Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 1)
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I can help here, sloppy.
dodgy reconstruction, but interesting nonetheless - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXK7Ix75ZSE&fea...
Stu
dodgy reconstruction, but interesting nonetheless - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXK7Ix75ZSE&fea...
Stu
bobthemonkey said:
Sloppy said:
Don't know how they landed this one
This was the Iraqi incident wasn't it? Attempted shoot-down by a shoulder launched SAM. They survivied with some look and excellent training following United 232.
MrVelox said:
bobthemonkey said:
Sloppy said:
Don't know how they landed this one
This was the Iraqi incident wasn't it? Attempted shoot-down by a shoulder launched SAM. They survivied with some look and excellent training following United 232.
Can you imagine getting out and looking at the wing?
Amazing.
fathomfive said:
MrVelox said:
bobthemonkey said:
Sloppy said:
Don't know how they landed this one
This was the Iraqi incident wasn't it? Attempted shoot-down by a shoulder launched SAM. They survivied with some look and excellent training following United 232.
Can you imagine getting out and looking at the wing?
Amazing.
Yeah it must have been a wild ride for the pilot, full points for landing it, think some of the tyres were shot for landing too.
Full story here: http://www.cargolaw.com/2004nightmare_on.target.ht...
Burnedout said:
Video is of a remote control model plane, cleverly spliced/editted to make it look real. Defo Fake.
btb said:
Eric Mc said:
They weren't (I've seen both flying).
Ironically, when the RAF ran out of available fighters in the mid 1980s due to delays to the introduction of the Tornado F2/3, as an emergency measure, 74 Squadron (the Tiger Squadron) was reactivated with ex US Navy F4J Phantoms. These were rebranded F4J(UK) Phantoms and were Pratt and Whitney powered.
That's correct. I was working on Phantoms at Raf Wattisham, when we received the 74 Sqn J's. Much younger airframes compared to our birds. From memory, the whole sqn of J's (think there were 12) cost £100,000,000, which i reckon was good value at the time.Ironically, when the RAF ran out of available fighters in the mid 1980s due to delays to the introduction of the Tornado F2/3, as an emergency measure, 74 Squadron (the Tiger Squadron) was reactivated with ex US Navy F4J Phantoms. These were rebranded F4J(UK) Phantoms and were Pratt and Whitney powered.
The RR engines had a recyclable oil cooling system, therefore they hardly had any smoke trail. The J's engines burnt the coolant oil within the engine (bit like a 2 stroke i guess) and hence the thicker smoke trails.
Did find a mumified scorpion within the spine during a fuel tank change once!No doubt due to the storage conditions in the desert.
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Edited by anonymous-user on Wednesday 29th October 18:37
Here is a picture I took in 1990 of a box of 4 (of a formation of 16) F4's during the Battle of Britain Flypast.
The trailing F4 is an F4J as you can see the smaller jet nozzles and lack of RWR & Aerial on the fin.
Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 2nd November 11:58
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