Your Best 3 Aviation Shots

Leftcoast_Mike wrote in post #14115629
gah! I hate when people pull on planes from the props.

Mathematically you're very correct. Cause lateron Props may hate to pull those people... Sadly

Leftcoast_Mike wrote in post #14115629
gah! I hate when people pull on planes from the props.

cause that would bend the engine output shaft or something, like when you throttle up and the weight of the aircraft loads up the props in the same direction?

other than thin skins, aircraft are generally quite robust when loaded with a person's weight.

samsen wrote in post #14115619
Isn't that A380 amazing?
BTW is the engine on these made by RR?

maybe. personally i find nothing surprising about it (I have legitimate opinions, I'm not just a Boeing fanboy)

Emirates uses Engine Alliance (GE/Pratt) GP7200's on their A380s

rammsteinmatt wrote in post #14115879
cause that would bend the engine output shaft or something, like when you throttle up and the weight of the aircraft loads up the props in the same direction?

other than thin skins, aircraft are generally quite robust when loaded with a person's weight.

If nothing else, you should never have your hands in the prop arc, EVER!

One shorted P-lead and well, it wouldn't be a good thing.

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #14115965
If nothing else, you should never have your hands in the prop arc, EVER!

One shorted P-lead and well, it wouldn't be a good thing.

Generally not a good habit I agree, but it certainly won't hurt the airplane at all. Oh, and a shorted P-lead would prevent the airplane from ever starting, a broken P-lead would be the problem leaving the mag's hot.

rammsteinmatt wrote in post #14115914
Emirates uses Engine Alliance (GE/Pratt) GP7200's on their A380s

Thanks for the clarification. But I am sure to see RR on a A380. Do they come with different parts or I am wrong?

The 1024X limit does this no justice at all but...

31 Portrait-Oriented images stitched in CS5 .. Final image is over 43K pixels wide @ around 1.3GB

^ that would look awesome as a wallpaper around my Son's room... wait... maybe my room. no, scratch that, the Misses might have something to say about it.

I'll have to check the dimensions at 240dpi and see just how big it could be printed.

I'm torn between 6' wide X whatever tall Vs whatever wide X 3' tall.

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #14118001
I'll have to check the dimensions at 240dpi and see just how big it could be printed.

I'm torn between 6' wide X whatever tall Vs whatever wide X 3' tall.

hmmm... that is tough. i flip flopped it in my head a couple times. would depend on the room you want to put it in i suppose.

altitude604 wrote in post #14118014
hmmm... that is tough. i flip flopped it in my head a couple times. would depend on the room you want to put it in i suppose.

I've got a pair of french doors into my office that has a space above that's about 2.5' high by about 8' wide.

I think I found my spot!

Blown me away again jay, would love to see a larger version, perhaps link to it?

altitude604 wrote in post #14117994
^ that would look awesome as a wallpaper around my Son's room... wait... maybe my room. no, scratch that, the Misses might have something to say about it.

no misses here and the girl I'm seeing loves F-18's. it'll work in this household lol

Quib....thanks for the great B-24 shot.....My father-in-law and good friend was a top turret gunner in the Liberator during WWII......he flew 22 or so missions over Europe....he said the first time he saw the jet Messerschmidt it scared the bejesus out of him....they were so FAST!!!