Manc AvGeek · @mancavgeek
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On This Day 9th September 2015.
VP-CSW, Dassault Falcon 7X, Volkswagen Air Service, landing on Runway 05R at Manchester Airport, 9th September 2015.
#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Runway05R #Dassault #Falcon #FA7X #VolkswagenAirService
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#manchester #man #egcc #runway05r #dassault #Falcon #fa7x #volkswagenairservice #avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography
Manc AvGeek · @mancavgeek
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On This Day 7th September 1992.
N908WK, Dassault Falcon 900, parked in the South Bay at Manchester Airport, 7th September 1992.
#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #SouthBay #Dassault #Falcon #FA900
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Manc AvGeek · @mancavgeek
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Photo of the Day 30th August 2023.
OE-IOD, Dassault Falcon 900, turning on to Runway 23L at Manchester Airport for departure, 24th November 2014.
3 photos behind the link.
https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2023/08/30/photo-of-the-day-30th-august-2023/
#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Runway23L #southside #Dassault #Falcon #FA900
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Manc AvGeek · @mancavgeek
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Bonus Photo of the Day 21st July 2023.
G-SNAZ, Enstrom F-28F Falcon, at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.
#Manchester #Barton #EGCB #Enstrom #F28 #Falcon
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#manchester #barton #egcb #enstrom #f28 #Falcon #avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography
Manc AvGeek · @mancavgeek
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On This Day 4th July 1994.
F-GHMD, Dassault Falcon 20F, Aigle Azur, taxiing out to the runway at Manchester Airport, 4th July 1994.
#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Dassault #Falcon #FA20 #AigleAzur
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Manc AvGeek · @mancavgeek
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Bonus Photo of the Day 2 20th June 2023.
D-CCDB, Dassault Falcon 20F-5, at Dusseldorf Airport, 1993 or 1996.
#Dusseldorf #DUS #EDDL #Dassault #Falcon #FA20
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#dusseldorf #dus #eddl #dassault #Falcon #fa20 #avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography
Manc AvGeek · @mancavgeek
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Bonus Photo of the Day 17th June 2023.
I-GOBZ, Dassault Falcon 20E-5, EurojetItalia, taxiing at Luton Airport, 1999-2000.
#Luton #LTN #EGGW #Dassault #Falcon #FA20 #EurojetItalia
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#luton #ltn #eggw #dassault #Falcon #fa20 #eurojetitalia #avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography
Manc AvGeek · @mancavgeek
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Bonus Photo of the Day 7 21st May 2023.
I-GOBZ, Dassault Falcon20E-5, taxiing at Luton Airport, some time in the late 1990s.
#Luton #LTN #EGGW #Dassault #Falcon #FA20
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#luton #ltn #eggw #dassault #Falcon #fa20 #avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography
Terry Hancock · @TerryHancock
1076 followers · 3131 posts · Server realsocial.lifeFor #Falcon, #SpaceX went with the conservative choice of RP-1/LOX in their "Merlin" series of engines.
They, of course, were designing for reusability, so making this more conservative choice made a lot of sense.
And, AFAICT, no major spaceflight systems have been developed using the Methane/LOX combination that #Starship uses, but there were some awfully good reasons to consider it -- just no working engines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Merlin
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Terry Hancock · @TerryHancock
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But the next best thing is a 2-stage solution, and the experience with #Falcon (and also the #SpaceShuttle orbiter and also the development work from the #DeltaClipper / DC-X program) shows that if you could make that work, you might be able to reuse both pieces.
Early Space Shuttle designs also called for a liquid-fueled "fly-back booster". That design was abandoned for budget reasons. Leading to the fateful decision to use solid rocket boosters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_design_process
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#Falcon #SpaceShuttle #deltaclipper
Terry Hancock · @TerryHancock
1073 followers · 3121 posts · Server realsocial.lifeAnyway, back to #Falcon, #Starship, and landing on retro rockets...
Falcon, like many practical rockets these days is a 3-stage vehicle.
Efforts were made to recover the "Dragon" orbiter and also to recover the "flyback boosters", which was an IMPRESSIVE bit of engineering that #SpaceX accomplished.
They are routinely re-flying those boosters, which saves a lot on the costs of the Falcon launch vehicle.
But they throw away the middle stage. Interesting, huh?
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Terry Hancock · @TerryHancock
1071 followers · 3119 posts · Server realsocial.lifeDelta Clipper, #Falcon's booster stage, #Starship, and the less-well-known "Roton" launch vehicles were all designed to launch and land on their tail end "as God and Robert Heinlein intended", as a number of rocket engineers I know have put it.
There are a lot of good reasons for that approach. A big one is that it doesn't require as sophisticated a landing field.
That's particularly important if you have your eye on Mars, but also allows more possibilities on Earth.
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Terry Hancock · @TerryHancock
1071 followers · 3118 posts · Server realsocial.lifeRapid prototyping, lots of tests, and learning how to solve new problems was also typical of the early rocket development programs in the 1960s.
PLENTY of rockets exploded on the pad back then.
It's also useful to mention #Falcon at this point, because a LOT was learned there to be applied to #Starship
And of course, there were earlier attempts at ideas we see now in Starship in programs like the "Delta Clipper":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-X
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Terry Hancock · @TerryHancock
1071 followers · 3117 posts · Server realsocial.lifeOf course, whenever you cut a corner in an engineering design to cut costs, you introduce a risk that you've made a bad decision.
The only way to really deal with that is to do tests. Endless amount of simulation and workstation engineering is simply no comparison to collecting data from a working model.
And that "rapid prototyping" approach is how #SpaceX has operated. This is most obvious with #Starship , but also was a major factor in bringing #Falcon to market.
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Manc AvGeek · @mancavgeek
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Bonus Photo of the Day 21st April 2023.
A7-AAD, Dassault Falcon 900B, State of Qatar, taxiing at Geneva Cointrin, 5th October 1996.
#Geneva #Cointrin #GVA #LSGG #Dassault #Falcon #FA900 #StateOfQatar
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Manc AvGeek · @mancavgeek
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On This Day 18th March 1993: HZ-AFT, Dassault Falcon 900, Saudi Arabian Airlines, taxiing at London Heathrow, 18th March 1993.
#London #Heathrow #LHR #EGLL #Dassault #Falcon #FA900 #SaudiArabianAirlines
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#london #heathrow #lhr #egll #dassault #Falcon #fa900 #saudiarabianairlines #avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography
Manc AvGeek · @mancavgeek
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F-GJPM, Dasault Dalcon 900, taxiing at Manchester Airport, some time before January 1997.
#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Dassault #Falcon #FA900 #avgeek #aviation #planespotting
#manchester #man #egcc #dassault #Falcon #fa900 #avgeek #aviation #planespotting
JanArz · @JanArz
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Juvenile peregrine falcon checking out the area and where to head next. Another photographer and I had noticed the #falcon on the tree and we were waiting for it to fly, and several people had noticed US, and then the bird, and so THEY were also watching. I'm sure it was getting tired of the gawkers--a few minutes later, it did fly. #Birdphotography #naturephotography #birdpics #naturephotographer #nybirding #cutebirds #photographersofmastodon #birdsofprey #peregrinefalcon
#Falcon #birdphotography #naturephotography #birdpics #naturephotographer #nybirding #cutebirds #photographersofmastodon #birdsofprey #peregrinefalcon
Manc AvGeek · @mancavgeek
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Bonus Photo of the Day 3rd January 2023: I-BEAU, Dassault Falcon 900, at Luton Airport, some time in the late 1990s.
#Luton #LTN #EGGW #Dassault #Falcon #FA900 #bizjet
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#luton #ltn #eggw #dassault #Falcon #fa900 #bizjet #avgeek #aviation #planespotting
Jay Justice🏳🌈🇯🇲♿ · @JayJustice
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While I walked around the con, my 6' wings were folded into this backpack! I covered the outer shell of the #Falcon backpack in EVA foam scraps left over from my Commander Shepard #N7 armor build & made it resemble the movie jetpack as well as I could (there were no high res photos of it at the time). Remote control for scale lol. You can see where the PVC pipes connect to the wings. I also added lights! Here's some progression photos. #MCU #Marvel #cosplay #craft #maker
#maker #craft #cosplay #marvel #mcu #n7 #Falcon