Comments on Dark Roasted Blend: Airplane Oops! Situations

The second picture in helicopter stunt is Indian A...

2008-04-07T10:27:00.000-07:00

The second picture in helicopter stunt is Indian Air Force Sarang team. The choppers used are HAL-Dhruv not Eurocopter.

The Super Guppy was based on a Boeing 377/C-97 Str...

2008-04-03T13:10:00.000-07:00

The Super Guppy was based on a Boeing 377/C-97 Stratoliner, which just is a cousin to the B-29/B-50 series.

There was a series of outsize-cargo haulers by Aero Spacelines in the group, including the Mini Guppy, Pregnant Guppy, and Super Guppy (piston and turbine).

The third one, as others pointed out, was Chicago....

2007-12-21T16:01:00.000-08:00

The third one, as others pointed out, was Chicago. It happened at Midway Airport Dec 1 2005. I remember it well as I got caught in the snow storm, which was pretty bad even for Chicago standards. Midway is notorious for having short run ways, but they concluded that it was pilot error.

AB -> the helicopters arent all as you mentioned.T...

2007-12-11T03:20:00.000-08:00

AB -> the helicopters arent all as you mentioned.

The first is Royal Army Lynx, and second is Indian Army Sarang Display team, with their Peacock colors (check it out, the chopper is made in India, HAL Dhruv) and the third chopper is Royal Navyl Lynx.

To "Brian"And your an NTSB investigator right?? BT...

2007-12-04T23:20:00.000-08:00

To "Brian"

And your an NTSB investigator right?? BTW its braking not breaking.

http://sunshine.by/2007/12/04/10-samyx-krasochnyx-...

2007-12-04T07:50:00.000-08:00

http://sunshine.by/2007/12/04/10-samyx-krasochnyx-avialyapov/

Anonymous said..."The third pic was fairly recent ...

2007-12-02T12:16:00.000-08:00

Anonymous said...

"The third pic was fairly recent - winter 2005 or 2006 in a midwestern US city - I believe it was Chicago. The plane slid off the runway in snow. A six year-old passenger in one of the cars on the street was killed."

This accident occurred at Chicago's Midway Airport. The 737 landed on a runway that was too short for the weather conditions, especially when you consider the breaking action that day on an icy runway and the tailwind that was present. The landing should have never been attempted.

Forget to lower landing gear -> 7.9M $ Oops:http:/...

2007-12-01T05:39:00.000-08:00

Forget to lower landing gear -> 7.9M $ Oops:

http://www.zianet.com/tedmorris/dg/bombers4.html

And then there's this fatal collision between two ...

2007-11-30T15:50:00.000-08:00

And then there's this fatal collision between two P-51 Mustangs at this year's EAA Airventure in Oshkosh. One of the pilots died a fiery death.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDvUc42SD4s&feature=related

The Super Guppy was based off of the Boeing B-29 S...

2007-11-29T20:30:00.000-08:00

The Super Guppy was based off of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, of World War II fame. Technically it was based off of a B-50, but a B-50 was just a B-29 airframe with turboprop engines instead of conventional piston mills.

Can anyone tell what model aircraft/airframe was u...

2007-11-29T19:55:00.000-08:00

Can anyone tell what model aircraft
/airframe was used to make the Super Guppy?

While Airbus Belugas do have jet engines, this is...

2007-11-28T07:52:00.000-08:00

While Airbus Belugas do have jet engines, this is a Super Guppy, and they indeed do use turboprops.

I believe that the sliced Aeroflot in Anchorage is...

2007-11-28T07:43:00.000-08:00

I believe that the sliced Aeroflot in Anchorage is Tupolev Tu-134, not Il-96. Anyway, a great compilation! :)

That's not a Beluga, it's a Super Guppy.

2007-11-28T07:41:00.000-08:00

That's not a Beluga, it's a Super Guppy.

Some images are fakes. Beluga airplane (Airbus Sky...

2007-11-28T02:34:00.000-08:00

Some images are fakes. Beluga airplane (Airbus Sky Link) don't use this kind of engines :-P

The sea-harrier was flown by Sub-Lt 'Soapy' Watson...

2007-11-27T19:05:00.000-08:00

The sea-harrier was flown by Sub-Lt 'Soapy' Watson of the Royal Navy on 6 June 1983. He had a radio defect and couldn't get back to the carrier HMS Illustrious, so he landed on the only available flatish object he could find. The owners and captain of the boat got 340,000 pounds in salvage awards but the Royal Navy got back a 7 million pound aircraft rather than losing it and a very-expensively trained pilot.

I love being terrified and amused at the same time...

2007-11-27T11:01:00.000-08:00

I love being terrified and amused at the same time!

Thank you!

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The third pic was fairly recent - winter 2005 or 2...

2007-11-27T09:57:00.000-08:00

The third pic was fairly recent - winter 2005 or 2006 in a midwestern US city - I believe it was Chicago. The plane slid off the runway in snow. A six year-old passenger in one of the cars on the street was killed.

More info on the Czar-52 ( the B-52 crash ) can be...

2007-11-26T09:26:00.000-08:00

More info on the Czar-52 ( the B-52 crash ) can be found here, a report by Anthony Kern ( author of "Flight Discipline" ).

POILed!

2007-11-26T07:56:00.000-08:00

POILed!

The "Russian" helicopter stunts aren't Russian at ...

2007-11-25T18:45:00.000-08:00

The "Russian" helicopter stunts aren't Russian at all.
The first and third are of RAF Westland Lynx, one of the fastest most manoeuvrable helicopters in production. The second is Armée de l'Air Eurocopters.
Both Air forces have helicopter demonstration teams.

AB