Incredible photo of a USAF C-17 Globemaster III and the "Corridor-in-the-Clouds"

[FlyingJets]

eh, C-17 stills are nice, check this out...be impressed.

http://www.gibstuff.net/aircraft/Videos/Angel-Decoys.zip

Impressed!

I can only imagine what it must have been like to see the C-17 doing the same thing while flying through Western South Carolina's clouds. I've got to give U.S. Air Force military photographer Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen buckets of credit for containing his excitement and snapping, in my opinion, an award-winning photo.

 

[RipCurl]

Each one of those flares is something like $72.

 

[mattpilot]

Each one of those flares is something like $72.

Each one of those engines is like $50/min

 

[RipCurl]

Yeah I guess you gotta put things into perspective...

 

[FlyingJets]

Surprise, surprise, a finished R/C model of the C-17 Globemaster III: http://homepage.eircom.net/~skycam/C-17A_Globemaster_III/

Once it's judged flight-worthy, "parting clouds" or "corridor-in-the-clouds" aside, it's going to be an impressive sight in the sky.

 

[RichO]

Having flown both aircraft......all I can say, is their both REALLY FUN!!!

 

[mattpilot]

Having flown both aircraft......all I can say, is their both REALLY FUN!!!

I'm sure you have an answer to this...

Why does the military insist on having "sticks" (or cyclics, like helicopters) instead of the civil "yoke" version... ?


Whats the benefit of doing it that way?

 

[FracCapt]

Hahaha...today we had a video guy who lost a "wing" while filming a tandem. Fortunately the tandem guy was one of those that could work "improv", so he turned circles with the video guy and the video turned out o.k. for the tandem customer. No vortices were made...so I'll spank myself for getting off topic!

Kudos to the TM....but I think he was referring to REAL wingsuits, not camera suits... Hey, I can say it, I fly both!

 

[VNugget]

I'm sure you have an answer to this...

Why does the military insist on having "sticks" (or cyclics, like helicopters) instead of the civil "yoke" version... ?


Whats the benefit of doing it that way?

I know this wasn't meant for me, but uhm, any cargo aircraft I can think of does have a yoke...

And as for fighters? Probably for the same reason civilian aerobatic planes have sticks... it's simpler to push in 2 axes rather to push and twist. Right?

 

[mattpilot]

I know this wasn't meant for me, but uhm, any cargo aircraft I can think of does have a yoke...

And as for fighters? Probably for the same reason civilian aerobatic planes have sticks... it's simpler to push in 2 axes rather to push and twist. Right?

no..... the C17 has a pair of Sticks.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=148039&WxsIERv=TWNEb25uZWxsIERvdWdsYXMgQy0xN0EgR2xvYmVtYXN0ZXIgSUlJ&WdsYXMg=VVNBIC0gQWlyIEZvcmNl&QtODMg=QXZhbG9uIChHZWVsb25nKSAoQVZWIC8gWU1BVik%3D&ERDLTkt=QXVzdHJhbGlhIC0gVmljdG9yaWE%3D&ktODMp=RmVicnVhcnkgMjAwMQ%3D%3D&BP=0&WNEb25u=SWFuIE1veQ%3D%3D&xsIERvdWdsY=&MgTUQtODMgKE=VGhlIGNvY2twaXQgb2YgdGhlIEMxNyBhdCBBdmFsb24gQWlyc2hvdyAyMDAxLg%3D%3D&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=NTAxNA%3D%3D&NEb25uZWxs=MjAwMS0wMy0xMA%3D%3D&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=&static=yes




and another one:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=612018&WxsIERv=TWNEb25uZWxsIERvdWdsYXMgQy0xN0EgR2xvYmVtYXN0ZXIgSUlJ&WdsYXMg=VVNBIC0gQWlyIEZvcmNl&QtODMg=QmVybGluIC0gU2Nob25lZmVsZCAoU1hGIC8gRUREQik%3D&ERDLTkt=R2VybWFueQ%3D%3D&ktODMp=TWF5IDE2LCAyMDA0&BP=0&WNEb25u=QmVybmQgTGF3cmVueg%3D%3D&xsIERvdWdsY=OTYtMDAwNg%3D%3D&MgTUQtODMgKE=Q29ja3BpdC12aWV3IHRha2VuIGZyb20gY2FwdGFpbnMgc2VhdA%3D%3D&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=MzE5OA%3D%3D&NEb25uZWxs=MjAwNC0wNy0wMg%3D%3D&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=&static=yes