Spits escorting a different kind of Boeing

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:20 pm

This picture comes from WIXER Sasquatch. Neither one of us know who to credit the photo too.

Here is a link to the same event
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY33tg9R ... r_embedded

Sasquatch · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:13 am

Thanks Mustangdriver; appreciate your putting this up for us...very cool event that was very well-received here at the Busy B!

The Brits are awesome when it comes to displaying their (and our collective) heritatge!

--Tom

The Inspector · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:18 am

Nice picture of four humming Rolls Royce engines-that's # 3 and has TRENTS mounted :wink:

k5083 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:48 am

Nice pic. Not sure why anyone would pose their plane next to a Spitfire though; they're not going to benefit from the comparison. This looks like Roseanne Barr flanked by Megan Fox and Ashley Greene ...

August

DarenC1 · **Joined:** Sun May 07, 2006 8:10 am **Posts:** 235

Steady on, I wouldn't compare a Spitfire to Megan Fox. That's blasphemy!

Second Air Force · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 12:13 pm

Does anyone else think the nose of the 787 has a passing resemblance to Meatball on Black Sheep Squadron? :rolleyes:

S

262crew · **Joined:** Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:24 pm **Posts:** 877

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdBN3fJ6b68

davem · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:11 pm

Great video!

Amazing that the two Spitfires are louder than the Jumbo jet on the flyby, technology has come a long way.

dc8jet · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:44 pm

The first thing I thought of when I saw the picture was that dog!

JDK · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:27 pm

The Inspector wrote:

Nice picture of four humming Rolls Royce engines-that's # 3 and has TRENTS mounted :wink:

RR Trent type #2.

Numero Uno Trent.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royc ... rboprop%29

The Inspector · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:29 pm

JDK, with the new TRENT it's a river of air that runs through it-
dc8jet, what are you referring to? That was my last new airplane project of nine total in my career, and it's the one I'm most proud of so 'esplainjurself Lucy.

Sasquatch · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:55 pm

I think dc8jet was referring to the dog, Meatball, on the TV show Blacksheep Squadron (or whatever it was titled) http://asterling.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83 ... 970c-800wi

Tom

JDK · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:25 pm

The Inspector wrote:

JDK, with the new TRENT it's a river of air that runs through it-

Lived by the real Trent for a few years. Got to meet the real Sheriff of Nottingham, too, but that's really off topic.

Did something nibble the back of your chocolate engine cowls?

The Inspector · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:12 pm

Those are called 'Sharks teeth' and are designed to keep ALL the engine noise within the boundries of an airport , like.....Heathrow. Where as the noise footprint of a stage 2 727 is 54 square miles, if you listen to the video all you hear are the MERLINS, not the 90K # each TRENTS, this beauty has nearly the same thrust as the 747-100's with half the engines. I wonder if they could hear the MERLINS inside the 787?
Couldn't say about the dog in the series, can't stand Robert Conrad and the show seemed to have three rotating scripts so didn't watch it much-also had EAA stuff to do during that time span.

JDK · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:20 pm

The Inspector wrote:

Those are called 'Sharks teeth'

Neato. So they aren't called 'Nibbled by Sharks' then?

OK, OK, I'm going.

Back on topic, I think the Spitfires are Mk.I AR213 and Mk.XVI TD248?

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