Can we please stop hotlinking pics?

Make it stop!

914Driver wrote: Look at the bottom photo. The top of that tube failed by tension, at 4 to 6 oclock is a shear failure. If you could look micrscopically at the 12 oclock position you would find what initiated the failure. At least with a car you can pull over.

Just out of highschool I spent a summer working at the local aircraft maintenance shop doing prep work for the mechanics. That's when I saw an even more horrifying example of this. The shaft was sheared pretty cleanly except for about 30^ of it.

It was the associated story that was truly frightening.

Airplane was a FedEx or UPS plane up in the reaches of Alaska (narrow passes, no roads). As such, it was already loaded above mass-gross-weight, with the center of gravity aft of limit. He lost the prop on final approach... so not only does he lose power, but a bunch of weight right where he wants it. Engine instantly over-revs, turns his windshield brown/black, and the plane wants to pitch up. To save himself, he slams the thing nose down as hard as he can and dives for the runway - only way to keep enough airspeed to prevent a stall that would be unrecoverable with the dangerously aft C.G.

He survives. Turned out there were flaws with the steel the engine manufacturer had used.

This thread needs more Utopian playland

Mainly because then the Nurse Division can take over:

Salanis wrote: To save himself, he slams the thing nose down as hard as he can and dives for the runway - only way to keep enough airspeed to prevent a stall that would be unrecoverable with the dangerously aft C.G.

Bush pilots rock. I used to work for an airline that used to fly primarily in the Canadian north, but also did charters across the more populated areas of Canada. So our 727 drivers had all put in their time in Hawker-Siddley 748s and Beavers in the arctic. If anyone was going to get into an airport with weather problems, it was our guys.

One of the planes I flew on, in one of the communities I flew into.

Keith wrote: Bush pilots rock. ... If anyone was going to get into an airport with weather problems, it was our guys.

Word. I heard multiple stories of bush pilots getting their commercial reviews where the weather turns bad, and they ended up having to tell the reviewer something to the effect of: "Okay, this is going to go against what the regulations say I'm allowed to do, but it's the only way we'll get on the ground safely." Followed, of course, by the pilot pulling a maneuver beyond the ability of any lesser pilot.

Sigh, I also found this shot of one of the planes I used to fly on. C-FRST, otherwise known as "Rusty". Started life in 1969 working for Alaska Airlines, if memory serves. I once helped offload an Aerostar out of that side cargo hatch in Resolute, NWT. I still feel bad about that. You work so hard and spend so much money to get a vehicle up there - and you get an Aerostar.

slefain wrote: Mainly because then the Nurse Division can take over:

Dr steel? Dr horrible is not amused...

Keith wrote: Bush pilots rock....

I remember a story about a bush pilot that would take off (overloaded of course) from a high altitude mountain side by running the plane up to as fast as he could, pop the flaps down, then lift the plane up enough to dive off the edge of the mountain.

Probably a Beaver....

nice Beaver....

aircooled wrote:

Keith wrote: Bush pilots rock....

I remember a story about a bush pilot that would take off (overloaded of course) from a high altitude mountain side by running the plane up to as fast as he could, pop the flaps down, then lift the plane up enough to dive off the edge of the mountain. Probably a Beaver.... nice Beaver....

Beavers work best in the hands of the experienced.

When left to their own devices, not so much:

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

I see your area 1 and raise you an area 51.

This weekend!

pete240z wrote: Am I too early? I am just a little excited how this is going.

If you want page 210, yeah, you're a little early. Only 41 pages, give or take. I'm sure we can get you there on time, though!

JoeyM wrote: "We know nothing — nothing — about this car except that we are 87% certain it is not a photoshop. And that leads us to conclude there are some really sick individuals out there." http://jalopnik.com/307723/lamborghini-countach-wagon

If not a photoshop , then where does the engine go? Between the rear seats? Not buying it...yet.

Keith wrote: Sigh, I also found this shot of one of the planes I used to fly on. C-FRST, otherwise known as "Rusty". Started life in 1969 working for Alaska Airlines, if memory serves. I once helped offload an Aerostar out of that side cargo hatch in Resolute, NWT. I still feel bad about that. You work so hard and spend so much money to get a vehicle up there - and you get an Aerostar.

Uh, Keith? I'm hoping that's the pic of the thing in the boneyard, and not what it looked like when it flew into Resolute..although some boneyard pix are cool.

friedgreencorrado wrote: although some boneyard pix are cool.

That's a nice still of Dana Andrews from the movie "The Best Years of Our Lives".

A really good flick, BTW.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036868/

vwcorvette wrote:

JoeyM wrote: "We know nothing — nothing — about this car except that we are 87% certain it is not a photoshop. And that leads us to conclude there are some really sick individuals out there." http://jalopnik.com/307723/lamborghini-countach-wagon

If not a photoshop , then where does the engine go? Between the rear seats? Not buying it...yet.

Isn't the engine transverse like the Miura?

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Not a great slalom car, but great cone altitude.

and now for something completely different: for your viewing (and commenting) pleasure, THE Gaz 66!!!http://www.russianmilitarytrucks.com/albums/gaz-66-and-stuff-from-lithuania/IMG_0718.sized.jpg

Mikey52_1 wrote: and now for something completely different: for your viewing (and commenting) pleasure, THE Gaz 66!!!http://www.russianmilitarytrucks.com/albums/gaz-66-and-stuff-from-lithuania/IMG_0718.sized.jpg

Oops forgot to click the camera...

In reply to neon4891:

Actually, that moving chicane is one of the nefarious ground-hogs that frequent non-spectator areas at the Canadian Gran Prix; they often get a rude reception for not buying a ticket.

The little dark spot (in the middle of the track) is about to experience a bit of F1 hospitality:

BTW, I'm hoping LH gets Buttoned-up this year.

these Russian trucks...can't take 'em anywhere without they want to come in with you...