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Some of the sights of the flying world
I guess it is finally time that I put some of my picture collection to work. These are some pictures of things related to flying... not specific things, just some for which I was in the right place at the right time to take a picture. I've posted them here just in case you've ever said "I wonder what it looks like when..."Weather Phenomenon
Haze: The daytime example is pretty common. The darker example is just after the sun has gone down.
An isolated rain shower and a cumulus cloud with "extensive vertical development"
Engines and propulsion
After a trip to the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola, here are some nice pictures of cutaway engines and engine accessories.
These are all various jet components.
Axial compressors:
A centrifugal compressor:
The hot section of a gas turbine engine (red paint added for dramatic effect)
This is an example of the seldom seen power recovery turbine. This device works much like a turbocharger, which uses the energy of exhaust gas that usually goes to waste. A turbine is added to the exhaust, which sacrifices some engine back-pressure for work of some kind. In the case of a turbo-charger, the turbine spins a compressor to improve volumetric efficiency. In the case of the PRT, the turbine transmits work directly back to the crankshaft.
Here's what valves looked like before they started covering them up:
This is a rotory engine, which wasn't too good of an idea, but I guess it worked well enough for the time.
Here is the prop governor (the yellow part of course) and how it sits on one particular radial engine
Since the inside areas of a prop spin with a slower speed than the tips, the blades are twisted to provide more even thrust.
Here's how the prop hub looks without the case
Damaged Airplane Pictures
Note: these pictures aren't provided for any degree of comedy or fun. They are pictures of real damaged airplanes, and are provided for useful information purposes only. It isn't funny when an airplane crashes. Sometimes it is easy to forget how fragile flying machines are, especially if you have never seen wreckage in person.
Other Pictures
This is a worn tire. We typically assume that if you can see any threads, it is time for replacement. Aircraft ID Quiz: what type of airplane is the tire attached to? I know, do you?
As a child of the Microsoft Flight Sim years, I spent hours and hours flying around an artistic rendition of Meigs Field in Chicago. I actually got to fly around up there in real life one day, and this is what it looked like:
Here are some cool spin videos
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