Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)
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Martin-Baker “swing arm” concept, circa 1944, designed to assist pilots to vacate their aircraft at high speeds. The concept did not pass beyond the model stage - the model still exists to this day in the Martin Baker factory in Denham.
Quite what a pilot would have thought about being attached to an airborne trebuchet......
MartG said:
Martin-Baker “swing arm” concept, circa 1944, designed to assist pilots to vacate their aircraft at high speeds. The concept did not pass beyond the model stage - the model still exists to this day in the Martin Baker factory in Denham.
Quite what a pilot would have thought about being attached to an airborne trebuchet......
Eric Mc said:
james_tigerwoods said:
And what if the plan was upsidedown? Eep
To be honest, the same would hold true for an ejector seat.If it was a normal WW2 fighter, I suppose the pilot would just release his seat harness instead of ejecting.
MartG said:
Martin-Baker “swing arm” concept, circa 1944, designed to assist pilots to vacate their aircraft at high speeds. The concept did not pass beyond the model stage - the model still exists to this day in the Martin Baker factory in Denham.
Quite what a pilot would have thought about being attached to an airborne trebuchet......
So I need way more practice but here's I few I took yesterday
Eurofighter Display RAFConingsby by Dave Goodhand, on Flickr
Spitfire RAFConingsby by Dave Goodhand, on Flickr
22-9-15 (2) by Dave Goodhand, on Flickr
Eurofighter Display RAFConingsby by Dave Goodhand, on Flickr
Spitfire RAFConingsby by Dave Goodhand, on Flickr
22-9-15 (2) by Dave Goodhand, on Flickr
Edited by Dave46 on Wednesday 23 September 18:42
Edited by Dave46 on Wednesday 23 September 18:50
Technique question.
When I took airshow pictures back in the eighties. I used to use the camera (Canon AE1) on manual and take an exposure reading from the grass in front of me, which was generally an acceptable result even on slide film. While all the people who used automatic ended up underexposing the undersides. Never having used a digital SLR, do modern metering systems cope with these situations? Is there a particular mode that is recommended?
When I took airshow pictures back in the eighties. I used to use the camera (Canon AE1) on manual and take an exposure reading from the grass in front of me, which was generally an acceptable result even on slide film. While all the people who used automatic ended up underexposing the undersides. Never having used a digital SLR, do modern metering systems cope with these situations? Is there a particular mode that is recommended?
This is a bit incredible..
Boeing Model 853-21 Quiet Bird in Test Lab
"The Quiet Bird was a version of the Boeing Model 853 which started out as an Army observation airplane study, this version of the 853 study was used to test materials and shapes that would reduce radar cross sections (RCS). The model was built and tested in 1962- 1963 at Boeing Wichita, these test were on a radar range and no actual flight testing was done. The tests reportedly achieved excellent results in reduced radar cross section, but it was a bit ahead of its time and did not generate interest from the military. The lessons learned on Quiet Bird probably did influence the design of the Boeing AGM-86 Air Launched Cruise Missile. Internally Boeing continued to work on the non-metallic structures aspects that were pioneered with Quiet Bird, and that effort eventually lead to the use of increasingly larger and more complex composite structures in Boeing aircraft."
http://www.boeingimages.com/Package/2JRSXLJBF7A9
A stealth test plane (never flew) built in 1962 before the concept of stealth was even really understood. looks very 90's
Boeing Model 853-21 Quiet Bird in Test Lab
"The Quiet Bird was a version of the Boeing Model 853 which started out as an Army observation airplane study, this version of the 853 study was used to test materials and shapes that would reduce radar cross sections (RCS). The model was built and tested in 1962- 1963 at Boeing Wichita, these test were on a radar range and no actual flight testing was done. The tests reportedly achieved excellent results in reduced radar cross section, but it was a bit ahead of its time and did not generate interest from the military. The lessons learned on Quiet Bird probably did influence the design of the Boeing AGM-86 Air Launched Cruise Missile. Internally Boeing continued to work on the non-metallic structures aspects that were pioneered with Quiet Bird, and that effort eventually lead to the use of increasingly larger and more complex composite structures in Boeing aircraft."
http://www.boeingimages.com/Package/2JRSXLJBF7A9
A stealth test plane (never flew) built in 1962 before the concept of stealth was even really understood. looks very 90's
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