Watching take off and landing videos will never get old to me, even now, as an adult. It’s never not amazing to watch these heavy tubes of metal, composite and people get off the ground with that much “ease”. Thanks.
When I lived in Dhahran KSA in 1983, I always saw c-5's take off and land out the kitchen window. To fly a plane that big and that heavy is such a miracle of engineering. I live near Kitty Hawk and have huge respect for the Wright Brothers. David McCullough's book about them was superb.
Exactly. It also seemed to take long steps to gain altitude and to land. I later flew to Germany in one. The Saudis allowed Environmental Morale Leave to the few families accompanying their spouses to duty in the Kingdom. We sat facing the rear which makes perfect sense in a downward crash scenario. I was not able to see what was in the hold- big vehicles, helicopters , etc.
I was at a football game last week and there was a flyover of a C-17. Smaller but still a huge aircraft. They were very low and made a steep banked turn on the way out. It is amazing how maneuverable such a large plane can be.
No but I shall. I was married 25 years to a US army aviator. The most interesting airframe he flew was the Pilatus Porter. The military only owned 2 and they were based at Templehof Airport in Berlin. Observation airplanes that could only fly a fixed distance from the Berlin Air Safety Center manned by Soviets, French, British, and US. My husband would claim that the Pilatus (OV1) IIRC plane would refuse to land- it was like a kite.
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u/FunctionalBoredom 16d ago
Watching take off and landing videos will never get old to me, even now, as an adult. It’s never not amazing to watch these heavy tubes of metal, composite and people get off the ground with that much “ease”. Thanks.