Coolest Large Planes?
Discussion
Stickyfinger said:
wolfracesonic said:
It'll be a Lincoln then! I'd heard of the Lincoln, didn't know exactly what they were. Was the nose glazing designed by a moonlighting Dornier guy?
It is armoured, they could not make curved armoured glass back then...they saw combat in Malaya with the AustraliansEdited by Stickyfinger on Thursday 1st December 17:20
Eric Mc said:
Good job it never crashed. How was it disposed of?
No idea, suspect it was chopped up and buried in a desert somewhere. The reactor was never actually connected to anything, it was just put in the aircraft to measure the effectiveness of the shielding. There was an episode of "The Planes That Never Flew" dedicated to it, and I'd track it down if you can, it was a good watch.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_NB-36H
ukaskew said:
XB70 said:
Others have beat me to it but would be remiss of me not to add my 2 cents given my forum name!
It's 2016, yet you can still look at that picture (which presumably is nearly 50 years old) and think it's from a far-off future.
What a great looking machine
Eric Mc said:
Even though it was deemed obsolete even before it flew - and never entered production.
Whether it was any good (or relevant) is not the point in the context of my statement. Just look at it! Ask a kid to draw a plane from the future and it would probably look like that.Or to put it another way, if that pulled up alongside the average transatlantic flight and you got the exact view in that photo, 99% of those on the flight would assume it's some futuristic secretive test aircraft, not a 60 year old relic.
I am sure you are right. That, of course, is down to people not understanding what the future needs of aerospace really were - including some of the top aeroplane designers of all time. Despite being futuristic looking, the XB-70 was actually BACKWARD in its concept. You could say the same with Concorde. Lovely aeroplane - wrong decision.
I am a huge fan of North American Aviation. They were probably the most forward looking aircraft producer of all time with some breath taking projects that were way ahead of their time -
X-15
F-86
F-100
A5 Vigilante
They also built the Apollo Command/Service Module and the Space Shuttle.
However, on occasion, what they built was not what was needed.
I am a huge fan of North American Aviation. They were probably the most forward looking aircraft producer of all time with some breath taking projects that were way ahead of their time -
X-15
F-86
F-100
A5 Vigilante
They also built the Apollo Command/Service Module and the Space Shuttle.
However, on occasion, what they built was not what was needed.
Jakg said:
I feel like such a nerd pointing this out, but it's a Myasishchev M-4 "Bison"
Even more rediculous cargo:
The Tupolev Tu-160 is "Blackjack" - the swept-wing one in the centre:
My favourite would have to be the B36 though.
Look at the picture again, Grasshopper. See through the picture. Ignore the distraction. See the Tu-160. Even more rediculous cargo:
The Tupolev Tu-160 is "Blackjack" - the swept-wing one in the centre:
My favourite would have to be the B36 though.
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