM PDT
by
JRandomFreeper
(God Bless us all, each, and every one.)
To: JRandomFreeper
Yeah someone intended for the ole gal to fly.
To: Flavius
mashed the gas Airplanes have gas pedals? Who knew?
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posted on
09/08/2009 6:55:11 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Obama? Not so much.)
To: Flavius
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posted on
09/08/2009 6:58:44 PM PDT
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
To: The Magical Mischief Tour
Yup, and all the trim wheels just happened to be in the right settings for takeoff....................
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posted on
09/08/2009 7:06:25 PM PDT
by
wrench
To: doc1019
Looks like they got away with this explanation to whoever the British equivalent of the FAA is. Must have been some uproarious laughter in their offices before they gave it a nod and wink, if this craft really didn’t have unusual controls. (I’ve personally seen small craft operated by a cousin who flies, and yes they had hand levers for the throttle.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Jets don’t have a gas pedal next to the brake pedal. They have throttle levers on the center console and brakes on the rudder pedals. Kind of hard to confuse them.
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posted on
09/08/2009 7:13:56 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth. Socialism is the equal distribution of misery.)
To: Flavius
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posted on
09/08/2009 7:15:45 PM PDT
by
A.A. Cunningham
(Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
To: Flavius
Hate it when that happens.
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posted on
09/08/2009 7:18:53 PM PDT
by
2111USMC
To: Flavius
Does anyone here know how many of the Victors are still flying.
I parked next to one (it could have been this one) on the fueling pads at Cherry Point Marine Air Station. It was painted gold all over and looked like something out of a Buck Rogers movie.
I couldn’t figure out what it was as I had never seen one before, but the old-timer flying the left seat in our airplane gave me an education about the 3 V’s the Brits used for nuclear deterrence.
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posted on
09/08/2009 7:20:28 PM PDT
by
PhiloBedo
(I won't be happy until Jet-A is less than $2.00 a gallon)
To: PhiloBedo
I forgot to mention, this was about 1993-94.
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posted on
09/08/2009 7:24:55 PM PDT
by
PhiloBedo
(I won't be happy until Jet-A is less than $2.00 a gallon)
To: PhiloBedo
None are still flying (with the exception of this mishap) but this and one other are still in reasonable repair, if not officially airworthy. Three others are intact, two as museum displays, one as a gate guardian.
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posted on
09/08/2009 7:26:42 PM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: PhiloBedo
XH672 'Maid Marion' still sporting its 'Desert Pink' camouflage colour (which despite its name does have a somewhat golden appearance in bright sunlight) did deploy to air shows in the US following service as a tanker in the Gulf War, just prior to its retirement from active service in 1993.
She is now a museum piece at the Royal Air Force Museum in Shropshire.
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posted on
09/08/2009 7:49:06 PM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: naturalman1975
Thank you for the information. That was probably the airplane. I remember the ship had refueling drogues on the outboard wing tanks.
That is one beautiful airplane!
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posted on
09/08/2009 7:56:53 PM PDT
by
PhiloBedo
(I won't be happy until Jet-A is less than $2.00 a gallon)
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