Post your "Out of Airplane Window" Photos

[Levina de Ruijter]

I don't know if it would have made any difference.

No? I don't think I would be comfortable on a plane with a pilot on his first time out with it.

 

[Blackbird]

These are great! Not sure, but I think that's the Haarlemmermeer, going to Zwanenburg and then Schiphol.

Could be the Spaarne maybe? It's hard to tell from this angle.

 

[greatgrandma]

No? I don't think I would be comfortable on a plane with a pilot on his first time out with it.

I looked at him and decided that he probably didn't have a death wish or want to commit suicide and trusted that he could do it

 

[Capn Jack]

No? I don't think I would be comfortable on a plane with a pilot on his first time out with it.

If he has a tail-dragger endorsement and is current to carry passengers, it's fine. Especially if he has time-in-type (he has flown that type of plane before). They all fly pretty much the same, but they may handle differently on the ground.

 

[greatgrandma]

Crossing the shore on the way to Amsterdam

 

[fotoi]

Above the Atlantic on the way to Greece.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

tail-dragger endorsement

You say that as if I would know what that means!

 

[Chuck]

Crossing the shore on the way to AmsterdamView attachment 5355

This looks great.

 

[Capn Jack]

You say that as if I would know what that means!

Up until WW2, most planes had a tailwheel or skid. Manufacturers started putting the third wheel on the front of the plane during WW2. The older planes have what is called "conventional gear" because it was most commonly used. Now, "nose-gear" planes are the most common type, but the old ones are still called "conventional gear" or "tail-draggers". The nose-gear (tricycle gear) planes are much easier to handle on the ground, especially during take-off and landing compared to conventional gear. Conventional gear planes have most of the mass behind the main wheels, so they want to turn so the mass (the tail) is in the front, causing ground-loops. Tricycle gear is more stable so they handle more easily on the ground. Conventional gear planes are considered to require more skill, although they fly just the same as tricycle gear planes. The photography equivalent is someone who does a panning image of a plane with everything sharp except for the propellor, which is ideally imaged as an entire disk.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Up until WW2, most planes had a tailwheel or skid. Manufacturers started putting the third wheel on the front of the plane during WW2. The older planes have what is called "conventional gear" because it was most commonly used. Now, "nose-gear" planes are the most common type, but the old ones are still called "conventional gear" or "tail-draggers". The nose-gear (tricycle gear) planes are much easier to handle on the ground, especially during take-off and landing compared to conventional gear. Conventional gear planes have most of the mass behind the main wheels, so they want to turn so the mass (the tail) is in the front, causing ground-loops. Tricycle gear is more stable so they handle more easily on the ground. Conventional gear planes are considered to require more skill, although they fly just the same as tricycle gear planes. The photography equivalent is someone who does a panning image of a plane with everything sharp except for the propellor, which is ideally imaged as an entire disk.

This is about landing gear, I think. Yes, that makes sense. Thank you for the explanation, Jack. I learned something!