Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 1)
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Yertis said:
On a tangent - pics like these sucked me into aviation, airbrushing, and eventually my career... Roy Cross is one of my heros.
so where the bloody hell were YOU when I was asking for pictures of a Tsetse Mosquito (which I believe this is ^^^^^^^)(I am sure EricMc will correct me in a minute)
The Airfix 1/72 kit (as shown in the picture) contains parts and markings to make a MkII, a MkVI and a MkXVIII. I can't remember offhand if the MkXVIII was the version referred to as the Tetse but it was fitted with a 57mm Molins gun for anti-shipping duties (as depicted in the art work).
Airfix also do a version of the above kit with an alternative radar nose to make the NFXIX or the export Swedish J.30 (which also had four bladed props).
The Airfix 1/72 Mosquito kit came out around 1975 and has now been superseded in quality by later models by Hasegawa and Tamiya. However, it is relatively inexpensive and easily available and does build up into a pretty nice model.
I have both of the Airfix boxings in my pile of unbuilt models.
Airfix also do a version of the above kit with an alternative radar nose to make the NFXIX or the export Swedish J.30 (which also had four bladed props).
The Airfix 1/72 Mosquito kit came out around 1975 and has now been superseded in quality by later models by Hasegawa and Tamiya. However, it is relatively inexpensive and easily available and does build up into a pretty nice model.
I have both of the Airfix boxings in my pile of unbuilt models.
Edited by Eric Mc on Thursday 6th November 16:28
ninja-lewis said:
bobthemonkey said:
Bushmaster said:
A Tornado? In Israel? How bizarre.
filski666 said:
The Wiz said:
I've always loved this ...
Not very cool pics I know but an ice cool aircraft.
which is very similar to the Sukhoi T-4 ! - bloody americans copy everything!Not very cool pics I know but an ice cool aircraft.
Edited by filski666 on Thursday 6th November 17:20
Two XB-70 prototypes were built for U.S. Air Force. However, the aircraft program's high development costs, along with changes in the technological environment with the introduction of the effective anti-aircraft missiles led to the cancellation of the B-70 program in 1961. Although the proposed fleet of operational B-70 bombers was never built, the XB-70A aircraft were used in supersonic test flights from 1964 to 1969, performing research for the design of large supersonic aircraft. One prototype crashed following a midair collision in 1966. The other is on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.
As for the T4 well despite design similarities the Sukhoi T-4 was not intended as a Soviet equivalent of the North American XB-70 Valkyrie supersonic bomber, but was rather intended to take advantage of many of the XB-70's aeronautic innovations to develop a smaller reconnaissance and interceptor aircraft capable of reaching Mach 3. In this respect the T-4 is more closely a Soviet attempt to develop an aircraft comparable to the proposed North American XF-108 Rapier.
The T-4 was made largely from titanium and stainless steel, and featured a fly-by-wire control system but also employed a mechanical system as a backup. The aircraft's nose lowered to provide visibility during takeoff and landing. A periscope was used for forward viewing when the nose was retracted, and could be employed at speeds of up to 373 mph (600 km/h). Braking parachutes were used in addition to conventional wheel brakes.[1]
The first T-4, designated "101," first flew on August 22, 1972.
The Wiz said:
filski666 said:
The Wiz said:
I've always loved this ...
Not very cool pics I know but an ice cool aircraft.
which is very similar to the Sukhoi T-4 ! - bloody americans copy everything!Not very cool pics I know but an ice cool aircraft.
Edited by filski666 on Thursday 6th November 17:20
Two XB-70 prototypes were built for U.S. Air Force. However, the aircraft program's high development costs, along with changes in the technological environment with the introduction of the effective anti-aircraft missiles led to the cancellation of the B-70 program in 1961. Although the proposed fleet of operational B-70 bombers was never built, the XB-70A aircraft were used in supersonic test flights from 1964 to 1969, performing research for the design of large supersonic aircraft. One prototype crashed following a midair collision in 1966. The other is on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.
As for the T4 well despite design similarities the Sukhoi T-4 was not intended as a Soviet equivalent of the North American XB-70 Valkyrie supersonic bomber, but was rather intended to take advantage of many of the XB-70's aeronautic innovations to develop a smaller reconnaissance and interceptor aircraft capable of reaching Mach 3. In this respect the T-4 is more closely a Soviet attempt to develop an aircraft comparable to the proposed North American XF-108 Rapier.
The T-4 was made largely from titanium and stainless steel, and featured a fly-by-wire control system but also employed a mechanical system as a backup. The aircraft's nose lowered to provide visibility during takeoff and landing. A periscope was used for forward viewing when the nose was retracted, and could be employed at speeds of up to 373 mph (600 km/h). Braking parachutes were used in addition to conventional wheel brakes.[1]
The first T-4, designated "101," first flew on August 22, 1972.
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