What happens when you're at 3.000 feet and lose oil pressure in your WW2 Russian Yak?

[SSMAN]

I about shat myself!

[onemeangixxer7502]

... With a transmission failure?

I'm not going to argue about airplane vs. helo. I'll take the one with wings and flaps.

Oh god, really? That's about as common as both wings coming off. Either way emergency's are no fun.

[David]

What kind of Russian jet was it that crashed this weekend at an air show?

[DON SVO]

Oh god, really? That's about as common as both wings coming off. Either way emergency's are no fun.

You like crotch rockets, too. It makes sense that you'll side with the most unprotected, dangerous-to-the-operator choice

[onemeangixxer7502]

What kind of Russian jet was it that crashed this weekend at an air show?

Dang, link it if you find it. What was that new jumbo liner they were debuting to the public that crashed into the side of a mountain?

[David]

Dang, link it if you find it. What was that new jumbo liner they were debuting to the public that crashed into the side of a mountain?

It was on wfaa site. Some jet from a frisco group or something. I don't know how to work shit from this phone. But it nose dives out of a formation break straight into the ground.

[onemeangixxer7502]

It was on wfaa site. Some jet from a frisco group or something. I don't know how to work shit from this phone. But it nose dives out of a formation break straight into the ground.

HEll of a way to go, i prefer that over diapers in a nursing home.

[SS Junk]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/02/us/iowa-air-show-crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

[GAP]

Damn UK and their stone walls.

[Danny46]

Depends what kind of plane. Some planes glide as well as a manhole cover. Autorotation certainly works if applied correctly but yes, a tranny failure would put a damper on that party, or a de-sync

[Rreemo]

Funny thing....my Dad spent over 35 years in aviation and he's always referred to helo's as flying manhole covers.

[Downs]

That was a damn nice emergency landing.

[crapstang]

Bail out procedure on those is pure badass....roll over 180 degrees, and unbuckle!
Those planes are a thrill to fly

[564826]

God bless him!

[CJ]

I would definitely rather be in a dead stick plane than a helicopter, lol. You have to be at a minimum altitude to even be able to begin an auto rotation. And to my knowledge you don't have a whole lot of control over where you're going down either. Lastly, it would just be a terrifying situation I would imagine... you have to plummet to the earth and at the last moment twist the collective to pitch the blades to use the kinetic energy to give you a burst of thrust before you smash into the ground. Do they even teach you how to auto rotate in flight training?