Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)
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Not sure if qualifies as amazingly cool pictures but at a civilian firefighting training centre spotted what I thought was a mock up/replica that on closer inspection turned out to be an old but genuine Atlas/Aermacchi MB-326M Impala airframe(engine had been removed) being used for training purposes. I thought that was very cool
perdu said:
R.A.F displays inner wing detail to assist modellers of recently released Airfix Typhoon kit
And oh blimey, good recovery P.0. Prune
That looks like another chunk of unwanted Axis metalwerke took a trip though the black band on the fuselage too
This counts as amazingly...
Story to go with:-And oh blimey, good recovery P.0. Prune
That looks like another chunk of unwanted Axis metalwerke took a trip though the black band on the fuselage too
This counts as amazingly...
P/O C E Benn RCAF of No 182 Squadron RAF kneels beside the damaged port wing of his Hawker Typhoon Mk IB, JR427 'XM-S', at B6/Coulombs, Normandy. Benn had been attacking enemy tanks east of Vire when he flew into intense anti-aircraft fire which tore a 3-foot hole in his port wing, shot away the pitot head of his aircraft, put the instruments out of commission, and blew holes in the fuselage and cockpit canopy, narrowly missing Benn's head. In spite of the damage Benn secured hits on the enemy tanks and, led by his flight commander, Flt Lt P H Strong, was able to make a safe landing at Coulombs.
iiyama said:
perdu said:
R.A.F displays inner wing detail to assist modellers of recently released Airfix Typhoon kit
And oh blimey, good recovery P.0. Prune
That looks like another chunk of unwanted Axis metalwerke took a trip though the black band on the fuselage too
This counts as amazingly...
Story to go with:-And oh blimey, good recovery P.0. Prune
That looks like another chunk of unwanted Axis metalwerke took a trip though the black band on the fuselage too
This counts as amazingly...
P/O C E Benn RCAF of No 182 Squadron RAF kneels beside the damaged port wing of his Hawker Typhoon Mk IB, JR427 'XM-S', at B6/Coulombs, Normandy. Benn had been attacking enemy tanks east of Vire when he flew into intense anti-aircraft fire which tore a 3-foot hole in his port wing, shot away the pitot head of his aircraft, put the instruments out of commission, and blew holes in the fuselage and cockpit canopy, narrowly missing Benn's head. In spite of the damage Benn secured hits on the enemy tanks and, led by his flight commander, Flt Lt P H Strong, was able to make a safe landing at Coulombs.
MartG said:
An odd one
Ps for the question above - http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsh...
brenflys777 said:
This was at the Planes of Fame in Chino museum, genuinely hard to believe It went beyond the test stage but the Ryan:
Tips at the front:
Thrust at the back:
What were they thinking -
They were thinking very clearly, actually.Tips at the front:
Thrust at the back:
What were they thinking -
Edited by brenflys777 on Sunday 30th November 23:35
In the early days of jet engines, thrust and, more importantly, throttle response was very poor. As a result, carrier operations were deemed unsuitable for jets.
One solution was to use mixed power i.e. piston engines combined with jets. The Fireball was one aircraft built on these principles. Another, even more odd-ball, was the North American A2 Savage, which was BIG -
In the end, the need for a mixed power aircraft diminished rapidly as jet engine development progressed quickly and throttle response and power improved markedly over a fairly short time. Also, different landing and take off techniques and change of carrier design (such as the angled deck) made jet operations safer.
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