One of the coolest fly by I have seen.
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ScudRunner-d95
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Smokewinders! Have to click to watch
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cgzro
Cool, At exactly the right temperature/humidity/wind the smoke will linger for a minute or so, combine that with a vortex to contain it and you get that stunning result.
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Colonel
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Eric and I got a barrel of smoke oil! The smoke systems in both
S-2B's are working really well, and when we did a formation takeoff
yesterday, I told the Tower we were going to run smoke.
So I stop on the runway, look over, check Eric's canopy, get
the head nod from him, look forward and right vertical finger
twirl for throttle, with the brakes on.
Then I put the smoke on. See, instead of hand signals, when
I turn the smoke on, Eric turns the smoke on, and when I turn
the smoke off, Eric turns the smoke off. We use smoke signals
instead of hand signals. It's pretty complicated, but he gets it.
So I sit there with both of us at 2,000 RPM and both of us
pumping out smoke on the runway. It was glorious. After a
few seconds, I nod my head forward for brake release and
up to 24 inches I go.
Victory was mine, when Tower told the aircraft landing behind
us to overshoot because of all the smoke on the runway ^-^
If I could get the AWOS to issue a SPECI with zero vis for
the airport, I think I could probably retire a happy man.
You guys in Canada give hugs and kisses to David Suzuki
next time you see him, ok? Tell him I miss him.
S-2B's are working really well, and when we did a formation takeoff
yesterday, I told the Tower we were going to run smoke.
So I stop on the runway, look over, check Eric's canopy, get
the head nod from him, look forward and right vertical finger
twirl for throttle, with the brakes on.
Then I put the smoke on. See, instead of hand signals, when
I turn the smoke on, Eric turns the smoke on, and when I turn
the smoke off, Eric turns the smoke off. We use smoke signals
instead of hand signals. It's pretty complicated, but he gets it.
So I sit there with both of us at 2,000 RPM and both of us
pumping out smoke on the runway. It was glorious. After a
few seconds, I nod my head forward for brake release and
up to 24 inches I go.
Victory was mine, when Tower told the aircraft landing behind
us to overshoot because of all the smoke on the runway ^-^
If I could get the AWOS to issue a SPECI with zero vis for
the airport, I think I could probably retire a happy man.
You guys in Canada give hugs and kisses to David Suzuki
next time you see him, ok? Tell him I miss him.
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Colonel
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I have some amazing footage of an aircraft doing low passes
(I have to wait a number of years before I can release it) and
the weird thing is that you could hear a weird crackle as he
flew by.
I think it was static electricity from his powerful wingtip vortices -
he was pulling lots of G. As Peter says, you need the right
conditions.
(I have to wait a number of years before I can release it) and
the weird thing is that you could hear a weird crackle as he
flew by.
I think it was static electricity from his powerful wingtip vortices -
he was pulling lots of G. As Peter says, you need the right
conditions.
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