Italian prop fan demo video ghostbustersitalia.forumfree.net

Italian prop fan demo video ghostbustersitalia.forumfree.net

The amazing U.S. Army/Air Force Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) C-27J Spartan t-tail, rear-ramp, twin-propfan transport can air-mech U.S. Army Light Mechanized Infantry in M113 Gavins http://www.combatreform.com/itmaneuversabattalion.htm at very high speeds for long distances by vertical airdrop landing (VADL) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzbI8zcsq2o as well as short-take-off and airlanding (STOL) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6ZeZdQqrFQ onto dirt strips less than 2, 000 feet long to effect 3D maneuver into and out of closed terrains! http://www.c27.com This is just the beginning...eXtreme STOL (ESTOL) capabilities like Air Cushion Landing Systems and rockets http://www.combatreform.com/c130.htm could provide Airborne/Special units operational speed, range and reach that the V-22 could never attain even if it wasn't a broke, hanger queen, military welfare recipient. The V-22 can't carry light tanks/APCs--C-27Js can and do. V-22s can't and "won't". C-27J = CAN-DO. Want to know more about 3D Airborne Maneuver Warfare? Our book, "Air-Mech-Strike: Asymmetric Maneuver Warfare for the 21st Century" is ONLINE for FREE skyjacked by Google! http://books.google.com/books?id=RCWtHnYZ0LMC&pg

The Antonov An-70 is a next-generation four-engine medium-distance transport aircraft, and the first large aircraft to be powered by propfan engines. Developed by the Antonov design bureau to replace the obsolete An-12 military transport, work on the An-70 began in the early 1990s. Maiden flight of the first prototype took place on December 16, 1994 in Kiev, Ukraine.Russia and Ukraine had as of 2002 agreed on a 50-50 risk-sharing deal on production. Particularly, there were plans to establish serial production of the model in both Kiev and Samara, Russia, guaranteeing employment of about 80,000 people in two countries. The Russian government had shown interest in purchasing 160 planes for its military.The first prototype was lost in 1995 in a mid-air collision with an Antonov 72 chase aircraft. The second prototype suffered damage in a 2001 emergency landing during cold weather testing in Russia, but was repaired. Soon after the first crash, Russian authorities started to question the An-70's abilities and demanded further development. In May 2005, senior officials of Russian Air Force claimed that bilateral development and further testing of the plane continue, though inside sources (Piort Butowski) reported that the An-70 was rapidly losing ground to the upgraded IL-76MF, with the Tu-330 and IL-214 coming up strongly on the outside. In November 2005, Ukraine's Defence Ministry announced plans to buy five AN-70s for the Ukrainian Air Force. In December 2005, Antonov maintained that production of the aircraft remains a priority. In April 2006, Russia announced its complete withdrawal from the project. The head of the Russian Air Force, Vladimir Mikhailov, claimed that the An-70 has grown into a heavy, expensive cargo plane. The military plans to use the Ilyushin Il-76MF, which reportedly costs half as much as the An-70. After the Orange Revolution in late 2004, and with Ukraine openly aiming for NATO membership, political will for the project evaporated. Russia has provided around 60 per cent of the estimated USD 5 billion invested in the project to date.Fully fly-by-wire, the An-70 features a glass cockpit and uses composite materials throughout. It is powered by four Progress D-27 Propfans, each turning a pair of contra-rotating Scimitar propeller propfans, and reaches 90% efficiency (claimed) in cruise at jet speeds.

LTG Gavin and other U.S. Airborne pioneers concluded in 1947 that we needed a "cow pasture" landing and take-off capable fixed-wing troop/tank transport: http://www.combatreform.com/airbornewarfare.htm As great as the piston-engined Caribou was, it lacked the power to carry light tanks but could land and take-off troops and small recon vehicles as long as the surface was flat enough for wheeled landing gear. The U.S. Army now has the C-27J Spartan propfan turbine-engined transport that can transport troops and light tanks after all these years: http://www.c27j.com In this video, the C-27J touches down on a hard runway simulating what could be a stretch of road or a small strip in the center of a Forward Operating Base (FOB) and then stopping in what looks to be only several hundred feet. If the C-27J had troops, a M113 Gavin light tank/APC or 463L pallets, it could ERO them onto the end of the runway http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNSQSFvGQ5k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wssV_bVK_wU still facing into the wind and still have enough runway left in front of it to take-off. Another option would be as soon as the cargo clears behind it, using its props in thrust reverse mode to back-up all the way to the runway beginning edge and then take-off. All of this could be taking place between stacked ISO shipping containers filled with dirt to form protective walls creating an end-of-the-runway loading/off-loading area same from enemy direct-fire: http://www.combatreform.com/battleboxes.htm This way, we'll not repeat the mistakes the usmc aviators made at Khe Sanh FOB ever again when they landed bloated aircraft onto exposed areas and were exploded by enemy long-range tube and rocket artillery. Non-linear warfare requires NON-LINEAR logistics and the C-27J gets the job done. Want to know more about 3D Airborne Maneuver Warfare? Our book, "Air-Mech-Strike: Asymmetric Maneuver Warfare for the 21st Century" is ONLINE for FREE skyjacked by Google! http://books.google.com/books?id=RCWtHnYZ0LMC&pg

Ground shots and flybys of Red Tail project P-51C Mustang "By Request" of the Minnesota Wing of the Commemorative Air Force at the 1941 Historic Aircraft Group Airshow in Geneseo, NY, July 2001. Then, the niece of a Tuskegee Airmen veteran gets the chance to lifetime with a backseat ride in "By Request" This P-51C was lost along with its pilot, on May 29th, 2004. Don Hinz, of the Red Tail project was performing at the 2004 Wings of Freedom airshow when the aircraft suffered a catastrophic engine failure. After completing a high speed pass, the sudden and unexpected failure of the Y-drive caused the engine to abruptly and completely stop. Attempting to execute a forced landing in trees near the airport, the aircraft was severely damaged and the pilot fatally injured. The airframe is currently undergoing a second reconstruction, and restoration of the fuselage is nearing completion. For more details, log on to www.redtail.org

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Me in the vertical wind tunnel made to simulate free fall. 200km/h wind, 200L of diesel an hour, 1 Mega Watt turbo prop fan.

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