Finn Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 A Super Guppy after a test flight: the story: http://airpigz.com/blog/2011/1/9/1965-super-guppy-dive-test-goes-bad-not-a-bird-strike.html Jari allthumbs, Out2gtcha, Derek B and 4 others 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 I know how that feels. In 1970 I was a front seat passenger in a car wreck. Took 50 stitches in my head. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Great read! Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 That must have been a big bird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phasephantomphixer Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Instant wind tunnel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael931080 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Incredible piloting skills to bring it to an awesome conclusion and journey to where it is now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 I'm really amazed they had to test it in such a way to discover such structural deficiencies! With such a gigantic front surface, it is quite obvious the front structure needed to be tailored to sustain enormous forces and this asked for far more calculations than flight testing. Crazy era! Useless to say being a test pilot then asked for huge steel corones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Enjoyable - thank you Jari (I used to see these aircraft regularly in the 1970's). Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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