One for the plane spotters

After a hard day's work in a crap office, I stood on Cheadle Hulme station when the last Concorde flight from Manchester took off 'the wrong way' and banked right over us to show the delta effect.

A magnificent sight and sound I will always remember. I couldn't help think then and now if the Yanks had made it, it would still be allowed to fly.

Another sight I recall is walking around Rutland Water when a Vulcan came whistling from nowhere and banked quite low in the same way over an old English church with all the old trees in full leaf.
Literally breath taking.

So why weren't mobiles with cameras around in those days when I needed them?
 
You are correct about the concerted efforts by many sections of American society to ensure Concord was not allowed to succed. When Concord was stopped from flying it was one of the few times in mans evoloution that we took a step backwards. That plane was 50 years ahead of its time and there is still no replacement on the horizon.
 
Taximania said:

Have a look at this amazing set up
Unbelievable home cockpit
And so realistic it may blow you away

A man dedicated to his hobby and hats of to him
Enjoy your flying


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Nice job! I fly that aircraft and it looks pretty nice! Certainly quieter than the real thing!!

A few things clearly don't work (flap indicator, for instance) and the guy made a few mistakes (taxied past the runway hold short before doing his checklists and accepting clearance for takeoff, for example), but it's meant for serious fun, and he looks like he is having plenty!

Reminded me a bit of the set up that the Captain on MH370 (777 that's still missing) had in his home!!!

Thank you for sharing the video.
 
ChicagoBlue said:
Nice job! I fly that aircraft and it looks pretty nice! Certainly quieter than the real thing!!

A few things clearly don't work (flap indicator, for instance) and the guy made a few mistakes (taxied past the runway hold short before doing his checklists and accepting clearance for takeoff, for example), but it's meant for serious fun, and he looks like he is having plenty!

Reminded me a bit of the set up that the Captain on MH370 (777 that's still missing) had in his home!!!

Thank you for sharing the video.
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I have 40 minutes airtime in cesnas and if I may be so bold as to say was possibly the most exhilerating forty minutes of my working class life.
I love to travel but flying does not rank high on my list of must dos. Its part of the world we now live in so embrace it we must.
Heights do not factor into my routine but I concur that we are more safe in them there cumulas's than we could ever be on terra firma.
Not bad for a cabbie who used to jump out of sea kings but that's an urban legend for another day;

Talking of serious fun some of these flight enthusiast spend upwards of 100k on their home set ups.
Here are two that really impressed me below.

Boeing 747-400 Home Cockpit Simulator First Flight!
Ryan, who's a real-world Captain on the E170 for Compass, takes a brand new home-based 747-400 simulator on its inaugural test flight.
We'll depart runway 10L at PDX and then fly the approach to the same runway during a beautiful sunrise. Thanks to Flight Deck Solutions, NatVis Simulator Displays,
In the read up they mention that it is sourced from flight deck solutions.Regardless of source it looks truly superb !





Also have a look at this chap who makes a home railway enthuisiast look possitively tame.
He built all this by himself,here is a glowing report added from an actual pilot on his home set up acheivments

"Given the nature of your accomplishment, I'm sure that I'm not the first airline pilot to leave a comment here but I stumbled upon your video and watched the whole thing.I am truly impressed by your enthusiasm, skill, and attention to detail.
As it happens, I'm a Captain on the CRJ, for a regional airline here in the States but I do hold a type rating on the B737. Just based on this limited observation(...and my limited memory), I can say that you have obviously represented the airplane very, very well. It truly looks remarkable and as you say in the UK, it's "spot on"! :) "

What do you think Chicago ?

 
Three things...

1) that 737 Guy's shed is outrageous and he has done a fantastic job! That sim is ridiculous!
2) I loved the Attendant call button ringing in the house kitchen! HAHAHAHAHA!
3) If that wasn't my office, I would want one! Last thing I want to do when I set the brake at the gate is to get back to the house for "homework!"

I'd like to know more about Ryan. Compass is a US regional. Wondering about the how's and where's of him and that sim. Looked like he was at Boeing Field just north of Seattle-Tacoma.

Funnily enough, I just got finished with a 5 yr stint on the 747-400, and am back flying Captain on the 737 again now. If you have someone with an A-320 sim, you will have the history of the last 15 years of my life! Gulp! A 727, and you'll have pretty much all of my 21 yrs in the airlines! ;)

One last thing...if I had the money, I would LOVE a Cessna 172! That is some REAL flying...where you want, when you want, as opposed to maintaining a schedule built by an airline, and having to maintain strict SOPs. You can have some real fun in a C-172, which is why you had such a memorable experience.

And, not that I should advertise it, I'm deathly afraid of heights!! Not in an aircraft, of course, but standing on the edge of anything high enough to be considered "a deadly height" gives me the willies!!
 
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ChicagoBlue said:
Three things...

1) that 737 Guy's shed is outrageous and he has done a fantastic job! That sim is ridiculous!
2) I loved the Attendant call button ringing in the house kitchen! HAHAHAHAHA!
3) If that wasn't my office, I would want one! Last thing I want to do when I set the brake at the gate is to get back to the house for "homework!"

I'd like to know more about Ryan. Compass is a US regional. Wondering about the how's and where's of him and that sim. Looked like he was at Boeing Field just north of Seattle-Tacoma.

Funnily enough, I just got finished with a 5 yr stint on the 747-400, and am back flying Captain on the 737 again now. If you have someone with an A-320 sim, you will have the history of the last 15 years of my life! Gulp! A 727, and you'll have pretty much all of my 21 yrs in the airlines! ;)

One last thing...if I had the money, I would LOVE a Cessna 172! That is some REAL flying...where you want, when you want, as opposed to maintaining a schedule built by an airline, and having to maintain strict SOPs. You can have some real fun in a C-172, which is why you had such a memorable experience.

And, not that I should advertise it, I'm deathly afraid of heights!! Not in an aircraft, of course, but standing on the edge of anything high enough to be considered "a deadly height" gives me the willies!!
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Funny that, I'm afraid of heights too!

Until about 10 years ago I had a 1/4 share in a DH Chipmunk. Ex RAF stock. She got too expensive to service though and other things got in the way so she had to go :-(

First aircraft I flew aged 13 in the ATC.
We've managed to slip a 40 minute FBW discovery FFS session into our CS1 type rating which is pilots playtime discovering the corners of the FBW system envelope protections. We end it with switching to direct mode and flying barrel rolls. It's amazing how many line pilots have never flown any aerobatics. They love it.

Don't think the session will last long due to pressure on sim slots but for now it's great fun.
 
Gelsons Dad said:
Funny that, I'm afraid of heights too!

Until about 10 years ago I had a 1/4 share in a DH Chipmunk. Ex RAF stock. She got too expensive to service though and other things got in the way so she had to go :-(

First aircraft I flew aged 13 in the ATC.
We've managed to slip a 40 minute FBW discovery FFS session into our CS1 type rating which is pilots playtime discovering the corners of the FBW system envelope protections. We end it with switching to direct mode and flying barrel rolls. It's amazing how many line pilots have never flown any aerobatics. They love it.

Don't think the session will last long due to pressure on sim slots but for now it's great fun.
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Sounds like you are having a great time bringing the C into service. I have not done any aero work, either, as I'm civilian trained, but have had the "pleasure" of the Direct Law experience in the A319/320. Was fortunate enough to have my wife and kids come to visit during my training, and we took the sim for a ride. My wife thought it was so realistic she was getting sick from the kids flying under the Golden Gate bridge, and me doing some upsets and unusual attitudes. One of my kids got to do the River Visual 19 into DCA, while the other got to do the Expressway Visual 31 into LGA! Fun times for me. They seemed to think flying under the bridge was more fun! Go figure!!

I have soooo many friends who have aircraft out here in the Chicago burbs, but I don't have an A&P license, so the maintenance becomes an expensive proposition. Many of them also have boats, because they grew up tinkering with mechanical stuff! Me, I grew up bottling up in my parents pub!!! If I did it, I'd have to make it a 1/4 share type deal, where at least one of the owners was an actively licensed A&P!

FWIW, I was in no position to start flying around age 13, as it was football, football, football, as I was on the books at Sunderland at the time. So, I didn't start flying until age 24. However, by 31 I was Commercial, CFII-MEI and a 727 FE at a major. By 35, a Captain on the 737 after getting my ATP in the 757/767, and now I've been a Captain for about 12 years, having taken a bit of time off in the right seat flying the 747 to Asia. Never a dull moment, eh?! :-)
 
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this flew into our little local airport yesterday, refueled and made a few laps around the valley
 
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