ajmcg
Flight Sergeant
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Post by ajmcg on Feb 16, 2024 15:27:21 GMT 12
Having watched the USAF grass landing video it could well be an issue with the MX-20HD turret with the aircraft bouncing around so much. Maybe we should get a couple more without the electro-optical/infrared imaging system for austere runway use? Interestingly Australia has also opted for the cameras with their order for replacement C-130Js.
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Post by JW on Feb 16, 2024 19:11:12 GMT 12
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Post by ZacYates on Feb 17, 2024 20:14:07 GMT 12
Man that looks cool. I’m excited!
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Post by planecrazy on Feb 17, 2024 20:40:29 GMT 12
They have lots of bits and bobs hanging off them, is the chin piece a camera or radar?
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Post by Antonio on Mar 10, 2024 9:19:47 GMT 12
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Post by madmac on Mar 14, 2024 18:09:10 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 14, 2024 20:11:26 GMT 12
Shall we all dip in and save one of these warbirds?
WONZ Herc To The Skies.
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Post by machina on Mar 15, 2024 10:55:13 GMT 12
Shall we all dip in and save one of these warbirds? WONZ Herc To The Skies. We could then lease it back to the Govt the next time a 757 breaks down.
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Post by machina on Mar 15, 2024 18:55:59 GMT 12
“You see we lease it back from the company we sold it to and that way it comes under the monthly current budget, and not the capital account.”
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Post by ZacYates on Mar 18, 2024 10:35:55 GMT 12
Shall we all dip in and save one of these warbirds? WONZ Herc To The Skies. Mobile forum meet venue!
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Post by ErrolC on Apr 5, 2024 15:49:56 GMT 12
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Post by McFly on Apr 5, 2024 16:22:19 GMT 12
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Post by kiwirob on Apr 8, 2024 18:55:51 GMT 12
Now we have two aircraft types in the fleet which can be refueled in flight, will the RNZAF train to us this capability or will it be wasted?
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Post by jimtheeagle on Apr 9, 2024 21:55:53 GMT 12
Does anyone know what the actual first flight date was? The RNZAF release of 5 April says: And it says that: "Three test flights have taken place over Georgia and Alabama in the past few days, with the first, flying from Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia, in the air for over three hours and covering nearly 1000 kilometres." I've seen a list of test flights from Marietta for LAC5978 and the first appears to have been on 28 March, but the first one (and the 4th flight) that's over 3 hours was 4 April at 5hr 19min. What was the first flight date? Also, anyone have the construction numbers for NZ7012-15?
JT
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Post by machina on Apr 10, 2024 19:10:00 GMT 12
Now we have two aircraft types in the fleet which can be refueled in flight, will the RNZAF train to us this capability or will it be wasted? That’s a good point, we should at least train to use it if the capability is there. Are the aircraft plumbed for it in RNZAF spec?
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chrisr
Squadron Leader
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Post by chrisr on Apr 10, 2024 21:35:00 GMT 12
Does anyone know what the actual first flight date was? The RNZAF release of 5 April says: And it says that: "Three test flights have taken place over Georgia and Alabama in the past few days, with the first, flying from Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia, in the air for over three hours and covering nearly 1000 kilometres." I've seen a list of test flights from Marietta for LAC5978 and the first appears to have been on 28 March, but the first one (and the 4th flight) that's over 3 hours was 4 April at 5hr 19min. What was the first flight date? Also, anyone have the construction numbers for NZ7012-15? JT First flight shown on FR24 was on Easter Friday, so March 29 (NZ time). I was sitting at the fence at Warbirds scrolling Facebook and saw a FR24 screenshot showing it flying. I just checked the comments on that Facebook post and the original poster mentioned it flew for over 3 hours. The Warbirds commentary team also made mention of it having flown. There was speculation on Facebook that it had flown earlier than this, but most likely earlier appearances on flight radar were just testing the airframe on the ground.
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Post by jimtheeagle on Apr 10, 2024 22:04:44 GMT 12
Thanks - it's all pointing to March 28 US time. I've seen a screenshot from some tracking app and it has an entry with no airport (MGE), but 'FTY', which I take to be a fast taxy, way back on Feb 20. There may have been other such tests that the app didn't pick up.
JT
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