turboplanner Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 World's largest aircraft crashes gently in second test flight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Probably need to learn how to fly it a bit better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1 Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Yeah, he should probably get onto a flying forum, no shortage of experts there to tell him how to do it properly... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I thought the Airlander might have worked and then I found out it was a cancelled military project. ... and then I wondered what military brain can't put a large slow moving target in front of a taliban fighter armed with a RPG and not see various possible outcomes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenn Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 According to todays ABC news it was the size of 6 double decker buses. Obviously nowhere near the size of a Zeppelin, in fact I would say a 747 is about that size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Yes, not in the same size class - 91m long vs 245m, 38000m^2 vs 200,000m^2 But it is the largest current aircraft. And never forget that despite its size and the fact it looks like a big marshmallow it has 20,000kg of airframe as its inertial mass ... running into the ground at a few miles an hour still really buggers up the front end with that sort of mass behind it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Yes, not in the same size class - 91m long vs 245m, 38000m^2 vs 200,000m^2But it is the largest current aircraft. the fact it looks like a big marshmallow It looks like a giant arxe..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 World's largest aircraft has bumpy landing Video view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnm Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 at least it did n't go 'pop' ............................. most did - unfortunately 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 It looks like a giant arxe.....[ATTACH=full]45329[/ATTACH] Maybe it was just trying to sit down.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyflyer Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Maybe it was just trying to sit down.... No, it went ars* up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDQDI Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Hmmf just looked like a typical nose wheel pilots wheelbarrow approach:amazon: Ok maybe he/she was a tailwheel pilot and tried wheeling it on:whistling: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Gee some of the pictures in this thread bring back memories. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 That's the biggest Tradesman's Smile I have ever seen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunder Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Read something about a dangling rope catching a pole.......... gotta watch the simple things! Someone called it the "flying bum", I think just "Kim" would sound better..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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