Speed and Angels

Nice one...

Can't watch from office.... looks like i'll have that cup o' jo after all.

I'll try to check it out from home.

humans seem to have an inbuilt need for speed gene! i will check at leisure at home

Hi Moose,

Certainly brings back quite a few memories of yesteryear.

Whilst serving Her Majesty's Pleasure in the Grey Funnel Line (Royal Australian Navy), most exercises involved aircraft..........I spent 3 years on an aircraft carrier and over 1,5 years of that on the flight deck..........most interesting.

The aircraft of course were rather different.............sea venoms, skyhawks, sea vixens, the Blackburn Beverly NA39 or Bucaneer...........this air craft actually penetrated the American Distant Early Warning System (the aircraft was the first one that could fly at sea level, in level flight and break the sound barrier, (I think that is right)..............evidently the Americans were none too pleased either.

Anyhow Moose, thanks for the memories.

Man, that is one ugly aircraft. Is that a puffin?

Hi Kyoto,

I must admit that that is one terrible photograph............it was a much better looking aircraft than that photo gives the impression.

There was a training exercise in Nevada with the Americans (Red Flag)............they could not believe the low level ability of this aircraft and had none to match it.

This is a photograph of a bucaneer ait an aircraft museum in the UK

They were also capable of carrying an atomic payload.

Most pilots who flew these aircraft for the RAF and RN were very sorry to see them go at the end of their service.

Deeeaannnmmm!!!! That's a Beast wrigth there definetetly. No Joke!! I just imagine the 'Vacummn Sucking Power' of that 'Puppy' on take-off. Forget it no match like you pointed out. Waaaoouuhhmmmmnnn!!!! Nice for an 'Steven Seagal' movie like now for real. You Have the Technology, No Argue Absolutetly. Lot of (HP) Juice There. Allset nice data to share here again non-stop learning. Super 'Bucaneer' Plane.

Surrender,

MC

My pleasure, MOBI! Thanks for sharing some memories of your own. I have added the Blackburn Beverly NA39 to my list of aircraft to research (and blog about).

Best,

Moose

Glad you liked it Moose It was one hell of an aircraft.

I can remember on one exercise in the South China Sea, one of these beasts came in at wave top height........its wing tips passed under our w/t masts (these were lowered as we had aircraft in the air)..........when it passed the bow, it virtually stood on its tail and went straight up.......... vertically......the power was absolutely awesome.

This photo shows the HMAS Melbourne (w/t masts on the port side are raised, when flying the masts are lowered....parallel to the sea)..............the Melbourne was only a small Light Fleet Carrier as seen in comparison to the USS Midway...........this was taken in 1981 I think.

Came across this - interesting low level shot

That's what I call one helluva backpack blower to remove runway debris for the incoming transports!

...........one neat piece of equipment that I forgot to mention about the bucaneer was their air brakes...............very good for out manoeuvring other aircraft.......as well as for slowing down air speed for landing.

.....at least having this mechanism on the tail, it never distubed aifflow over aerofoil sufaces............and that was just another feature of this..........what I beliece was a truly magnificent aircraft.

Mobi you are confused, it is its Propeller

or cookie form?

just kidding i read on the wikipedia about its function