AlanShimmin Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 16 minutes ago, NoTailT said: Problem is PTS. For the first time ever they're handing out a FIVE year contract for it. Which is a bit brave... Flybe won't be able to sustain Liverpool without PTS. Always was the case. Very good point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hedgehog Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Very cool plane taking off and looping round at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 3 minutes ago, Dave Hedgehog said: Very cool plane taking off and looping round at the moment. Nothing on Flightradar - military? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Looks like an Osprey to me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 1 minute ago, the stinking enigma said: Looks like an Osprey to me Two big propellers on wings? Mix between a plane and a helicopter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Where is it landing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Sorry, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramseyboi Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 1 minute ago, The Phantom said: Two big propellers on wings? Mix between a plane and a helicopter? Yep. Just gone up the coast past Ramsey. Does vertical take off doesn’t it? Weird watching it go past as didn’t look like it was going fast enough to stay in the air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Ramseyboi said: Yep. Just gone up the coast past Ramsey. Does vertical take off doesn’t it? Weird watching it go past as didn’t look like it was going fast enough to stay in the air. It does indeed. Probably isn't going fast enough to fly traditionally. It's a weird mix between a plane and a helicopter. If the nacelles are at 45 degrees or similar, it would be getting lift like a helo rather than through forward speed. I think it's only the US Marines operating those. Many of the military aircraft will still have their transponder on so you can see them on flightradar, but not this. Weird.... Edited August 10, 2021 by The Phantom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Dearden Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 16 minutes ago, The Phantom said: Nothing on Flightradar - military? There are two. One looks like a USMC V-22 Osprey and one looks like a Beechcraft Texan Trainer. Both were practicing landing-runs, the Osprey also hovered over the runway. I think they were from RAF Valley but only because its close and they usually are. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 19 minutes ago, the stinking enigma said: Where is it landing? where ever it wants. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, WTF said: where ever it wants. Unless it's Cambridge hospital... https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40289/watch-this-cv-22-ospreys-rotor-downwash-absolutely-demolish-a-hospitals-helipad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Changing subject a bit, is the airport back to normal ie paid parking, pick up outside etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asitis Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Banker said: Changing subject a bit, is the airport back to normal ie paid parking, pick up outside etc? Yup its back to normal ... a shit show. Edited August 10, 2021 by asitis 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 2 hours ago, The Phantom said: Unless it's Cambridge hospital... https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40289/watch-this-cv-22-ospreys-rotor-downwash-absolutely-demolish-a-hospitals-helipad Same sort of thing happened in the early days of developing this type of aircraft when the Yanks landed one on a British aircraft-carrier. The decks on British carriers were wood-planking, as opposed to the US using metal decks, consequently the down-draft ripped up a sizeable portion of the landing-area scattering the planks everywhere. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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