New “Fat Albert” for Blue Angels

Ooh, six blades on those turboprops. I need to read up on this "J" variant.
 
THParent said:
Ooh, six blades on those turboprops. I need to read up on this "J" variant.
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It's a BEAST! I watched an "empty" one takeoff in front of me. He went a very short distance down the runway and then pulled the nose up to @ 60 degrees and accelerated out in the climb!!

VERY impressive!

Steve
USAFA ALO
USAFA '83
 
A6E Dad said:
negative g pushover at the end must be fun for the guys in the back :0
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Have you ever flown out of John Wayne probably soon to be again Orange County airport?

The first time for me was several years ago after a conference. I stepped into the plane and the captain was greeting us and he seemed very cheerful and chatty and was wearing cowboy boots. The jetway separated from the plane and he got on the mic and told us about having to climb really steep on takeoff due to the local's whining about noise pollution and then level off quickly and we'd be at zero gravity and we would think we would crash.

I wish I could simulate the airline captain's voice that they do with the script that he recited. He was hilarious. Until it actually felt like we were crashing. I don't like take offs and landings anyway, so when we were in what felt like a straight up climb then leveled off I was squeezing the arm rests so hard my hand prints are still there I bet. I finally looked out the window and we were over the Pacific. What? I'm supposed to be going east. He started banking to port and before long the Salton Sea was down there and I settled down a little. I flew out of JW last summer and the plane seemed to do a normal take of. Thankfully.
 
Looove Hong Kong.

Never flew in or out but the air port, in the sea port, then Victoria's Peak. Great place. Or used to be.

Me and a couple buddies were walking around late one night looking for munchies before heading back to the ship and we asked a young local woman where the nearest McDonalds was. In a perfect British accent that you might hear on TV she said, "You are in Hong Kong, a city famed for international business, trade, food, and fun, and you are looking for American fast food? No, I will not tell you where McDonalds is."

She then snapped around and walked off. I've never been so enthralled with getting a chewing out in my life.
 
Devil Doc said:
Looove Hong Kong.

Never flew in or out but the air port, in the sea port, then Victoria's Peak. Great place. Or used to be.

Me and a couple buddies were walking around late one night looking for munchies before heading back to the ship and we asked a young local woman where the nearest McDonalds was. In a perfect British accent that you might hear on TV she said, "You are in Hong Kong, a city famed for international business, trade, food, and fun, and you are looking for American fast food? No, I will not tell you where McDonalds is."

She then snapped around and walked off. I've never been so enthralled with getting a chewing out in my life.
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Excellent.

I joined DH there several times for port call visits, a few times when he was in command. We were headed out the door to do some touring one morning, and the phone rang. It was the XO, never a good sign. Apparently, three of DH’s sailors got a bit likkered up, took off their clothes, hot-wired an out-of-service city bus and took it on a tour. In the wrong side of the street. It probably seemed like a good idea at the time. The XO’s wife and I had a great day out at the China Fleet Club and afternoon tea at The Peninsula.
 
Capt MJ said:
San Diego is also the same kind of fun.
The old Hong Kong Kai-Tek Intnatl Airport was an armrest-gripper.
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Ahh...the wonderful "Hong Kong Curve!!"

It was a blast to fly as a pilot...except in lousy weather...probably the closest a land pilot will come to the stress of a night carrier approach. Just a lot more runway.

Steve
USAFA ALO
USAFA '83
 
THParent said:
Ooh, six blades on those turboprops. I need to read up on this "J" variant.
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glass cockpit that eliminates Navigator and Flight Engineer positions, new Rolls Royce turboprop engines with 6 bladed composite propellers, the -30 version has a stretched fuselage that is 15 feet longer than the standard one so more cargo capability. So fuel efficient it doesn't need underwing external fuel tanks; flies higher, faster and farther than previous versions.
 
conrack said:
glass cockpit that eliminates Navigator and Flight Engineer positions, new Rolls Royce turboprop engines with 6 bladed composite propellers, the -30 version has a stretched fuselage that is 15 feet longer than the standard one so more cargo capability. So fuel efficient it doesn't need underwing external fuel tanks; flies higher, faster and farther than previous versions.
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I was working for the company that did those glass displays. A former boss inherited the job as Program Manager and took it from the pit of despair up to deliveries and profits. Actually was a pretty difficult job and considering the design folks had just finished the glass displays for F-22 at the time it was not a case of inexperience.
 
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