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[Ovod]

Ripples appear along the fuselage of a US Navy (USN) E-2C Hawkeye aircraft assigned to the "Seahawks" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 126 (VAW-126), due to the tremendous amount of torque and pressure exerted on the aircraft while landing on the flight deck of the US Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75) 11 January 2005.

The ripples only appear during the initial touchdown impact period, and disappear as soon as the fuselage is no longer stressed.

This is why carrier aircraft airframe life is listed in both landing cycles and flight hours - with landing cycles having priority.

Coincidently both the the E-2 Hawkeye and the Lunar Module were both products of the same aircraft producer: Grumman, an aerospace company that produced many carrierborne aircraft designs for the US Navy and not renowned for their lightweight airframes.

So it was kind of ironic that Grumman would win the contract to design the LM for the Apollo program in the 1960s – there are very few "airframe" designs where the weights were calculated down to the last fraction of an ounce/milligram – perhaps the U-2 spyplane could compare?

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Coincidently both the the E-2 Hawkeye and the Lunar Module were both products of the same aircraft producer: Grumman, an aerospace company that produced many carrierborne aircraft designs for the US Navy and not renowned for their lightweight airframes.

So it was kind of ironic that Grumman would win the contract to design the LM for the Apollo program in the 1960s – there are very few "airframe" designs where the weights were calculated down to the last fraction of an ounce/milligram – perhaps the U-2 spyplane could compare?

For the most part this is irrelevant. During the 60s when the space race was at it's heyday, all the major airframe manufacturers had completely different departments (and in some cases companies) that no no bearing on aircraft production, their primary purpose was to build space products.

For example, Lockheed had it's missile and space division in Sunnyvale CA., completely segregated from the aircraft divisions.

 

[special ed]

Did Sunnyvale build the YO-3As?

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Did Sunnyvale build the YO-3As?

IIRC, yes

 

[stug3]

Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet (1943)

 

[SaparotRob]

The best picture of that plane I've ever seen.

 

[Snautzer01]

Coloured in but done well.

 

[Wurger]

 

[syscom3]

Douglas B-18 Bolos on the flight line at March Field (Riverside, California). May 5 1941

 

[CATCH 22]

Found this interesting photo today:

Original text explanation is wrong: British plane fuselage possibly Accra, Ghana. 1940s
The a/c has a French registration but it's a Sikorski S.43.
I checked the internet and found this detailed description.
Below is the same "Baby clipper" in better days and with Norwegian registration:

Maybe somebody can add more information?

 

[Wurger]

 

[Frog]

Found this interesting photo today:
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Original text explanation is wrong: British plane fuselage possibly Accra, Ghana. 1940s
The a/c has a French registration but it's a Sikorski S.43.
I checked the internet and found this detailed description.
Below is the same "Baby clipper" in better days and with Norwegian registration:
View attachment 700920
Maybe somebody can add more information?

It is a Sikorski S-43, one one the five used by the french Compagnie Aéromaritime in the West Africa colonies.

 

[Wurger]

The flying boat c/n 4312. Reg: 26.08.1936 for DNL Fred Olsen & Bergenske A/S, Oslo. "Walkiria" removed from the register on 14.09.38. Marketed as F-AREX, decommissioned 1944.

the source: Svenskt Flyghistoriskt Forum • Visa tråd - LN-DAG Sikorsky S-43 på Bulltofta

the source: Åpen plass, ett fly på bakken, Sikorsky S.43, LN-DAG, Valkyrien. Flere personer rundt flyet. Flere bygning med flagg heist til høyre.

 

[syscom3]

 

[Capt. Vick]

Santa!?

 

[Snautzer01]

Santa!?

Santa has to go with the times. No need for oldschool transport.

 

[Wurger]

 

[syscom3]

The gunner of a B-26 Marauder, 34th Bomb Squadron, 17th Bomb Group dumps an ammunition belt to save weight after #1 engine was knocked
out by flak during a raid over Frosinone, Italy. Dec 30 1943

 

[Snautzer01]

I'm your private dancer, a Donkey for money
I'll do what you want me to do
Just a private dancer, a Donkey for money
And any old music will do
Deutch marks or dollars
American Express will do nicely, thank you
Let me loosen up your collar
Tell me, do you want to see me do the shimmy again?

 

[Bretoal2]

No Madam this is not the wine bar Queen Mother Talking to Engineer Rolls Royce Factory

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Behind Queen Mother : (Lord) Ernest Hives, RR general manager.