Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

The Jaguar was XZ118 which was at St Athan for spares/disposal in 2005.

During Operation Granby (Gulf war I) the a/c wore the nose art of the Viz comic character 'Buster Gonad and his Unfeasibly Large Testicles':

[FourWheelDrift]

perdu said:

FourWheelDrift said:

Must be an ex-Omani Jaguar. It's too bling for the RAF.

not so sadly

I said Omani because it's all polished chrome-like just like the Bentley's, Mercedes and Porsches seen in the Middle East. I would like to have said Saudi but they never had Jags.

[dr_gn]

Ginetta G15 Girl said:

The Jaguar was XZ118 which was at St Athan for spares/disposal in 2005.

During Operation Granby (Gulf war I) the a/c wore the nose art of the Viz comic character 'Buster Gonad and his Unfeasibly Large Testicles':

So why didn't they just take the painted panel off and keep it, and replace it with a plain one?

Or did they?

EDITED to add: Nice panel line weathering reference for any modellers: they are very obviously visible there!

Edited by dr_gn on Monday 16th August 09:27

[Ayahuasca]

dr_gn said:

Nice panel line weathering reference for any modellers: they are very obviously visible there!

I was in Peru the other day and thought of this discussion - at Lima airport there are some old C130s that have obviously been there a while and every single panel line and rivet is enhanced as if someone had marked them out in black ink. Must be a desert thing.

[Tango13]

As some one mentioned the MB5 on another thread I thought I'd post these...


P51H

CA-15

MB5

All using the same engine IIRC yet designed many miles apart!

[Dr Jekyll]

The Mustang shown had a Merlin, the other two had Griffons.

[Tango13]

Dr Jekyll said:

The Mustang shown had a Merlin, the other two had Griffons.

That'll teach me to post without getting off my a**e to double check But the post was more about how they resemble each other physically

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

I always liked this, the Miles M20. Built in a period of 9 weeks in 1940 to Air Ministry design specification F19/40.

Almost all wood construction, fixed spatted u/c, teardrop canopy, Merlin XX powerplant and 8x .303 Brownings, it had a performance comparable with the Spitfire Mk1a.

[dr_gn]

Tango13 said:

As some one mentioned the MB5 on another thread I thought I'd post these...


P51H

CA-15

MB5

All using the same engine IIRC yet designed many miles apart!

Don't forget the Fisher Eagle:

[perdu]

dr_gn said:

Ginetta G15 Girl said:

The Jaguar was XZ118 which was at St Athan for spares/disposal in 2005.

During Operation Granby (Gulf war I) the a/c wore the nose art of the Viz comic character 'Buster Gonad and his Unfeasibly Large Testicles':

So why didn't they just take the painted panel off and keep it, and replace it with a plain one?

Or did they?

EDITED to add: Nice panel line weathering reference for any modellers: they are very obviously visible there!

Edited by dr_gn on Monday 16th August 09:27

I think the most obvious thing about the paintjobby on the Jag is the way that ALL the "patinated lines on the fuselage run down and up rather than front to back.

Looks almost like corrugated cardboard the way all the stripes go up and down (except smoother )

Doesn't high speed flight affect modern paints? Is it all down to REAL weather when standing around?

Well you have to wonder don't ya?

[tossbag]

[Mojocvh]

Vader ballon is excellent!

[Tango13]

dr_gn said:

Tango13 said:

As some one mentioned the MB5 on another thread I thought I'd post these...


P51H

CA-15

MB5

All using the same engine IIRC yet designed many miles apart!

Don't forget the Fisher Eagle:

I imagine syncronising the four guns through the contra-rotating prop was a challenge.

[chuntington101]

dr_gn said:

Don't forget the Fisher Eagle:

What are the advantages to Mid engined aircraft like this?....

Chris.

[dr_gn]

chuntington101 said:

dr_gn said:

Don't forget the Fisher Eagle:

What are the advantages to Mid engined aircraft like this?....

Chris.

Not many apparently.

With the Bell Airacobra it was mainly to accomodate a large cannon in the nose, and I suppose it might give lower inertia for better handling. No idea what the idea was with the Eagle.

[RosscoPCole]

From Bournemouth (Hurn) Airport today. Just driving past and stopped on the verge when I saw the Lancaster at then end of the runway.




The rest are a bit small as everything was landing at the other end of the runway so not worth posting.

[Eric Mc]

That's a bit sad. There can't be too many of those around.

[tossbag]

Eric Mc said:

That's a bit sad. There can't be too many of those around.

Two I think.
That one is being restord iirc.

[Dr Jekyll]

tossbag said:

Eric Mc said:

That's a bit sad. There can't be too many of those around.

Two I think.
That one is being restord iirc.

What is it?

[Eric Mc]

It's a Canadair C-4M North Star/Argonaut. Thwey were a licensed version of the Douglas DC-4/C-54. They differed from the original in being powered by Rolls Royce Merlins rather than Pratt and Whitney radials. They were also pressurised.
North Star



Argonaut




Douglas DC-4