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Postby Splitpin » Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:38 pm

Awful day here....just a couple for you today. Nice to see the RAAF back in town.
























Enjoy .
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Postby Dion500 » Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:00 pm

Wow, in that first pic, are they wingtip vortices comming of the flaps?
That looks awesome.
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Postby Ian Warren » Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:13 pm

Now just what did that Gulfstream have under its wings ninja.gif
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Postby 2fst4u » Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:54 pm

Dion500 wrote:
QUOTE (Dion500 @ Apr 4 2010, 02:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Wow, in that first pic, are they wingtip vortices comming of the flaps?
That looks awesome.

Biggest difference in pressure over the flapped part of the wing winkyy.gif
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Postby Splitpin » Sun Apr 04, 2010 3:03 pm

Dion500 wrote:
QUOTE (Dion500 @ Apr 4 2010, 02:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Wow, in that first pic, are they wingtip vortices comming of the flaps?
That looks awesome.

Yep , Dion it was doing that all the way down.....i got soaked getting that pic....thanks for looking.

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Apr 4 2010, 02:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Now just what did that Gulfstream have under its wings ninja.gif

Things that "sniff" the upper air......so they say

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QUOTE (2fst4u @ Apr 4 2010, 02:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Biggest difference in pressure over the flapped part of the wing winkyy.gif

Thanks Proff thumbup1.gif
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Postby Ian Warren » Sun Apr 04, 2010 4:09 pm

Splitpin wrote:
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Things that "sniff" the upper air......so they say

You may recall the NASA EU-2R off the late 80s mid 90s chasing Concorde s "sniff" the upper air" or so they say rolleyes.gif
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Postby AlisterC » Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:42 pm

Thanks so much for sharing these. I miss NZCH!
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Postby Splitpin » Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:20 am

Albatross wrote:
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Thanks so much for sharing these. I miss NZCH!

Albatross, you are very welcome, thanks for the comment. smile.gif
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