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Ch 7 News reports the aircraft was a Cirrus SR22, VH-MSF, owned by a Queensland pilot, a member of the Redcliffe Aero Club and RFDS. -
Flightradar24 - wrong aircraft displayed
red750 replied to Marty_d's topic in AUS/NZ General Discussion
I have 10 photos on jetphotos.com under my name, not user-id -
Flightradar24 - wrong aircraft displayed
red750 replied to Marty_d's topic in AUS/NZ General Discussion
Sites like FR24 have a licence to use photos from photo databases like jetphotos.com, airport-data.com, etc., searched electronically. If there are multiple photos wit a certain rego (eg. cancelled and reissued), or the photo has been uploaded with the wrong rego, the automatic search does not pick that up. -
The Payen Pa 49 Katy was a small experimental French turbojet powered tailless aircraft, designed by Nicolas Roland Payen, and first flown in 1954. It was the first French aircraft of this kind and the smallest jet aircraft of its day. The all-wood Katy was a tailless aircraft, having no separate horizontal stabiliser. The wing leading edge was swept at about 55° but, unlike the classic delta with its straight trailing edge, the Katy's was swept at about 30° with each trailing edge carrying full span control surfaces, elevators inboard and ailerons outboard. At its root, the wing merged gently into the fuselage with small air intakes for the 1.47 kN (330 lbf) Turbomeca Palas engine built into the leading edge. The cockpit was placed just aft of the intakes and the long straight-edged fin, swept at about 75° and initially as wide as the cockpit, began immediately behind it, narrowing to a slightly swept trailing edge carrying a full depth rudder. Images recorded before the first flight show the Katy with a low bicycle undercarriage with wing tip skids, but, by the time of the flight itself, this was replaced by a fixed, un-faired tricycle undercarriage. First flight 22 January 1954; Retired 1958; Number built 1.
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Back to the original topic. Items like this are available to solve the problem. Not unlike what persons who have had their bladder removed. I am one. The urinary tract is diverted to an opening in the side of your lower abdomen, and an artificial bladder is attached with an adhesive plate to your belly. This is easily emptied at regular intervals. I have one of these 24/7. However, when sleeping, there is no way of knowing when it fills, and therefore can leak. The answer is a larger bag on a tube which attaches to a valve at the bottom of the prosthetic bladder. Connect up and open the valve when going to bed and you are in business. The leg bag on the photo below is similar to the night bag. The second photo shows a urostomy pouch in situ.
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C-47 Glider.
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The Garrett STAMP (Small Tactical Aerial Mobility Platform) was a two-person aircraft prototype made by a division of AiResearch Manufacturing Co. of Phoenix, Arizona, for the United States Marine Corps STAMP program, in the early 1970s. The prototype took off and manoeuvred by means of a ducted fan, much like the Harrier. Unlike the Harrier it had no wings and had to depend on the fan's thrust for lift at all times. This gave it an expected range of 30 miles at a speed of 75 mph. The power came from a Garrett TSE-231 turbine normally used to power helicopters. The turbine gave 1050 pounds of thrust by running at 6000 rpm. Two persons sat in a closed cockpit adapted from an OH-6 helicopter. Number built 1
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The Boeing Bird of Prey was a black project aircraft, intended to demonstrate stealth technology. It was developed by McDonnell Douglas and Boeing in the 1990s. The company provided $67 million of funding for the project; it was a low-cost program compared to many other programs of similar scale. It developed technology and materials which would later be used on Boeing's X-45 unmanned combat air vehicle. As an internal project, this aircraft was not given an X-plane designation. There are no public plans to make this a production aircraft. It is characterized as a technology demonstrator.
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A little like the Piaggio Avanti.
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The EWR VJ 101 was an experimental German jet fighter vertical takeoff/landing tiltjet aircraft. VJ stood for Versuchsjäger,. The VJ 101 was one of the first V/STOL designs to have the potential for eventual Mach 2 flight. During the 1950s, as various nations took an interest in developing VTOL-capable aircraft, the German Federal Government issued a request to the nation's recently revived aviation industries for them to study possible designs for such aircraft. In response, in 1960, German engine manufacturer MAN Turbo commenced work on a suitable engine in close cooperation with British engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce Limited. Only two built.
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The Hurel-Dubois HD.10 was a French research aircraft first flown in 1948 to investigate Maurice Hurel's ideas about high aspect ratio wings. It was a single-seat monoplane with a retractable tricycle undercarriage and twin tails, featuring a very high aspect-ratio wing of 32.5:1. Between 1948 and 1954, this aircraft accumulated some 218 hours and 27 minutes of flight time. Only one was built. The concept continues to be researched today to create the airliners of the future.
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The Planet Satellite was a British light aircraft of the late 1940s. Designed to exploit new technology, the aircraft was abandoned after two crashes although the innovative fuselage was later incorporated into a helicopter prototype.
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A Guimbal Cabri G2 helicopter suffered a mechanical failure during a training flight and crashed at Bankstown Airport (BWU/YSBK), New South Wales. The instructor and student pilot were not injured and the helicopter received substantial damage. ASN Wikibase Report
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Sad, not silly, but nowhere else to post it.
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The Sukhoi Su-17 (izdeliye S-32) is a variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber developed for the Soviet military. Its NATO reporting name is "Fitter". Developed from the Sukhoi Su-7, the Su-17 was the first variable-sweep wing aircraft to enter Soviet service and was featured updated avionics. The aircraft also has variants which were designed to be exported to non-Soviet states such as the Sukhoi Su-22 and the less popular Su-20. It was produced from 1967-1990. The Su-17/20/22 series had a long career and has been operated by many air forces, including those of the Russian Federation, former Soviet republics, former Warsaw Pact, countries in the Arab world, Angola, and Peru. The Russian Federation retired its fleet in 1998. Although the Su-17 was capable of carrying nuclear weapons, it was used in roles ranging from close-air support to ground attack. Shortly after the Su-7 fighter-bomber was put into service, the Sukhoi Design Bureau was ordered to develop a modernization program. The program would be aimed primarily at updating on-board avionics and takeoff/landing characteristics. The concept of variable-geometry wings - something gaining wider attention at that time - was adopted. The program was to be led by Sukhoi's head designer, Nikolay Zyrin. In 1963 the Sukhoi OKB with input from TsAGI created a variable-sweep wing technology demonstrator. The S-22I (also known as the Su-7IG, NATO designation "Fitter-B"), converted from a production Su-7BM, had fixed inner portions of the wing with movable outer segments that could be swept to 28°, 45°, or 62°. The S-22I first took off (with Vladimir Ilyushin at the controls) on 2 August 1966. It was later demonstrated at the air parade in Domodedovo in July 1967. Flight testing revealed that the configuration improved both take-off/landing characteristics, range and endurance. Handling was generally better than the fixed wing Su-7, with the exception that buffeting at high angles of attack to warn of imminent stall no longer occurred. For further details of the deveopment, operational history and variants of the series, click here. The photos on this page feature the Su-22 of the Polish Air Force, and the specifications below are for the Su-17M4. -
The Paramount Cabinaire, N17M, was one of less than ten built. This four seat Cabinaire was a contestant in the 1930 National Air Tour that flew about the country to show off the capabilities of new aircraft. Powered by a 165hp Wright engine.
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Fairey Battle twin cockpit trainer.
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For the second time in a fortnight a large international aircraft has missed workers on the shortened north-south runway by metres. The northern end of the runway is closed for resurfacing, but the two aircraft left their liftoff too late, almost hitting runway workers and equipment. Runway lighting was damaged. Malaysia Airlines was involved in one of their aircraft took off late. The other was a Bamboo Airlines flight. Runway work will now be suspended when the runway is active.
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Fleetwing Sea Bird, NC16783. One of just six built, this rare seaplane was built with a spot-welded stainless steel structure. This high wing, taildragger amphibian has a unique shine and will stand proud next to its contemporary Grumman Duck seaplane. Powered by the overhead mounted 300hp Jacobs engine this cabin seaplane will seat four.
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C172 on a VW chassis.
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The Arado Ar E.555 was a proposed jet bomber design that was conceived as part of Nazi Germany’s “Amerika Bomber” (America Bomber) project. The intention was to design an aircraft that was capable of performing a transatlantic flight to bomb targets in the United States before returning to a Luftwaffe base in Germany or occupied Europe. Arado had begun brainstorming designs long a long-range jet bomber before the Amerika Bomber proposal and had developed the short-range Ar 234 bomber in 1943 powered by turbojet engines. The German Air Ministry asked Arado to continue developing this concept into a long-range aircraft. Arado initially sought for their new plane to follow the flying wing concept, in which the cockpit, crew areas, engines and bomb bay were essentially built into one giant wing that would be delta shaped. The E.555’s design drawings continued evolving until they reached a more conventional shape. Despite the potential the various designs showed, the German Air Ministry ordered the project’s termination in December 1944. The project’s timing and limited use as a bomber perhaps represented its main weakness despite its futuristic and innovative ideas.
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Things have changed a bit since I learnt to fly. My school, Civil Flying School had three rooms beside the hangar. This is CAE Aviation Academy at Moorabbin. Dwarfs the terminal building on the left.
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These images from Streetview are dated 2019. I was at Moorabbin in April and it looked like this. Note: I put the caption on before checking, it should say CAE Aviation Academy.
