Beware of wake turbulance.................

Post by **Trev Clark** » 12 Feb 2007, 08:24

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6a8BZR8rRk0& ... ted&search

Post by **DaveB** » 12 Feb 2007, 11:39

Of all the aircraft that squaddie chose to get close to.. he had to choose that monster!!

Couldn't hear any swearing over the wind noise and had I been on the end of the camera/phone.. you certainly would have!!

ATB

DaveB :tab:

DanKH · Post by **DanKH** » 12 Feb 2007, 11:42

that is what I would call One Big Russian Fart....!

jonesey2k · Post by **jonesey2k** » 12 Feb 2007, 12:39

Heh, maybe I should dig out the video when I was blasted over by Concordes afterburners

Nigel H-J · Post by **Nigel H-J** » 12 Feb 2007, 15:45

Trev, hope you don't mind me putting this link onto your thread but it is the complete opposite.............The dangers of getting too close to the engine..............He lived to tell the tale!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjGdJN1_ ... ed&search=

speedbird591 · Post by **speedbird591** » 12 Feb 2007, 16:52

Wow! Nigel. How the hell did he live through that????????

Post by **Garry Russell** » 12 Feb 2007, 17:00

Farther down is a "Test" of jet wake on cars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9107SknO ... ed&search=

Garry

Keith Jones · Post by **Keith Jones** » 12 Feb 2007, 21:57

Nigel H-J wrote:Trev, hope you don't mind me putting this link onto your thread but it is the complete opposite.............The dangers of getting too close to the engine..............He lived to tell the tale!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjGdJN1_ ... ed&search=

That must be a spoof!

Post by **Garry Russell** » 12 Feb 2007, 22:21

Why must it be a spoof?

It's happened a few times including a BOAC engineer who was sucked into I think a 707. Lost fingers and was in a bad way for a while but survived.

Perhaps the relatively small apertures then helped

Garry

steveS4SSL · Post by **steveS4SSL** » 12 Feb 2007, 22:31

That must be a spoof!

Very genuine and very well known.

The guy survived because his helmet came of and jammed in the blades on the engine. If I recall correctly, it pretty much destroyed the engine. Apparently he was within a "red" zone and stood up when he shouldn't have. His comments on a chat show? "i knew I shouldn't have been standing up right at the moment it happened...."

the video is used in Navy safety training I believe.