Good Morning, Oppo

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 06/15/2020 at 09:00 • Filed to: good morning oppo, wingspan, Planelopnik

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Racing on into another week. Happy Monday, Oppo.

Not sure won the race in the photo, but Beachey and Oldfield took their show on the road, and here’s some video of them racing.

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn 06/15/2020 at 09:27

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As a pilot, I find that video disturb ing . One minor mechanical problem or errant gust of wind and the plane could have crashed into the crowd. The video below popped up in my feed over the weekend. It features a lot of low flying over swamps. Go through the comments and you’ll see how the aviation community is split over these kind of shenanigans.

ttyymmnn > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/15/2020 at 09:31

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Things were different in 1912. And stayed different for a long time. I was just looking at photos and video of the horrific crash at Le Mans in 1955 that killed 83 spectators, back when people lined the edge of the course and the only thing between them and death was a few hay bales. But then again, fast forward to Reno 2011 and things are still dangerous. 

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > ttyymmnn 06/15/2020 at 09:38

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2 wings good.

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn 06/15/2020 at 09:46

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Things were v ery different in 1912 . It only takes the death of a large group of people all at once to change everyone’s approach to safety.

user314 > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 06/15/2020 at 10:47

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Two wings and canards better!

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > ttyymmnn 06/15/2020 at 10:49

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A rotary engine actually seems peculiarly well suited to aviation. Light, high revs, compact, unless the lack of torque is too important why weren't there more rotary powered planes?

Chek6 > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 06/16/2020 at 08:07

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Many WW1 aircraft had rotaries. I think the most powerful towards the end of the war topped out at 200 HP or so. 

Taylor Martin > ttyymmnn 06/16/2020 at 11:56

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See, I’d love to go and watch that and share the similarly blissful mentality of all the spectators. Times were simpler.

ttyymmnn > Taylor Martin 06/16/2020 at 12:04

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These days, I look at old photos and think how nice it was not to have to deal with a pandemic. But for Beachey et al, the 1918 pandemic was just around the corner.