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Post by markrogers on Sept 18, 2019 18:12:02 GMT 12
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Sept 18, 2019 18:18:25 GMT 12
OMG CLASSIC!!!! Situation normal for a Convair, I wonder if the dramatists do the same for each P-3K flight near Auckland... (spare me)
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Post by Andrew Hamilton on Sept 18, 2019 18:30:28 GMT 12
Ha ha ha, what a laugh! Ops normal, only got issues if there is only one trail of smoke!😂
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Post by agile on Sept 19, 2019 7:35:49 GMT 12
Including a picture of a radial-engined Convair was a nice touch. If people think the turbine version is smokey....
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Post by davidd on Sept 19, 2019 9:16:29 GMT 12
Reminds me of a line in the book by Sir Francis Chichester recalling his experiences sailing his small yacht (I think this was christened Gipsy Moth IV or some such) around the World, and most particularly when he was sailing near New Zealand in the late 1960s or early 1970s. He recalled that he was pleased to see an RNZAF P-3 flying over as he obviously knew that they were on the lookout for him, but he was also a little concerned about the amount of smoke trailing from the aircraft and presumed that the carburettors had been incorrectly set to a very rich mixture. Since his aviating days in the 1930s, he might not have kept up with all the advances in aircraft powerplant technology - just a wee bit like me with much current technology; if all is going well, all good; if not, panic, then try and think of somebody qualified to fix it who won't bankrupt me!
David D
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Post by tbf25o4 on Sept 19, 2019 9:25:02 GMT 12
If you are the subject of an Orion search in your liferaft or on your dismasted yacht and it is a fine day, just look for the large smudge of brown smoke on the horizon, a sign of four clean burning T56's
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Post by davidd on Sept 20, 2019 8:23:54 GMT 12
I think that was exactly what Sir Francis saw!
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