Sticky
@stickybloke.bsky.social
Airline pilot (737,747,787) currently on extended sabbatical flying my first true love, the C130J, somewhere hot and sandy.
Lego nerd and Star Wars geek. Part-time Vizsla wrangler
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Lego nerd and Star Wars geek. Part-time Vizsla wrangler
🇬🇧 🇺🇦
“The painting! It moves!”
May 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“The painting! It moves!”
It’s a relatively cheap and easy structure to maintain so meets a niche in the market 🤷🏼♂️ Compare the basic structure of a semi-rigid head that of a fully articulated head and you’ll see why it’s preferred as an “entry-level” system. Requires the pilot to be aware of the limits of the head tho 🫠
April 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
It’s a relatively cheap and easy structure to maintain so meets a niche in the market 🤷🏼♂️ Compare the basic structure of a semi-rigid head that of a fully articulated head and you’ll see why it’s preferred as an “entry-level” system. Requires the pilot to be aware of the limits of the head tho 🫠
This is a 206 rotor head. Basically the red marked areas can strike the green marked mast, causing it to break. It requires aggressive mishandling to achieve this (or excessive turbulence inducing -ve G)
April 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
This is a 206 rotor head. Basically the red marked areas can strike the green marked mast, causing it to break. It requires aggressive mishandling to achieve this (or excessive turbulence inducing -ve G)
In keeping with the theme of just turning everything upside down making disaster inevitable, I note that Trump Force One has its horizontal stabilisers on upside down.
#aviation
#aviation
April 9, 2025 at 6:50 AM
In keeping with the theme of just turning everything upside down making disaster inevitable, I note that Trump Force One has its horizontal stabilisers on upside down.
#aviation
#aviation
“The Heathrow ATC Tower is famous not just in Europe, but in the whole world. It’s famous for its 87-metre spire.”
March 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
“The Heathrow ATC Tower is famous not just in Europe, but in the whole world. It’s famous for its 87-metre spire.”
Back in 1976, as a 7-yr old, I flew to Australia on a 747. I visited the flight deck and was given this postcard.
Just under 40 years later I was flying the thing myself.
Just under 40 years later I was flying the thing myself.
March 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Back in 1976, as a 7-yr old, I flew to Australia on a 747. I visited the flight deck and was given this postcard.
Just under 40 years later I was flying the thing myself.
Just under 40 years later I was flying the thing myself.
737 overwing exit requires evacuation down the flaps. Usually arrows painted on the surface to direct you. 737 has no overwing slides as the lowered flaps provide a suitable route to the ground. Hence item 1 of the QRH Ground Evacuation checklist…
March 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
737 overwing exit requires evacuation down the flaps. Usually arrows painted on the surface to direct you. 737 has no overwing slides as the lowered flaps provide a suitable route to the ground. Hence item 1 of the QRH Ground Evacuation checklist…
Dog pilots are highly underrated…
March 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Dog pilots are highly underrated…
Sitting on the strip at Fort Hunter, not far from Kabul
March 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Sitting on the strip at Fort Hunter, not far from Kabul
Unmarked helo over Kabul
March 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Unmarked helo over Kabul
A C130 belonging to the special people who lived next door to us at Kabul
March 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A C130 belonging to the special people who lived next door to us at Kabul
Ukrainian registered IL76 at Kunduz
March 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Ukrainian registered IL76 at Kunduz
The nonsensically large Mi-26 at Kandahar in Oct 2006. 2 months later this aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain with the loss of 8 lives
March 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The nonsensically large Mi-26 at Kandahar in Oct 2006. 2 months later this aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain with the loss of 8 lives
Parked up somewhere, waiting for trade…
March 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Parked up somewhere, waiting for trade…
NASA’s WB-57 parked up at Kandahar. I think they were doing geological surveys at the time 🤷🏼♂️
March 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
NASA’s WB-57 parked up at Kandahar. I think they were doing geological surveys at the time 🤷🏼♂️
Aforementioned old Russian tank…
March 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Aforementioned old Russian tank…
Plinking old Russian tanks from the back of an Mi-17
March 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Plinking old Russian tanks from the back of an Mi-17
Medevac CH-47, Kandahr
March 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Medevac CH-47, Kandahr
Apache, Kandahar, 2007
March 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Apache, Kandahar, 2007
Black 111 Hind, Kabul airport 2006.
March 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Black 111 Hind, Kabul airport 2006.
