Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)

[gwm]

Gives you a sense of scale of the thing:

[PanzerCommander]

gwm said:

Gives you a sense of scale of the thing:

Mi-26?

[gwm]

PanzerCommander said:

Mi-26?

Oui!

And some RN press shots of the F35 Lightning II carrying weapons for the first time:

[TobyLaRohne]

I thought the weapons were meant to be internally stored for stealthyness, do any of you lot know how much these external weapons decrease its stealth capabilities?

[Eric Mc]

Dr Jekyll said:

Did both the piston engines and the jet run on the same fuel?

Probably.

Early jets were often configured to ruin on aviation gasoline rather than kerosene.

[Lost soul]

brenflys777 said:

Unfortunate choice of name for a aeroplane

[Eric Mc]

TobyLaRohne said:

I thought the weapons were meant to be internally stored for stealthyness, do any of you lot know how much these external weapons decrease its stealth capabilities?

A lot.

Spend a fortune designing in stealth qualities and then blow it by hanging all sorts of gubbins under the wings.

I suppose the stealth options would be used if entering airspace that was well guarded by sophisticated radar systems.

[PanzerCommander]

I knew the Mi-26 was a big old bird but that picture really shows how big

Eric Mc said:

A lot.

Spend a fortune designing in stealth qualities and then blow it by hanging all sorts of gubbins under the wings.

I suppose the stealth options would be used if entering airspace that was well guarded by sophisticated radar systems.

That would be my guess too. Once the RADAR and SAM sites were taken out by aircraft packing internal stores the same way as aircraft like the F-117 did in the Gulf. You can then re-fit with external hard points and weapons (thus bigger) to deal with hardened structures etc.

[TomJackUK]

[onyx39]

Chap called Rob Birmingham just posted this on one of the Facebook groups.
Taken at the loop today.
Sounds like it's been a busy week thus far.

[perdu]

Yup

That's cool

[perdu]

Yup

That's cool

[jimmyjimjim]

Eric Mc said:

Dr Jekyll said:

Did both the piston engines and the jet run on the same fuel?

Probably.

Early jets were often configured to ruin on aviation gasoline rather than kerosene.

Unfortunate typo there Eric

[Eric Mc]

I certainly wouldn't recommend it for modern engines.

[MartG]

The Curtiss XP-87 Blackhawk (Model 29A) was Curtiss's first (and only) pure-jet aircraft. It was also the last aircraft to be produced by the Curtiss company.

[hidetheelephants]

Terrible quality, but an unusual sight; perhaps if Turkey join in it might become more common.

[jimmyjimjim]

Eric Mc said:

I certainly wouldn't recommend it for modern engines.

Oddly enough I do recall reading somewhere that for military engines at least, it could be used in emergency situations, though it wasn't good for the engine, wath were strict limits on time and power and mandated overhauls afterwards.

[TobyLaRohne]

hidetheelephants said:

Terrible quality, but an unusual sight; perhaps if Turkey join in it might become more common.

Is that an F4?! It can't be, it isn't beltching out a thick black line of smoke

[Eric Mc]

It is an Iranian F-4.

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

IDLE/IDLE in the dive.