Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)

[IroningMan]

Brother D said:

eccles said:

IroningMan said:

lloyd h said:

So this was pretty cool..
Westland Wasp Helicopter by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

[whisper]Lloyd; that's a Scout.[/whisper]

What makes it a Scout? Looks like a Wasp to me....

It looks like it was built by Heath Robinson...

Is that the same bloke that wired my brain to ignore the castors and focus on the camouflage?

Sorry Lloyd!

[tuffer]

webby74 said:

Eric Mc said:

What happened?

I thought something was wrong with it to, but it looks like a well placed raindrop on the roof glass

Oh, I see. Bird sh!t.

[Eric Mc]

magpie215 said:

Remember these well when working the line at Liverpool they also had a Yellow one in Hertz rental colours...verry noisy and smokey with the old JT8s

Ryanair had a few flying billboards in the fleet. They also had a 737 in "Mews of the World" colours.

[2013BRM]

tuffer said:

Not really amazing but so far today I have had this pair fly over:
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Isn't the Alphajet such a pretty thing, makes the Hawk look clumsy

[Eric Mc]

Eric Mc said:

Ryanair had a few flying billboards in the fleet. They also had a 737 in "Mews of the World" colours.

I don't often quote myself but I have to say "Mews of the World" made me laugh.

It should, of course, have been "News of the World".

[Shar2]

Eric Mc said:

Two can play that game -

We've got the back end of that in our storage car park having used it for structural training, corrosion control and NDT work.

[moribund]

2013BRM said:

Isn't the Alphajet such a pretty thing, makes the Hawk look clumsy

I was thinking exactly the opposite!

[Ayahuasca]

2013BRM said:

tuffer said:

Not really amazing but so far today I have had this pair fly over:
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Isn't the Alphajet such a pretty thing, makes the Hawk look clumsy

Alphajet looks a bit pigeon-chested. If you are after pretty little jets I give you this:

[RedLeicester]

Agreed, always thought the Alphajet had overdosed on wurst. Gnat is a lovely little thing, loved watching the Red Arrows with them, they were so tiny.

[MartG]

Maybe this should go in the bad parking thread.....

[whiteonyx]

full story required on how that happened

[tuffer]

whiteonyx said:

full story required on how that happened

Royal Navy pilot was late for lunch, went straight to mess instead of via the flight line.

[RedLeicester]

whiteonyx said:

full story required on how that happened

It didn't stop.

[Steve_D]

whiteonyx said:

full story required on how that happened

Damage to the roof is a bit odd. Did the pilot eject through it? Cripes!!!

Steve

[MartG]

whiteonyx said:

full story required on how that happened

Apparently it happened at Brawdy - it jumped the chocks during an engine test.

[lloyd h]

RAF Merlin HC3 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

48th FW F-15E Strike Eagle by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

3(F) Squadron Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

[lloyd h]

onyx39 said:

Damn you.

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

Steve_D said:

Damage to the roof is a bit odd. Did the pilot eject through it? Cripes!!!

Steve

I doubt it. The Hunter was fitted with a 0-90 seat ie it would get you out on the ground but not below a forward speed of 90kts.

[MartG]

Ginetta G15 Girl said:

Steve_D said:

Damage to the roof is a bit odd. Did the pilot eject through it? Cripes!!!

Steve

I doubt it. The Hunter was fitted with a 0-90 seat ie it would get you out on the ground but not below a forward speed of 90kts.

Allegedly the groundcrew guy in the seat was killed when it fired after part of the roof hit the top of the seat and triggered the firing pin

[onyx39]

MartG said:

Ginetta G15 Girl said:

Steve_D said:

Damage to the roof is a bit odd. Did the pilot eject through it? Cripes!!!

Steve

I doubt it. The Hunter was fitted with a 0-90 seat ie it would get you out on the ground but not below a forward speed of 90kts.

Allegedly the groundcrew guy in the seat was killed when it fired after part of the roof hit the top of the seat and triggered the firing pin

What a p1sser... "phew, that was close" as the aircraft comes to rest inside the hangar, then the ejection seat goes off!