r/AviationPorn

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A Kaman K-MAX Twin-Rotor Heavy-Lift Helicopter Starting Up Viewed Directly from the Front ...

... which, incidentally, allows us to be clear about which way the blades rotate – whether it's forward @ the centreline or rearward there ... & evidently it's the former – ie forward @ the centreline.

 

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This Facebook post

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story\_fbid=10162702526975112&id=10162702527060112 .

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Forgot to put the attribution in, @first! 🙄 ... which is why I deleted this & posted it again ... although probably very few folk noticed that.

It's actually very generous of the goodly author of that Facebook post to allow downloading of the video so easily.

u/Frangifer — 15 hours ago
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This was WestJet flight WS35 arriving on 18 April at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) from Dublin Airport (DUB).

u/Minskdhaka — 4 days ago
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On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers made history by achieving the first powered flight near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Their plane, the Wright Flyer, stayed airborne for 12 seconds, marking the dawn of aviation.

u/Front-Coconut-8196 — 6 days ago
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Neat little contraption and found at my local airport

I know it's for the Textron brand but I'm almost positive it's for propeller testing but I could be wrong

u/MajesticInitiative79 — 9 days ago