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Title: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 04, 2018, 03:36:39 PM
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Japanese Blue Impulse aerobatic team Kawasaki T-4s over Mount Fuji

(https://i.imgur.com/9ud25zx.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on September 06, 2018, 12:37:20 PM
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Soviet MiG-25P at Hakodate Airport, Japan, 1976. V-PVO Viktor Belenko pilot defected in this then state of the art fighter plane 42 years ago.

(https://i.imgur.com/RzT1Arw.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on September 06, 2018, 12:59:05 PM
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Fighter Squadron 14 (VF-14) F-14A Tomcat aircraft fly over the French aircraft carrier Foch (R-99) during a joint exercise in which the FOCH and the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) are taking part, May 1990.

(https://i.imgur.com/wU5aFet.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 07, 2018, 08:14:54 AM
https://twitter.com/TheAviationist/status/1038037304517054464
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Post by: mirth on September 07, 2018, 08:18:16 AM
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F-102A interceptors during a morning flight.

(https://i.redd.it/2ccvx8ymlqk11.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on September 10, 2018, 01:10:22 PM
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Su-30SM over Mediterranean Sea


(https://pp.userapi.com/c831508/v831508944/194d2c/KESrYDpeKz8.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on September 10, 2018, 01:11:22 PM
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Six F-22 Raptors taxi following touchdown at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska

(https://media.defense.gov/2007/Aug/08/2000461432/-1/-1/0/070808-F-7169B-302.JPG)
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Post by: mirth on September 10, 2018, 01:13:41 PM
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An AV-8B Harrier of Marine Attack Squadron 542 takes off from the 12-degree ramp at the end of the 600-foot flight deck of the HMS Ark Royal

(https://media.defense.gov/2010/May/27/172450/-1/-1/0/100527-M-0000P-001.jpg)
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Post by: bayonetbrant on September 10, 2018, 01:21:40 PM
and a much cooler thread icon now, too :)
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Post by: mirth on September 10, 2018, 01:42:03 PM
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B-1A Prototype 74-0158

(https://i.redd.it/mb479v7r2gl11.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on September 10, 2018, 03:09:53 PM
I walked around a B1 on the static display at the RAF Leuchars  International Air show a few years back. They really are incredible looking aircraft. I think I have some photo's somewhere; must try and find 'em!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 10, 2018, 03:16:52 PM
I walked around a B1 on the static display at the RAF Leuchars  International Air show a few years back. They really are incredible looking aircraft. I think I have some photo's somewhere; must try and find 'em!
please do!  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 10, 2018, 03:17:05 PM
https://twitter.com/nktpnd/status/1039230882215866368
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Post by: mirth on September 11, 2018, 10:17:57 AM
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SAAF Spitfire HF.IXe, Waterkloof, 1950

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7750/28897966446_8131c506a7_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 11, 2018, 01:09:51 PM
(https://i.redd.it/6i2fyqp10nl11.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 11, 2018, 02:43:59 PM
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/23508/pilots-eject-after-air-force-t-38-talon-jet-veers-off-runway-4th-talon-loss-in-10-months
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on September 11, 2018, 08:17:40 PM
The Valkyrie is one of the most beautifully ethereal aircraft ever made.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 11, 2018, 08:42:22 PM
The Valkyrie is one of the most beautifully ethereal aircraft ever made.
agreed
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Post by: mirth on September 12, 2018, 10:34:10 AM
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Curtiss F8C-5 Formation, circa 1930

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8177/7893906920_0df9ef5d22_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on September 12, 2018, 12:46:51 PM
 ^  :bigthumb:
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Post by: mirth on September 12, 2018, 12:54:37 PM
Figured you'd dig that one.
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Post by: mirth on September 13, 2018, 11:49:34 AM
https://twitter.com/TheAviationist/status/1040264976223666176
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Post by: mirth on September 13, 2018, 07:39:28 PM
https://twitter.com/CcibChris/status/1040226290626961408
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Post by: Barthheart on September 13, 2018, 07:44:28 PM
Beauty!  :bigthumb:
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Post by: bbmike on September 13, 2018, 07:46:19 PM
+1. That looks awesome.  :bigthumb:
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Post by: bob48 on September 14, 2018, 09:37:17 AM
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 14, 2018, 09:41:46 AM
Very cool. They should have let him take the controls though  8)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 14, 2018, 02:47:39 PM
https://twitter.com/thewarzonewire/status/1040669842922041344
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Post by: mirth on September 16, 2018, 08:05:09 PM
https://twitter.com/MilHistNow/status/1041475327640395777
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 16, 2018, 08:37:07 PM
https://twitter.com/CcibChris/status/1041374399788720128
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Post by: mirth on September 17, 2018, 08:52:49 AM
https://twitter.com/MilHistNow/status/1041580766658871296
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Post by: mirth on September 17, 2018, 10:13:41 AM
https://twitter.com/LoveWW2Planes/status/1041689583048642561
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Post by: mirth on September 17, 2018, 12:02:42 PM
https://twitter.com/Aviationdailyy/status/1041718601617690625
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Post by: mirth on September 18, 2018, 09:03:16 AM
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US Marine Corps N3N at Page Field, Parris Island, South Caroline, United States, May 1942

(https://i.redd.it/arjm9tkxszm11.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 18, 2018, 11:29:04 AM
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/23647/lets-talk-about-the-air-forces-plan-to-increase-squadrons-from-312-to-a-whopping-386
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 18, 2018, 11:32:56 AM
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Su-57,J-20 and F-22


(https://i.redd.it/ylg1zstal0n11.jpg)
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Post by: Barthheart on September 18, 2018, 12:11:39 PM
 :doh:
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Post by: mirth on September 18, 2018, 01:06:37 PM
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Arc Light Mission Load Out - U-Tapao, 1972

(https://i.redd.it/usa718vggzm11.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on September 18, 2018, 01:18:47 PM
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Philippine Air Force OV-10 from the 15th Strike Wing preparing for a sortie, with a Paveway II PGM, undated

(https://i.redd.it/944otf794zm11.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on September 18, 2018, 02:12:59 PM
Just in case I'd not mentioned it before.......................

Oh how I love the OV-10 Bronco! :groovy:
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Post by: mirth on September 18, 2018, 02:17:18 PM
I had no idea!  ;)
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Post by: mirth on September 19, 2018, 12:13:33 PM
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An F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VFMA) 121 takes off from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) during carrier qualifications and flight deck certifications


(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1770/41738111490_3b728a75f2_o.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on September 19, 2018, 12:15:02 PM
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With 115 F-16Cs and 40 F-16Ds in active service the Hellenic Air Force is one of the largest operators of the type in the world. Lockheed will soon start working on converting 85 HAF F-16s to the new “V” variant.


(https://i.redd.it/mcp3rk233xm11.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on September 19, 2018, 12:15:07 PM
The F35's look very 'untidy' aircraft  in that configuration - too many moving parts to fall off if you ask me  :o
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Post by: mirth on September 19, 2018, 12:29:24 PM
The STOVL version the Marines operate is a very complicated machine.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on September 19, 2018, 12:31:58 PM
Too many things to go wrong - maintenance to keep 'em flying must be a nightmare, especially under operational conditions. Bring back the Harrier, I say.

I still can't understand why they didn't go for a conventional carrier with modified Euro fighters. I gather that the Typhoon would have been perfectly capable of being modified for carrier use.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 19, 2018, 12:41:52 PM
I still can't understand why they didn't go for a conventional carrier with modified Euro fighters. I gather that the Typhoon would have been perfectly capable of being modified for carrier use.

I don't really get that either. I guess it was a cost issue for the carriers. A CATOBAR system is a lot more expensive than adding a ski-jump ramp to the bow flight deck.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on September 19, 2018, 01:31:30 PM
Unfortunately, given on how the cost of the F35 has escalated, it has probably proved to be false economy.
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Post by: mirth on September 19, 2018, 01:38:14 PM
I suspect the RN was focused on getting the carriers funded first and worry about the air wing later.


You Brits may have a worse budgeting and procurement process than we do. Probably better than the Canadians though  :D
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Barthheart on September 19, 2018, 01:40:35 PM
Anything is better than our procedure....  :idiot2:
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Post by: bob48 on September 19, 2018, 01:42:15 PM
Maybe so, but successive governments couldn't make up their minds about what config carrier to build. You have to wonder how closely the RN was consulted about what they wanted. One suspect some gov palms were greased.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 19, 2018, 01:43:53 PM
Maybe so, but successive governments couldn't make up their minds about what config carrier to build. You have to wonder how closely the RN was consulted about what they wanted. One suspect some gov palms were greased.

I am shocked. SHOCKED I say!  ;)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 19, 2018, 01:52:18 PM
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/23682/usaf-wants-units-to-rapidly-build-and-fly-from-new-bases-in-the-middle-of-a-future-war
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 19, 2018, 03:59:49 PM
https://angrystaffofficer.com/2018/09/19/if-the-hoth-crash-was-an-air-force-investigation/
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on September 19, 2018, 04:50:34 PM
The 'Stringbag' - we've been lucky enough to see it in flight a couple of times.

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Post by: mirth on September 19, 2018, 04:58:28 PM
^Very nice!
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Post by: Staggerwing on September 19, 2018, 07:09:10 PM
The STOVL version the Marines operate is a very complicated machine.

Marines playing with breakables... what could go wrong, right?  ;)
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Post by: BanzaiCat on September 19, 2018, 07:56:29 PM
Bring back the Tomcat  :'(

(https://wearethemighty-img.rbl.ms/simage/https%3A%2F%2Fassets.rbl.ms%2F17289989%2F980x.jpg/2000%2C2000/ZW1QmVfIbOhmvsI6/img.jpg)
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Post by: Staggerwing on September 19, 2018, 08:00:26 PM
Say 'F-14' three times and you know who will appear...
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Post by: BanzaiCat on September 19, 2018, 08:23:50 PM
I doubt he could pull himself away from his 'art film' shoots long enough to respond! :)
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Post by: Barthheart on September 20, 2018, 02:35:31 PM
(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/the-weekend-is-in-sight-now-we-just-dgaf-2532.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=550)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on September 20, 2018, 03:05:54 PM
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Post by: mirth on September 21, 2018, 08:56:46 AM
https://twitter.com/TheAviationist/status/1043121657316032512
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Post by: Barthheart on September 21, 2018, 09:10:10 AM
Not very stealthy in that configuration….. ???
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Post by: mirth on September 21, 2018, 09:11:35 AM
Nope. In any kind of CAS configuration it won't be.
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Post by: Barthheart on September 21, 2018, 09:29:57 AM
 :buck2:
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Post by: mirth on September 21, 2018, 02:47:35 PM
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E-3 Sentry AWACS assigned to the 962 AACS over the Denali Range


(https://i.redd.it/tq52y03fwmn11.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on September 23, 2018, 08:17:56 AM
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An Air Force F-15D Eagle flies above the Mariana Islands, Sept. 18, 2018, while supporting Exercise Valiant Shield 18. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Bumpus


(https://i.redd.it/j6wqkhgo8mn11.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on September 23, 2018, 10:09:26 AM
https://twitter.com/WWIImuseum/status/1043847955583836160
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Post by: bob48 on September 23, 2018, 10:10:06 AM
That looks amazing!
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Post by: mirth on September 23, 2018, 10:13:23 AM
Yeah, I want to see that.
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Post by: mirth on September 23, 2018, 12:41:03 PM
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Sukhoi Su-57


(https://i.imgur.com/mJl9YJP.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on September 23, 2018, 12:44:31 PM
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A MiG-17F pilot hits the afterburner while performing a knife edge during McConnell’s Frontiers in Flight Open House and Air Show, Sept. 9, 2018


(https://media.defense.gov/2018/Sep/13/2001965762/-1/-1/0/180909-F-XK483-0014.JPG)
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Post by: mirth on September 23, 2018, 12:55:10 PM
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Avro Vulcan B2 XH558, belonging to the Sky Trust, preforms for crowds at the Royal International Air Tattoo in RAF Fairford, United Kingdom, July 19, 2015


(https://media.defense.gov/2015/Jul/21/2001286265/-1/-1/0/150719-F-IM453-406.JPG)
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Post by: mirth on September 23, 2018, 04:01:24 PM
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Three Avro Lancaster B.I's of No. 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force, based at Waddington, Lincolnshire (UK), flying above the clouds. 29 Sept 1942.


(https://i.redd.it/d6x9ewqsj1o11.jpg)
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Post by: bob48 on September 23, 2018, 04:05:32 PM
Magnificent!

Its a bit of a pity that neither the Halifax or the Stirling get much attention, although the Stirling did see service as a glider tug. Somewhere we have a picture of my pop-in-law who was a para, in a group shot with part of an aircraft in the background, which may be a Stirling. I'll have to have a look for it, although my bro-in-law may have it.
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Post by: Staggerwing on September 23, 2018, 06:56:16 PM
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Three Avro Lancaster B.I's of No. 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force, based at Waddington, Lincolnshire (UK), flying above the clouds. 29 Sept 1942.


(https://i.redd.it/d6x9ewqsj1o11.jpg)

I see four...
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 24, 2018, 10:23:59 AM
https://twitter.com/Aviationdailyy/status/1044229973626822657
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Post by: Barthheart on September 24, 2018, 10:34:46 AM
Has that vid ever been proven to be real?
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Post by: bob48 on September 24, 2018, 10:40:24 AM
I've seen footage of the Buccaneer doing similar stuff and raising a wake of spray behind it - there again, the Buccaneer was a superb low level aircraft.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 24, 2018, 11:55:13 AM
https://twitter.com/brodyvburks/status/1044252050538811392
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Post by: mirth on September 24, 2018, 12:49:17 PM
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Retracting Landing Gear: An F-16 of the Greek Zeus Demo team takes off during Athens Flying Week 2018


(https://i.redd.it/69dpw2cwt5m11.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on September 26, 2018, 12:59:15 PM
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T-28 Trojans of the Philippine Air Force's 15th Strike Wing. 1980s


(https://i.redd.it/6eniiag1rio11.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on September 26, 2018, 01:01:58 PM
https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1044995018149318657
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Post by: mirth on September 26, 2018, 01:46:59 PM
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Brrrrrrrt delivery!


(https://i.redditmedia.com/8hjCXqvrdh53VfUf-kjuOBtjckHVI3pzkZNknq0YLDM.jpg?s=cffec6623e2cb419b37150e70835cdde)
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Post by: mirth on September 26, 2018, 01:47:50 PM
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F-35A Lightning IIs, assigned to the 4th Fighter Squadron from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, conduct flight training operations over the Utah Test and Training Range on Feb 14, 2018


(https://i.redditmedia.com/17AjDt4ptulb6SNf61mlvUPA4YSkhpEk_9u99ai0jA8.jpg?s=35d2beeacec53d735bf72509e8e6bb71)
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Post by: mirth on September 26, 2018, 02:02:30 PM
https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1045010117773729792
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Post by: mirth on September 27, 2018, 10:54:13 AM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DoC9aDBX0AEfkxN.jpg:large)
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Post by: bob48 on September 27, 2018, 10:59:24 AM
That's Gen. Sherman, I think, so I call B/S as he only had A-10's on call.
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Post by: mirth on September 27, 2018, 11:01:39 AM
Good catch.
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Post by: mirth on September 27, 2018, 01:33:00 PM
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F-4 Phantom - The World's Largest Distributor of MiG Parts


(https://i.redd.it/8xfh0gtt9to11.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on September 27, 2018, 01:33:40 PM
F-14A


(https://i.redditmedia.com/99vYHAzOiByzV8ejZ271QUuF-0LfeGXpIRI5ptE5KrM.jpg?s=6da338eeab6242396e73a1945e0746e3)
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Post by: Barthheart on September 27, 2018, 01:44:57 PM
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F-4 Phantom - The World's Largest Distributor of MiG Parts


(https://i.redd.it/8xfh0gtt9to11.jpg)

 :bigthumb:
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Post by: Barthheart on September 27, 2018, 01:45:10 PM
(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/the-weekend-is-in-sight-now-we-just-dgaf-2557.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=550)
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Post by: mirth on September 27, 2018, 01:48:58 PM
^nice
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Post by: mirth on September 27, 2018, 02:22:46 PM
https://twitter.com/TheDEWLine/status/1045358367219290112
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Post by: bbmike on September 27, 2018, 02:25:41 PM
^That's cool.
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Post by: Barthheart on September 27, 2018, 02:57:49 PM
That's crazy... why not fly it?
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Post by: mirth on September 27, 2018, 03:00:07 PM
That's crazy... why not fly it?

I think it's going to be a museum piece and therefore probably not flyable

https://www.airforceoneexperience.com/
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Post by: mirth on September 27, 2018, 03:02:38 PM
Even if it is flyable looking at where it is going, moving by barge is probably the best option.
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Post by: mirth on September 27, 2018, 07:19:26 PM
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T-X Trainer Jet, successor to the T-38, for which Boeing was just awarded the contract for assembly at its Saint Louis defense plant


(https://www.armytimes.com/resizer/asUvZJwJJEDANxp20xptlyGS7m8=/1200x0/filters:quality(100)/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-mco.s3.amazonaws.com/public/RTRQKBFUPJCVJBNKTMBKQTWOQE.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on September 27, 2018, 09:38:00 PM
https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/twelve-oclock-high-180970369/
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Post by: mirth on September 28, 2018, 11:52:36 AM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1045702530544619520
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Post by: mirth on September 28, 2018, 01:18:29 PM
https://twitter.com/Aviation_Intel/status/1045448470268526593
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Post by: Barthheart on September 28, 2018, 01:51:25 PM
Single engine though..... ???
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Post by: Barthheart on September 28, 2018, 02:30:48 PM
(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/z3-f-16-falcon-09_27_18-960-3.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=950)
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Post by: mirth on September 28, 2018, 02:57:19 PM
https://twitter.com/PaulSzoldra/status/1045748879621152768
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Post by: Staggerwing on September 28, 2018, 07:09:07 PM
Crap

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Post by: bob48 on September 29, 2018, 07:07:59 AM
Not good  :(
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Post by: mirth on September 30, 2018, 05:09:55 PM
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/23936/exclusive-russian-mig-31-foxhound-carrying-huge-mystery-missile-emerges-near-moscow
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Post by: mirth on September 30, 2018, 05:23:10 PM


https://theaviationist.com/?p=61396
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Post by: bayonetbrant on October 01, 2018, 06:40:24 AM
https://twitter.com/boeingairplanes/status/1046415893952180224
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Post by: mirth on October 01, 2018, 10:02:31 AM
https://twitter.com/TheDEWLine/status/1046761910190985216
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Post by: mirth on October 01, 2018, 11:12:00 AM
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The second prototype U.S. Navy Douglas XA2D-1 Skyshark (BuNo 122989) at Edwards Air Force Base, California (USA)


(https://i.redditmedia.com/FEweAJn5HldQ7bus4SaSMcJbJM43ldM787c_eENmmu4.jpg?s=1808e817730c3bad7a87b5cccd079405)
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Post by: bob48 on October 01, 2018, 11:22:39 AM
That's a new one on me. Must have been a period when contra-rotating props were all the rage. For me, it has to be this baby;

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Post by: mirth on October 01, 2018, 11:26:35 AM
Love the Gannet  :bigthumb:
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Post by: bob48 on October 01, 2018, 11:34:15 AM
Me too.
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Post by: bob48 on October 01, 2018, 11:39:04 AM
Not the best quality, but oh how I love this clip;

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Post by: BanzaiCat on October 01, 2018, 11:50:18 AM
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Post by: bob48 on October 01, 2018, 11:53:16 AM
Awesome, innit.
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Post by: mirth on October 01, 2018, 11:59:19 AM
Not the best quality, but oh how I love this clip;



That is a cool vid.
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Post by: bob48 on October 01, 2018, 12:02:12 PM
Note the fact that it could do a take-off without catapult assistance. Beautiful aircraft :-)
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Post by: mirth on October 03, 2018, 10:34:01 AM
https://twitter.com/TheAviationist/status/1047494680273981440
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Post by: bbmike on October 03, 2018, 10:48:13 AM
^ As a UWF Argonaut alumni, I approve!   :rockon:
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Post by: mirth on October 03, 2018, 12:43:34 PM
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RAAF EA-18G Growler over Brisbane, 29 Sep 2018


(https://i.redd.it/plshjpzbjxp11.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on October 03, 2018, 12:44:11 PM
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F-35Bs landing on the deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth at night


(https://i.redd.it/0fb3fl1d6zp11.jpg)
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Post by: bob48 on October 03, 2018, 01:23:29 PM
Don't you just love SciFi ................
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Post by: mirth on October 03, 2018, 06:44:38 PM
https://twitter.com/thewarzonewire/status/1047614800568582144
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Post by: BanzaiCat on October 03, 2018, 07:11:46 PM
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Vought_F4U_Corsair_%28USMC%29.jpg)
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Post by: Barthheart on October 03, 2018, 07:28:00 PM
 :bigthumb:
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Post by: Staggerwing on October 03, 2018, 07:29:23 PM
Pappy! 'zat that you...?
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Post by: mirth on October 03, 2018, 08:14:53 PM
Love the Corsair   :bigthumb:
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Post by: bbmike on October 03, 2018, 08:33:49 PM
Me too. I drew a lot of those in my school notebooks when I was a kid.
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Post by: mirth on October 04, 2018, 09:45:45 AM
https://twitter.com/Aviationdailyy/status/1047844617650147336
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 04, 2018, 09:55:46 AM
https://twitter.com/TheAviationist/status/1047847509853458432
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Post by: mirth on October 04, 2018, 11:19:04 AM
https://twitter.com/Erikhistorian/status/1047868162866388994
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Post by: mirth on October 04, 2018, 04:06:23 PM
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Sukhoi Su-34 carrying six Kh-31 air-to-surface missiles


(https://i.redd.it/4y6sudn818q11.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on October 06, 2018, 11:20:53 AM
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JASDF F-15 in aggressor colors during Komatsu Air Festival 2018


(https://i.redd.it/b2b1a3e714q11.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 06, 2018, 11:22:26 AM
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F-14A flying over Lebanon, 1983.


(https://i.redd.it/lre639hly1q11.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 06, 2018, 05:59:46 PM
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/24077/readiness-of-navy-and-marine-aircraft-and-crews-is-improving-but-its-still-pretty-dismal
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 06, 2018, 06:25:25 PM
https://twitter.com/CcibChris/status/1048505792209534976
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Post by: Staggerwing on October 06, 2018, 06:34:18 PM
Purdy!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 06, 2018, 06:40:41 PM
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USMC F-35B's over Afghanistan during their first combat sortie on 27 September 2018


(https://i.redd.it/7ltg1za21lq11.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on October 06, 2018, 06:43:58 PM
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Flight deck of USS Constellation (CV-64) in 1990


(https://i.redd.it/1i75t3hh0lq11.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 07, 2018, 10:57:09 AM
https://www.instagram.com/p/BocQfNqgejV/?utm_source=ig_embed
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 07, 2018, 10:58:29 AM
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Post by: mirth on October 07, 2018, 11:50:18 AM
https://twitter.com/cencio4/status/1048951310199017472
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Post by: BanzaiCat on October 07, 2018, 05:45:12 PM
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Post by: bob48 on October 07, 2018, 05:47:15 PM
Aardvark!
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Post by: Staggerwing on October 07, 2018, 09:13:26 PM
Those Aussie Aardvark drivers are kind known for their fuel-dump pyrotechnics.
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Post by: mirth on October 07, 2018, 11:03:50 PM
https://twitter.com/CcibChris/status/1049020528386875393
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Post by: Staggerwing on October 08, 2018, 06:44:29 AM
https://twitter.com/CcibChris/status/1049020528386875393

I see that this particular design has the astromech droid in front of the pilot. Much easier to keep an eye on it that way...
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Post by: bob48 on October 08, 2018, 06:48:24 AM
Ah! i thought it was the samovar.
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Post by: BanzaiCat on October 08, 2018, 08:29:42 AM
Those Aussie Aardvark drivers are kind known for their fuel-dump pyrotechnics.

What got me most about that video (and the Globemaster one) was them flying so low in a populated area. Must've been an air show, or maybe that's just normal OP for them?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 08, 2018, 08:42:18 AM
Part of an airshow

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/24041/cinema-aero-these-are-the-aviation-videos-you-absolutely-must-watch-from-the-last-week
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 08, 2018, 10:45:46 AM
https://twitter.com/fighterpics/status/1049309380808790016
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on October 08, 2018, 10:51:09 AM
Goooooooose!
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Post by: mirth on October 08, 2018, 10:55:58 AM
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Post by: mirth on October 08, 2018, 11:01:10 AM
https://twitter.com/ron_eisele/status/1049309836406665216
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Post by: bob48 on October 08, 2018, 11:14:41 AM
Nice aircraft  and I really like the colour scheme.

One of my dads younger brothers served in the Fleet Air Arm as an artificer immediately after the war. He was on a carrier, but I'm not sure which one, but apparently, he worked on either the Fairy Barracuda or the Albacore.

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Post by: mirth on October 08, 2018, 02:20:17 PM
Nice aircraft  and I really like the colour scheme.

One of my dads younger brothers served in the Fleet Air Arm as an artificer immediately after the war. He was on a carrier, but I'm not sure which one, but apparently, he worked on either the Fairy Barracuda or the Albacore.

very cool!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 08, 2018, 02:20:33 PM
https://twitter.com/TheAviationist/status/1049361167486013443
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 09, 2018, 10:10:14 AM
https://twitter.com/TheAviationist/status/1049657586600091649
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 09, 2018, 10:26:17 AM
https://twitter.com/Aviationdailyy/status/1049665463171641344
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Post by: bob48 on October 09, 2018, 10:44:30 AM
What a good picture of a truly great aircraft  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 10, 2018, 09:09:09 AM
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Turkish F-4E Phantom II 2020 "Terminator" with SOM cruise missiles


(https://i.redd.it/yc49s7thrcr11.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 10, 2018, 12:50:53 PM
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A Dutch F-16 Falcon above a typical Dutch landscape


(https://i.imgur.com/AqNh7o0.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 10, 2018, 02:12:32 PM
https://twitter.com/CcibChris/status/1050060875695091719
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 10, 2018, 02:51:15 PM
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/24147/china-says-h-20-stealth-bomber-makes-great-progress-stirring-talk-of-a-first-flight-soon
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on October 10, 2018, 02:55:58 PM
Gee, I wonder where they got the information to build one of those.  ::)
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Post by: mirth on October 10, 2018, 03:01:01 PM
"If you build it...China will steal the plans"
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Post by: mirth on October 10, 2018, 03:06:29 PM
Gee, I wonder where they got the information to build one of those.  ::)

https://twitter.com/PaulSzoldra/status/1050100067904999424
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 10, 2018, 03:52:37 PM
https://twitter.com/thewarzonewire/status/1050111142452813824
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Post by: mirth on October 10, 2018, 08:50:30 PM
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Fairey Gannet AEW Mk 3 of 849 Naval Air Squadron D Flight overflys HMS Eagle (R-05) early 1970's


(https://i.imgur.com/xzNvX7K.jpg)
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Post by: Staggerwing on October 10, 2018, 09:02:01 PM
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Fairey Gannet AEW Mk 3 of 849 Naval Air Squadron D Flight overflys HMS Eagle (R-05) early 1970's


(https://i.imgur.com/xzNvX7K.jpg)



Augghhh! FixthelinkFixthelinkFixthelinkFixthelinkFixthelinkFixthelinkFixthelinkFixthelinkFixthelinkFixthelink

Sorry, bit stressed, got carried away.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 10, 2018, 09:05:41 PM
Shhhh...it's all better now.
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Post by: BanzaiCat on October 11, 2018, 08:36:04 AM
"If you build it...China will steal the plans"

Or they'll buy it third hand from a third-world power.
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Post by: mirth on October 11, 2018, 09:06:31 AM
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Canadian CF-18 practicing an intercept flight


(https://i.redd.it/swzksmxlxjr11.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 11, 2018, 10:45:14 AM
https://twitter.com/LoveWW2Planes/status/1050049914212896768
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 11, 2018, 04:15:12 PM
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/24178/tyndall-air-force-base-in-ruins-after-michael-fighters-seen-inside-roofless-hangars
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 11, 2018, 07:06:14 PM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1050522695224438787
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Post by: mirth on October 11, 2018, 07:13:40 PM
https://twitter.com/ron_eisele/status/1050524292126003200
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Post by: bbmike on October 11, 2018, 07:19:29 PM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1050522695224438787

Another reason he's my favorite President.
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Post by: Centurion40 on October 12, 2018, 10:34:09 AM
The Valkyrie is one of the most beautifully ethereal aircraft ever made.

Yup.


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Post by: mirth on October 12, 2018, 11:31:45 AM
Tyndall was pretty much wiped out

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/us/air-force-hurricane-michael-damage.html
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 14, 2018, 03:28:46 PM
https://twitter.com/TheAviationist/status/1051554004591882240
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on October 14, 2018, 05:01:32 PM
Oops...
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 14, 2018, 05:19:55 PM
https://twitter.com/laraseligman/status/1051547478338736128
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Post by: trailrunner on October 14, 2018, 05:26:01 PM
I had read that 3 F-22s may have been damaged.  At any rate, let's home it's not too many.  We don't have enough to spare.

Tyndall is where F-22 training was conducted.  If the training sim was damaged or destroyed, that could be a big deal.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 14, 2018, 06:56:44 PM
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USCG aircraft from the Coast Guard Air Station Miami, Florida, greet the new 165-foot patrol boat USCGC Pandora (WPC-113) upon her arrival at Miami on 6 December 1934. Visible from top to bottom are General Aviation PJ-1 Acamar, Douglas RD-1 Sirius and PJ-1 Arcturus.



(https://i.redd.it/bfjpb5aa17s11.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 14, 2018, 07:11:57 PM
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/24204/setting-the-record-straight-on-why-fighter-jets-cant-all-simply-fly-away-to-escape-storms
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on October 15, 2018, 06:25:37 AM
Fantastic picture!  :2thumbs:
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Post by: Staggerwing on October 15, 2018, 06:42:21 AM
Fantastic picture!  :2thumbs:

Indeed! It's amazing how little the basics of flying boat design have changed over the last 100 years as compared to, say, fighters or bombers.
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Post by: bob48 on October 15, 2018, 07:39:09 AM
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Post by: mirth on October 15, 2018, 10:19:14 AM


 :2thumbs:
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Post by: mirth on October 15, 2018, 10:19:36 AM
https://taskandpurpose.com/tyndall-f-22-destroyed-hurricane-michael/
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 15, 2018, 10:41:56 AM
https://twitter.com/HMNBPortsmouth/status/1051844351201107972
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Post by: bob48 on October 15, 2018, 01:43:51 PM
As a kid, we often took family holidays on the Isle of Wight, going by car ferry from Southampton to Cowes. On the way down the Solent, I well remember seeing these 2 huge unfinished seaplanes. I used to have a couple of B&W photo's of them, but they were in one of the albums that my mum kept and I don't know what happened to them after she passed away.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saunders-Roe_Princess
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 15, 2018, 01:59:44 PM
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U.S. Navy Sidewinders mounted on a Royal Swedish Air Force J-35 Draken


(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3951/15601712852_0c78abb865_o.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on October 17, 2018, 03:00:44 PM
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An air-to-air view of three F-14A Tomcat aircraft as seen from the front seat of another F-14


(https://i.imgur.com/EzRINnj.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 18, 2018, 12:28:59 PM
https://twitter.com/Aviation_Intel/status/1052836496154054656
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Post by: Barthheart on October 18, 2018, 01:38:17 PM
(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/screen-shot-2018-10-16-at-9-01-35-pmwtmk.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=600)
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Post by: bob48 on October 18, 2018, 01:57:03 PM
Good one!
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Post by: Staggerwing on October 18, 2018, 06:55:56 PM
Looks like a movie still from "The Final Countdown"
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Post by: bbmike on October 18, 2018, 07:06:01 PM
I need to watch that again.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 18, 2018, 07:20:47 PM
I need to watch that again.

you really don't
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 19, 2018, 11:44:40 AM
https://twitter.com/TaraCopp/status/1053310483149795329
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 20, 2018, 04:47:23 PM
https://twitter.com/fighterpics/status/1053569544160190464
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Post by: mirth on October 20, 2018, 06:14:50 PM
https://twitter.com/CcibChris/status/1053680681438638080
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Post by: mirth on October 20, 2018, 06:22:48 PM
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A Royal Air Force Vulcan B Mark 2 aircraft takes off during Air Fete '84


(https://i.imgur.com/bSPnz5H.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 21, 2018, 10:46:44 AM
https://twitter.com/USNHistory/status/1053986790179291136
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 22, 2018, 12:02:45 PM
https://twitter.com/USNHistory/status/1054402172782284800
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 24, 2018, 01:35:20 PM
https://taskandpurpose.com/marines-fly-sky-dong/
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on October 24, 2018, 07:06:29 PM
Now if the aviators had drawn an equilateral parallelogram around the offending track in question they could have claimed it was a symbolic gift to their significant others...
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 25, 2018, 10:53:39 AM
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/24442/we-finally-know-how-many-f-22s-were-left-behind-at-tyndall-afb-during-hurricane-michael
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 26, 2018, 09:00:19 AM
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Dropping in for tea! F-4B Phantom from the USS Ranger (CV-61), operating from HMS Hermes (R-12) in 1963.


(https://i.imgur.com/Kk0AO0q.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 26, 2018, 11:02:12 AM
https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1055836453828288512
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 26, 2018, 12:38:15 PM
https://twitter.com/WarshipPorn/status/1055860650847670272
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 26, 2018, 02:09:01 PM
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/24475/navys-next-gen-jammer-is-three-pods-not-one-and-competition-for-one-of-them-just-heated-up
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 26, 2018, 03:49:02 PM
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Ground crewmen perform maintenance on the two A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft being used during exercise Cool Snow Hog '82


(https://i.imgur.com/9YdKat9.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 29, 2018, 08:07:22 AM
Thud


(https://i.redd.it/cisjc6jenwu11.png)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 29, 2018, 12:47:48 PM
https://twitter.com/cencio4/status/1056913978859896832
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 29, 2018, 02:51:19 PM
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/24529/usaf-had-faulty-data-about-whether-hangars-full-of-f-22s-could-survive-hurricane-michael
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: MIGs on October 29, 2018, 10:27:56 PM
I know that here in Canada, we often tie our bi-planes down during intense storms.  ;)
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Post by: bbmike on October 30, 2018, 06:09:02 AM
And the Duchy of Grand Fenwick lets the air out of their balloons before storms hit.  :whistle:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on October 30, 2018, 06:47:08 AM
I know that here in Canada, we often tie our bi-planes down during intense storms.  ;)

Does your navy bring both war canoes inside as well or just build new ones every spring?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: MIGs on October 31, 2018, 11:59:25 AM
One is on patrol at all times the other is in refit!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 04, 2018, 06:29:49 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/JM54GMT.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on November 04, 2018, 06:35:18 AM
Show that two more times and you know who will appear...
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 04, 2018, 06:36:58 AM
Goose?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on November 04, 2018, 07:04:11 AM
Goat
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 04, 2018, 01:23:08 PM
Goat

Tom Brady?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 04, 2018, 01:24:49 PM
(https://i.redd.it/ebeutrdctcw11.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 04, 2018, 02:17:22 PM
https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1059022441572265985 (https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1059022441572265985)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 05, 2018, 11:14:00 AM
https://twitter.com/TheAviationist/status/1059478578218364933
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 06, 2018, 04:00:53 PM
https://twitter.com/AncientSubHunt/status/1059824942387212289
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: MIGs on November 07, 2018, 03:26:00 PM
The F-4 is a sexy jet. Just like the Crusader!

https://tacairnet.com/2015/04/22/the-f-8-crusader-once-scared-a-vietnamese-mig-pilot-into-ejecting-before-a-dogfight/

Premature ejectulation ;-)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on November 07, 2018, 04:15:52 PM
 :bigthumb:^Agreed, and so was the Corsair, both the F4U and the A-7.
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Post by: Staggerwing on November 07, 2018, 07:06:46 PM
But this is the sexiest Corsair of them all:


(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Vought_SBU-1.jpg/1280px-Vought_SBU-1.jpg)
Vought SBU Corsair
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 07, 2018, 07:15:35 PM
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OV-10 Bronco and two F-100 Super Sabres flying over Vietnam, 1969


(https://i.redd.it/rxmbkepnlww11.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on November 11, 2018, 05:00:21 PM
(https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/46002435_961293304072066_6270556826576617472_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&oh=68f45c6017f6f3aa68121fa866c20ab0&oe=5C786806)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on November 11, 2018, 06:41:40 PM
Ha!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on November 12, 2018, 06:53:50 AM
LOL
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 14, 2018, 12:35:31 PM
https://twitter.com/thewarzonewire/status/1062555554197860352
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 14, 2018, 08:24:17 PM
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/24911/this-is-what-a-northrop-f-23a-wouldve-looked-like-if-lockheed-lost-the-atf-competition
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 15, 2018, 11:23:01 AM
https://twitter.com/WarshipPorn/status/1063104925457096705
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: MIGs on November 15, 2018, 12:50:34 PM
https://twitter.com/thewarzonewire/status/1062555554197860352

The T-38 air frames must have a gazillion hours on them. It seems like they have been flying those forever!  Almost 50 years is a long time.... I speak from personal experience! ;-)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 16, 2018, 11:02:18 AM
https://twitter.com/spyinthesky/status/1063458750118412288
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on November 16, 2018, 11:06:02 AM
Interesting. I'd not seen that one before.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 16, 2018, 11:07:22 AM
new to me as well.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on November 16, 2018, 11:08:31 AM
Reminds me a bit of the Brewster Buffalo.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 16, 2018, 11:11:34 AM
Reminds me a bit of the Brewster Buffalo.

Yes, or the Gloucester Gladiator. The final bi-plane fighter designs were quite interesting if doomed to almost immediate obsolescence.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on November 16, 2018, 11:14:09 AM
The Gladiator saw some good service, especially over Malta. I think the Finns used 'em as well - equipped with ski's
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 16, 2018, 11:17:03 AM
The Finns did quite well with the Gladiator and Buffalo under the circumstances.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on November 16, 2018, 04:15:11 PM
Another superb aircraft - the P-61 Black Widow.

Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: DirkTracer on November 16, 2018, 09:40:05 PM
Interesting and lengthy quiz.

https://www.zoo.com/quiz/95-people-cant-match-these-wwii-planes-their-country-can-you?acct=howstuffworks-sc&utm_medium=paid&utm_source=taboola&utm_campaign=1526103&utm_term=msn-can&utm_content=Quiz%3A+Can+You+Match+the+WWII+Plane+to+Its+Country%3F&adid=135684225&img=http%3A%2F%2Fgleaned-images.stuff.com%2Fsignals-test%2F319307c156251b8a6ef827dcd39a2129aa9422f7d22dc435f846df6a&mkcpgn=dca6c45a4d6e475e9bd1a11fe48e8f66&sg_uid=dca6c45a4d6e475e9bd1a11fe48e8f66 (https://www.zoo.com/quiz/95-people-cant-match-these-wwii-planes-their-country-can-you?acct=howstuffworks-sc&utm_medium=paid&utm_source=taboola&utm_campaign=1526103&utm_term=msn-can&utm_content=Quiz%3A+Can+You+Match+the+WWII+Plane+to+Its+Country%3F&adid=135684225&img=http%3A%2F%2Fgleaned-images.stuff.com%2Fsignals-test%2F319307c156251b8a6ef827dcd39a2129aa9422f7d22dc435f846df6a&mkcpgn=dca6c45a4d6e475e9bd1a11fe48e8f66&sg_uid=dca6c45a4d6e475e9bd1a11fe48e8f66)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on November 16, 2018, 09:58:41 PM
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The Soviet Union first used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter airplane in battle in early 1941 until production was ceased in 1944.

 ???
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: DirkTracer on November 17, 2018, 12:45:24 AM
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The Soviet Union first used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter airplane in battle in early 1941 until production was ceased in 1944.

 ???
one of two that I got wrong, but it had great pictures of the best WW2 fighter planes.... from Italy (don't-cha-know?)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 19, 2018, 12:00:56 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/x5VH29N.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 19, 2018, 12:06:30 PM
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The Soviet Union first used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter airplane in battle in early 1941 until production was ceased in 1944.

 ???

yeah, that wasn't right
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 19, 2018, 04:33:57 PM
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/24997/russia-releases-first-official-video-of-its-su-57s-on-their-absurdly-short-trip-to-syria
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 20, 2018, 01:55:34 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/sxWekM9.jpg)
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Post by: Barthheart on November 20, 2018, 02:41:00 PM
 :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 22, 2018, 09:54:21 AM
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RAF Gloster Javelin FAW.9R of 25 Squadron (1960)


(https://i.redd.it/k6slt68m3wz11.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 23, 2018, 07:31:27 AM
https://twitter.com/fighterpics/status/1065945385351462913
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 23, 2018, 08:34:07 AM
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An OV-10A Bronco clears the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA 4)


(https://i.imgur.com/TZiF8qW.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on November 23, 2018, 09:01:30 AM
Just in case I'd not mentioned it before; I really like the OV-10 Bronco.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 23, 2018, 09:06:51 AM
 :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 26, 2018, 10:41:34 AM
https://twitter.com/fighterpics/status/1067080745892675584
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 26, 2018, 02:09:55 PM
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RAF English Electric Canberra PR.9


(https://i.redd.it/b6k6firrxp021.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 26, 2018, 02:39:57 PM
https://twitter.com/thewarzonewire/status/1067140094484594688
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 27, 2018, 02:30:26 PM
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/25132/navys-trash-is-nasas-treasure-as-surplus-f-a-18bs-begin-arriving-at-armstrong-flight-test-center
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: MIGs on November 28, 2018, 02:58:06 PM
https://twitter.com/fighterpics/status/1067080745892675584

I never realized how capable an aircraft the Mirage 2000 was until I watched a completely insane French Air Force pilot "fly it like he stole it" at an air show. It could do everything the F-18 could do including a great tail walk in front of the crowd. Very impressive platform!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 28, 2018, 03:02:07 PM
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/25166/this-a-10-warthog-ground-trainer-still-has-a-tickler-muzzle-device-on-its-cannon
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 28, 2018, 08:43:59 PM
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Russian Tupolev Tu-160M2 supersonic strategic bomber; AKA "White Swan"


(https://i.redd.it/2jez6d2bp0121.jpg)
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Post by: bayonetbrant on November 29, 2018, 08:22:52 AM
https://news.clearancejobs.com/2018/11/28/sierra-nevada-corp-awarded-329-million-for-a-29-aircraft-in-foreign-military-sales-to-nigeria-dod-daily-contracts/
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: MIGs on November 29, 2018, 10:40:41 AM
Sierra Nevada Corp has gotta be laughing all the way to the bank - they are selling a shitload of A-29's to numerous countries and it looks like a front runner in the light-attack aircraft competition by the USAF.

https://www.defensenews.com/air/2018/08/06/the-light-attack-aircraft-competition-will-be-down-to-two-competitors/
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on November 29, 2018, 10:58:29 AM
Meh!  >:(

OV-10 Bronco   :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on November 29, 2018, 07:21:01 PM
Meh!  >:(

OV-10 Bronco   :bigthumb:

Yeah. The A-29 and AT-6 look like inbred cousins and quite fragile to boot. A real ground-attack airframe should sport two engines so if one gets shot up the other one can get the crew home,  just like the Bronco...





... or the Warthog.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 30, 2018, 10:08:15 AM
https://twitter.com/Aviationdailyy/status/1068521511676309504
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: MIGs on November 30, 2018, 10:28:47 AM
Add new meaning to the phrase " I've got to jet home" ;-)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 02, 2018, 01:46:31 PM
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USMC F-4N aboard HMS Ark Royal sporting the tail of 892 Squadron FAA (1973)


(https://i.redd.it/oqkg8v1o4w121.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: MIGs on December 03, 2018, 12:03:20 PM
I had been reading about this program - too bad it's being shelved  :(

It was going to use the Bombardier 6000 as a platform.

https://www.defensenews.com/air/2018/11/30/saab-puts-marketing-effort-for-swordfish-maritime-plane-on-hiatus/
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 03, 2018, 01:32:49 PM
https://twitter.com/fighterpics/status/1069658217393909760
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 17, 2018, 12:58:31 PM
https://twitter.com/thewarzonewire/status/1074725002979598336
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 29, 2018, 07:44:15 AM
(https://media.defense.gov/2015/Oct/27/2001309272/-1/-1/0/151027-F-DW547-008.JPG)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: trailrunner on December 29, 2018, 08:08:53 AM
I went to Udvar Hazy the day after Christmas.  I took my daughter and her husband.  It was a great day to go because it wasn't crowded.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 29, 2018, 08:16:04 AM
I went to Udvar Hazy the day after Christmas.  I took my daughter and her husband.  It was a great day to go because it wasn't crowded.

nice :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on December 29, 2018, 09:01:57 AM
(https://media.defense.gov/2015/Oct/27/2001309272/-1/-1/0/151027-F-DW547-008.JPG)

That there's a whole lotta very fast in that pic.


I went to Udvar Hazy the day after Christmas.  I took my daughter and her husband.  It was a great day to go because it wasn't crowded.

Definitely on my bucket list.  :bigthumb:

Did you go in the restoration hanger? Was the Go229 visible?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on December 29, 2018, 09:30:18 AM
I went to Udvar Hazy the day after Christmas.  I took my daughter and her husband.  It was a great day to go because it wasn't crowded.

Yes, but did you board Air Force One at National Harbor?  8)

Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: trailrunner on December 29, 2018, 09:30:52 AM

I went to Udvar Hazy the day after Christmas.  I took my daughter and her husband.  It was a great day to go because it wasn't crowded.

Definitely on my bucket list.  :bigthumb:

Did you go in the restoration hanger? Was the Go229 visible?

I did not go to the restoration hanger this time.  Actually, I don't think anyone is allowed in there, but there is a viewing platform to look down into the hanger. 

When I was there a couple of years ago, the 229 was in the restoration hanger, but now it is out on the floor, and you can walk right up to it.  It hasn't been fully restored, so the only thing to see is the center section.  It didn't seem to get much interest, maybe because it's right outside the space hanger where Discovery is displayed, and that seems to draw a big crowd (as it should).  And without wings, it's pretty small and a little forlorn.  I don't think most people walking by understood what they were looking at.

Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: trailrunner on December 29, 2018, 09:38:05 AM
I went to Udvar Hazy the day after Christmas.  I took my daughter and her husband.  It was a great day to go because it wasn't crowded.

Yes, but did you board Air Force One at National Harbor?  8)



Is that some sort of mock-up?  Or did AF1 miss Andrews AFB by 10 miles?

My wife and I were thinking of going to National Harbor tonight or tomorrow.  I guess I"ll be on the lookout for Air Force One.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on December 29, 2018, 10:10:27 AM
Yeah, there's a replica AF1 at National Harbor. The wife and I toured it right before Christmas. Hardly anyone was there. Overall I was disappointed with the exhibit. A lot of the plane's sections were closed off.

(http://www.aarcentral.com/pics2/IMG_3471.jpg)

(http://www.aarcentral.com/pics2/IMG_3485.jpg)

(http://www.aarcentral.com/pics2/IMG_3489.jpg)
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Post by: BanzaiCat on December 29, 2018, 11:20:04 AM
Nice pics!

I got a pic of AF1 when Trump visited Phoenix, but the shot isn't very good. I did get a pic of Marine One as it flew low overhead.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: trailrunner on December 29, 2018, 11:22:11 AM
Yeah, there's a replica AF1 at National Harbor. The wife and I toured it right before Christmas. Hardly anyone was there. Overall I was disappointed with the exhibit. A lot of the plane's sections were closed off.


I was not aware of that.  Looks like tickets are $35 at peak, but since you didn't think it was that great, we'll probably pass.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on December 29, 2018, 01:29:11 PM
I think the tickets are too expensive for what you get. The wife was able to snag a Groupon deal and I thought it was still overpriced.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 30, 2018, 06:21:31 AM
https://twitter.com/fighterpics/status/1079335999585558528
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on December 30, 2018, 08:22:28 AM
I would have been the guy on the left.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 30, 2018, 08:46:41 AM
I would have been the guy not standing there.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on December 30, 2018, 09:33:07 AM
Certainly the best option.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on December 30, 2018, 02:45:28 PM
When getting the best view of a low level pass always bring extra shorts
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 30, 2018, 02:51:42 PM
^ ha! truth.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on January 04, 2019, 06:03:26 AM
Quote
A pre-dawn view of A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft on alert at Travis Field during an operational readiness inspection, Savannah, GA, November 1980


(https://i.redd.it/nvnusajadc821.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on January 04, 2019, 08:02:10 AM
^That image just makes one's heart go 'BRRRRRRRRT'
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on January 05, 2019, 08:06:45 PM


http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/25809/a-10s-come-to-the-rescue-of-desperate-troops-in-afghanistan-in-this-awesome-gun-camera-footage
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on January 06, 2019, 02:48:09 PM
https://twitter.com/fighterpics/status/1082000534511538177
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on January 06, 2019, 04:54:49 PM
Damn! He earned his pay and deserves a bonus too!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on January 20, 2019, 11:56:39 AM
https://twitter.com/ron_eisele/status/1086997880781660161
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 03, 2019, 10:17:50 AM
Quote
F-4 Phantom at Palm Springs Air Museum


(https://i.redd.it/s3hj2ghnd9e21.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 03, 2019, 10:18:41 AM
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Aircraft from USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) fly in front of Mount Fuji


(https://i.redd.it/d7n8vwp0rae21.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 03, 2019, 10:19:28 AM
Quote
RF-4C Phantom II return home to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa


(https://i.redd.it/objodlmjr9e21.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 03, 2019, 10:20:15 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/hKcsWXI.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 03, 2019, 10:23:19 AM
Quote
F8U-2 completes its first flight, March 20, 1958.


(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7461/16004099325_9c9f8f3284_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 03, 2019, 10:24:24 AM
Quote
OS2U Kingfisher of Scouting Utility Squadron 2


(https://i.redd.it/lo95hzv9wzd21.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 03, 2019, 10:28:34 AM
Quote
OA-37B Dragonfly in formation over Panama


(https://i.redd.it/ep7mpf6zdvd21.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 03, 2019, 10:30:48 AM
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Mock-up of Boeing's Model 908 entry into the Lightweight Fighter program. Although the YF-16 won the competition, both shared similar visual characteristics


(https://i.redd.it/uylemqbqqqd21.jpg)


http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/planes/q0236.shtml
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 03, 2019, 10:33:09 AM
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P5M Martin “Seamaster taxiing in Chesapeake Bay with two attending speedboats.


(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8583/15433550834_cdf23ff2ac_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 03, 2019, 10:36:09 AM
Quote
Vickers Wellington fitted with a Whittle Jet Engine on the tail and 2 Merlin 62 Engines


(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8345/8180436923_6a4331b617_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 07, 2019, 11:27:25 AM
https://twitter.com/Aviationdailyy/status/1093543909198831621
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 12, 2019, 02:42:12 PM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1095407175978139649
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on February 12, 2019, 03:03:36 PM
^After the pilots grew very proficient with launch and retrieval the landing gear was removed from some of the planes to lighten them and increase their range.

Not like it would have been helpful during an emergency water landing anyway...
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on February 12, 2019, 07:59:15 PM
I remember that incident. My stock broker had all my investments in Flying Dirigible Aircraft Carriers.   :tickedoff:   To be fair, he did tell me it could crash, but I thought he meant the stock.  :'(
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 13, 2019, 01:31:12 PM
https://twitter.com/GenChuckYeager/status/1095689910948753410
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on February 13, 2019, 04:42:59 PM
Hope he makes it.  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on February 13, 2019, 07:40:13 PM
Happy Birthday Chuck! :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 22, 2019, 12:30:05 PM
Quote
F-15C of the 493rd FS "Grim Reapers"


(https://i.redd.it/4q7pq12pf5i21.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on February 22, 2019, 02:49:50 PM
Pretty!  :applause:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Barthheart on February 22, 2019, 02:59:12 PM
Yeah, that has to be my favourite plane of all time... even over the Tomcat...
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 22, 2019, 03:00:13 PM
that pic is my new desktop background at work
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Barthheart on February 22, 2019, 03:14:53 PM
 :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on February 22, 2019, 11:37:34 PM
You got a job? You WORK for a living now? But I thought you were one of....US. Suddenly, I feel so alone.  :'(
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on February 24, 2019, 09:21:20 AM
https://twitter.com/geoallison/status/1099010960088592384
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on February 25, 2019, 11:16:43 AM
Or it could be a, 'Mig in a Wig'. Maybe?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 25, 2019, 12:17:03 PM
https://twitter.com/severeweatherEU/status/1100081815472275456
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 25, 2019, 12:18:48 PM
Or it could be a, 'Mig in a Wig'. Maybe?

A Tupolev in a Toupee?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 25, 2019, 12:19:28 PM
A Sukhoi in Sunglasses?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 26, 2019, 11:14:01 AM
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Two Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II's loaded with Maverick AGM-65 TV guided missiles, 1982


(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4377/35839204714_a68f3c64f0_h.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on February 26, 2019, 11:17:37 AM
I played that game on my old Amiga! And got shot-down a lot.  :'(
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 26, 2019, 02:26:19 PM
https://twitter.com/fighterpics/status/1100476648212840449
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on February 26, 2019, 02:43:14 PM
Obviously not the brightest light on that Christmas Tree.  :idiot2:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 26, 2019, 04:09:36 PM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1100502569120616448
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on February 26, 2019, 10:40:27 PM
That was the only way to avoid a lay-over in Atlanta back then.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on February 27, 2019, 08:10:59 AM
That was the only way to avoid a lay-over in Atlanta back then.

Or Newark. *shudder*
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on February 27, 2019, 10:31:52 AM
Newark is bad too. You can see Manhattan from the airport but it's like, "This is as close as you come Buddy. You can look at it but we don't want you over here".  :nope:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 27, 2019, 10:48:00 AM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1100782787039318016
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 27, 2019, 11:37:58 AM
https://twitter.com/thewarzonewire/status/1100697079079301123
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Barthheart on February 28, 2019, 09:38:56 AM
F-16 over Florida coast....  :nerd:

(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/c567733b10dc595b779a0648efeb5266.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=600)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on February 28, 2019, 09:40:08 AM
Still looking....don't see a plane in that pic. (http://www.aarcentral.com/emoti/shrug.gif)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on February 28, 2019, 11:22:19 AM
I could go Mach 2 on that.  :-*
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: trailrunner on February 28, 2019, 12:04:25 PM
There’s more than one cockpit in that photo.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 28, 2019, 12:13:28 PM
There’s more than one cockpit in that photo.

https://instantrimshot.com/index.php?sound=rimshot&play=true
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 28, 2019, 02:47:36 PM
Quote
65 years after it crash-landed on a beach in Wales, an American P-38 Lightning emerged from under the sand.


(https://i.redd.it/ul6n8h7ukaj21.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 28, 2019, 04:04:52 PM
https://twitter.com/WarshipPorn/status/1101226230207135745
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 02, 2019, 08:36:00 AM
Quote
U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft escort MV-22B Osprey


(https://i.redd.it/7n2zehd06pj21.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 02, 2019, 09:52:25 AM
this is awesome

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/26703/airman-schools-mark-cuban-on-how-military-procurement-is-a-mess-in-four-simple-words
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on March 02, 2019, 06:17:09 PM
The chances of the military every getting procurement right, are right up there with mirth playing and enjoying Agricola.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on March 02, 2019, 09:49:32 PM
Replace military with US Government 'cause it ain't just military procurement.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 04, 2019, 09:30:44 AM
https://twitter.com/MichaelGalanin/status/1102576805041659907
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on March 04, 2019, 07:07:36 PM
^ Need some Yakety Sax to compliment the video: 

Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: trailrunner on March 04, 2019, 07:42:49 PM
https://twitter.com/MichaelGalanin/status/1102576805041659907

I got to tour the Boeing wide-body assembly plant about 20 years ago.  It was truly impressive.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 05, 2019, 06:12:50 AM
https://twitter.com/probingthepast/status/1102889096999927809
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 06, 2019, 11:15:03 AM
Quote
De Havilland Sea Hornets, 1947


(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8601/16476630808_6d1ea8d4c5_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 06, 2019, 11:26:00 AM
this is a great site - https://navalairhistory.com/
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 06, 2019, 01:22:49 PM
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/26791/pocket-force-of-stealthy-avenger-drones-may-have-made-returning-f-117s-to-service-unnecessary
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 06, 2019, 02:31:13 PM
Quote
While this Eagle (84-0010) may look like an F-15E due to the dark grey it is in fact an F-15C. It's the second RAF Lakenheath squadron to receive a heritage scheme for the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings after the 492nd FS.


(https://i.redd.it/hw4mbvp5rjk21.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on March 06, 2019, 03:22:39 PM
Nice find on the Sea Hornets, Mirth. Not a well known aircraft at all, but you can see the Mosquito influence.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on March 06, 2019, 07:01:08 PM
Quote
While this Eagle (84-0010) may look like an F-15E due to the dark grey it is in fact an F-15C. It's the second RAF Lakenheath squadron to receive a heritage scheme for the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings after the 492nd FS.


(https://i.redd.it/hw4mbvp5rjk21.jpg)

That looks like a P-47 paint scheme.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 06, 2019, 09:27:44 PM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1103349357565358082
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on March 07, 2019, 06:57:31 AM
It was an incredible aircraft.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 07, 2019, 10:42:00 AM
Quote
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator "Blue I" bomber shot down during a raid on a chemical complex in the town of Blechhammer, November 20, 1944


(https://i.imgur.com/5Nkckro.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on March 07, 2019, 11:37:58 AM
OUCH!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on March 07, 2019, 12:00:06 PM
https://news.yahoo.com/how-a-secretive-special-ops-unit-of-killer-drones-decimated-isis-100000657.html
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on March 07, 2019, 03:06:32 PM
 :applause: :applause: :applause:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 07, 2019, 03:08:38 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/hZ9GASV.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Barthheart on March 07, 2019, 03:14:51 PM
Beauty!  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 07, 2019, 03:29:28 PM
yeah, that's a great pic.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on March 07, 2019, 04:07:06 PM
I've seen the Vulcan flying a few times, and it was always really impressive.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on March 08, 2019, 07:47:36 AM
Quote
(https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/53311839_2732992580059341_6709706267541110784_o.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&oh=3cebbe87157b14c053ef0bc43516c6e3&oe=5D22A95C)

(https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/53643472_2732992900059309_6462490831906406400_o.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&oh=d88aaf1cdb9a8b600f48b4b307110357&oe=5D20CABF)

These images are of T-38 USAF Test Pilot School aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound (767 mph). No they are not photoshopped. Using new NASA air to air schlieren photographic technology which shoots 1,400 frames per second, people are able to see how the airplanes create waves when air molecules begin to compress because they are flying faster than the speed of sound. These images were taken about 2,000 feet above the aircraft.

Originally on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2732994496725816&id=139225389436086)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on March 08, 2019, 08:10:17 AM
(https://i.stack.imgur.com/mNA4dm.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 08, 2019, 08:12:21 AM
 :2funny:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 10, 2019, 06:25:58 PM
https://twitter.com/Aviation_Intel/status/1104856535262359552
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on March 10, 2019, 06:28:39 PM
Not very effective over water  ;D
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on March 11, 2019, 09:55:23 AM
(http://www.donhollway.com/blacksheep/images/vmf-214-vella-lavella.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on March 11, 2019, 11:59:48 AM
That's gotta make it hard to fly.  ???
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on March 11, 2019, 02:04:44 PM
That's gotta make it hard to fly.  ???

Nah. Its a F4U so no worries  ;D
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 11, 2019, 02:12:19 PM
^truth
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on March 11, 2019, 03:44:19 PM
That's better than a, 'FU 4'.  ;D
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on March 11, 2019, 07:29:05 PM
(http://www.donhollway.com/blacksheep/images/vmf-214-vella-lavella.jpg)

Imagine the look on the Zeke pilot's face when they fly up along side and proceed to smash in his windscreen with baseball bats...
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on March 11, 2019, 07:47:07 PM
Would be funny if one guy on either end jumped off and the lot flipped over the other way.  :ROFL:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Barthheart on March 12, 2019, 01:12:20 PM
(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/adecff722d04fa8565138124af32171e_width-600.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=600)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on March 12, 2019, 08:07:04 PM
OK, if that one doesn't turn into a giant robot I'm going to be very disappointed in the Japanese.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on March 12, 2019, 10:54:21 PM
Optimus Plane.  :P
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 13, 2019, 11:47:37 AM
https://twitter.com/Gabriele_Corno/status/1105503019574194183
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on March 13, 2019, 11:50:34 AM
Amazing, innit.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on March 13, 2019, 11:59:29 AM
This is fun to watch;



Lots of other footage of various aircraft flying at this place.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on March 13, 2019, 12:46:10 PM
Hey lady. Please don't goose the goose!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 13, 2019, 12:55:30 PM
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/03/11/world/boeing-737-max-which-airlines.html
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 13, 2019, 02:37:23 PM
https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1105899457357467649
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on March 13, 2019, 02:43:25 PM
I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on March 13, 2019, 02:47:16 PM
There are going to be some long queue'a at a lot of airports.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 13, 2019, 02:52:44 PM
^yup
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on March 13, 2019, 03:19:29 PM
OK, time to dig out the hot-dog stand...................
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Barthheart on March 13, 2019, 04:53:40 PM
Can the Prez do that? Isn't that FAA jurisdiction?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on March 13, 2019, 05:07:47 PM
I think the FAA actually made the decision and the Prez just announced it.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on March 13, 2019, 05:10:24 PM
I will add that since the Prez is at the top of our (FAA/DOT) boss chain I would guess that even without the FAA saying anything he still could do it.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Barthheart on March 13, 2019, 07:46:13 PM
Is the Prez the boss of the FAA? Didn't know that.....
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 15, 2019, 02:58:48 PM
Quote
North American XB-70 Valkyrie


(https://media.defense.gov/2015/Oct/27/2001309259/-1/-1/0/151027-F-DW547-002.JPG)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on March 15, 2019, 03:04:31 PM
Now THAT's pretty. Looks like the MiG 32 from Firefox.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 17, 2019, 10:27:30 AM
https://twitter.com/fighterpics/status/1107286267857915904
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on March 17, 2019, 11:46:45 AM
^Hahaha!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 18, 2019, 01:12:40 PM
Quote
Atlas Cheetahs of Draken International


(https://i.imgur.com/yTCHmWy.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 18, 2019, 01:15:31 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/grmBxTg.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 18, 2019, 09:50:31 PM
https://twitter.com/StephenLosey/status/1107685473638670336
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: ojsdad on March 20, 2019, 09:39:00 PM
Thanks Mirth. I'll share with dad. We were there for 4 years when he was crewman on the E-4s.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on March 21, 2019, 08:10:54 AM
I think the FAA actually made the decision and the Prez just announced it.


Yep, pre-empted the FAA announcement. Any other comments I have on the matter stray too far politically so I'll keep them to myself.




Is the Prez the boss of the FAA? Didn't know that.....


The FAA belongs to the Executive Branch of the gov't, so somewhere above the head of the FAA, you'll eventually get to the Prez. (I think it's part of the Dept of Transportation but too lazy to even Google it)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on March 21, 2019, 08:11:07 AM
https://twitter.com/AircraftSpots/status/1108558120412803072
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 24, 2019, 07:55:54 AM
https://twitter.com/pepejimenezEdA/status/1108669187122171904
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 24, 2019, 12:45:46 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/sG7zCMm.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 25, 2019, 08:12:46 AM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27128/the-two-sort-of-new-air-force-one-jets-now-to-cost-nearly-the-price-of-a-nimitz-class-carrier
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on March 25, 2019, 06:34:59 PM
B25 Mitchells in the Pacific.

http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/B-25Attack.html
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 26, 2019, 01:46:22 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/IvdEQ1d.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on March 26, 2019, 02:13:43 PM
Why can I see them? I thought they were supposed to be 'stealth'.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on March 26, 2019, 08:19:20 PM
You can only see them when they want you to.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on March 26, 2019, 10:52:41 PM
OK. Kind of a Romulan thing then. Got it.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 27, 2019, 06:55:34 AM
Why can I see them? I thought they were supposed to be 'stealth'.

It's one of them Instagram filters
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: ojsdad on March 27, 2019, 07:43:37 AM
https://twitter.com/thewarzonewire/status/1110807869719351296
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on March 27, 2019, 08:00:34 AM
^ For China's benefit, eh?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 27, 2019, 10:14:31 AM
https://twitter.com/thewarzonewire/status/1110807869719351296 (https://twitter.com/thewarzonewire/status/1110807869719351296)

There some impressive pics in the full article
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on March 27, 2019, 11:19:28 AM
https://twitter.com/dave_brown24/status/1110916399432720384
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on March 27, 2019, 11:56:56 AM
lol
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 27, 2019, 12:39:12 PM
https://twitter.com/Aviationdailyy/status/1110941670768549889
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: ojsdad on March 27, 2019, 06:21:56 PM
https://twitter.com/defense_news/status/1111030281933336577
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on March 27, 2019, 06:52:43 PM
Anyone know anything about the next-gen Air Force bomber? Not sure if it's called 2037 Bomber or B-3, or maybe it's both?

All I can find are some Wiki articles. :(
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 27, 2019, 07:09:09 PM
That's it in OJs post above - B-21 Raider
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on March 27, 2019, 07:13:22 PM
Looks a lot like the B-2 to me - superficially, anyway.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on March 27, 2019, 07:34:21 PM
Huh, okay. I thought the B-21 was a 'current' replacement and not intended to be this futuristic program.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 27, 2019, 07:47:13 PM
Afaik, it's the only next-gen bomber the AF is currently planning. The plan is to retire the B-2s and B-1s as enough B-21s become operational. The B-52 is going to be re-engined and upgraded to keep it flying into the 2040s and possibly beyond.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on March 27, 2019, 07:52:23 PM
We'll still be using B-52s even when we have outer world colonies.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 27, 2019, 08:34:55 PM
The Forever Bomber
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on March 27, 2019, 08:42:54 PM
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a8/71/c3/a871c3f0b33784b09ee7ee25a5bb9bdb.png)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on March 27, 2019, 10:27:59 PM


Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 28, 2019, 08:50:08 AM
https://twitter.com/Aviation_Intel/status/1111200125114695680
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on March 28, 2019, 10:59:43 AM
Awesome!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 29, 2019, 07:05:18 AM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27178/air-force-wanted-to-turn-skunk-works-mach-3-capable-recon-drone-into-a-nuclear-bomber
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on March 29, 2019, 09:46:22 AM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1111624059400474624
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on April 04, 2019, 08:38:21 AM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27272/heres-where-boeing-aims-to-take-the-super-hornet-in-the-decades-to-come
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on April 04, 2019, 02:51:48 PM
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/mystery-why-does-private-company-texas-have-its-very-own-air-force-50637
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on April 04, 2019, 04:11:58 PM
Blimey. Beats having a company car.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on April 04, 2019, 06:21:34 PM
Bah. I have my own whiskey force.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on April 04, 2019, 07:14:41 PM
When I was a kid I had a fleet of twist-ties bent into shapes like the starship Enterprise and company from the show. It lasted until my Mom couldn't keep the bread from going stale because she had nothing to keep the bags closed with. My great Starfleet Armada couldn't defeat, 'The Wrath of Mom'.  :'(
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on April 05, 2019, 06:42:28 AM
..crumbs..............
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: ojsdad on April 06, 2019, 07:22:20 PM
When I was a kid I had a fleet of twist-ties bent into shapes like the starship Enterprise and company from the show. It lasted until my Mom couldn't keep the bread from going stale because she had nothing to keep the bags closed with. My great Starfleet Armada couldn't defeat, 'The Wrath of Mom'.  :'(

Wait, you were in your 20's when the original Star Trek was on TV.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on April 06, 2019, 07:35:41 PM
I thought he was in his 50s?  :doh:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on April 06, 2019, 07:54:49 PM
1850s
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on April 06, 2019, 11:34:59 PM
I was a strapping young lad of 11 back in 1967 when Kirk first shot a phazer in my direction. That was so far back that Spock's ears weren't fully pointed yet, he was pre-point-berty.  :2funny:   And the green Orion women weren't fully ripe yet so they were more of a lime color.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on April 07, 2019, 04:49:22 AM
 :2funny:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on April 07, 2019, 08:18:47 AM
I was a strapping young lad of 11 back in 1967 when Kirk first shot a phazer in my direction. That was so far back that Spock's ears weren't fully pointed yet, he was pre-point-berty.  :2funny:   And the green Orion women weren't fully ripe yet so they were more of a lime color.

Now there's a prequel worth watching!  :ROFL:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on April 10, 2019, 02:44:48 PM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27309/the-only-man-who-flew-both-the-f-22-and-the-yf-23-on-why-the-yf-23-lost
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on April 11, 2019, 02:41:22 PM
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on April 11, 2019, 04:09:08 PM
First, separate the parts from the sprue's with a craft knife...............
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: ojsdad on April 12, 2019, 11:13:15 PM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27337/idahoans-sue-air-force-to-stop-it-from-using-their-towns-for-targeting-practice
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: ojsdad on April 13, 2019, 10:19:02 AM
https://twitter.com/MilHistNow/status/1116940346875949056
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on April 13, 2019, 11:31:51 AM
Happy Birthday R.A.F.  :applause:   I'd send balloons but I see you already have them.  :hehe:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on April 13, 2019, 01:48:02 PM
 :bigthumb:
Actually, The RAF only came into being on 1st April 1918, so prior to that it was the RFC.  ;)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on April 13, 2019, 01:50:20 PM
Yes, I know but it's still their Father, or Mother, service.  :applause:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on April 14, 2019, 08:25:42 AM
(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/weekend-morning-awesomeness-38-photos-56-13.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=600)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on April 14, 2019, 08:35:08 AM
Thank you very Munch for posting that
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on April 14, 2019, 03:33:34 PM
That pics a, 'scream'.  :hehe:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: ojsdad on April 17, 2019, 10:32:41 AM
How many planes do you see

https://twitter.com/fighterpics/status/1118509962039312386


Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on April 17, 2019, 11:29:31 AM
that's weird that it didn't embed the tweet, even after I tried to tweak the URL code.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on April 17, 2019, 11:33:30 AM
So THAT'S how fighter jets are born.  :o
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on April 19, 2019, 12:13:58 PM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27532/more-than-a-dozen-air-force-kc-135s-and-kc-46s-flee-kansas-base-ahead-of-bad-weather
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on April 24, 2019, 01:25:21 PM
Another great is being retired

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27565/the-navys-last-active-duty-p-3c-patrol-squadron-is-on-its-final-deployment
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on April 24, 2019, 01:26:20 PM
https://twitter.com/WarshipPorn/status/1121102545525649411
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on April 24, 2019, 02:31:50 PM
Pretty. You can't say they're not diversified.  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on April 26, 2019, 10:01:06 AM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27678/russias-new-surveillance-plane-just-flew-over-two-of-americas-top-nuclear-labs
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on April 26, 2019, 10:19:57 AM
I'm sure we put all of our toys away before they flew over.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on April 26, 2019, 10:42:52 AM
They probably got good shots of all my new games.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on April 26, 2019, 10:44:35 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on April 26, 2019, 12:21:23 PM
Quote
AV-8B Harrier II Plus onboard the Cavour, Italian Navy


(https://i.redd.it/rl5t50do0iu21.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on April 28, 2019, 12:51:54 PM
Quote
Rare siting of a US Air Force U2 Reconnaissance Aircraft in Iraq, 2018


(https://i.redd.it/5vghf481a0v21.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on April 29, 2019, 10:29:02 AM
https://twitter.com/fighterpics/status/1040502797089878016
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on April 29, 2019, 10:45:02 AM
Quote
Three F-14A Tomcat aircraft as seen from the front seat of another F-14.


(https://live.staticflickr.com/8578/16086086263_35b08e980b_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on April 29, 2019, 12:36:07 PM
(https://i.redd.it/lc5qefg4b8v21.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on April 29, 2019, 01:34:57 PM
I think there's a topical cream available for a rash like that, isn't there?  We should check with Windi; he's probably had to use it before.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 01, 2019, 02:31:23 PM
(https://i.redd.it/5wxv61xk0nv21.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 02, 2019, 10:09:56 AM
Quote
Etendard IV and French aircraft carrier R99 Foch


(https://i.redd.it/23em4lbehsv21.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on May 02, 2019, 12:36:02 PM
For some reason, the part of Red Storm Rising where the Foch gets nailed by Soviet anti-ship missiles stands out to me, and the part Clancy wrote about the surviving French fighters going to afterburner, not giving a damn about fuel, to get revenge on the Backfires that did it.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 02, 2019, 12:41:44 PM
For some reason, the part of Red Storm Rising where the Foch gets nailed by Soviet anti-ship missiles stands out to me, and the part Clancy wrote about the surviving French fighters going to afterburner, not giving a damn about fuel, to get revenge on the Backfires that did it.

Yeah, that's a great section. I also like how he mentions turning over the captured Sov sub crew over to the French intel guys who were in a "foul mood" after losing Foch.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 03, 2019, 02:12:28 PM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27795/the-air-force-just-shot-down-multiple-missiles-with-a-laser-destined-for-fighter-aircraft
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on May 03, 2019, 02:16:47 PM
"pew pew pew" is real!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: trailrunner on May 03, 2019, 04:30:38 PM
Getting enough energy on target isn’t always the hard part of the challenge.  Rather, integrating a system that can detect, classify or ID (depending on ROEs), and track - and packaging the power, beam control,  and thermal management system into a small, operational, turn-key system - are the hard challenges.  Each of the things I listed are still challenging, but everyone focuses (heh) on power on target.  The Navy and Army have a reasonable chance of fielding an operational system in the next decade, but IMO the AF has a long way to go. I also get the impression that the AF is investing the least in high energy lasers, but I haven’t seen their budget numbers so I might be wrong.  When I worked JSF in the 90s and 00s, they touted putting a laser on the plane but I knew that wasn’t happening for a long time.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on May 03, 2019, 07:14:37 PM
As far as the Air Force's MIC pals go, wouldn't successful airborne laser based systems seriously disrupt their very lucrative industry in developing&delivering the current and future crop of AtA and AtG smart weapons?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: trailrunner on May 03, 2019, 08:58:47 PM
As far as the Air Force's MIC pals go, wouldn't successful airborne laser based systems seriously disrupt their very lucrative industry in developing&delivering the current and future crop of AtA and AtG smart weapons?

I don't know what "MIC" is.

A laser is not going to replace a-g weapons for a long time.  The energetics aren't close.  For a-a?  I assume in this case we're talking about fighter vs fighter, and not as a close-in defensive weapon against in inbound missile (which was what was tested in the SHIELD program).  Maybe, but now we're talking about longer propagation ranges.  That brings in another set of complications.  For a rough comparison, I'd say an ABL engaging a Scud is roughly (roughly) the same as engaging an aircraft in terms of range and target vulnerability.  ABL was housed in a 747, and the front half was beam control and fire control.  The back half of the 747 was a MW class laser (at least it was supposed to be - I don't know what power they eventually got).  Fiber lasers are currently in the 10s of kW now, so we're talking about scaling up two orders of magnitude.  I have no idea how much a MW fiber laser (including energy storage) would weigh compared to the COIL laser in ABL, but that would be a very interesting calculation.  And hopefully this illustrates that an a-a weapon isn't going to fit on a fighter.  HEL TVD's goal is 100-150 kW on an FMTV.

As far as disrupting the industry -- the companies building bombs and missiles are also for the most part the prime contractors for lasers.

Sorry to be a downer.  I first started working on high-energy lasers when I got out of grad school in 1987.  Reagan was still president, and I was working on the tail end of SDI.  Lasers were just around the corner then.   :)  Interestingly, for fun (?), I took a lunchtime engineering class offered by my company in an emerging field that was also just around the corner: hypersonics. 
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Post by: Staggerwing on May 04, 2019, 12:03:19 AM
MIC= Eisenhower's military-industrial complex.

Thanks for the breakdown. I'd assumed that the laser tech firms were in rivalry with those that made smart munitions.


Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 06, 2019, 01:31:03 PM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1125452728602451968
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on May 06, 2019, 06:45:58 PM
^  :bigthumb:

I could be wrong but I think Gen. Robert Scott (Author of God is my Copilot) starts his book by recounting his time flying the P-12 (the AAF's version) as leader of a squadron in Panama in the 30's.


P-12 (without belly tank shown in the previous. pic):

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Boeing_P-12E_USAF.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 07, 2019, 12:51:10 PM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1125802207373402112
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on May 07, 2019, 07:35:01 PM
And it still had to change planes in Atlanta.  :go-on:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on May 07, 2019, 07:36:55 PM
LOL
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Post by: BanzaiCat on May 07, 2019, 08:40:24 PM
I've never had a good layover in Atlanta. :(
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 07, 2019, 08:51:43 PM
I've never had a good layover in Atlanta. :(
That's what she said!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on May 07, 2019, 09:41:31 PM
Hiyyooooooo
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 08, 2019, 10:05:04 AM
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/08/nyregion/trans-atlantic-flight-queens-ny-azores.html
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 10, 2019, 06:11:08 AM
(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/daily-morning-awesomeness-35-photos-15-4.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=600)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 12, 2019, 11:13:18 AM
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A U.S. Navy Convair Tradewind R3Y Tanker Aircraft refuels simultaneously three McDonnell Banshee aircraft in flight from Fighter Squadron Twenty-Three (VF-23). Photograph released May 29, 1956.



(https://external-preview.redd.it/9Br-vUakLotoQFvvckp5tgEd1VLXlG1EeU3YHcIexgM.jpg?auto=webp&s=d161301dd8397a6c8fadce54626331bfb23f3bea)
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Post by: mirth on May 15, 2019, 01:30:38 PM
(https://i.redd.it/v7wwx5p7mey21.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on May 16, 2019, 11:21:55 AM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28048/mc-130j-special-ops-transports-are-finally-getting-this-terrain-following-radar-they-badly-need
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 21, 2019, 03:11:27 PM
Quote
F-4 Phantom with 5 gatling pods


(https://i.redd.it/athc15k4rlz21.jpg)
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Post by: Staggerwing on May 21, 2019, 07:16:35 PM
^ Now we know who BRRRRRRRRRRRT's pappy is.
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Post by: mirth on May 21, 2019, 07:33:03 PM
Those gun pods are notoriously inaccurate, but that's a lot of Brrrrrrrrt
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 22, 2019, 10:35:27 AM


https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28152/video-emerges-of-pilot-ejecting-from-f-16-just-before-crash-at-march-air-base
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 23, 2019, 01:04:53 PM
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An F-14A Tomcat of Fighter Squadron (VF) 213 flown by CDR Greg “Mullet” Gerard and LTJG Don “Coach” Husten engages and F-16N Viper aggressor aircraft flown by Lieutenant Commander George “Elwood” Dom during training at the Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN)


(https://external-preview.redd.it/VLy82Q3pVa7pcycBvcJAqjoqugj_DwdLL9eflfp_K7c.jpg?auto=webp&s=e2c7a8a7311465e8a41b2fd6800cf3a5f750a50a)
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Post by: mirth on May 27, 2019, 11:55:50 AM
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F14 Tomcat flies past USS Normandy and USS George Washington at supersonic speed


(https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/6612184/content/arcmedia/stillpix/330-cfd/2003/DN-SD-03-13082.jpeg)
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Post by: BanzaiCat on May 29, 2019, 11:36:13 AM


Watch at 1.25 speed, otherwise the guy's voice will put you to sleep.
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Post by: mirth on May 29, 2019, 11:45:58 AM


Watch at 1.25 speed, otherwise the guy's voice will put you to sleep.

droll
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Post by: mirth on May 29, 2019, 11:50:59 AM
"It takes a special kind of genius to make an aircraft with a delta wing and one of the highest thrust-to-weight ratios of its generation sub-sonic, but that's what Gloucester did"

 :2funny: :2funny: :2funny:
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Post by: BanzaiCat on May 29, 2019, 12:02:10 PM
Yeah, I'm going to need to check out that channel's other videos. The level of snarkiness is commendable.
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Post by: BanzaiCat on May 29, 2019, 01:48:46 PM
Pretty sweet footage, here.

Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 31, 2019, 02:47:32 PM
https://twitter.com/Tuccy_WoWs/status/1134074922471514112
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Post by: Sir Slash on May 31, 2019, 03:53:28 PM
That Spitfire X Wing was a beast!  :applause:
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Post by: Staggerwing on May 31, 2019, 06:32:46 PM
Yeah. The Luftwaffe's TIE-110 heavy fighters were totally outclassed.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on May 31, 2019, 11:50:13 PM
That's because they had no R2D2 units in the back seat. Without them they were just Bantha fodder.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 03, 2019, 05:39:18 PM
https://twitter.com/Aviation_Intel/status/1135448898221166592
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Post by: mirth on June 06, 2019, 11:31:09 AM
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Beaufighter in its invasion stripes.


(https://i.redd.it/nsj3qubo7r231.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 06, 2019, 11:33:43 AM
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A Hawk in the Mach loop.


(https://i.redd.it/r9tlg24e2r231.jpg)
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Post by: Staggerwing on June 06, 2019, 12:45:49 PM
Can I too get a job where I spend all day posting cool plane and ship pix to the webbyverse? Does the company pay for all the Mountain Dew you can drink?
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Post by: bbmike on June 06, 2019, 12:50:05 PM
Can I too get a job where I spend all day posting cool plane and ship pix to the webbyverse? Does the company pay for all the Mountain Dew you can drink?

There can be only one.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 06, 2019, 01:01:22 PM
Can I too get a job where I spend all day posting cool plane and ship pix to the webbyverse? Does the company pay for all the Mountain Dew you can drink?

There can be only one.

Trust me, the world doesn't need another mirth.
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Post by: Sir Slash on June 06, 2019, 04:10:48 PM
Oh, I bet we could fit one in somewhere. It wouldn't be fair for America to have both but.... Mongolia's due for a come-back.  ;)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 07, 2019, 06:03:21 AM
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Romanian Mig-21


(https://i.redd.it/4yioyt5ifw231.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 07, 2019, 06:06:39 AM
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A Belgian F-16 from the 349th Squadron with the "75 Years D-Day" livery on 06-06-19. It flew over all Belgian State capitals as a display.


(https://i.redd.it/dk4cwba62t231.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 07, 2019, 06:48:30 AM
(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/daily-afternoon-randomness-49-photos-17-2.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=600)
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Post by: Staggerwing on June 07, 2019, 08:03:12 AM
What is it?
First thought was BAC Lightning but the fuselage shape doesn't look right, along with rounded windshield and those fins over the hard points. Also looks a bit small for a Lightning.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 07, 2019, 08:08:40 AM
Su-22
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on June 07, 2019, 06:20:19 PM
Ahh.

The large-bore autocannon on the front right should have given me a clue.  :-\
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 07, 2019, 06:30:01 PM
The wing rakes and refueling probe are distinctive to the type. The thing is a beast.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: ojsdad on June 07, 2019, 08:28:14 PM
https://twitter.com/MilHistNow/status/1137153769223991297
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 13, 2019, 04:23:55 PM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28518/a-b-52-bomber-flies-for-the-first-time-with-new-hypersonic-missile-under-its-wing
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on June 13, 2019, 06:58:54 PM
Just a couple hundred years till BUFFs are sporting photon torpedos.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 13, 2019, 07:33:05 PM
 :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 27, 2019, 11:54:56 AM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28717/russia-reportedly-developing-its-own-ac-130-like-gunship-from-converted-an-12-cargo-planes
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on June 27, 2019, 07:26:54 PM
Oh goody...
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Post by: Sir Slash on June 27, 2019, 10:22:11 PM
"Vlad The Magic Dragon"?   :applause:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 28, 2019, 10:56:05 AM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28732/navy-may-slow-aviation-ops-due-to-budget-shortfall-as-it-ground-super-hornet-demo-team
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: ojsdad on July 07, 2019, 12:24:25 PM
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/sneaky-americas-f-22-stealth-fighter-snuck-iranian-f-4-phantom-65781
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on July 07, 2019, 12:44:02 PM
Those Iranian F-4s are tired old birds.
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Post by: mirth on July 12, 2019, 12:25:38 PM
Quote
Russian Air Force A-50 "Mainstay" AWACS


(https://i.redd.it/okjve1fc0t931.jpg)
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Post by: Sir Slash on July 15, 2019, 11:54:15 AM
That's a big Mother!  :o
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Post by: BanzaiCat on July 16, 2019, 08:35:40 AM
Are the Iranians still flying F-14s?

Oh, wait.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/one-irans-last-f-14a-tomcats-just-crashed-65241
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on July 16, 2019, 08:43:51 AM
Are the Iranians still flying F-14s?

Oh, wait.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/one-irans-last-f-14a-tomcats-just-crashed-65241 (https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/one-irans-last-f-14a-tomcats-just-crashed-65241)

ha!
Quote
Moreover in the summer of 2010, Iran requested that the U.S. deliver the 80th F-14 it had purchased in 1974, but delivery was denied after the Islamic Revolution.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on July 17, 2019, 09:16:54 AM
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/whoops-russian-mig-31-shot-down-one-its-buddies-67357
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on July 17, 2019, 11:44:17 AM
New recruit for the Siberian Squadron.  :doh:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on July 18, 2019, 06:37:14 PM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29047/an-army-marches-on-its-stomach-and-a-fleet-deploys-on-maintenance-especially-its-carriers
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on July 24, 2019, 12:35:22 PM
Quote
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon from Eielson Air Force Base, flies in formation over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, July 18, 2019.


(https://i.redd.it/m3akdxa934c31.jpg)
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Post by: bob48 on July 26, 2019, 09:54:02 AM
https://www.seeitdoitsunderland.co.uk/sunderland-international-airshow-2019-1/confirmed-air-displays

Sunderland Air Show this weekend. We usually get to see stuff flying around as some of the aircraft will be operating from Newcastle Airport, which is only about 5 miles away from us. I hope to get to see the Bronco this year.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on July 26, 2019, 12:27:15 PM
Sounds great Bob. Hope the weather cooperates.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on July 26, 2019, 12:45:36 PM
Quote
JASDF F-4 doing a flyby of JMSDF Akebono (DD108)



(https://i.redd.it/485d429oajc31.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on July 28, 2019, 09:26:22 AM
Quote
F-117 Nighthawk was officially retired in 2008 but spotted again over R-2508 range complex near Death Valley in California. February 2019.


(https://i.redd.it/76tricj7i0d31.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on July 29, 2019, 07:39:43 AM
Very poor weather, rain and low cloud, marred the Sunderland Airshow, and for the first time in several years we didn't get to see stuff flying from Newcastle Airport to the show area on the coast. The only exception to that being the Hurricane from the BoB flight, which flew over quite low this morning.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on July 29, 2019, 07:56:05 AM
Bummer
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on July 29, 2019, 09:42:29 AM
https://twitter.com/severeweatherEU/status/1155835407763935232
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on July 29, 2019, 09:51:42 AM
 :) Just had the Lancaster do a low level pass on its way home  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on July 29, 2019, 09:52:22 AM
:) Just had the Lancaster do a low level pass on its way home  :bigthumb:

sweet!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on July 29, 2019, 09:54:04 AM
I've seen it quite a few times, both in the air and on the ground, but it never fails to awe me.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on July 29, 2019, 10:21:37 AM
S-3 Viking


(https://i.redd.it/4dfa4x0im8d31.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on July 29, 2019, 11:33:13 AM
Pretty.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on July 29, 2019, 12:25:44 PM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/19789/the-insanely-logical-case-for-turning-s-3-vikings-into-the-navys-new-mq-25-tanker-drone
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on July 29, 2019, 04:55:47 PM
Grumman S-2F Tracker


(https://i.redd.it/cttwwfv3yad31.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on July 29, 2019, 07:37:03 PM
Pride of the Canadian Navy, right?  :hehe:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on July 30, 2019, 10:55:00 AM


https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29201/soar-over-oshkosh-in-the-worlds-only-flying-twin-mustang-in-this-cockpit-video
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on July 31, 2019, 06:46:04 PM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29218/these-images-of-an-f-22-raptors-crumbling-radar-absorbent-skin-are-fascinating
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on August 01, 2019, 03:22:52 PM
That's starting to look like my old 2005 Chevy Colorado pick-up. Just slap some Flex-Seal on it and it'll be fine.  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on August 03, 2019, 05:11:32 PM
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on August 03, 2019, 07:19:38 PM
Most excellent!
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Post by: Staggerwing on August 03, 2019, 07:20:05 PM
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Post by: Barthheart on August 03, 2019, 07:27:37 PM


Nothing like that sound!  :applause:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on August 03, 2019, 10:58:02 PM
Where ever he is, you're giving Hitler very bad dreams.  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on August 14, 2019, 12:38:40 PM
Quote
Boeing JB-17G test bed for turbo prop engine, in flight near Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Aug. 9, 1956.


(https://i.redd.it/ail4y9rqsuf31.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on August 14, 2019, 01:16:47 PM
^  :o

Did a double-take on that. Interesting pic and variant.

https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/boeing-jb-17g.29735/

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The most unusual conversions were three B-17Gs converted to engine test beds. The nose section was removed and replaced with a strengthened mount for a fifth engine. The Pratt Whitney XT-34, Wright XT-35, Wright R-3350 and Allison T-56 engines were all flight tested on JB-17Gs.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on August 14, 2019, 01:21:24 PM
This is cool too


https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/b-17-turbo-prop.11788/
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on August 16, 2019, 11:40:40 AM
https://twitter.com/MichaelGalanin/status/1162388320275619846
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on August 21, 2019, 11:19:42 AM
(https://the-drive-2.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fs3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fthe-drive-cms-content-staging%2Fmessage-editor%252F1566344991157-eccv0gbwwaaqflg.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&ixlib=js-1.4.1&s=e2f053ce64788745f91843bb1af7ea22)



https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29498/you-have-to-see-the-rest-of-this-shot-of-an-f-22-tearing-across-a-stormy-chicago-skyline
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on August 21, 2019, 01:31:46 PM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1164228190111485953
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on August 21, 2019, 03:54:44 PM
 :'(
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on August 27, 2019, 02:57:40 PM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1166365625834323968
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on August 27, 2019, 07:33:52 PM
Isn't it time that the Red Arrows graduate to real jets? Surely the RAF can spare a Typhoon or four...
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 01, 2019, 11:45:27 AM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29606/51-f-117-nighthawk-stealth-jets-remain-in-inventory-only-one-destroyed-in-last-two-years
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on September 02, 2019, 11:01:09 PM
If they're invisible, how do you count them?  :idiot2:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 05, 2019, 06:28:50 PM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29653/this-is-what-grummans-proposed-f-14-super-tomcat-21-would-have-actually-looked-like
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 05, 2019, 08:09:54 PM
https://twitter.com/fighterpics/status/1169626635185852418
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on September 05, 2019, 10:03:41 PM

 ^    البني سراويل تحتية
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on September 06, 2019, 01:03:09 AM

 ^    البني سراويل تحتية

Niiiiice.  :applause:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on September 06, 2019, 08:08:11 AM
Nice? I thought my monitor was scratched!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 06, 2019, 08:21:30 AM
(https://i.redd.it/xm0lqporxwk31.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on September 06, 2019, 08:35:37 AM
Nice one!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on September 06, 2019, 10:55:00 AM
Very pretty!  :D
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on September 06, 2019, 10:55:47 AM
Iron Eagle 5: The Louis Gossett Junioring
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 09, 2019, 12:53:13 PM



https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29727/watch-japans-giant-us-2-amphibious-flying-boat-land-in-an-amazingly-short-distance
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Barthheart on September 09, 2019, 01:12:08 PM
I'll bet landing in 3m waves is a brown shorts operation....  :o
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on September 09, 2019, 01:16:11 PM
That is a great aircraft. I've watched a few youtube vids about it.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 09, 2019, 01:30:41 PM
This is pretty wild

https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/a-c-130-hercules-amphibian-makes-too-much-sense-to-be-t-1716610531
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on September 09, 2019, 01:54:06 PM
I like it!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on September 09, 2019, 07:17:32 PM
Me too! Why should the Japanese have all the fun?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on September 10, 2019, 06:34:24 AM


The hulks of these were kept outside at the Saunders Roe factory on the Solent and we used to see them from the ferry as we went to the Isle of Wight for family holidays. I used to have some B&W photo's, but unfortunately they have got lost over the years.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on September 11, 2019, 03:53:45 PM
A great story about a 'lost' Ju88.

https://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/restoration-desperate-journey-1893592/
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 15, 2019, 11:08:40 AM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29852/raf-to-sell-its-fleet-of-versatile-bae-146-transports-that-also-carts-around-the-royals
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 20, 2019, 08:29:14 AM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29897/heres-what-the-ball-on-the-nose-of-uaes-block-60-f-16e-f-desert-falcon-does
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 22, 2019, 06:13:02 PM
https://mobile.twitter.com/airandspace/status/1175892556049244161
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 25, 2019, 12:13:28 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/CjsRSjc.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on September 30, 2019, 09:04:48 PM
https://twitter.com/Emergidoc/status/1178781464097374208
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on September 30, 2019, 11:13:52 PM
So THAT'S what happens to my luggage every time.  :tickedoff:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 01, 2019, 10:10:59 AM
So THAT'S what happens to my luggage every time.  :tickedoff:

Don't put a 'FRAGILE' sticker on it or they WILL test that.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on October 01, 2019, 11:27:53 AM
I believe it. I'm going to try putting a, 'Fragile' sticker on me to see if I can get the seat without the kicking kid behind me next time I fly.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on October 01, 2019, 11:37:44 AM
'Fragile'? You must be from Italy!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on October 01, 2019, 12:53:40 PM
That could be it because every time I fly, I seem to get the, 'boot' from whoever sits behind me.  >:(
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 01, 2019, 01:59:35 PM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1179089930410172417
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 02, 2019, 07:03:23 PM
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An F-14 Tomcat fighter assigned to the Black Knights of Fighter Squadron One Five Four (VF-154) banks left away from the USS Kitty Hawk after launching.


(https://i.redd.it/jcu5pk9i33q31.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on October 02, 2019, 09:03:41 PM
It had to be a while ago, huh?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 05, 2019, 07:36:41 PM
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/1980s-israel-developed-heavy-hammer-f-4-super-phantom-what-happened-44702
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 07, 2019, 10:49:44 AM
https://twitter.com/fighterpics/status/1180921182343880705
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 10, 2019, 08:42:52 AM
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B-1B Lancer descends after conducting air refueling operations with a KC-135R Stratotanker over central Utah


(https://i.redd.it/81s9jolfepr31.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on October 10, 2019, 08:45:53 AM
Fantastic looking aircraft. We walked around one on static display at RAF Leuchars a few years ago. very impressive. Got some photo's somewhere if I can find 'em.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 10, 2019, 08:46:35 AM
Fantastic looking aircraft. We walked around one on static display at RAF Leuchars a few years ago. very impressive. Got some photo's somewhere if I can find 'em.

nice!  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 10, 2019, 08:48:00 AM
Absolutely is. It's great to see a 40+ year old design is still in frontline service.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on October 10, 2019, 08:49:10 AM
You talking 'bout me or the B1?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 10, 2019, 08:53:27 AM
Absolutely is. It's great to see a 40+ year old design is still in frontline service.

A good portion of current US aircraft designs date back 40-plus years - F-15, F-16, F-18. The B-52 is very likely going to become the '100 year bomber'

Hell, the first flight of the F-117 was in '81. That design is 40 years old now.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 10, 2019, 08:53:55 AM
Are you still in frontline service, Bawb? I thought you'd retired to the rear area a while ago.  :2funny:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 10, 2019, 08:54:37 AM
Absolutely is. It's great to see a 40+ year old design is still in frontline service.

A good portion of current US aircraft designs date back 40-plus years - F-15, F-16, F-18. The B-52 is very likely going to become the '100 year bomber'

Hell, the first flight of the F-117 was in '81. That design is 40 years old now.

Exactly, yes. I wasn't trying to be a smartass (lol); I was truly just stating how damned impressive it is that old airframes like that are still damned effective.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on October 10, 2019, 08:57:23 AM
Are you still in frontline service, Bawb? I thought you'd retired to the rear area a while ago.  :2funny:

Best not to mention the 'rear area' thank you very much!

Yes, it say a lot for the design of aircraft that keeps them effective for so long. The B52 is just legendary.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 10, 2019, 09:14:28 AM
Bring back the Vulcan! And the F-14!  :waah:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on October 10, 2019, 09:22:46 AM
Bring back the Vulcan! And the F-14!  :waah:

I can help with one of those!

(https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/qEfXedeXFJy_yNT-RS4MT6EkLqc=/0x74:1560x1114/1400x1400/filters:focal(0x74:1560x1114):format(jpeg)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/45785560/leonardnimoy.0.0.jpg)  :2thumbs:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on October 10, 2019, 10:39:48 AM
"The needs of Sarcastic out weigh the needs of the One, or the Few".
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 10, 2019, 10:50:41 AM
I get the point and am green with envy.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on October 10, 2019, 10:52:58 AM
That's logical.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 10, 2019, 06:22:55 PM
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An F-82 Twin Mustang escorted by Lockheed F-94 Starfires, 1951


(https://i.redd.it/yjllsulw9sr31.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on October 10, 2019, 06:32:17 PM
Good picture.

I was watching this just recently;

Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 14, 2019, 01:31:34 PM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1183797138192515072
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 16, 2019, 12:25:49 PM
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A multi-exposure composite image from an F-22 Raptor Demo Team member doing a Power Loop maneuver.


(https://i.redd.it/s4uidncuats31.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 16, 2019, 12:32:20 PM
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The Last USAF operational F-82 Twin Mustang, tasked with patrolling the long Siberian coastline and Alaskan wilderness, Ladd AFB Alaska, 1953.


(https://i.redd.it/5r5t63e3yns31.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on October 16, 2019, 12:35:22 PM
That was a great idea. When an enemy saw the plane, he didn't know who to shoot at first.  :2thumbs:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on October 16, 2019, 01:39:51 PM
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on October 16, 2019, 03:32:04 PM
Royal Navy Swordfish on board USS Wasp (CV-7). the captions date the pics from April-May 42.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on October 16, 2019, 03:35:38 PM
Good one!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on October 19, 2019, 12:06:07 PM
An interesting fact that I was unaware of. The Mosquito in US service.

https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196281/de-havilland-dh-98-mosquito/
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 19, 2019, 06:03:48 PM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EHRD20YWoAApagT?format=jpg&name=900x900)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on October 20, 2019, 06:58:58 AM
Nice one! Not an aircraft I'm familiar with.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on October 20, 2019, 07:08:33 AM
IIRC, it was a replacement for the Supermarine Attacker but turned out to be accident-plagued.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on October 20, 2019, 07:13:07 AM
Aye, I just googled it to find out a bit more,
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 20, 2019, 08:42:23 AM
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FAA Hellcat, HMS Indomitable


(https://i.redd.it/shas4hld9lt31.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on October 20, 2019, 04:48:44 PM
The famous, "Shirtless Squadron". They were never able to collar a kill as I recall.  :hehe:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on October 20, 2019, 05:28:03 PM
The famous, "Shirtless Squadron". They were never able to collar a kill as I recall.  :hehe:

They just couldn't get that dang Thatch Weave maneuver buttoned up.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 20, 2019, 09:27:32 PM
https://twitter.com/spaceshipsporn/status/1185963638277967873
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on October 21, 2019, 08:39:45 PM
Forward Air Controller.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on October 22, 2019, 08:20:21 AM
World War II training movie on Dive Bombing.

http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/DiveBombing.html
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 23, 2019, 06:25:09 PM
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Two F-35Bs on the deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth


(https://i.redd.it/0fb3fl1d6zp11.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 23, 2019, 06:28:50 PM
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F35B in 'beast mode' onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth


(https://i.redd.it/qaftexuf6cu31.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 23, 2019, 06:32:29 PM
(https://the-drive.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fthe-drive-staging%2Fmessage-editor%252F1514511423727-ctl-infog-final.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&ixlib=js-1.4.1&s=fda5504fc02ebc03ee40acf0b343bd9a)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 23, 2019, 06:42:30 PM
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Russian TU 160 at AFB Waterkloof, South Africa


(https://i.imgur.com/kOBizCY.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on October 23, 2019, 06:46:10 PM
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Rafale Ms on board French carrier Charles De Gaulle


(https://i.imgur.com/sojIlK1.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on October 23, 2019, 07:56:51 PM
(https://the-drive.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fthe-drive-staging%2Fmessage-editor%252F1514511423727-ctl-infog-final.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&ixlib=js-1.4.1&s=fda5504fc02ebc03ee40acf0b343bd9a)

Beast Mode looks like a Kzinti Strike Cruiser.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on October 25, 2019, 10:00:26 AM
Crew chiefs don't get no respect.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on October 25, 2019, 10:03:58 AM
 :2funny:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 01, 2019, 12:35:17 PM
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Handley Page Victor


(https://i.redd.it/2g6lc4z2n3w31.png)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on November 01, 2019, 12:38:01 PM
That's a great picture  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on November 01, 2019, 07:07:28 PM
That's a great picture  :bigthumb:

That Blue Steel standoff missile it's carrying probably kept more than a few Soviet officers up at night.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on November 05, 2019, 03:34:09 PM
Still from gun camera  film shot by a Hawker Typhoon of No. 181 Squadron RAF while attacking trucks in railways sidings at Nordhorn, Germany, showing a salvo of 60-lb rocket projectiles heading for the target
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on November 05, 2019, 03:38:27 PM
Amazing!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on November 05, 2019, 07:33:49 PM
Somebody's day is about to go from Bad to Dead.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on November 06, 2019, 06:32:04 AM
Makes me think of the German soldier in Normandy saying;

'If you see a silver aircraft, its American, if you see a green aircraft, its British, if you don't see any aircraft, its the Luftwaffe'
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on November 06, 2019, 07:25:01 AM
In May of 1961, the carrier Antietam was transformed into the launching platform for stratospheric balloons, in the framework of the fifth and last mission of NAVY's medical research manned balloon program denominated "Stratolab".
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on November 06, 2019, 12:11:08 PM
Wow! I bet those guys had to start blowing awful early to get that thing inflated.  :hehe:   Probably had a Bicycle Pump to help.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on November 06, 2019, 06:32:23 PM
From the book, Sled Driver.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on November 06, 2019, 09:14:48 PM
I thought that story was apocryphal.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on November 07, 2019, 10:41:41 AM
Well, depends on if you believe the pilot in the book.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 07, 2019, 11:08:19 AM
https://twitter.com/CcibChris/status/1192350070034882561
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 07, 2019, 11:45:00 AM
https://twitter.com/MikeStucka/status/1192481267578818561
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 14, 2019, 01:41:28 PM
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Two 736 NAS Hawks and a Cobham Falcon used to support Royal Navy training


(https://i.redd.it/ex8ylnt6toy31.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on November 14, 2019, 01:42:34 PM
Good picture  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 14, 2019, 01:45:03 PM
The Hawk is a sweet little plane.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on November 14, 2019, 01:57:30 PM
And obviously its the aircraft used by the Red Arrows.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 14, 2019, 02:05:15 PM
Quite so
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on November 14, 2019, 06:55:24 PM
The Hawk is a sweet little plane.

So much so that it's the basis for the USN's T-45 Goshawk carrier-landing trainer.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 14, 2019, 07:00:50 PM
Quite so.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on November 15, 2019, 06:06:46 AM
I didn't know that  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on November 15, 2019, 06:50:34 AM
IIRC, the other contender was the Alpha Jet.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 15, 2019, 11:05:04 AM
Love the Alpha too, but the Hawk is prettier.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 17, 2019, 08:27:00 AM
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Jaguars of the RAF with the SR-71


(https://i.redd.it/ayp8y8yau1z31.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 17, 2019, 08:30:50 AM
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USN F-14A intercepts an Indian Navy Tu-142M


(https://i.redd.it/7j9wrqp0e2z31.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 17, 2019, 08:39:16 AM
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42nd Electronic Combat Squadron EF-111A Raven aircraft flying past the Rock of Gibraltar during Open Gate '89


(https://i.redd.it/l2r7ffi78xy31.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 17, 2019, 08:47:11 AM
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An A-3 Skywarrior comes in for a carrier landing


(https://i.redd.it/mqy44x3pqdy31.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on November 17, 2019, 09:52:39 AM
Great selection of pictures  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on November 17, 2019, 10:16:56 AM
Great selection of pictures  :bigthumb:

Yes indeed. I especially love the one with the Jaguars and Blackbird!  :2thumbs:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on November 17, 2019, 10:26:01 AM
Yeah, me too.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on November 18, 2019, 12:00:18 AM
Yes, "Hey Jags. You want to race"?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on November 18, 2019, 05:41:16 AM
The SR-71 would have been gone before they finished saying 'yes'

I like the one of the F-111 as well. I always thought it was an excellent aircraft. Are they still flying anywhere? I know Australia had them.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on November 18, 2019, 06:29:34 AM
I know Australia had them.

The Aussies became notorious for indulging in airshow pyrotechnics by deliberately dumping fuel right into their exhaust stream:




Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on November 18, 2019, 06:30:44 AM
...got a light, Sport?............
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 18, 2019, 09:11:05 AM
I think the Aussie 111s were retired and they were the last operator.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on November 18, 2019, 09:12:29 AM
Yup, they retired them in 2010.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_General_Dynamics_F-111_aircraft_operated_by_the_Royal_Australian_Air_Force
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on November 18, 2019, 09:17:59 AM
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 19, 2019, 09:45:56 AM
https://twitter.com/fighterpics/status/1196727661466394624
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 20, 2019, 06:35:40 PM
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Convair B-58 Hustler. The world's first supersonic bomber


(https://i.redd.it/6fqxfhngdsz31.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 20, 2019, 06:36:54 PM
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Barthheart on November 20, 2019, 06:40:59 PM
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Convair B-58 Hustler. The world's first supersonic bomber


(https://i.redd.it/6fqxfhngdsz31.jpg)

Damn sexy plane.  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on November 20, 2019, 07:05:05 PM
That was the bomber from, "Fail Safe", one of my favorites.  :applause:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: trailrunner on November 20, 2019, 07:38:26 PM
https://twitter.com/fighterpics/status/1196727661466394624

The C-17 had a requirement to land on an unimproved runway.  So sometime around 1994, I was at Bicycle Lake in Fort Irwin watching a C-17 land.  Bike Lake was similar to this video, and when the C-17 landed and put on its thrust reversers, it generated a dust and sand cloud that was so large the huge plane disappeared.  When I was certain it had come to a stop, I drove the rental car into the dense cloud looking for the darn plane.  I eventually found it, but in the process, the car wound up with a thick layer of dust on the inside.  Fortunately, Avis didn't charge me a cleaning fee.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 20, 2019, 07:41:13 PM
great story  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 26, 2019, 03:39:43 AM
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F-14A of “Black Knights” (VF-154) comes in for landing aboard USS Kitty Hawk, CV 63, Mar 19, 2002


(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/US_Navy_020319-N-9849W-013_USS_Kitty_Hawk_-_F-14_landing.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on November 26, 2019, 05:52:08 AM
Excellent picture. I love carrier flight deck stuff.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on November 26, 2019, 06:25:19 AM
(https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/76747542_1028060210889305_532514402117615616_o.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_ohc=dLNSvin3J2oAQksFN0Kal6SYV96KUROaGMZUaaO2IiEp6I8qhrg9fV2aQ&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&oh=68a9fde221af8ad201b9da3a156ce528&oe=5E7B4506)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on November 26, 2019, 07:24:07 AM
 :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 29, 2019, 07:32:21 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/keDUsCR.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on November 29, 2019, 08:59:09 PM
uh oh... I think Bob may have just swooned...
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on November 29, 2019, 09:00:26 PM
It is a hawt pic
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on November 29, 2019, 11:47:07 PM
Is it my imagination or do those planes have smiles on their nosecones?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on November 30, 2019, 11:58:02 AM
uh oh... I think Bob may have just swooned...

I did as well!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 01, 2019, 06:36:12 AM
https://twitter.com/CcibChris/status/1201078116288016384
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 03, 2019, 11:23:25 AM
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JASDF F-15Js


(https://i.redd.it/gfito2wwyf241.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 03, 2019, 11:40:47 AM
https://twitter.com/rgpoulussen/status/1201745725975072768
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on December 03, 2019, 12:05:02 PM
Brave man!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 03, 2019, 12:46:32 PM
https://twitter.com/UniverCurious/status/1201919822218637313
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on December 03, 2019, 01:32:19 PM
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 03, 2019, 01:35:06 PM
 :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on December 03, 2019, 07:26:20 PM
Wasn't there a Bush pilot flight sim in development on STEAM?

Yes- here it is: Deadstick Bush Flight Simulator (https://store.steampowered.com/app/771800/Deadstick__Bush_Flight_Simulator/)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on December 04, 2019, 06:16:06 AM
Yes, and I have it on my 'follow' list, but it seems to be languishing at present. Sadly, the Draco is not one of the included aircraft anyway.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on December 04, 2019, 01:09:54 PM
Why carrier aircraft have to be built to be stronger than land based planes.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on December 04, 2019, 01:10:16 PM
Ouch!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: ojsdad on December 04, 2019, 02:33:49 PM
Can Force One is out of service for awhile

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/31321/canadas-vvip-can-force-one-jet-faces-months-of-repairs-after-rolling-into-a-hangar-wall
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on December 04, 2019, 03:12:32 PM
It's probably just trying to, 'migrate' south like every other thing flying in Canada right now.  :hehe:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 08, 2019, 12:37:30 PM
F-117s being used in the 'aggressor' role

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/31361/f-117s-spotted-playing-stealthy-aggressor-against-f-15s-and-f-22s-over-nellis-range
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on December 11, 2019, 09:02:25 AM
Quote
F 35Bs in the hangar of HMS Queen Elizabeth
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on December 11, 2019, 09:03:31 AM
^Gotta be photoshopped.  >:D
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on December 11, 2019, 09:06:21 AM
An F-35 in maintenance is that bird's natural environment.  ;D
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 16, 2019, 01:55:21 PM
https://twitter.com/IFOS9000/status/1206647790845284352
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on December 16, 2019, 02:08:12 PM
https://twitter.com/IFOS9000/status/1206647790845284352

LOL that Jonny Quest aircraft reply was hilarious.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 16, 2019, 07:22:50 PM
https://twitter.com/IFOS9000/status/1206647790845284352 (https://twitter.com/IFOS9000/status/1206647790845284352)

LOL that Jonny Quest aircraft reply was hilarious.

that was pretty good
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 16, 2019, 07:23:37 PM


https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/26372/usaf-mini-documentary-takes-you-behind-the-scenes-of-its-top-secret-cold-war-mig-squadron
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on December 16, 2019, 08:18:46 PM
Nice find.

There was a book out about the US's MiG aggressor Aircraft a while ago:

Red Eagles: America's Secret MiGs (https://smile.amazon.com/Red-Eagles-Americas-General-Aviation/dp/1846033780/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=red+eagles&qid=1576545352&sr=8-1)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on December 16, 2019, 08:50:57 PM
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-hampshire-50814318/f35-takes-off-from-hms-queen-elizabeth-for-first-time-in-uk
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on December 16, 2019, 11:18:36 PM
Jolly Good Show Cousins! Clearly superior to just flinging them into the air the way the Yanks do it. Or, TRY to do it. One question though, where do you Chaps store your umbrellas when flying? I mean there's hardly any room in the cockpit for a Swagger Stick much less anything else.  :hug:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on December 17, 2019, 06:28:13 AM
...photoshopped, as usual. They're not fooling anybody.................
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 18, 2019, 10:31:12 AM
https://twitter.com/Aviation_Intel/status/1207317620866727937
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on December 18, 2019, 12:41:02 PM
^And if that's what the public gets to see, imagine how much better the resolution is on the classified stuff!  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on December 18, 2019, 12:59:15 PM
I am only going to....whisper....from....now...on.  :worried:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: trailrunner on December 18, 2019, 05:52:27 PM
https://twitter.com/Aviation_Intel/status/1207317620866727937

Not to be a party pooper, but the visible image isn't anything special.  The specs on the N-G site for the latest Lightening pod show a "1K CCD" camera.  If I'm reading that right, it's likely a thousand pixels by a thousand pixels, which is 1 mega pixel and is what you could get in a digital camera in 2002.  5-10 years ago we used Sony block cameras with much higher resolution, and they only cost a few thousand dollars.  I presume they chose that format for the visible to match the IR, which they also say is 1K.  That would probably be a 1024 by 1024 focal plane array, which is sort of SOA for an operational system, and matching the visible camera with the IR camera is a reasonable decision.  When I left the lab 4 years ago, I was integrating a 2K by 2K focal plane array into my system, but I was getting the first FPA with this format.

I'm also a little suspicious of the image in the lower left.  I don't think it's an IR image for a couple of reasons, most notably the distinct shadow from the vehicle.  I think it's just a gray-scale version of the visible camera.  In their defense, they don't label that image as IR, but I bet most people viewing it think that it is IR.

Having said all of that -- I did get to see video from a Lightening pod about 15 years ago.  Not sure what generation it was, but it was pretty impressive.  When I was developing IR sensors for the Army, I was a bit jealous of the Air Force.  Often my biggest challenge was meeting the affordability goal, which an F-16 would probably burn in an hour of flight time.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on December 18, 2019, 06:31:10 PM
^See! Imagine what the classified stuff is like!  ;D
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on December 19, 2019, 08:31:25 AM
PBY Catalinas still got it.

https://giphy.com/gifs/water-fire-bomber-WZZFC4dGErnNu
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on December 19, 2019, 08:34:54 AM
I think you will find that the aircraft is a CL-415 water bomber, not a Catalina.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on December 19, 2019, 08:59:46 AM
I'm sure that you're correct.  Saw the parasol wing and thought Catalina.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on December 19, 2019, 09:31:07 AM
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on December 21, 2019, 08:25:41 AM
 For the second time since 2017 there has been photographic evidence of a classified version of the Hellfire missile that uses a hardened front end to enable the missile to punch through the roof of civilian vehicles. Immediately after that six sharp blades are deployed and spin round rapidly killing anyone inside. At least that’s the theory after viewing he photos of the vehicle interiors after these attacks. This unconventional “ninja” missile is unofficially called the AGM-114R9X



https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairw/articles/20191221.aspx
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on December 21, 2019, 08:37:08 AM
^ I saw something about that recently. The 'Ginsu' I believe is its nickname.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on December 21, 2019, 08:41:33 AM
^ I saw something about that recently. The 'Ginsu' I believe is its nickname.

So it can still slice through a tomato after doing all of that?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 21, 2019, 08:43:13 AM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/31409/everything-we-know-about-americas-sword-blade-hellfire-missile-and-its-latest-target
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 22, 2019, 11:47:14 AM
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XB-70 Valkyrie


(https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/359284main_EC68-2101_full.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 22, 2019, 11:48:06 AM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/3916/15050294731_b84797af94_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 22, 2019, 11:48:27 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/JUmmStj.jpg)
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Post by: bob48 on December 22, 2019, 11:49:11 AM
Very futuristic.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 22, 2019, 12:30:28 PM
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A Supermarine Walrus amphibious aircraft of HMS Suffolk is out on the catapult deck receiving attention from the maintenance staff whilst the ship is on Arctic Patrol.


(https://i.imgur.com/NrX2h0h.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 24, 2019, 10:43:17 PM
Russia's first production Su-57 apparently has crashed and is a total loss

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/31620/su-57-felon-advanced-fighter-crashes-in-russia
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on December 25, 2019, 10:13:54 AM
Was it aiming to land on an aircraft carrier by any chance?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on December 25, 2019, 10:18:18 AM
Was it aiming to land on an aircraft carrier by any chance?

The billowing smoke should have made the flight deck easy to find...
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on December 25, 2019, 10:36:58 AM
And indicate wind direction..............
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on December 25, 2019, 12:04:03 PM
On the early carriers, there was a small outlet for auxiliary steam near the bow.  This let the planes taking off see an indicator of crosswinds, and the strength.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on December 25, 2019, 12:29:08 PM
Ha! I didn't know that. I thought they just used a big sock on a stick  ;)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on December 25, 2019, 05:28:50 PM
That time the Navy decided to mount a cannon on a float plane.

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/12/27/that-time-the-navy-decided-to-build-a-flying-cannon/

Psst.  Stay away from mental hospitals.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on December 25, 2019, 05:52:21 PM
Very interesting - nice find  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 26, 2019, 10:20:59 AM
https://twitter.com/ron_eisele/status/1210215174927454208
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on December 26, 2019, 12:12:33 PM
I had an uncle who was an artificer in the Fleet Air Arm just at the end of the war. I think he worked on Fulmars or Albacores.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 26, 2019, 12:14:09 PM
I had an uncle who was an artificer in Fleet Air Arm just at the end of the war. I think he worked on Fulmars or Albacores.

cool!  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on December 27, 2019, 09:18:41 AM
Evaluation of the Russian Air Defence system in Syria, Pantsir.

https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htada/20191227.aspx
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on December 27, 2019, 06:05:41 PM
Pantsir.

In the UK, doesn't calling something 'Pants' mean it's lousy?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on December 27, 2019, 06:31:26 PM
Correct.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on December 28, 2019, 02:01:03 PM
I just found out that the Eurofighter's avionics for weapons and nav are powered by Motorola 68020 CPU's- the same CPU in my vintage Amiga 1200!


I wonder if BAE and MBB went and bought up all the unsold Amigas when Commodore Computers went under in 1994.   ::)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on December 28, 2019, 02:13:41 PM
At least they can play 'Laser Squad and Chaos Engine' on the way to a mission.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on December 28, 2019, 03:05:49 PM
Those were the same CPUs in the early-90s Mac LCs
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on December 28, 2019, 03:39:29 PM
Those were the same CPUs in the early-90s Mac LCs

Yup. The first Macs started with 68000s and pretty much upgraded to 020, 030, and 040s just like the Amigas.  I recently acquired an LCII w/ 68030 (along with two 'classic' Macs) that I need to find time to set up and explore, never having used them much back in the day.

Interestingly, the 6502-based Apple II was so ubiquitous in schools that many wouldn't upgrade to the Mac until Apple developed an LC- compatible 'Apple II on a card' so the vast older software libraries which schools had accumulated would run on the newer Macs.

Maybe we should have a nerdy vintage computer/console thread to geek out in.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on December 28, 2019, 03:42:30 PM
We used those in my real-time programming class when I was in college.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on December 28, 2019, 06:45:51 PM
Maybe we should have a nerdy vintage computer/console thread to geek out in.


https://www.armchairdragoons.com/forum/index.php?topic=1564 (https://www.armchairdragoons.com/forum/index.php?topic=1564)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on December 28, 2019, 06:55:36 PM
 :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 29, 2019, 05:07:22 PM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1211406569281339397
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on December 30, 2019, 11:31:06 AM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1211685914923163648
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on December 30, 2019, 02:12:19 PM
Yeah, I've been watching the progress on the outside for a while now. Can't wait to see the completed renovations.  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on January 02, 2020, 03:56:16 PM
Convair B-58 Hustler


(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ENTco12X0AQ93Zs?format=jpg&name=medium)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on January 02, 2020, 07:18:01 PM
The B-58 is just soooo retro-scifi-looking, and even more so in that pic!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on January 03, 2020, 07:13:58 AM
Yeah. That is an impressive picture.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on January 03, 2020, 10:28:09 AM
Two man crew, or was it three?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on January 03, 2020, 10:33:02 AM
3-man crew and they each had an escape capsule that fully enclosed them if they had to eject.



(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/B-58_Escape_Capsule.jpg/800px-B-58_Escape_Capsule.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: trailrunner on January 03, 2020, 12:26:59 PM
3-man crew and they each had an escape capsule that fully enclosed them if they had to eject.



(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/B-58_Escape_Capsule.jpg/800px-B-58_Escape_Capsule.jpg)

A summer intern was probably the first to test that capsule.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on January 03, 2020, 06:39:29 PM
Back then, before any maiden flights, the test crew could threaten take along a random hostage from the design dept, insuring that all the latter had been trying extra hard to work up to their full potential.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on January 03, 2020, 09:40:52 PM
Mig29K landing on Admiral Kuznetzov.  Watch the main struts flex as the plane hits the deck.  If you compare that to other navy's carrier landings, it is pretty obvious this plane isn't designed for use on carriers.

Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on January 05, 2020, 08:10:30 AM
U.S. Navy aircraft of several squadrons inside the airship hangar at Naval Air Station Moffett Field, California, on 30 July 1935 (looking south).

Identifiable planes are: Boeing F4Bs of VF-6 (front), a single Grumman SF-1, Curtiss BFC-2s (VB-2), and others in the background.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on January 05, 2020, 08:46:36 AM
Groovy!  :bigthumb:

Bes, do you have a link to a higher res copy of the pic?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on January 05, 2020, 09:10:41 AM
I've been to Moffett Field a bunch of time; we've had a variety of CAARNG activities based out of there over the years.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on January 05, 2020, 09:22:50 AM
No, I don't.  May be able to backtrack.  This was taken by a naval photographer, so maybe there is one in the Naval Historical Center files.
Don't be too hopeful, though.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: trailrunner on January 05, 2020, 09:25:23 AM
https://ww2flyover.org/

This will be neat. I went to it about 5 years ago. I may actually be able to see it from my office.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on January 05, 2020, 09:32:09 AM
Stagger, might this do?

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NAS_Moffett_Field_hangar_with_planes_1935.jpg
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on January 05, 2020, 11:50:51 AM
Thanks Bes, I'll see if I can work that into a transferable image. I might try etching it onto anodized aluminum...
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on January 09, 2020, 11:36:24 AM
Bruce Dickinson's warplane diaries

Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on January 09, 2020, 11:41:05 AM
nice  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on January 09, 2020, 01:54:27 PM
there's a whole series. You can click thru to get to the playlist
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on January 09, 2020, 03:25:48 PM
I saw a great 90 min. show on Netflix about the Spitfire that was great. Lots I never knew.  :applause:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: judgedredd on January 10, 2020, 02:00:10 AM
How can you be so passionate about aircraft and yet make such a shite game  ;D

I actually have played any of the World of.... games except World of Tanks briefly but at the time it was poor with bigger tanks and more experienced people coming onto the server and giving you no chance to enjoy it. Also, it became clear it was going to be a pay to win game...though I honestly don't know if that actually came to fruition.

Anyone here play the World of games? What are they like now?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on January 10, 2020, 07:11:13 AM
About seven years ago, I almost got a job with the World Of... people, as an instructional designer. That's the limit of my experience.

I *think* it was World of Tanks that Star was/is so heavily in to...wasn't it? He'd talked about it in the other forums and on the GH podcast a few times, if I remember right.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Barthheart on January 10, 2020, 07:53:49 AM
How can you be so passionate about aircraft and yet make such a shite game  ;D

I actually have played any of the World of.... games except World of Tanks briefly but at the time it was poor with bigger tanks and more experienced people coming onto the server and giving you no chance to enjoy it. Also, it became clear it was going to be a pay to win game...though I honestly don't know if that actually came to fruition.

Anyone here play the World of games? What are they like now?

My friends and I play World of Tanks quite regularly on Xbone. I haven't spent a dime on it and have a good time. Am I uber powerful or even good at it... no. But with a bunch of friends, up to 5, you can form a platoon and play on the same side in matches. Helps the enjoyment quite a bit when you have backup.
I only play when my friends are on, but many of them play a lot more and so they are better and have more tanks. Only one or two have spent any money on the game.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on January 15, 2020, 10:09:10 AM
https://twitter.com/ron_eisele/status/1217462180842475525
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on January 15, 2020, 10:41:12 AM
Nice pic!  :applause:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on January 15, 2020, 02:03:50 PM
Awesome picture.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on January 15, 2020, 07:12:48 PM
China's Nellis

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/31824/this-massive-desert-base-is-chinas-version-of-americas-nellis-air-force-base
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on January 17, 2020, 10:11:25 AM
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West German F-104 Starfighters


(https://i.redd.it/4hv86ryqp8b41.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on January 17, 2020, 06:33:26 PM
^The 'Missile with a Man in it'.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on January 21, 2020, 09:25:43 AM
https://twitter.com/fighterpics/status/1219308812152328193
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: judgedredd on January 21, 2020, 11:09:24 AM
Except...is the Russian fighter not going to fly right by and therefore the F-22 is facing the wrong way? (assuming the F-22 is being chased and it's not a head to head engagement I suppose)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on January 21, 2020, 11:14:58 AM
Those maneuvers aren't anything to be used in combat. They look cool for the airshow crowds.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on January 21, 2020, 11:27:18 AM
...as long as Rock You Like A Hurricane is playing in the background.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on January 21, 2020, 12:04:42 PM
Instead of the Immelman Turn.... the Tom Cruise Turn?  ???
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: trailrunner on January 21, 2020, 04:28:45 PM
Instead of the Immelman Turn.... the Tom Cruise Turn?  ???

I thought Cruise was a navy pilot.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on January 22, 2020, 11:14:20 AM
Cruise can be anything he wants. Army, Navy, or the entire military if the script says so. Please... just keep him from dancing in his under ware anymore.  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on January 25, 2020, 07:15:36 PM
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on January 26, 2020, 02:12:38 PM
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French Leduc 0.22


(https://i.redd.it/9b4bs9azjyc41.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on January 26, 2020, 02:17:56 PM
Ramjet?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on January 26, 2020, 02:20:04 PM
Yep
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on January 26, 2020, 03:16:01 PM
I wouldn't want to be the first guy to ride that thing.  :notme:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on January 31, 2020, 07:02:24 AM
https://twitter.com/fighterpics/status/1223167314981543936
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on January 31, 2020, 02:18:02 PM
https://twitter.com/CcibChris/status/1222980296397795330
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on January 31, 2020, 05:16:18 PM
Well, you won't get me up in one of those things.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on January 31, 2020, 06:19:58 PM
I wouldn't want to be the first guy to ride that thing.  :notme:

Even worse to be the last one...
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Doctor Quest on February 01, 2020, 01:18:31 PM
I need a 787. Really.

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/01/801411303/mexicos-president-may-raffle-off-official-plane-and-mexicans-find-it-hilarious
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on February 03, 2020, 08:25:40 AM
https://twitter.com/CcibChris/status/1222980296397795330

(https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/08/26/14/2BACF9A000000578-0-image-m-11_1440594877333.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 05, 2020, 07:25:11 PM
https://twitter.com/CcibChris/status/1225127326574313472
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on February 06, 2020, 12:24:33 PM
Tinker toy strikes again.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 06, 2020, 03:15:08 PM
https://twitter.com/fighterpics/status/1225342130153021440
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on February 14, 2020, 10:18:12 PM
Does anyone know - did the Germans nickname their aircraft - especially bombers - like American and British crews did?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on February 14, 2020, 10:25:58 PM
The Bf-109s got nicknames- the D was Dora, the E was Emil, the F was Franz and the G was Gustav. Also, the 262 was the Schwalb, the Ju52 the Tante Ju, the Me410 the Horniss, the Ju87 the Stuka, the Me108 the Taifun, the Fw-190 the Wurger, etc, etc.

also, the Do-17 was the Flying Pencil.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on February 14, 2020, 10:56:26 PM
No, sorry, I meant like Memphis Belle, or Lady Luck...that sort of nickname. Not the class name but individual bomber names, named by their crew/pilot.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on February 15, 2020, 06:13:41 AM
Interesting question. I have never noticed such, but I'll have a look through some of my books.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on February 15, 2020, 07:02:26 AM
I just had me a quick google and Erich Hartmann's 109G was nicknamed 'Lumpi' but I didn't run across any bomber nicknames. It could be that they just didn't paint the name on the plane in an easy-to-see area. I'd be surprised if it didn't happen at all though.

If you're looking to add a little flavor to an AAR of Amerika Bomber I'd say go ahead and name the plane anyway.


Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on February 15, 2020, 07:26:46 AM
Nope, I've not found anything, although I have seen pictures of German tanks thus named.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on February 15, 2020, 08:52:19 AM
The only bomber with a nickname that comes to mind was a Gotta bomber in WWI.
During the bombing of London, one of the Gothas had long snakes painted on the fusillage.  It was called The Serpent Machine. 
Think in German this has a certain rhyme.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on February 15, 2020, 09:47:19 AM
I've gone through all my reference books and found not one, although many varied, and quite elaborate, unit marking there are in abundance, right down from Gruppe to Staffle level.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on February 15, 2020, 12:01:55 PM
Thanks, gents. I had a feeling it just wasn't a normal thing among Germans as it was among Allied air crew. I'm certain from your feedback and just common sense, there were an exception or two.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on February 15, 2020, 12:11:35 PM
The only one I found is an illustration in Profile Publications No.40 for the Me 109E-7 Trop, which shows an aircraft from III/JG 77 in Greece, 1941, which, apart from the unit badge, has a cartoon style pigs head under the cockpit. There is no text attached to this, and no explanation in the book.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on February 15, 2020, 01:22:02 PM
Unit artwork was not uncommon in the Luftwaffe, often started by the unit commander and later added to other planes in the squadron. Per wikipedia, some examples would include Adolph Galland's Micky Mouse and Erich Hartmann's Tulip (which was used until recently by A Luftwaffe squadron until they transitioned over to Eurofighters)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on February 17, 2020, 08:13:42 AM
I'd forgotten about Adolf Galland's Mickey Mouse insignia. I'd thought that was just his 'signature' icon, sort of like a graffiti tag.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 17, 2020, 09:31:07 AM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1229412727598276608
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 17, 2020, 10:06:22 AM
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Rafale with an ASMP-A nuclear supersonic cruise missile (300 kt)


(https://i.redd.it/n9h8pc1jmhh41.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 17, 2020, 10:08:48 AM
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Tu-95MS(M) carrying KH-101s


(https://i.imgur.com/iYM2acv.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on February 17, 2020, 10:43:18 AM
He's loaded for bear...
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 17, 2020, 10:47:25 AM
(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FlgSDkvC.gif&f=1&nofb=1)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 17, 2020, 10:52:18 AM
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MGM-1 Matador missile shot down by an AIM-4 Falcon missile during a 1957 test


(https://i.imgur.com/vPOBywF.gif)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 17, 2020, 11:00:08 AM
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CF-101 Voodoo intercepting a Tu-95 Bear


(https://i.imgur.com/YTXRKOA.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 17, 2020, 11:30:04 AM
Good read about the hard use of the B-1 fleet

Quote
“In my own opinion after seeing in excess of 20 years of B-1 operations, we’ve accomplished more than the aircraft was really ever intended for, even if it wasn’t used in the originally conceived methods. The B-1 has been maligned, underfunded, and often placed under the charge of those who managed it poorly and didn’t represent it well when it came to sustainment and actual preventative measures for fleet health."


"The aircraft has largely overflown its original estimated service life and as B-1 operations will eventually dwindle into the twilight, many people will never know the amount of effort poured into keeping it flying despite the conditions, which forced it’s handlers to keep moving the goalposts. We were promised better systems through upgrades only to have them fail and no spares available. Procurement and sustainment contracts for critical components often took years only to have those parts not fit or fail sometimes out of the box."

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/32213/b-1b-loses-low-level-mission-annual-flight-hours-capped-heres-how-it-got-to-this-point (https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/32213/b-1b-loses-low-level-mission-annual-flight-hours-capped-heres-how-it-got-to-this-point)
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Post by: mirth on February 20, 2020, 12:29:15 PM
Quote
British TSR2. Tactical Strike and Reconnaissance


(https://i.redd.it/xvtk861ne1i41.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on February 20, 2020, 12:31:31 PM
Quote
Luftwaffe Eurofighter Typhoon


(https://i.redd.it/3270m0ijhwh41.jpg)
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Post by: bob48 on February 20, 2020, 01:58:32 PM
TSR2 was just to advanced for its time.

As a kid, I remember being taken to the Farnbrough Air Show when the Fairy Delta 2 there, flown by Peter Twiss.



Must have been in the very early 1950's
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Post by: bayonetbrant on February 21, 2020, 08:59:45 AM
http://warbirdsnews.com/warbird-restorations/massive-trove-of-original-naa-aircraft-drawings-saved.html
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on February 21, 2020, 09:01:05 AM
What an amazing find!
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Post by: BanzaiCat on February 21, 2020, 09:10:01 AM
It still blows my mind to this day that humans could build such highly-engineered and complex aircraft from precise plans created on physical drafting tables.
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Post by: bob48 on February 21, 2020, 09:14:31 AM
Absolutely. I did engineering drawing once, and that was obviously in pre CAD-CAM days. I really used to enjoy the technical drawing aspect and still had some of the equipment until a few years ago.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on February 21, 2020, 09:19:30 AM
I took some AutoCAD classes back in the mid-90s and even then it was pretty amazing to think people did that by hand. With precise drawing instruments, to be fair, but...BY HAND.  :o
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Post by: bob48 on February 21, 2020, 09:22:35 AM
AutoCad?

Ha! Wimp................ ;)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on February 21, 2020, 09:24:31 AM
I know, right?

My final project in the 2D class was the Enterprise (from TOS) and the Enterprise's bridge. The 3D class I took the next semester, I did a 3D model of the TOS Enterprise, complete with lights on the inside. What fun that was.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 21, 2020, 05:53:52 PM
https://twitter.com/ron_eisele/status/1230988528772960258
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Post by: bob48 on February 22, 2020, 06:22:33 AM
58 sqn was a Coastal Command unit for most of the war, apart from a brief period with Bomber Command.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 23, 2020, 08:36:55 AM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLJhiwFWAAMO_Qd?format=jpg&name=900x900)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 23, 2020, 12:42:16 PM
https://twitter.com/fighterpics/status/1231586413910659072
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Post by: bob48 on February 23, 2020, 12:45:00 PM
Clean underwear, please!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on February 26, 2020, 05:28:15 PM
https://twitter.com/KadenaAirBase/status/1230643295212068865
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Post by: BanzaiCat on February 27, 2020, 07:48:11 AM
I.E., "remind China we're here"
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on February 27, 2020, 07:52:53 AM
You'd think they have plenty to occupy their mind with the virus.
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Post by: BanzaiCat on February 27, 2020, 07:54:42 AM
It's very interesting how coverage of the Hong Kong rebellion has disappeared almost entirely since Coronavirus popped up. Just sayin'.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on February 27, 2020, 07:57:08 AM
Very...convenient, innit.
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Post by: Staggerwing on February 27, 2020, 08:00:24 AM
Certainly a good excuse to clamp down on freedom of movement in HK.

"Where's So-n-so, that outspoken critic of the PRC?"
"Him/Her? Oh, they're in isolation on one of the Coronavirus wards, the locked ones. Err, actually they might've just succumbed to the illness. Pity..."
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Post by: BanzaiCat on February 27, 2020, 08:02:51 AM
Sounds like paranoid fantasy, but this IS Communist China. They have way too many people to keep tight control of. I doubt releasing a contagion that could wipe out their population is a smart thing, but Communism isn't exactly intelligent either, so what do I/they know.  ;D

So as to keep on topic, here's a Chinese J-20. Bastard looks like the jet from Firefox.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/J-20_at_Airshow_China_2016.jpg/1280px-J-20_at_Airshow_China_2016.jpg)
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Post by: Sir Slash on February 27, 2020, 01:00:21 PM
So, they've finally gotten that film over there huh?  :hehe:
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Post by: bob48 on February 27, 2020, 01:25:11 PM
It looks scarily......modern.
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Post by: mirth on February 27, 2020, 11:22:00 PM
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The highest scoring US fighter Ace (40 victories against Japanese opponents) Major Richard Bong with his fighter-P-38 Lightning named "Marge"(his girlfriend and later wife) and decorated with her picture


(https://i.redd.it/9hjbgkrfgdj41.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on February 28, 2020, 06:51:24 AM
Fantastic! What a great aircraft the P-38 was.
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Post by: BanzaiCat on February 28, 2020, 11:33:15 AM
I recall reading something about German fighters on the Eastern Front, where the German aces would paint their aircraft. It got to a point where the Russians would purposefully go out of their way to avoid the German aces, so the Germans would put their newbies into those aircraft so they could get some solid experience, and the aces would go into unmarked aircraft. The Russians were always in for a rude surprise when they went after the unmarked aircraft.
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Post by: Staggerwing on February 28, 2020, 06:18:06 PM
Fantastic! What a great aircraft the P-38 was.

I doubt that Yamamoto was a fan...  ;)

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Post by: trailrunner on February 28, 2020, 06:48:07 PM
Black Female U-2 Pilot Broke Barriers on the Ground and in the Air

https://www.military.com/history/black-female-u2-pilot-broke-barriers.html

Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on February 28, 2020, 11:17:05 PM
Stagger, I think those very words were what Yamamoto said just as he looked out his airplane's window just before....
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on February 29, 2020, 06:27:20 AM
Black Female U-2 Pilot Broke Barriers on the Ground and in the Air

https://www.military.com/history/black-female-u2-pilot-broke-barriers.html

I find people like that are an inspiration.
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Post by: mirth on March 07, 2020, 04:40:32 AM
https://twitter.com/DroneRaceLeague/status/1235915841566158848
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Post by: trailrunner on March 07, 2020, 07:06:36 AM
The Air Force Made the 1st Nonstop Round-the-World Flight

https://www.defense.gov/Explore/Inside-DOD/Blog/Article/2091499/the-air-force-made-the-1st-nonstop-round-the-world-flight/
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Post by: bob48 on March 07, 2020, 07:28:47 AM
That is amazing. I didn't know about that - thanks for posting it   :bigthumb:

the other really epic long trip with midair refuelling, including refuelling the tankers, was to get one Vulcan Bomber to the Falklands.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck
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Post by: mirth on March 07, 2020, 11:47:52 AM
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MiG-31 takes off at Yelizovo airfield, Kamchatka


(https://i.redd.it/83w0n152kuk41.jpg)
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Post by: bob48 on March 07, 2020, 04:35:55 PM
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Post by: bob48 on April 02, 2020, 11:15:30 AM
F4U Heaven.

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Post by: bbmike on April 02, 2020, 11:54:01 AM
Nice!  :bigthumb:
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Post by: trailrunner on April 09, 2020, 03:03:07 PM
Rafale Ride Leads To Inadvertent Ejection By Overstressed Passenger

https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/rafale-ride-leads-inadvertent-ejection-overstressed-passenger?elq2=e10f0c97be01463fa932eb934a81fcd9
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Post by: Barthheart on April 09, 2020, 03:08:22 PM
Whoops!  :o
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Post by: bayonetbrant on May 15, 2020, 06:30:07 PM
 :bigthumb:
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Post by: trailrunner on May 15, 2020, 06:42:46 PM
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/15/politics/f-22-jet-crash-florida/index.html
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Post by: bbmike on May 15, 2020, 07:10:21 PM
Dang. I've worked at Tyndall before. Glad the pilot is okay.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: trailrunner on May 15, 2020, 09:51:10 PM
I worked on the F-22 back when it was called the ATF.  During IOT&E and the first phases of FOT&E, I was commuting to Edwards AFB and Nellis AFB almost weekly.  I never made it to Tyndall, but I've been to Eglin AFB many times.

I thought it was a shame that they only built 183 of them.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on May 20, 2020, 10:37:04 AM
Another one at Eglin, this time a F-35

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/f-35-fighter-jet-crash-eglin-afb-lockheed-martin/ (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/f-35-fighter-jet-crash-eglin-afb-lockheed-martin/)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on May 21, 2020, 07:53:09 PM
https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.yahoo.com/amphtml/b-1-bomber-may-become-171932170.html
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on May 22, 2020, 06:32:48 AM
A bit ominous?

Lovely aircraft though - we saw one in the ground display at RAF Leuchars a few years back. very impressive!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on May 22, 2020, 01:07:31 PM
National Geographic Channel had a great little show last night if you didn't see it, "Heroes of WWII: The Mighty Eighth Air Force". I'm sure it'll be on again.  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on May 22, 2020, 02:12:05 PM
Wish I had caught that. I scanned their upcoming schedule but it's not in there.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on May 22, 2020, 10:50:54 PM
I'll keep an eye out for it to play again.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 28, 2020, 08:58:57 AM
Quote
Italian Fiat G.50 alongside a Messerschmitt Me 110 of Destroyer Wing 26, North Africa, 1941


(https://i.redd.it/plba7me0ne151.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on May 28, 2020, 09:37:03 AM
Strange to think that the Italian Airforce also took part in the bombing of the UK.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 29, 2020, 03:22:22 PM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1266449126612512769
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Post by: bob48 on May 29, 2020, 03:43:11 PM
Looks like the tail of a Concord behind it.
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Post by: BanzaiCat on May 29, 2020, 10:13:01 PM
 :bigthumb: :bigthumb: :bigthumb:
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Post by: Staggerwing on May 29, 2020, 10:29:44 PM
Whenever I seer any Grumman amphibian plane I'm always reminded of the film Murphy's War, with Peter O'Toole. It's not the greatest WW2 flick out there but I saw it when I was young and it stuck with me.
If you have not seen it I'd recommend giving it a look. Some great shots of flying along the Orinoco River and a requisite 70's downbeat ending.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 29, 2020, 10:46:31 PM
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Post by: Staggerwing on May 29, 2020, 10:50:07 PM
Yeah, I think that's B_C's schwing right there.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 29, 2020, 10:53:55 PM
He has schwing left?!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on May 29, 2020, 11:03:14 PM
I'm not getting close enough to find out.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on May 29, 2020, 11:33:11 PM
A schwing and a miss more like
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Post by: mirth on May 31, 2020, 09:46:23 AM
https://twitter.com/ron_eisele/status/1267088756223488006
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Post by: bob48 on May 31, 2020, 09:49:24 AM
That is awesome  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on May 31, 2020, 09:54:54 AM
+1 That was cool.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on June 01, 2020, 02:13:08 PM
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Post by: mirth on June 02, 2020, 06:15:47 AM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33797/watch-a-jas-39-gripen-fighter-fire-a-new-ground-attack-version-of-the-sidewinder-missile
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on June 02, 2020, 10:25:21 AM
Those crazy Germans!  :go-on:  Always coming-up with something new to kill you with.  :worried:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on June 02, 2020, 10:48:38 AM
I thought that the Gripen is Swedish - made by Saab.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 02, 2020, 11:32:57 AM
I thought that the Gripen is Swedish - made by Saab.

It's a German company that is reworking the Sidewinder as an AGM.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on June 02, 2020, 11:34:35 AM
That's alright then, innit.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on June 02, 2020, 11:59:15 AM
Of course.... the Germans could be trying that whole, 'Hiding stuff in other countries' thing they did back in the 30's.  :o  Secretly making a come-back?  :worried:  Hitler's head is still out there somewhere.  :whistle:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on June 02, 2020, 12:00:39 PM
On the other hand, I may just not have read it fully.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 02, 2020, 02:11:40 PM
https://twitter.com/USNavy/status/1267214275380117506
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 03, 2020, 07:58:17 AM
Quote
Fairey Swordfish I of 820 Squadron over HMS Ark Royal, 1939


(https://i.redd.it/vdnzc6lsho251.jpg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on June 03, 2020, 08:03:38 AM
What an awesome picture. We were lucky enough to have the 'Stringbag' fly over us one year when it was at the Sunderland Airshow. It was based at Newcastle Airport for the weekend the show was on.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 03, 2020, 05:10:29 PM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33830/navys-highly-promising-long-range-air-defense-busting-missile-has-taken-its-first-flight
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 05, 2020, 08:50:25 AM
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/exclusive-former-topgun-instructor-presents-original-article-inspired-legendary-top-gun-movie/
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: trailrunner on June 05, 2020, 10:40:53 AM
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/exclusive-former-topgun-instructor-presents-original-article-inspired-legendary-top-gun-movie/

Quote
Yogi and Possum finished the Top Gun course at the end of February 1983.

FWIW, in February 1983 I was in my senior year of undergrad about five miles away from the Top Gun school at what was then Miramar Naval Air Station.  My girlfriend (now wife) lived about three miles from Miramar NAS.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 05, 2020, 10:43:34 AM
Your girlfriend was sleeping with Yogi and Possum?!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: trailrunner on June 05, 2020, 10:52:17 AM
Your girlfriend was sleeping with Yogi and Possum?!

She was 22 at the time, probably too old for them.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: druid8172 on June 08, 2020, 09:03:07 PM
The late great Ray Hanna showing how to do a low level pass in a Spitfire
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Post by: bob48 on June 09, 2020, 06:44:21 AM
 :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 09, 2020, 05:52:58 PM
https://twitter.com/ron_eisele/status/1270458121811623943
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Post by: Staggerwing on June 09, 2020, 08:23:02 PM


"Soviet planner soon found out that the 'pick up a rifle from the fallen comrade in front of you and keep charging'  scarcity tactic did not extend itself to parachutes with equal success..."
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on June 10, 2020, 05:29:20 AM
Pity the poor guy who picked the pack that had the squad rations in it. How much black bread can you eat before you hit the ground?

..and if that wasn't in bad taste, then I don't know what is.

...maybe I should ban myself......................again!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 14, 2020, 06:51:06 PM



https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/34077/watch-giant-dc-10-fire-bombers-make-intense-attack-runs-on-arizonas-multiple-blazes
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Post by: Staggerwing on June 14, 2020, 07:14:48 PM
Impressive!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on June 14, 2020, 10:48:47 PM
And loud. That plane really extinguishes my anxiety of wildfires.  :hehe:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on June 15, 2020, 06:19:48 AM
Nothing to be put out about though.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on June 15, 2020, 06:30:02 AM
Really dampens the enthusiasm.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on June 15, 2020, 07:04:35 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on June 15, 2020, 08:34:49 AM
Back in the 70s, wasn't the DC10 involved in a number of fatal accidents?
Have a recollection of Bob Hope joking the ultimate tragedy would be driving a Pinto on the Jersey Turnpike and being rear ended by a DC10.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 15, 2020, 10:12:22 PM
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200615-the-record-breaking-jet-which-still-haunts-a-country
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Post by: ojsdad on June 16, 2020, 04:59:29 PM
Just flew over the house.  Two picture's of the same plane.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on June 16, 2020, 05:06:56 PM
Osprey?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: ojsdad on June 16, 2020, 05:18:35 PM
Yep. 
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on June 16, 2020, 11:27:47 PM
Whatcha doing there OJ'sDad that's got them keeping tabs on you? Are you trying to build that Death Ray again? That thing NEVER gets old.  :go-on:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 18, 2020, 03:36:52 PM
Nuclear strike role of F-117s

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33733/the-stealthy-f-117-nighthawk-could-have-executed-nuclear-strikes-against-the-soviet-union
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 21, 2020, 04:07:07 PM
Quote
USS Philippine Sea (CV 47) transits the Panama Canal while carrying six R4D Skytrains to set up an Antarctic base for Operation Highjump, 1946


(https://i.redd.it/3kzgr7mzpa651.jpg)



https://cgaviationhistory.org/1946-operation-high-jump/
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on June 21, 2020, 04:08:37 PM
Good picture  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on June 21, 2020, 05:14:24 PM
Yeah! Makes you appreciate how hard it was to get all those B-25s onto the smaller USS Hornet and still have room to launch them.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on June 21, 2020, 05:16:49 PM
Good point - how the heck did they do that, and land them on again.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 21, 2020, 05:24:04 PM
The B-25s never had to land on the carrier. They either crashed or landed on mainland Asia.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on June 21, 2020, 05:24:53 PM
Ah, right - I didn't know that.

Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on June 21, 2020, 06:32:16 PM
The B-25s never had to land on the carrier. They either crashed or landed on mainland Asia.

Yes, they were supposed to launch much closer to Japan and have plenty of fuel to make it to unoccupied China but the task force spotted a suspected Japanese picket boat and couldn't risk being reported so the decision was made to go early, right at the 'estimated extreme range' on the Mitchells (which had almost anything removable done away with to save weight and add extra tanks). The hope was that the 'estimate' would turn out to be on the conservative side. For some planes it was... for others, not so much.
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Post by: mirth on June 21, 2020, 06:37:15 PM
The B-25s never had to land on the carrier. They either crashed or landed on mainland Asia.

Yes, they were supposed to launch much closer to Japan and have plenty of fuel to make it to unoccupied China but the task force spotted a suspected Japanese picket boat and couldn't risk being reported so the decision was made to go early, right at the 'estimated extreme range' on the Mitchells (which had almost anything removable done away with to save weight and add extra tanks). The hope was that the 'estimate' would turn out to be on the conservative side. For some planes it was... for others, not so much.

I don't think there was ever a plan for the bombers to return to Hornet. I doubt carrier landings were even feasible for B-25s. They weren't entirely sure about takeoffs working, especially for the first bombers on the shortened flight deck.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on June 21, 2020, 08:20:21 PM
It was always supposed to be a one way trip. It wasn't feasible to get close enough to Japan to make it the half-way point and China was just a little further on so a better option. Had they been able to launch at the half way point then I'd guess that the planes would return to land on deck one at a time and then be quickly pitched overboard to clear the deck for the next one.

IIRC, there was an early option to have the Mitchells turn south after striking Tokyo so the crews could bail out near waiting subs but this was shelved as too risky to the subs to stay in a fixed area within Japanese controlled water that long. Also, the risk of interception by the Imperial Japanese fighters would be much greater since the Mitchells would be flying close to the Home islands much longer.
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Post by: besilarius on June 21, 2020, 11:44:11 PM
When, Jimmy Doolittle bailed out of his plane, it was pitch dark.  He could not see where he was, or where his crew had come down.
In his account, he was at first happy to land in a liquid, but then realised he had landed in a manure pit.
One foot was on a solid bit, but feeling about, he could not locate another sturdy spot.
Rather than take a chance of toppli g into the muck and drowning, he spent the rest of the night as motionless as he could.
The next morning, two of his crew spotted him and pulled him out.
Asking him if he was alright, Jimmy Doolittle quietly said, "I'm shit faced."
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on June 22, 2020, 05:47:55 PM
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Post by: trailrunner on June 22, 2020, 05:50:59 PM


Awesome!!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 23, 2020, 02:38:40 PM
https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute/status/1275497445447868422
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Post by: besilarius on June 27, 2020, 03:28:24 PM
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/time-u-s-navy-1h-skyraider-dropped-toilet-bomb-north-vietnam/

Spads were flying dumptrucks.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on July 04, 2020, 02:21:58 PM
https://twitter.com/paulwoodford/status/1279109039918440448


https://www.flickr.com/photos/halfmind/albums/72157636431082495/with/7184431619/
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on July 04, 2020, 06:18:14 PM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1279531693876162561
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Post by: trailrunner on July 04, 2020, 08:00:04 PM
The 4th of July flyover just flew over, perhaps within a mile of our house.  There was a good assortment of our airborne arsenal.  My wife asked me what the "batman" plane was, so I told her it was a B-2. 

I sure do love the sound of jets.
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Post by: Sir Slash on July 04, 2020, 11:17:03 PM
I watched that on TV. It was great to see all those planes and quite a grand show even if the TV cameras kept screwing up their shots. I was hoping the Blue Angels would do one of their howling, tree-top level fly-overs full speed right over Trump and Melania. I bet Trump's hair still wouldn't move.  :hehe:
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Post by: BanzaiCat on July 05, 2020, 12:08:20 AM
I was hoping the Blue Angels would do one of their howling, tree-top level fly-overs full speed right over Trump and Melania. I bet Trump's hair still wouldn't move.  :hehe:

That's Reagan's hair you're thinking of. Not one hair on that man's head ever moved, not even when he stepped out of Marine One's still-rotating blades.
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Post by: Staggerwing on July 05, 2020, 06:52:31 AM
I was hoping the Blue Angels would do one of their howling, tree-top level fly-overs full speed right over Trump and Melania. I bet Trump's hair still wouldn't move.  :hehe:

That's Reagan's hair you're thinking of. Not one hair on that man's head ever moved, not even when he stepped out of Marine One's still-rotating blades.

There's an episode of the original Hawaii 5.0 where McGarrett (Jack Lord) walk by a jet airliner spooling up it's engines. His perfect hair gets blown all over the place and then settles back EXACTLY as it was, every strand in place.
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Post by: mirth on July 05, 2020, 11:37:11 AM
https://twitter.com/Aviation_Intel/status/1074448473758392320


https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/25521/behold-arguably-the-most-spectacular-photo-of-nasas-shuttle-carrier-aircraft-ever
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Post by: bbmike on July 05, 2020, 12:01:20 PM
^That is really cool.
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Post by: mirth on July 05, 2020, 03:21:26 PM
^That is really cool.

Some great pics of the SCA that you don't normally see.
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Post by: mirth on July 05, 2020, 03:21:38 PM
https://twitter.com/AircraftTube/status/1279687710479798272
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Post by: Staggerwing on July 05, 2020, 05:51:13 PM
Ouch!  :(
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Post by: mirth on July 05, 2020, 08:04:02 PM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1279912975663497226
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Post by: thecommandtent on July 05, 2020, 08:17:22 PM
https://twitter.com/Aviation_Intel/status/1074448473758392320


https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/25521/behold-arguably-the-most-spectacular-photo-of-nasas-shuttle-carrier-aircraft-ever

Amazing picture!
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Post by: mirth on July 09, 2020, 05:17:53 PM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/34685/how-the-f-35-triggered-topguns-biggest-syllabus-revamp-in-nearly-four-decades
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Post by: mirth on July 10, 2020, 11:19:07 AM
https://twitter.com/BBCNews/status/1281550158510120961
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Post by: mirth on July 10, 2020, 04:50:30 PM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1281690926633619458
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Post by: mirth on July 12, 2020, 12:25:39 PM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eb99WT7U8AAKlRi?format=jpg&name=small)
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Post by: Staggerwing on July 12, 2020, 12:55:23 PM
^
"The size of the subcontractor list... impressive."
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Post by: Sir Slash on July 12, 2020, 03:17:18 PM
The new, Air Force One! And Navy too apparently. To confuse enemies probably.  :rockon:
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Post by: besilarius on July 12, 2020, 06:08:49 PM
Landing that must be hell.
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Post by: mirth on July 13, 2020, 01:59:12 PM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1282734981761171456
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Post by: Staggerwing on July 13, 2020, 06:52:45 PM
That's way more hours than its late-war last-ditch Japanese pilots could ever have hoped for themselves.
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Post by: bob48 on July 14, 2020, 03:37:07 PM
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Post by: mirth on July 16, 2020, 03:25:14 PM
https://twitter.com/The_Ops_Room/status/1283748615043919872
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Post by: druid8172 on July 16, 2020, 06:29:16 PM
taken from the back of a C130 during my trip to the Falklands in 1983
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Post by: druid8172 on July 16, 2020, 06:31:58 PM
a couple of my favourite shots of the Red Arrows taken at Southport airshow
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Post by: druid8172 on July 16, 2020, 06:33:14 PM
Red Arrows and friend
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Post by: Sir Slash on July 16, 2020, 11:20:43 PM
Very nice Druid.  :applause:
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Post by: bob48 on July 17, 2020, 06:59:36 AM
Fantastic picture!
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Post by: bayonetbrant on July 17, 2020, 11:15:53 PM
 :nerd:
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Post by: BanzaiCat on July 17, 2020, 11:17:20 PM
The Soviets sure had some wild ideas.
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Post by: Staggerwing on July 17, 2020, 11:26:46 PM
Ekranoplans were just frakking cool. They need a new esthetic, maybe 'Jetpunk'?
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Post by: Sir Slash on July 17, 2020, 11:34:55 PM
s that a ship trying to be a plane, or a plane trying to be a ship?  :idiot2:
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Post by: Staggerwing on July 17, 2020, 11:36:17 PM
Yes.
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Post by: bob48 on July 18, 2020, 07:23:28 AM
Ekranoplans were just frakking cool. They need a new esthetic, maybe 'Jetpunk'?

It is incredible, and I've watched a few vids about it. There are quite a few smaller versions being developed around the world.
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Post by: mirth on July 25, 2020, 07:22:07 PM



https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/8368/this-80s-promo-video-will-make-you-want-a-f-20-tigershark-so-freaking-bad
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Post by: mirth on July 27, 2020, 06:56:20 PM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1287881711380860928
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Post by: mirth on July 28, 2020, 01:21:49 PM
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A U.S. Navy Lockheed P2V-3C Neptune launches with "Jet-assisted take-off (JATO)" from the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42) on 2 July 1951.


(https://i.redd.it/iv3jlymf0md51.png)


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The early interim solution for a nuclear-capable “carrier based” bomber until the AJ Savage was ready. Twelve P2V-3Cs were converted, and while there had been plans to make them able to land aboard the one aircraft with a tail hook suffered severe structural damage during the shore-based testing and training. Thus, after a nuclear strike they would either have to land ashore or ditch. The Neptunes has to be craned aboard and until launch were a major headache: when parked forward only the port catapult could be used. Only the Midways were large enough for the beast, and as all were needed in the Mediterranean for potential nuclear strikes non saw service in Korea (two CVLs and eight CVEs were recommissioned as combat carriers for the conflict, I’d need to brush up on the number of Essexes brought back as this overlaps with early refits).


For a time the Neptunes and Savages served together as the latter had some serious teething troubles. For example, during FDR’s 1951 Mediterranean deployment six Savages and three Neptunes were ashore in Morocco just in case tensions heightened and they needed a nuclear strike. The Savages has too many problems to deploy aboard regularly and the Neptunes as mentioned caused problems, but they were nearby just in case, and there were many demonstration launches like this.
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Post by: bob48 on July 28, 2020, 01:50:38 PM
Impressive!
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Post by: mirth on July 31, 2020, 12:41:06 PM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/35199/the-inside-story-of-how-the-uk-culled-its-entire-harrier-jet-force-in-just-two-months
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Post by: bob48 on July 31, 2020, 02:02:14 PM
 :( >:(
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Post by: bbmike on July 31, 2020, 03:42:56 PM
(https://www.aarcentral.com/pics/rvp.gif)
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Post by: mirth on August 05, 2020, 07:50:43 PM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/3519/those-old-ov-10-broncos-sent-to-fight-isis-were-laser-rocket-slinging-manhunters
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Post by: bayonetbrant on August 05, 2020, 10:39:33 PM
Russian drone
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Post by: Sir Slash on August 05, 2020, 11:25:20 PM
I'm getting too old to keep up with all these new weapon systems. Call me when we get to the Phaser.  :sigh:
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Post by: bob48 on August 06, 2020, 06:47:13 AM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/3519/those-old-ov-10-broncos-sent-to-fight-isis-were-laser-rocket-slinging-manhunters

I may have mentioned it before, but I do like the Bronco :-)
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Post by: mirth on August 08, 2020, 08:07:49 PM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1292249258079518721
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Post by: besilarius on August 11, 2020, 04:45:48 PM
https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/08/11/russian-navys-mighty-ekranoplan-may-have-been-wrecked/amp/

The Russian ground effect seaplane may be sinking.
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Post by: bob48 on August 11, 2020, 05:23:12 PM
Its been laid up and out of service for years.

Actually, I'm not sure if this should be in the 'Ships' thread  ;D
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Post by: Staggerwing on August 11, 2020, 08:38:30 PM
I'd give it a pass in the same way you could include those giant military beach assault hovercraft. Both technically float on air while moving.

It would be a real shame if the world lost the 'Caspian Sea Monster', as the CIA nicknamed it. it is unarguably a piece of history.
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Post by: bob48 on August 26, 2020, 03:13:06 PM


North Wales.
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Post by: Sir Slash on August 26, 2020, 11:16:40 PM
Hang on. I didn't quite catch the pattern on the pilot's tie that last pass.
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Post by: bob48 on August 27, 2020, 06:52:18 AM
Somewhere there is a great vid of a Tornado, looking DOWN into the cockpit from the hillside. The W/O is holding up a sign with an arrow pointing to the pilot, and the words 'I'm with an idiot' written on it. Absolute classic.
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Post by: besilarius on August 29, 2020, 05:32:32 PM
https://www.rand.org/blog/2020/08/russias-su-57-heavy-fighter-bomber-is-it-really-a-5th.html

Interesting article on Russian fighter development.
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Post by: besilarius on September 01, 2020, 11:00:21 AM
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/amp/ncna1238773
Test of a drone versus manned jet.
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Post by: Sir Slash on September 01, 2020, 12:00:08 PM
Kind of scary, really. I wonder if the era of drones in combat would make war more or less likely to occur?  :worried:
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Post by: besilarius on September 01, 2020, 05:22:53 PM
Thinking about this brings up an old memory.
At the test range in Roosevelt Roads, PR, they had a huge wall display of the range.  It was so retro looking that it was called the Buck Rogers screen.
Ships and planes would go on the range and be "attacked" by Firebee drones.
These drones we're controlled by an operator in booths along the back wall.
One time an F4 Phantom from the Ark Royal was to attack a drone that was simulating an attack on the carrier.
The Phantom pilot made a very shallow turn to get behind the drone.
Well those things had no human body on board and could turn on a dime.
All we could see on the display was the turns.  They circled and circled with no real indication of telative positions.
Then the Brit exclaimed, "the bloody blokes behind me!"
Someone flipped on the lights and the range team gave the operator applause.
He just grinned.
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Post by: bayonetbrant on September 12, 2020, 05:01:06 PM
take-off!
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Post by: bayonetbrant on September 17, 2020, 03:07:17 PM
bunkered in
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Post by: bayonetbrant on September 17, 2020, 03:07:42 PM
quad engine
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Post by: bob48 on September 17, 2020, 03:57:47 PM
All engine and no plane.
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Post by: Doctor Quest on September 17, 2020, 04:05:54 PM
I count eight engines on that bad boy.
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Post by: Staggerwing on September 17, 2020, 07:37:38 PM
bunkered in

When traditional airfields will get wiped out in the opening strikes, every straight stretch of highway is a potential runway.
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Post by: Sir Slash on September 17, 2020, 11:00:26 PM
That'll leave us out in Fla. You can't launch a squadron of jet fighters with an old guy in front of you doing 25 in a 55 m.p.h. speed zone. And then braking to turn into a Bob Evans.  :waiting:
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Post by: besilarius on September 22, 2020, 07:55:39 AM
https://ww2flyover.org/

There will be a flyover of WWII warbirds this Friday in Washington, DC.
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Post by: bob48 on September 22, 2020, 07:56:54 AM
That looks like it should be pretty spectacular.
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Post by: bbmike on September 22, 2020, 08:01:54 AM
I saw one of those a couple years ago. Really cool! I'm surprised they are doing one now, though, considering what's going on.
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Post by: trailrunner on September 22, 2020, 02:41:41 PM
https://ww2flyover.org/

There will be a flyover of WWII warbirds this Friday in Washington, DC.

I saw the one they did in May of 2015 (I think) and it was good.  I was at Gravelly Point, which didn't provide the greatest view, but it was still good.

The bad news is that this Friday is supposed to be a day off for me, but I have to go in to the office.  The good news is that my office is in Crystal City overlooking DCA, so I actually might get a great view of this.

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Post by: druid8172 on September 23, 2020, 01:18:37 PM
I saw one of those a couple years ago. Really cool! I'm surprised they are doing one now, though, considering what's going on.

Its ok they are planning on social distancing and keeping at least 6 ft between the cockpits
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Post by: bob48 on October 05, 2020, 03:53:57 PM
What a great looking aitcraft.

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Post by: Staggerwing on October 05, 2020, 10:10:09 PM
Yes she is. A 48th scale P-61 Revel model was one of the many planes hanging from my childhood bedroom ceiling.
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Post by: bob48 on October 06, 2020, 06:17:02 AM
That dreadful sound from my boyhood of one or more suspended aircraft hitting the floor at 2.30am.
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Post by: Steelie on October 06, 2020, 08:11:26 AM
Yes she is. A 48th scale P-61 Revel model was one of the many planes hanging from my childhood bedroom ceiling.

Same here. My bedroom "skies" were patrolled by some of aviation's finest while the Bismarck, Yamato, Arizona, Enterprise and a number of scrappy warships kept my bookshelves safe.
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Post by: Sir Slash on October 06, 2020, 10:11:00 AM
I did tanks. With a few BB's and aircraft thrown-in for good measure. But mostly, tanks. Lots of tanks.
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Post by: bob48 on October 06, 2020, 10:19:13 AM
Yep, tanks for me as well. At one point I had Tamiya's 1/24 scale Tiger I, Panther and Jagd Panther.. The Tiger was an excellent model with a lot of internal detail.
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Post by: Steelie on October 06, 2020, 01:14:04 PM
I never got into tank modeling for some reason. I think I was simply too engrossed recreating the major fleet combatants of WWII or playing whichever Avalon Hill game was set up on the folding table in my bedroom.
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Post by: Staggerwing on October 06, 2020, 07:08:39 PM
I'm not sure having a bunch of tanks hanging from your ceiling creates quite the same effect


j/k, I built a fair share of tanks as well. In fact, about 10 years ago I felt nostalgic and bought a few kits to match some of the vehicles I was crewing at the time in WW2 OnLine. Never got around to building those though...  :(
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Post by: BanzaiCat on October 06, 2020, 08:28:35 PM
I haven't done a model since the Enterprise-D back in 1992 or so, just before I moved. I never had much patience with models before but this one I took my sweet time on; took me a month or so to put it together and carefully paint everything, even each and every window. I've had an itch to get some models lately but I've no place to put them, so. :(
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Post by: bbmike on October 06, 2020, 09:58:33 PM
I haven't done a model since the Enterprise-D back in 1992 or so, just before I moved. I never had much patience with models before but this one I took my sweet time on; took me a month or so to put it together and carefully paint everything, even each and every window. I've had an itch to get some models lately but I've no place to where my wife will let me put them, so. :(

ftfy
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Post by: Sir Slash on October 06, 2020, 11:00:30 PM
I fell in love with tank models after building a Panther. God, she was Gorgeous!   :-*
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Post by: judgedredd on October 07, 2020, 02:47:02 AM
I prefer tanks I have to say. Much easier to build, paint and weather.

My best ever model - a Jagdpanther which was my absolute fav - and the best weathering I had ever done
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50191427016_9ce3d72829_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jtfbBj)

There are far better out there - but not by me

Sold this on eBay for £21. Just gathering dust in my conservatory.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50430390436_c4e5260c6c_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jQmW7h)

Probably shouldn't put photos of tanks in a Planes thread - sorry Mirth. Won't happen again
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Post by: bayonetbrant on October 26, 2020, 09:55:26 AM
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Post by: bob48 on October 26, 2020, 10:03:12 AM
Awesome  :bigthumb:
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Post by: Sir Slash on October 26, 2020, 12:00:52 PM
That was crap-your-pants worthy.  :bigthumb:
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Post by: bob48 on November 02, 2020, 09:19:00 AM
Oh Joy! Just had 2 Apache Longbows fly over the house :-))
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Post by: bayonetbrant on November 02, 2020, 09:20:20 AM
Oh Joy! Just had 2 Apache Longbows fly over the house :-))

very cool!
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Post by: BanzaiCat on November 02, 2020, 09:32:12 AM
I still get at least two flyovers a day by F-16s out of Luke. Haven't seen anything else in a while, though they did do a parade of aircraft early on in this COVID era, around the city.
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Post by: bbmike on November 02, 2020, 11:54:07 AM
Oh Joy! Just had 2 Apache Longbows fly over the house :-))

Oh Joy? What if aliens are chasing them? It is 2020 after all.  :P
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Post by: Sir Slash on November 02, 2020, 12:45:37 PM
They aren't looking for you are they Bob? Paid your taxes I hope?  ;D
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Post by: judgedredd on November 02, 2020, 01:22:17 PM
Oh Joy! Just had 2 Apache Longbows fly over the house :-))
Jesus - the government are taking enforcing the new lock down seriously!
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Post by: bbmike on November 02, 2020, 02:28:27 PM
 ;D
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Post by: bob48 on November 02, 2020, 03:48:51 PM
This is a wonderful bit of old film - well worth watching.

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Post by: Staggerwing on November 03, 2020, 06:16:48 AM
That was cool to watch. Thanks for posting it Bob.
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Post by: besilarius on November 03, 2020, 08:48:28 AM
When observers from USN went to see how the RN early in the war, they knew nothing of the planes.
One officer was shocked to see a swordfish flying into the wind, practically hovering with it's very low stall speed.
"Who builds those?"
"Faireys."
"Of course, they do."

Always wondered why the admiralty put a surface officer in charge of the carrier that Scharnhorst bagged.  You would think they would want a CO thoroughly familiar with carrier ops, now that war began.
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Post by: bob48 on November 04, 2020, 11:03:09 AM
This is another excellent film that I found interesting;

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Post by: bob48 on November 26, 2020, 05:16:37 PM
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Post by: Sir Slash on November 26, 2020, 11:30:09 PM
Damn! That's impressive.  :applause:
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Post by: bob48 on November 27, 2020, 06:23:49 AM
That area of North Wales is a beautiful part of the country.
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Post by: bob48 on December 11, 2020, 01:43:23 PM
Still one of my very favourite aircraft.

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Post by: bbmike on December 11, 2020, 02:11:01 PM
Mine too.  :bigthumb:
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Post by: Staggerwing on December 11, 2020, 07:55:41 PM
 :bigthumb:

I wish I could find 'Black Sheep Squadron' on one of the streaming services.  :(
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Post by: Doctor Quest on December 11, 2020, 10:22:03 PM
I get it over-the-air on the Heroes and Icons channel. You have to deal with commercials but I have a Tablo DVR and I can record and skip.

They do have some great Corsair flight scenes.
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Post by: bayonetbrant on December 11, 2020, 11:12:53 PM
Isn't there an H&I streaming app? I know they have them for Comet and Charge
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Post by: Doctor Quest on December 11, 2020, 11:16:22 PM
I can't find anything obvious on the H&I website. They basically give you a link to a "Where To Watch" page that points you to local OTR and cable channels.
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Post by: bayonetbrant on December 12, 2020, 09:27:09 AM
 
I can't find anything obvious on the H&I website. They basically give you a link to a "Where To Watch" page that points you to local OTR and cable channels.

That's too bad. You would think they would want maximum distro for the network
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Post by: Sir Slash on December 15, 2020, 11:27:24 PM
I watch it there too along with, "Twelve O'Clock High" another one of my old favorites.  :bigthumb:
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Post by: bayonetbrant on December 17, 2020, 01:29:37 PM
RAF Tempest

https://www.businessinsider.com/british-ministry-of-defense-updates-on-tempest-6th-generation-fighter-2020-12
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Post by: bob48 on December 17, 2020, 01:33:35 PM
I like this version  ;)

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Post by: Staggerwing on December 17, 2020, 02:04:13 PM
RAF Tempest

https://www.businessinsider.com/british-ministry-of-defense-updates-on-tempest-6th-generation-fighter-2020-12


Quote
These new engines are expected to be more efficient and powerful that past iterations, creating the significant power spurless Tempest will need to leverage directed energy weapons that are likely to come.

Spurless, hmm... Probably a good idea- don't want those jangly spurs making noise and ruining the element of surprise.
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Post by: bayonetbrant on January 18, 2021, 03:09:55 PM
https://twitter.com/JonathanNichol4/status/1351106024086904832

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Post by: bob48 on January 18, 2021, 03:26:47 PM
Awesome  :) :bigthumb:
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Post by: Doctor Quest on January 18, 2021, 04:02:23 PM
That is very cool!
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Post by: Staggerwing on January 18, 2021, 10:04:23 PM
Outstanding!
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Post by: ojsdad on March 16, 2021, 10:21:01 PM
https://twitter.com/thewarzonewire/status/1371987865312268289?
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Post by: bob48 on March 17, 2021, 06:57:37 AM
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Post by: mcguire on March 17, 2021, 02:23:46 PM
Wow!  :bigthumb:

I live in the Tennessee Valley just below "Sand Mountain" (Yeah, I didn't name these things.), where we get a fair amount of Blackhawk and Chinook training traffic. But the most impressive thing I've seen before this was a line of four C-130s flying not more than a couple hundred feet over the edge of the bluff, make a hard left, and go down the river. But the valley is a couple miles wide here, so...
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Post by: bob48 on March 17, 2021, 02:29:26 PM
The so-called 'Mach Loop' in North Wales is used a lot for training, and there are lots of youtube vids of different aircraft flying 'The Loop'

We were on holiday is Scotland once around the Cairngorms, and saw a C130 doing something similar - it was actually flying in a valley below us.
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Post by: bbmike on April 20, 2021, 08:18:51 AM
WWII-era plane makes emergency water landing at Cocoa Beach Air Show (https://www.wftv.com/news/local/brevard-county/plane-lands-ocean-after-mechanical-issues-cocoa-beach-air-show/MLPSBYMU2JDKZHFBIRTOCBNO6Y/)
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Post by: Staggerwing on April 20, 2021, 09:02:17 PM
I caught that video. You'd almost think way back when that those Grumman engineers  actually though someone might need to ditch their Avenger in the water and they so designed accordingly.
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Post by: besilarius on April 21, 2021, 09:30:03 AM
Old man Grumman instilled quality in his workers. 
The aircrews called his factory the Grumman Iron Works.
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Post by: bayonetbrant on April 21, 2021, 09:59:02 AM
they've already pulled most of the plane out of the water and have it on a trailer to go back to the shop to get re-assembled
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Post by: mcguire on April 22, 2021, 03:16:06 PM
Hope it'll fly again soon. It's great that they keep these old warbirds flying, but it's sad when we lose one.

 :(
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Post by: besilarius on April 25, 2021, 11:06:00 AM
https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/airshowsareback

Airshows!
Early schedule.
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Post by: Staggerwing on April 25, 2021, 12:27:21 PM
Great news!

The New England Air Museum (https://www.neam.org/home.php) is supposed to bring back Open Cockpit events soon as well!
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Post by: Doctor Quest on April 25, 2021, 03:25:26 PM
Our annual Offutt AFB air show is off until 2022 due to much needed runway work.

Good to see other areas coming back. Always a great way to spend a beautiful summer afternoon.  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 22, 2021, 10:15:07 PM
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Doctor Quest on May 22, 2021, 10:39:22 PM
 :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on May 22, 2021, 10:43:16 PM
Cool stuff.

Though I'd be a little worried if there was also a Martin Mariner waiting to follow them after takeoff. That whole thing didn't go so well the first time...  :(
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on May 23, 2021, 05:46:46 AM
I saw a similar one but with F4U's and that was totally awesome.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on May 25, 2021, 11:07:27 AM



The exuberance of youth.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on May 25, 2021, 11:32:36 AM
Ah, good old Mark Felton.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on May 25, 2021, 09:54:02 PM
Indeed. He just released a video about the Graf Zeppelin II's ELINT mission to scout England's Chain Home radar net on the eve of WW2.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 26, 2021, 04:33:30 PM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40800/right-on-cue-russian-tu-22m3-bombers-now-flying-from-syria-brandish-anti-ship-missiles (https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40800/right-on-cue-russian-tu-22m3-bombers-now-flying-from-syria-brandish-anti-ship-missiles)



I've always wondered where the hell the CAP is in this scene? And where are the escort ships?


Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mcguire on May 26, 2021, 04:44:42 PM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40800/right-on-cue-russian-tu-22m3-bombers-now-flying-from-syria-brandish-anti-ship-missiles (https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40800/right-on-cue-russian-tu-22m3-bombers-now-flying-from-syria-brandish-anti-ship-missiles)

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Known in the West as the AS-4 Kitchen...

 :face: I would like to speak to the management.

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I've always wondered where the hell the CAP is in this scene? And where are the escort ships?

They're being stealthy. You wouldn't want them to give themselves away, would you?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 26, 2021, 04:51:21 PM
They're being stealthy. You wouldn't want them to give themselves away, would you?

Backfires are hardly stealthy. That scene isn't in the Sum of All Fears novel at all. It's just a poor rip-off of the 'Dance of the Vampires' carrier battle from Red Storm Rising.

I did get a chuckle that Bob Kelso from Scrubs is an admiral in Sum of All Fears.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on May 26, 2021, 05:44:10 PM
I did get a chuckle that Bob Kelso from Scrubs is an admiral in Sum of All Fears.

 ;D I rewatched this a few months ago and was laughing at that myself...just waiting for Dr. Cox to come around a corner and glare at him malevolently.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 26, 2021, 06:08:47 PM
I did get a chuckle that Bob Kelso from Scrubs is an admiral in Sum of All Fears.

 ;D I rewatched this a few months ago and was laughing at that myself...just waiting for Dr. Cox to come around a corner and glare at him malevolently.

I just did a full re-watch of Scrubs (and there are a lot of damn episodes with 9 seasons). Ken Jenkins was fantastic as Kelso. I happened to catch a few minutes of Sum of All Fears recently and was like, "Oh shit! It's Bob Kelso!"
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on May 26, 2021, 07:23:11 PM
Try as I might, I can't get through Season 9. I usually rewatch all the episodes every other year or so and did last year, and that time I was all, "I'm gonna get through Season 9," but could not.

It also saddens me that the hospital they filmed in (not a sound stage but an actual hospital that had closed down) was torn down and is now a bunch of condos.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 26, 2021, 07:52:04 PM
Try as I might, I can't get through Season 9. I usually rewatch all the episodes every other year or so and did last year, and that time I was all, "I'm gonna get through Season 9," but could not.

It also saddens me that the hospital they filmed in (not a sound stage but an actual hospital that had closed down) was torn down and is now a bunch of condos.

Season 9 is okay, but it's totally unnecessary. It was a convoluted process to get a ninth season and a lot of the cast had already found other work. I read an interview with McGinley where he said they all thought the show ended with season 8, then he got a call telling him to show up for S9. He was still under contract so he went back to work.


The hospital was interesting. The production team had the run of the building and modified it however they wanted for shooting. The cast had their own suites right in the building which is unusual on most sets.


It's a great show and I am not a huge Zach Braff fan. He's talented, but that character on Scrubs was too effing whiny.
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Post by: Barthheart on May 26, 2021, 10:33:43 PM
Try as I might, I can't get through Season 9. I usually rewatch all the episodes every other year or so and did last year, and that time I was all, "I'm gonna get through Season 9," but could not.

It also saddens me that the hospital they filmed in (not a sound stage but an actual hospital that had closed down) was torn down and is now a bunch of condos.

Season 9 is okay, but it's totally unnecessary. It was a convoluted process to get a ninth season and a lot of the cast had already found other work. I read an interview with McGinley where he said they all thought the show ended with season 8, then he got a call telling him to show up for S9. He was still under contract so he went back to work.


The hospital was interesting. The production team had the run of the building and modified it however they wanted for shooting. The cast had their own suites right in the building which is unusual on most sets.


It's a great show and I am not a huge Zach Braff fan. He's talented, but that character on Scrubs was too effing whiny.

Sure ... but Sarah Chalke!  :hug:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 26, 2021, 11:46:32 PM
Sure ... but Sarah Chalke!  :hug:

She is very watchable. So is Christa Miller.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Barthheart on May 27, 2021, 07:28:41 AM
Sure ... but Sarah Chalke!  :hug:

She is very watchable. So is Christa Miller.

 :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 27, 2021, 04:42:35 PM
Leave it to the USAF to screw up something that should be as simple as looking out a window.


https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40821/kc-46as-long-troubled-vision-system-cant-even-reliably-show-the-end-of-the-refueling-boom
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Doctor Quest on May 27, 2021, 04:57:14 PM
Good grief. Who comes up with this stuff?

This burns me up as well..................... A strong military does not mean flushing money down the toilet with no oversight.

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/19/997961646/the-pentagon-has-never-passed-an-audit-some-senators-want-to-change-that
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 27, 2021, 05:04:00 PM
Good grief. Who comes up with this stuff?

This burns me up as well..................... A strong military does not mean flushing money down the toilet with no oversight.

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/19/997961646/the-pentagon-has-never-passed-an-audit-some-senators-want-to-change-that (https://www.npr.org/2021/05/19/997961646/the-pentagon-has-never-passed-an-audit-some-senators-want-to-change-that)


Wow.  :o


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the department has never detailed its assets and liabilities in a given year. For the past three financial years, the Defense Department's audit has resulted in a "Disclaimer of Opinion," meaning the auditor didn't get enough accounting records to form an assessment.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: trailrunner on May 27, 2021, 05:23:44 PM
Good grief. Who comes up with this stuff?

This burns me up as well..................... A strong military does not mean flushing money down the toilet with no oversight.

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/19/997961646/the-pentagon-has-never-passed-an-audit-some-senators-want-to-change-that


This is an old issue.  They audited DoD 2 or 3 years ago, or they attempted to audit it.

As someone pretty familiar with DoD accounting systems and how money flows, and the games that are played, and this absolutely does not surprise me.  But I also doubt that any large federal agency could successfully pass an audit.

Trying to make them pass an audit will have dubious benefit.  It's going to require more and more minute record keeping, last-minute data-compilation tasks, and new, even more onerous restrictions.  They may eventually declare victory and balance their checkbook, but it won't result in any real improvement.  There is tremendous pressure to spend all the money on a very rigid schedule.  That comes from Congress, and if I fell behind I'd get in trouble.  I was told numerous times that it didn't matter what I spent the money on, as long as I spent it.

I'll also say that Congress has some guilt in this area.  I had to deal with Congressional adds, where Congress throws money out to their districts like a drunk sailor *after* the budget has been balanced.  That's bad enough, but we were not allowed to monitor this spending to ensure that we were getting something in return.  We could not ask for a plan on what they were going to do with the money, interim reviews, or even a final report.  We were only supposed to be a conduit, and if we slowed it down in the slightest, we'd get a call from Congressional Affairs.


Leave it to the USAF to screw up something that should be as simple as looking out a window.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40821/kc-46as-long-troubled-vision-system-cant-even-reliably-show-the-end-of-the-refueling-boom

I think this is also an old issue.  I don't follow the KC-46, but I thought they have been working on a fix.  And I don't think they look out a window anymore - I think it's all based on a camera.  I got to fly the boom on a KC-135, and there I was truly looking out a window.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Doctor Quest on May 27, 2021, 05:27:53 PM
Good insights from the inside. Nothing is ever simple.

Thanks, TR.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 27, 2021, 05:36:31 PM

Leave it to the USAF to screw up something that should be as simple as looking out a window.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40821/kc-46as-long-troubled-vision-system-cant-even-reliably-show-the-end-of-the-refueling-boom (https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40821/kc-46as-long-troubled-vision-system-cant-even-reliably-show-the-end-of-the-refueling-boom)

I think this is also an old issue.  I don't follow the KC-46, but I thought they have been working on a fix.  And I don't think they look out a window anymore - I think it's all based on a camera.  I got to fly the boom on a KC-135, and there I was truly looking out a window.


It's an old issue with the KC-46 that has not yet been fixed. They don't look out a window on the 46, but the camera system doesn't work. It's going to be an even older issue since Boeing will start rolling out a fix in 2023.

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Under a 2020 agreement with Boeing, the manufacturer is covering all the costs of developing and installing the RVS 2.0, but it won’t actually begin to be fitted to new-build aircraft until 2023, while retrofitting of previously delivered aircraft will begin a year after that.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on May 28, 2021, 11:37:07 AM
https://twitter.com/edburmila/status/1158564919605944325

Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 28, 2021, 12:16:26 PM
I've always wanted to own a B-17


https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40829/a-squadrons-worth-of-paul-allen-owned-warbirds-is-up-for-sale
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on May 28, 2021, 12:18:28 PM
You'll need more'n a tube of glue to get that flying again  ;D
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 28, 2021, 12:20:26 PM
https://twitter.com/edburmila/status/1158564919605944325 (https://twitter.com/edburmila/status/1158564919605944325)


Keeping a Libyan MiG-23 airworthy is an accomplishment. Daring to fly it takes some balls.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on May 28, 2021, 12:23:48 PM
You'll need more'n a tube of glue to get that flying again  ;D


If I can manage the $9 mil to buy it, I can figure out the restoration funding.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on May 28, 2021, 12:24:39 PM
Crowdfunding?
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 03, 2021, 06:22:05 PM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1400577535675572224
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: judgedredd on June 04, 2021, 02:15:22 AM



The exuberance of youth.
I wonder if Mark Felton will ever make a video of my antics when my Royal Corps of Transport Sqn were on exercise in Salisbury Plain in South West England.

At the end of the exercise, all our 100+ vehicles were parked in a line. Late at night, probably around 10pm, I went along the line, taking jerry cans of diesel and put them in the back of my 8 ton TM. I then took the 8 tonner, drove out the area, headed along the A303, M3, M25, A1 and into Mansfield to see my darling - a distance of around 250 miles. The next morning, after "relations" had taken place, I called my unit and told them I was coming back.

I went back to the Sqn and was put under open arrest. When the unit got back to camp on the Sunday, I was up in front of the OC (officer commanding). I got 7 days RoPs (Restriction of Privileges) and fined £120 for the diesel I had used.

To this day, I do not understand why I wasn't jailed at MCTC (Military Correction Training Centre - which is 3 miles from my camp) and thrown out the army.

One lucky bastard.

Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on June 04, 2021, 06:50:26 AM
JD- that's like something right out of the movie 'Stripes'! 

Maybe they didn't throw you in the pokie because one or more of your superiors had done the same thing when they were your age and rank.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on June 04, 2021, 07:22:16 AM
What a very naughty boy!

Good job you weren't in the Armoured Corps.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: judgedredd on June 04, 2021, 11:23:36 AM
JD- that's like something right out of the movie 'Stripes'! 

Maybe they didn't throw you in the pokie because one or more of your superiors had done the same thing when they were your age and rank.
I may well have sub-consciously copied it - because I had seen Stripes (a fav movie of mine).

What a very naughty boy!

Good job you weren't in the Armoured Corps.
I know..I was pretty naughty as a soldier.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on June 04, 2021, 11:56:00 AM
It was my mental vision of you trundling down the A1 in a Scorpion with a big cheesy grin on yer fizzog!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on June 04, 2021, 12:32:16 PM
Stand aside Mirth, another Bill Murray imitator has revealed himself.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 07, 2021, 02:00:09 PM
This is an outstanding YT channel put together by retired F-14 RIO, Ward Carroll. He is very knowledgeable and does a great job with his videos (he doesn't bore you to sleep). After watching a number of his videos, I'm tempted to back his Patreon.

Channel Link (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiUteckG37fXz0g5h8iZ_0g/featured)


His video on Top Gun errors is fun



Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 07, 2021, 04:34:32 PM
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Model of a proposed supersonic airliner conversion of the MiG-25


(https://i.imgur.com/NsPem33.jpeg)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on June 07, 2021, 04:48:21 PM
How very..perculiar.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 07, 2021, 07:23:36 PM
https://twitter.com/warplane_porn/status/1402042943532322821
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 07, 2021, 09:25:01 PM
It's wild that these are still in service and exercising with NATO

https://twitter.com/warplane_porn/status/1402072857363075073
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 07, 2021, 09:28:13 PM
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B-24D Liberator lead assembly ship "Barber Bob". These were planes painted in bright liveries to be spotted easily and help assemble bomber formations. 93rd Bomber Group, US 328th Bomber Squadron based on RAF Hardwick, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Feb 1943.


(https://preview.redd.it/afnhstmss7371.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=8a6fd2c7cf73e3c975764813ca35f0af9cc14193)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Doctor Quest on June 07, 2021, 10:31:45 PM
I remember seeing a model of a lead assembly ship in a scale modeler magazine when I was very young. It was covered in polka dots and had less than standard national insignia. My immediate reaction was WTF? until I read the article by the modeler.

I have some aviation history books with some photos of those ships. A damned clever idea when you think about it.

Thanks for sharing the picture.
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Post by: Steelie on June 08, 2021, 09:19:50 AM
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B-24D Liberator lead assembly ship "Barber Bob". These were planes painted in bright liveries to be spotted easily and help assemble bomber formations. 93rd Bomber Group, US 328th Bomber Squadron based on RAF Hardwick, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Feb 1943.


(https://preview.redd.it/afnhstmss7371.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=8a6fd2c7cf73e3c975764813ca35f0af9cc14193)

I didn't realize Pride Week was a thing back then   8)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on June 08, 2021, 09:25:02 AM
I didn't realize Pride Week was a thing back then   8)

You were already too old for it by then?  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Steelie on June 08, 2021, 09:32:47 AM
Oh, here we go! 

(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRaUqSGr4DXzJhjbIzFGDj7NaeT36FJB1Eroh4x04yLeTd4YpvucmcddoLUVQ3y03adSa4&usqp=CAU)

Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mcguire on June 08, 2021, 04:31:01 PM
This is an outstanding YT channel put together by retired F-14 RIO, Ward Carroll. He is very knowledgeable and does a great job with his videos (he doesn't bore you to sleep). After watching a number of his videos, I'm tempted to back his Patreon.

Channel Link (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiUteckG37fXz0g5h8iZ_0g/featured)


His video on Top Gun errors is fun




Ok, I have to know. How many watts is the F-14's radar putting out? Are we talking microwave popcorn, or flaming death-beam?

Ok, yeah, 500 watts average, 10,000 watts peak (https://www.radartutorial.eu/19.kartei/08.airborne/karte025.en.html). That'll defrost your Salisbury Steak.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on June 08, 2021, 09:14:01 PM
Oh, here we go! 

(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRaUqSGr4DXzJhjbIzFGDj7NaeT36FJB1Eroh4x04yLeTd4YpvucmcddoLUVQ3y03adSa4&usqp=CAU)

That's the first thing I thought of.  ;D
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on June 12, 2021, 10:26:22 AM
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pq1k25kew8zb1oy/194860reconarticle-Isby-2021.pdf

David Isby looks at the U2 program.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on June 14, 2021, 03:13:32 PM
Not sure if this should be under helicopters or planes!

Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bbmike on June 14, 2021, 08:08:57 PM
Yes.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on June 15, 2021, 07:48:33 AM
That's OK then - glad you clarified it so succinctly
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: judgedredd on June 16, 2021, 08:23:23 AM
The top 18 fighter aircraft of all time...as specified by Ward Carroll

Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on June 16, 2021, 10:56:59 PM
Enjoyed the video a lot. I would've expected the Mig-15 to have been rated higher.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: judgedredd on June 17, 2021, 01:46:03 AM
Yeah - it's important to understand I guess that it's his take. We'll all have different views. I'd have put the F-14 at 1 just because it looks freakin' awesome...totally no military rationale there what-so-ever!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on June 17, 2021, 01:40:47 PM
https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/06/french-warplanes-to-train-with-us-military-in-hawaii-as-allies-solidify-ties/
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on June 19, 2021, 02:51:44 PM
www.dropbox.com%2Fs%2Fcj9mdp8axpdsrhk%2FCrossCockadeDavidKennedySummer2021.pdf

An American flying in french two seaters in 1918.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mirth on June 20, 2021, 08:50:32 PM
https://twitter.com/warplane_porn/status/1406768636459687939
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on June 21, 2021, 06:44:39 AM
I may have mentions this before, but I so love the F4U  ;D
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on June 27, 2021, 01:43:51 PM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6zvP_guS9g&
Skip bombing demo.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on June 27, 2021, 03:30:00 PM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6zvP_guS9g&
Skip bombing demo.

Interesting. Those planes look like bomber-nosed  variants of the Beechcraft 18.

And a googlechop later, here it is, either the Beechcraft AT-11 or SNB-1 Kansan:

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Beechcraft_SNB-1_Kansan_front_quarter_view.jpg)

Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: judgedredd on June 28, 2021, 02:08:12 AM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6zvP_guS9g&
Skip bombing demo.
That second one certainly had a knack...obviously king of stone skipping in his area  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: judgedredd on July 18, 2021, 12:23:44 PM
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on July 18, 2021, 12:36:26 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: judgedredd on July 18, 2021, 12:39:33 PM
That looks complicated as hell. I think I'd want my guns back!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on July 18, 2021, 01:09:51 PM
Too funny.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: mcguire on July 18, 2021, 05:49:41 PM


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Basically, it consists of a reticle projected on a combining glass by an optical unit.

Basically. Yeah.

That's some damn fine recruiting, though.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on July 19, 2021, 07:52:13 AM
This is pretty amazing;

Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: judgedredd on July 19, 2021, 11:14:21 AM
I go to Flying Legends at Duxford every year - Covid permitting - and it's awesome.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on July 19, 2021, 11:46:10 AM
Loved that video!  :dreamer:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Doctor Quest on July 19, 2021, 02:17:36 PM
I go to Flying Legends at Duxford every year - Covid permitting - and it's awesome.

Just for the record. I hate you for this.  :2funny:
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bob48 on July 19, 2021, 02:52:48 PM
We've twice been to the international air show at RAF Leuchars and seen LOTS of interesting aircraft. Also, in better times, we have the Sunderland Air show every year and we're on the flightpath for a lot of the aircraft since we are between the show area and Newcastle Airport, where some of the aircraft stay.. In 2019, the MiG 19 and Vampire flew together low over our house, much to my delight.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: judgedredd on July 20, 2021, 01:47:03 AM
I go to Flying Legends at Duxford every year - Covid permitting - and it's awesome.

Just for the record. I hate you for this.  :2funny:
I don't know if you have access to these warbirds anytime - but they really are so stunning up close. They have a "flight path walk" where they are all lined up and you walk up and down in the morning before the show, just snapping beautiful pictures of them

Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: judgedredd on July 20, 2021, 01:47:37 AM
And one of my favs
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Doctor Quest on July 20, 2021, 09:58:22 AM
We have a pretty good airshow here at Offutt Air Force Base. It is usually an annual affair but with Covid and much needed runway work it has been cancelled for the last couple of years.

They bring in a lot of aircraft of all types. I think it depends on the aircraft owner on how up close an personal you can get. Most of the active duty US aircraft are just THERE for you to walk up to and look at. The one exception was the F-117 when it was here. It was cordoned off and guarded. Some of the cargo planes are open and you can walk through the cargo deck.

Duxford is on my bucket list. I'd like to get to a Paris air show as well.

Thanks for sharing the pix!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: bayonetbrant on July 20, 2021, 10:58:04 AM
We have a pretty good airshow here at Offutt Air Force Base.

One of my best friends was stationed there for his last assignment on active duty before he retired about 6-7 years ago.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Doctor Quest on July 20, 2021, 11:03:50 AM
Did he stay in Omaha? (or Bellevue?)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Sir Slash on July 20, 2021, 03:25:43 PM
Careful of that one on top Dredd. It's looks like it might bite.  :hehe:  We've had some great Air Shows here too close by but airfield that put them on went commercial and so most have moved on elsewhere. But we did have the B-17, B-24, P-51 and Spitfire. And once the BF-109. The old shows used to include the C5A and C-130's and you could crawl around in almost all of them. Great stuff.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: thecommandtent on July 20, 2021, 07:44:55 PM
Great pictures JD!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: BanzaiCat on July 26, 2021, 01:46:10 PM
Interesting insight into Soviet Russian air force capabilities

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Post by: judgedredd on July 26, 2021, 03:50:38 PM
I loved that - for the knowledge but also just to see Russian aircraft. I think they're beautiful.
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Post by: druid8172 on July 26, 2021, 07:09:46 PM
yep i would Say Obsession is well named

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Post by: judgedredd on July 27, 2021, 01:08:44 AM
I would not want to be the tail gunner on that  ;D

18 years!! That's some tenacity right there.
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Post by: bob48 on July 27, 2021, 10:24:20 AM
I would not want to be the tail gunner on that  ;D

18 years!! That's some tenacity right there.

I doubt you'd fit in JD - you're far too big!

I know what you mean though, but I bet the ball gunners position was much worse.
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Post by: besilarius on July 27, 2021, 10:40:33 AM
https://www.historynet.com/when-hellcats-took-the-fight-to-the-luftwaffe.htm?

Hellcats versus Messerschmitt.
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Post by: Sir Slash on July 27, 2021, 12:30:59 PM
Great story! Thanks for the post Besilarius.  :applause:
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Post by: bob48 on July 27, 2021, 01:19:06 PM
Yes, very interesting  :bigthumb:
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Post by: Staggerwing on August 06, 2021, 10:42:35 PM
Once again, Mark Felton does not disappoint.



(Note the bit about air-to-air refueling- not new but IIRC, never done with such large aircraft.)
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Post by: BanzaiCat on August 12, 2021, 12:28:57 AM
Not sure if this has been posted before, but I did not see it. I've always been fascinated by the story of the Lady Be Good, a B-24 bomber that was lost over the North African desert due to some tragic miscalculations. They ended up bailing out over the North African desert; one died when his parachute did not open but that would not be discovered for years. The others met up and thought they were only 100 miles from their base on the coast, but they were actually 440 miles. Slowly but surely, they could go no further, and all perished in the desert.

This video does a fantastic job of telling the story:

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Post by: bayonetbrant on August 12, 2021, 11:12:15 AM
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2021/08/11/the-us-marines-corps-f-35c-and-the-5000-mile-strike-mission/
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Post by: mcguire on August 12, 2021, 03:02:16 PM
One comment and one question:

Yes, the Pacific Ocean is big.

Why is this a job for the Marines? Isn't it more in the Air Force (...) or Navy line of business?
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Post by: trailrunner on August 12, 2021, 03:15:28 PM
One comment and one question:

Yes, the Pacific Ocean is big.

Why is this a job for the Marines? Isn't it more in the Air Force (...) or Navy line of business?

Good question.  The Marines justified their aviation requirements because they needed to provide close air support to the grunts on the ground, not doing deep strike missions.

Otherwise that article didn't say much, except that they will need a lot of aerial refueling.  The article cites an exercise last month where they flew from Miramar to Washington State.  That doesn't sound very remarkable. 
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Post by: bayonetbrant on August 12, 2021, 03:24:39 PM
After a couple of key battles in WW2 when the Navy decided to go carrier-hunting instead of providing CAS to the Marines ashore, the USMC vowed that they would always control their own CAS.
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Post by: bbmike on August 12, 2021, 03:50:51 PM
One comment and one question:

Yes, the Pacific Ocean is big.

Why is this a job for the Marines? Isn't it more in the Air Force (...) or Navy line of business?

Because nobody gets scared when they hear the Air Force or Navy is coming.  :whistle:  :biggrin:
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Post by: bayonetbrant on August 12, 2021, 05:52:43 PM
Because nobody gets scared when they hear the .... Navy is coming.


I'm sure the sheep appreciate you categorizing them as "nobody"  :silly:
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Post by: bbmike on August 12, 2021, 06:45:40 PM
Wait a sec, Robert Conrad is at the door...
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Post by: Staggerwing on August 12, 2021, 10:16:39 PM
Wait a sec, Robert Conrad is at the door...

Did you dare?
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Post by: bbmike on August 13, 2021, 08:36:06 AM
Knock that battery off? No way!
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Post by: bob48 on August 13, 2021, 09:15:27 AM
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Post by: rickbill on August 13, 2021, 01:44:39 PM
HOW THE SPRUCE GOOSE WAS MOVED TO OREGON


why? what's the historical connection?
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Post by: bob48 on August 13, 2021, 02:24:34 PM
Well, its a plane, and the thread is about planes, innit  ;D
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Post by: BanzaiCat on August 13, 2021, 03:29:15 PM
Now now, no need to get into a flap over it. Just wing it for now.
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Post by: bbmike on August 13, 2021, 03:37:36 PM
Let's not nose dive into more puns.
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Post by: bob48 on August 13, 2021, 03:42:37 PM
No need for that sort of altitude.
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Post by: Staggerwing on August 13, 2021, 05:53:43 PM
That's it- put a positive spin on things.
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Post by: druid8172 on August 13, 2021, 06:36:00 PM
we have to put things in to prop-er perspective
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Post by: Undercovergeek on August 13, 2021, 06:49:34 PM
When a thread repeatedly comes up as unread…..::

You know the pun bafoons have been at work
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Post by: Staggerwing on August 13, 2021, 07:36:23 PM
Better gear up for more puns.
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Post by: judgedredd on August 14, 2021, 04:02:36 AM
When a thread repeatedly comes up as unread…..::

You know the pun bafoons have been at work
Don't get in a flap about it - just embrace it - jump in!
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Post by: rickbill on August 14, 2021, 05:06:47 AM
HOW THE SPRUCE GOOSE WAS MOVED TO OREGON


why? what's the historical connection?


sorry, my question wasn't why post the article.  My question was why should the Spruce Goose be moved to Oregon?  It was built by Howard Hughes in Long Beach California. (I did take the tour when it first opened. ... not that far from the Queen Mary IIRC)  From what I understand, it pretty much was overly ambitious for the time and pretty much a failure (I am sorry a "flight" that does not get out of ground effect does not qualify a successful flight test from my POV).  A wooden massive seaplane ... building bigger and faster airplanes seemed to be the rich boy's pass time of the 40's - partially funded by the American taxpayer ... not that different from the rocket hobby of Bezos/Branson/Musk today.

So, people in the Long Beach area weren't flocking to view it anymore so they decided to move it to Oregon?  I did not understand the connection between Oregon and the Spruce Goose.  That is all. 


Sorry if I offended.
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Post by: bob48 on August 14, 2021, 06:28:04 AM
No, not a problem at all. I was just being frivolous as is my want. No offence taken or meant. I stumbled across it and thought it was interesting enough to post here. Mind you, if I had realised that it would get the puns rolling, I may have not bothered. :-)
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Post by: Undercovergeek on August 14, 2021, 10:47:04 AM
When a thread repeatedly comes up as unread…..::

You know the pun bafoons have been at work
Don't get in a flap about it - just embrace it - jump in!

i drive to all your houses and beat your faces in with ailerons

is that how it works  ;D
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Post by: bob48 on August 14, 2021, 11:23:31 AM
I shall go and hide in a city in India.

Bomb Bay.
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Post by: judgedredd on August 14, 2021, 11:49:25 AM
When a thread repeatedly comes up as unread…..::

You know the pun bafoons have been at work
Don't get in a flap about it - just embrace it - jump in!

i drive to all your houses and beat your faces in with ailerons

is that how it works  ;D
He's flying now
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Post by: Staggerwing on August 14, 2021, 12:49:22 PM
Yep, he's diving right in.
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Post by: judgedredd on August 14, 2021, 02:33:47 PM
Yep, he's diving right in.
All guns blazing
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Post by: bob48 on August 14, 2021, 03:26:34 PM
I f we took all these small puns, could we fuselage one out of them?
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Post by: Staggerwing on August 14, 2021, 09:42:17 PM
^I had to sound that one out before I caught on as it flew over my head on first read.
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Post by: bayonetbrant on August 30, 2021, 11:16:34 AM
 :whistle:
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Post by: bob48 on August 30, 2021, 11:25:30 AM
Ha!  ;D
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Post by: Sir Slash on August 30, 2021, 12:08:03 PM
Hey, the A-10 looks like me.  :o  Is that supposed to be an insult or a compliment?
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Post by: bob48 on August 30, 2021, 12:09:30 PM
Yes.
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Post by: besilarius on September 18, 2021, 02:24:29 PM
www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/RAFAction.html

Low level raid by Mosquitoes.
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Post by: bayonetbrant on October 14, 2021, 11:56:31 AM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42637/these-images-of-aussie-c-17s-flying-among-skyscrapers-in-brisbane-are-the-best-weve-ever-seen
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Post by: bob48 on October 14, 2021, 12:05:56 PM
Awesome.
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Post by: BanzaiCat on October 14, 2021, 12:37:32 PM
Hold on, we're not going to pitch any more puns on flying? I'd hate for everyone to start yaw-ning, but I was just going to roll with it.
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Post by: bob48 on October 14, 2021, 01:37:46 PM
No need to take that altitude.
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Post by: trailrunner on October 14, 2021, 02:17:12 PM
This thread has taken a nose dive.  We need a better attitude to keep it going. 
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Post by: bob48 on October 14, 2021, 02:58:30 PM
No need to get into a flap about it.
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Post by: Sir Slash on October 14, 2021, 03:51:15 PM
WOW! This took-off in a hurry. I can't say I had vector Victor on it.  :waiting:
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Post by: mcguire on October 14, 2021, 04:15:08 PM
Wow!

From the comments:

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Post by: judgedredd on October 14, 2021, 04:33:39 PM
None of those puns are landing
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Post by: Staggerwing on October 15, 2021, 10:01:52 AM
Another interesting one from Mark Felton:

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Post by: bob48 on December 16, 2021, 02:08:01 PM
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Post by: Staggerwing on December 16, 2021, 07:39:58 PM

Oohh, a product of one of my favorite eras of Naval aviation!

One of those planes played a prominent roll in the Peter O'Toole movie  'Murphy's War'.
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Post by: mcguire on December 17, 2021, 03:54:07 PM
"Uh, Gramma, you're about to lose a slipper."
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Post by: besilarius on December 17, 2021, 05:50:27 PM
The Brisbane flyover brought to mind an incident from about 1970.
The Saratoga had an engineering pipe burst in Phaleron Bay, Athens.  She ended up touching the bottom, the bay isn't that deep close to land.
The air wing had to fly off to Naples.  The ship was bow in.
They catapulted the Phantoms off.  They immediately had to go to full power in a turn to starboard to avoid the line of hotels along the water.
The Phantoms always dropped down right after clearing the cat shot, so it looked tremendously dangerous.
Those two, smoky engines gave enormous power (proving that even a brick could fly with enough power) and were loud.  Thunderously loud.
Since the planes came close to those hotels, maybe eighty yards, the booming noise woke any late sleepers, and shook the buildings.
When they tried to homeport Destroyer Squadron Twelve in 1972, all the waterfront hotels said ,"Non militaire."
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Post by: Barthheart on December 17, 2021, 08:33:13 PM
The Brisbane flyover brought to mind an incident from about 1970.
The Saratoga had an engineering pipe burst in Phaleron Bay, Athens.  She ended up touching the bottom, the bay isn't that deep close to land.
The air wing had to fly off to Naples.  The ship was bow in.
They catapulted the Phantoms off.  They immediately had to go to full power in a turn to starboard to avoid the line of hotels along the water.
The Phantoms always dropped down right after clearing the cat shot, so it looked tremendously dangerous.
Those two, smoky engines gave enormous power (proving that even a brick could fly with enough power) and were loud.  Thunderously loud.
Since the planes came close to those hotels, maybe eighty yards, the booming noise woke any late sleepers, and shook the buildings.
When they tried to homeport Destroyer Squadron Twelve in 1972, all the waterfront hotels said ,"Non militaire."

Man, you have some great stories!  :applause:
Thanks fer sharing.  :bigthumb:
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Post by: besilarius on January 01, 2022, 11:46:57 AM
https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairfo/articles/20220101.aspx

Now, even Finland has jumped onto the F-35 bandwagon. 

This really jerks Russian jaws.
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Post by: bob48 on July 18, 2022, 06:20:51 PM
Here's one for Stagger!



The guys from Flite Test are amazing and do some great stuff.
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Post by: Staggerwing on July 18, 2022, 10:08:32 PM
WANT!


Thanks Bob- here's one for you:



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Post by: bob48 on July 19, 2022, 06:57:19 AM
Beautiful :-))
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Post by: bayonetbrant on July 29, 2022, 08:36:49 AM
someone shared this on BGG.  totally awesome


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Post by: Sir Slash on July 29, 2022, 11:07:17 AM
 :notworthy:
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Post by: trailrunner on July 29, 2022, 01:03:09 PM
My dad was a red shirt (weapons) on carriers.  I got to spend some time on carriers both as a kid and as an adult, and calling it a "ballet" is completely appropriate. 

One of the most impressive things I've witnessed in my life is flight ops at night.  And it's being conducted primarily by 20-something year old kids on a floating airport in the middle of the ocean.

My dad told me that on every cruise, at least one sailor would die.  Some of it was just from natural causes when you have a couple thousand people on the ship, but he told me gruesome stories of guys walking into turning props, or falling overboard, or some other machinery accident.
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Post by: bayonetbrant on July 29, 2022, 01:18:59 PM
And it's being conducted primarily by 20-something year old kids on a floating airport in the middle of the ocean.

that right there is the truly batshit crazy part of all of it
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Post by: besilarius on July 30, 2022, 11:07:14 AM
During WWII, the planes were guided in to land by the LSO, Landing Safety Officer.  He was near the stern, right next to the arresting wires.
There was a net rigged a deckI below the flight deck for him to jump into when a plane was co.ing in to crash at the edge.
Not much talked about, but a number of LSOs missed the net. 
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Post by: bayonetbrant on July 30, 2022, 04:27:56 PM
"skittles"  ;D
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Post by: mcguire on August 04, 2022, 03:46:55 PM
"Grapes"  :ROFL:
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Post by: Sir Slash on August 04, 2022, 10:40:09 PM
So I guess if you're Color Blind you really have a tough time in the Navy.
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Post by: judgedredd on September 10, 2022, 03:26:36 PM
Battle of Britain Air Show at Duxford finished with the Big Wing - 16 Spitfires and 4 Hurricanes - in honour of the late Queen Elizabeth II
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Post by: judgedredd on September 10, 2022, 03:36:34 PM
Some pics
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Post by: judgedredd on September 10, 2022, 03:39:49 PM
And more

My photo skills are quite average at best...but I was up against it today - my 300mm lens wouldn't auto-focus half the time, so I spent most of the day in manual focus with varying degrees of success. It's safe to say I won't be winning any Photographer of the Year awards - but I have enough half decent ones for my collection.

I'm not saying any of this for likes - it's just how it is
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Post by: bayonetbrant on September 10, 2022, 03:47:20 PM
good pics, amigo!
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Post by: judgedredd on September 10, 2022, 03:54:04 PM
Thank you - some more
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Post by: judgedredd on September 10, 2022, 03:55:08 PM
And finally...
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Post by: Doctor Quest on September 10, 2022, 05:16:48 PM
I think they are all superb, JD. Keep up the good work!

(And, dammit, I need to get to Duxford some time.................................)
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Post by: judgedredd on September 10, 2022, 05:38:20 PM
Thank you. The Sally B was as elegant as ever.
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Post by: judgedredd on September 11, 2022, 03:20:21 PM
Spit anyone?
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Post by: judgedredd on September 11, 2022, 03:35:19 PM
One of my favourites
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Post by: judgedredd on September 11, 2022, 03:41:20 PM
Last for today

A P-51 Mustang
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Post by: besilarius on October 05, 2022, 08:01:49 PM
https://militaryhistorynow.com/2022/09/07/hellcat-vs-focke-wulf-how-did-the-u-s-navy-warplane-stack-up-against-germanys-fw-190/

Focke Wulf versus Hell cats and Corsairs
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Post by: Sir Slash on October 05, 2022, 10:48:01 PM
Great article!  :applause:
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Post by: bob48 on October 06, 2022, 05:47:51 AM
very interesting  :bigthumb:
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Post by: bob48 on October 06, 2022, 06:12:10 AM
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Post by: Staggerwing on October 06, 2022, 06:34:01 AM
^ Vikings and Huscarls are friends!
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Post by: Sir Slash on October 06, 2022, 12:51:38 PM
Damn, that's pretty!  :bigthumb:
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Post by: bob48 on October 06, 2022, 01:45:19 PM
We were up in Scotland one year near the Cairngorms, and looked down to see a C130 flying in the valley below us.
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Post by: bayonetbrant on October 06, 2022, 01:49:44 PM
great video, Bob!
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Post by: bob48 on October 07, 2022, 03:52:34 PM
A really excellent selection of aircraft flying the 'mach loop' in Wales.



What a superb aircraft the Tornado is :-)
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Post by: judgedredd on October 10, 2022, 03:54:35 PM
Gotta love a Spit
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Post by: bayonetbrant on November 10, 2022, 12:57:07 PM
https://www.popsci.com/technology/x-37b-plane-900-days-orbit/
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Post by: Sir Slash on November 10, 2022, 11:27:34 PM
On mission for 2 years? Or just lost for 2 years until found?  ???
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Post by: Doctor Quest on November 13, 2022, 10:36:01 PM
This is really tragic. I am a huge airshow fan and you always dread something like this will happen. Several investigations are underway.

https://www.npr.org/2022/11/13/1136346487/dallas-airshow-midair-collission-fatalties
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Post by: Sir Slash on November 14, 2022, 12:21:13 PM
I saw that. Terrible.
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Post by: bob48 on November 14, 2022, 01:41:06 PM
Such a shocking thing to happen.
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Post by: bayonetbrant on November 15, 2022, 11:35:20 AM
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2020/09/04/a-us-air-force-b-52-just-set-another-intelligence-trap-for-the-russians/?sh=4f64003962b9
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Post by: besilarius on December 24, 2022, 09:53:34 AM
https://www.strategypage.com/bookreviews/2387

A very unusual subject, the air forces during the Phony War period before Dunkirk.
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Post by: bob48 on December 24, 2022, 10:20:31 AM
Looks very interesting  :bigthumb:
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Post by: Staggerwing on December 24, 2022, 04:32:08 PM
Relatively cheap on Amazon US as well, for a hardcover book anyway:

https://www.amazon.com/Allied-Air-Operations-1939-1940-Countries/dp/1399087711
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Post by: judgedredd on December 25, 2022, 04:07:32 AM
Thanks - good find. Found it on UK Amazon for £16...but £7 for Kindle  :bigthumb:
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Post by: bayonetbrant on December 28, 2022, 10:01:19 AM
F16 canopy testing

https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClkAIGDA2Cc/

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Post by: Sir Slash on December 28, 2022, 11:38:51 AM
That is impressive.  :o
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Post by: besilarius on January 13, 2023, 09:21:54 AM
https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairfo/articles/20230113.aspx

F-15 forever!
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Post by: Sir Slash on January 13, 2023, 11:40:23 AM
Eagles never die. They just upgrade to newer version.  :applause:
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Post by: bob48 on January 13, 2023, 04:38:46 PM
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Post by: Staggerwing on January 13, 2023, 10:17:32 PM
I guess I shouldn't be surprised but I never realized how close in size the Mossie and P-38 are.
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Post by: bob48 on January 14, 2023, 07:24:53 AM
Yes, good point.

I've had the pleasure of seeing (and hearing!) a Mossie in flight, but not, unfortunately, a P-38.
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Post by: besilarius on January 14, 2023, 01:58:47 PM
http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/MosquitoJailbreak.html

Mossies were successful in the Amiens jailbreak.
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Post by: bob48 on January 16, 2023, 10:58:16 AM


I thought this was interesting.
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Post by: bayonetbrant on January 24, 2023, 06:23:23 PM
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Post by: besilarius on February 10, 2023, 01:25:20 PM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HFCv06f967Q

An oldie from 1956.
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Post by: Staggerwing on February 10, 2023, 10:04:52 PM
^ Cinema Vérité
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Post by: bob48 on April 01, 2023, 06:34:19 AM
:-)
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Post by: Sir Slash on April 01, 2023, 04:14:33 PM
I can see right through what they're doing there.
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Post by: bob48 on April 01, 2023, 04:32:04 PM
I expected someone to come back with a clever retort...but instead, we got you. ::)
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Post by: Sir Slash on April 03, 2023, 12:09:22 PM
Beggers can't be choosers. At least thar's what a beggar told me. I, 'Chose' to believe him.
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Post by: Doctor Quest on April 03, 2023, 01:09:46 PM
It was funnier when the sign said "Wonder Woman's Jet".
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Post by: Sir Slash on April 03, 2023, 10:53:38 PM
That's because only Old Farts like us would get it. But, you're right. That would be funnier. My Brother came to visit recently. When he talked into his Apple Watch, I asked him, "Didn't Dick Tracy have one of those"? I thought he was going to hit me.
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Post by: GROGnadsUSA on April 04, 2023, 01:42:53 AM
It was funnier when the sign said "Wonder Woman's Jet".
I never saw any 'components' comprising the "innards" so, where WERE 'Flying Squirrel' & 'Space Monkey housed/wheeled-run-?-!
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Post by: bob48 on April 11, 2023, 06:38:54 AM


Me want!
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Post by: GROGnadsUSA on May 10, 2023, 05:05:12 PM










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Post by: besilarius on July 27, 2023, 09:03:05 AM
https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/catalina-aircraft-relaunches-iconic-flying-boat-eyes-military-sales/154255.article

A return of the iconic PBY Catalina.
Perfect for your island secret lairs.
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Post by: bob48 on July 27, 2023, 09:11:45 AM
I have been fortunate to see one at an airshow in the past. Great aircraft.
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Post by: JudgeDredd on July 27, 2023, 09:40:24 AM
She is a graceful bird - Duxford Flying Legends
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Post by: bob48 on July 27, 2023, 09:54:59 AM
 :bigthumb:

We saw it at RAF Leuchars and it came over here once when it was at the Sunderland Air Show, which, sadly, are no longer being held.
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Post by: bob48 on September 26, 2023, 05:43:36 PM
One of my favourite aircraft. The Short Sunderland.

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Post by: Doctor Quest on September 26, 2023, 10:13:03 PM
One of my favorites as well! "The Porcupine".

I will watch this when I have some time.

I swear if I ever get over there I am looking up you and JD and we're going to Duxford.

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Post by: bob48 on September 27, 2023, 05:59:15 AM
 :bigthumb:
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Post by: Rekim on September 28, 2023, 04:38:46 PM
A Horton 229 test pilot in flight suit.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FmA23dDWYAE1BjZ?format=jpg&name=900x900)
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on October 05, 2023, 02:40:37 PM
https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2023/10/05/spielberg-hanks-wwii-series-masters-of-the-air-gets-premiere-date/?

Was overall disappointed with the Pacific.  Too scattered.
Hoping this will have a good storyline.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: JudgeDredd on October 05, 2023, 03:18:02 PM
Yeah - The Pacific wasn't my fav.

Seems like I have to get Apple TV at some point!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Doctor Quest on October 05, 2023, 03:37:40 PM
Thank you, besilarius. I will definitely check that out.

IMHO. Apple TV is still a pretty good deal as streaming services go. Waiting for new seasons of "Silo" and "Shrinking".
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: besilarius on November 04, 2023, 09:31:09 PM
http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/RobertScottTiger.html

Interview with a pilot of the Flying Tigers.
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Doctor Quest on November 05, 2023, 01:50:35 AM
Nice clip. Thanks!
Title: Re: Planes!
Post by: Staggerwing on November 05, 2023, 11:19:04 AM
I read his book 'God is my Co-Pilot' when I was a teen. Good stuff.