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My dad has a ton of C-46 time. He was in a troop carrier squadron based out of
Tachikawa, Japan during the Korean War until 1955. Give him my regards! I was flying them at the same time, but never got to Japan or Korea. I guess the Commandant of the Marine Corps decided the situation there was not so desperate that they needed the likes of me over there. (I guess you can tell from my calling it an R5C that I was not in the Air Force.) Although there weren't as many of them as of the Gooney Birds, I occasionally encounter another R5C - C-46 pilot. A good friend of mine flew them over the Hump into China during WW II, and one of the staff pilots here at UNV flew them too, though I don't know where. Half the R5Cs in our squadron were bare metal, the other half were painted navy blue. But where the blue was worn off, there was brown paint underneath. I guess they were flown by the Air Force (or Air Corps) before they were discarded and given to the Marines. vince norris |
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"xerj" writes:
The site is down at the moment, but if I'm understanding it correctly, do these guys actually penetrate hurricanes in P3s and Gulfstreams? Do they go IMC flying into hurricane cloud??? If so, how the hell are they not constantly stalling as they are buffetted by the turbulence? I'm pretty sure that they'd slow down to maneuvering speed, and I'd assume that there'd be moments when windshear would be drastic How the hell are these flights even technically possible?? Fascinating article on a semi-accidental penetration of Hugo in a WP-3D (the accident was they didn't notice the storm had been upgraded, and they probably wouldn't have chosen to make the penetration given the actual state of the storm). With pictures. http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/hugo1.asp -- David Dyer-Bennet, , http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/ Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/ |
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Wow.
Just... wow. What I still don't understand is how these aircraft are not overstressed, and are able to keep control at all. I realise that this story is an extreme example, but how about the "normal" flights? How do the planes survive? Is it just because they are built to take the load factors? "David Dyer-Bennet" wrote in message ... "xerj" writes: The site is down at the moment, but if I'm understanding it correctly, do these guys actually penetrate hurricanes in P3s and Gulfstreams? Do they go IMC flying into hurricane cloud??? If so, how the hell are they not constantly stalling as they are buffetted by the turbulence? I'm pretty sure that they'd slow down to maneuvering speed, and I'd assume that there'd be moments when windshear would be drastic How the hell are these flights even technically possible?? Fascinating article on a semi-accidental penetration of Hugo in a WP-3D (the accident was they didn't notice the storm had been upgraded, and they probably wouldn't have chosen to make the penetration given the actual state of the storm). With pictures. http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/hugo1.asp -- David Dyer-Bennet, , http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/ Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/ |
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"xerj" wrote in message
... What I still don't understand is how these aircraft are not overstressed, and are able to keep control at all. I realise that this story is an extreme example, but how about the "normal" flights? How do the planes survive? High winds do not necessarily mean high turbulence or high wind shear. Of course, those characteristics *could* exist. But just because the wind is whipping around at 160 mph, that doesn't mean you can't fly into it without overstressing an airplane (any airplane). A hurricane involves a wide variety of meterological phenomena, including high winds, convection, rain, etc. My understanding is that the hurricane pilots use radar to avoid the strongest convective areas where severe turbulence and wind shear would be present. There probably are areas within a hurricane that would tear any airplane apart. Those who fly into them strive to avoid those areas. ![]() Pete |
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What I still don't understand is how these aircraft are not overstressed,
and are able to keep control at all. I realise that this story is an extreme example, but how about the "normal" flights? How do the planes survive? Is it just because they are built to take the load factors? Perhaps you are not a pilot and hence are not aware that if the plane is flown at "maneuvering speed," the wing will stall before the stress is sufficient to cause it to break. vince norris |
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