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The incredible moment a Hercules transport plane does a LOOP (TR)
UK Daily Mail ^ | 08/03/2018 | Ted Thornhill

Posted on 08/03/2018 4:44:40 PM PDT by DFG

Think of aerobatics and it's fighter jets and light aircraft that spring to mind.

But the crowds at the recent Farnborough Airshow were treated to the sight of a new Rolls-Royce-powered LM100-J Hercules transport plane pulling outrageously nimble manoeuvres – including a loop.

The man at the controls was chief test pilot Wayne Roberts – and his stunt was caught on camera.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: aerospace; aviation; c130; chat; farnborough; hercules; lcalnews; roberts
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To: fella

Thanks for the link, incredible! Did you see the 130 give a wink as it came out of it’s loop? /s


41 posted on 08/03/2018 8:19:27 PM PDT by PeteePie (Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: SgtBob
Yes you are absolutely right... after it was Pilatus by design then Ratheon then Hawker-Beechcraft then Textron then Beechcraft by merger and acquisition. Eventually, it will probably be Boeing.

It still pains me that my beloved F-16 that we designed and perfected at General Dynamics is credited to Lockheed Martin now.

42 posted on 08/03/2018 10:06:12 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: DFG

Tough planes with more weight capacity than it is usually possible to attain...probably only do this sort of thing while unloaded.....;-}


43 posted on 08/04/2018 3:23:38 AM PDT by trebb (Too many "Conservatives" who think their opinions outweigh reality these days...)
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To: DFG
Hercules transport plane does a LOOP

Hope it wasn't loaded with breakable items........

44 posted on 08/04/2018 3:40:07 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I once found a needle in a haystack but it wasn't the one I was looking for...)
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To: DFG

My favorite plane to exit while in the Paratroops. Great plane.


45 posted on 08/04/2018 6:18:03 AM PDT by ABN 505 (Right is right if nobody is right, and wrong is wrong if everybody is wrong. ~Archbishop Fulton John)
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To: fella

WHOA.

Was it just me, or did anyone else hear something that’s sounded like someone dropping their china when that occurred....


46 posted on 08/04/2018 6:23:36 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: rlmorel

My jaw dropped to the ground when I saw that. Taking off in its own length without JATO was another jaw-dropper.


47 posted on 08/04/2018 8:09:19 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: GingisK

Whoops! Forgot about turbo prop engines. Then again I work with cars and motorcycles...


48 posted on 08/04/2018 8:54:50 AM PDT by refermech
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To: refermech

Sounds like you need a P-51 in your life. ;-D


49 posted on 08/04/2018 9:17:10 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: refermech

“...Wonder how they did it in the old days with carburetors? …” [refermech, post 12]

Fuel injection - for combat aircraft powerplants at any rate - predates World War Two.

Not all carburetors have been the same. Pressure carburetors for aero engines were developed at about the same time reduces the problems associated with zero or negative-G conditions.

For 44 years or more, small planes designed for aerobatics have been equipped with special auxiliary fuel and lubrication systems that will permit inverted or negative-G flight for half an hour or more.


50 posted on 08/04/2018 10:06:49 PM PDT by schurmann
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To: yarddog

“...The B-52, even longer lived than the C-130. Maybe the P-51, tho I was surprised to read that a test pilot who had flown both the P-51 and the ME-109 said the Messerschmidt was the better fighter.” [yarddog, post 28]

The B-52 and the C-130 began coming into USAF operational inventory at the same time.

Not surprising to hear of a pilot rating the Me-109 as “better” than the P-51. Aircraft handling qualities are irreducibly subjective; few pilots can agree on why one aircraft might be “better” than another. Goes double and triple for fighter pilots, who are unwarrantedly sure of themselves and disinclined to accept anybody else’s interpretation.

A number of pilot reports on the Me-109 have appeared in popular-press aviation magazines. Some rate it as very difficult to operate, suffering from excessive control forces. Others rate it as the most nimble airplane they ever took aloft.

It’s not possible to rate one aircraft as “better” overall. Designs are very constrained, and an improvement in one attribute necessarily means a decrease in some other attribute - especially in fighters. The P-51 was no faster than later variants of the Me-109, but used a more advanced airfoil and newer construction techniques resulted in smoother surfaces; all this afforded greater aerodynamic efficiency, improving the range.

Range was in fact the critical factor in the success of the P-51: it was the first Allied fighter capable of escorting bombers as far as Berlin. It sacrificed other key performance factors to do so: it was unstable and tricky to handle at heavy gross weights (as it would be, filled with fuel for takeoff); maneuvers had to be strictly avoided until a significant percentage of its fuel was consumed, and tanks had to be drained in very specific sequences to avoid risks of loss of control.

Landing a P-51 was also notoriously tricky: more were lost to landing and ground handling mishaps than to hostile fire.


51 posted on 08/04/2018 10:57:53 PM PDT by schurmann
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To: schurmann

Thanks for that info.


52 posted on 08/05/2018 5:11:00 AM PDT by yarddog
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To: OldMissileer
They had just returned after winning the SAC Bomb Comp and were celebrating.

Understandable. My B-1 moment was Friday practice for Mildenhall air show. B-1 took off, circled a few times, then disappeared in the distance. A couple other planes took off, then B-1 came in low and loud out of nowhere over the flightline. It was awesome, because it wasn't going to happen at the show over the weekend. I learned later they shook some windows out, and made a few people unhappy.

Darn.

53 posted on 08/09/2018 4:25:28 PM PDT by AF_Blue ("This place has got everything." - Jake Blues)
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