What is this thing in this Airbus 380 picture?

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It's a henweigh

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[airtwardo 6]

16 ounces?

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Its the kite that kid was flying near the airport ... anybody seen my little brother?

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[brettski74 0]

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The reason you have to cock the pilot chute on the airbrake system

No. The pilot chute worked fine. It looks like he's got a good wing there. It's Square-ish. It's controllable. It's hard to make out in the picture, but it looks like he's about to start his flare.

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It's called a trailing cone, used in flight test to Measure Air speed. It helps validate the the ADC (air data computer) system. Used only larger aircraft. I work for Boeing, see them only in flight test

http://www.spaceagecontrol.com/trailing-cone.htm

So the website says it has to be trailed 1 fuselage length back... Do they "pay it out" on a line or something - as the photo shows it close.

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they reel it out once airborne in to clean air, then real it back in when it's time to land. When the 777 was being tested at Edwards, I've seen it reeled out a long way behind it doing touch and goes.

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[el_chester 4]

Thanks!

So... another question for you all... what is the 747 spraying downwards at 2:51 on this video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c62STrlepIk&mode=related&search=

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That's Evergreen Airlines' 747 modified for firefighting. It is dumping water in that video, but can also drop slurry ... a mixture of water and fire retardant. It is still going through certification. I've seen it flying and doing practice drops out of the old CIA base near Marana.

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