Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)
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Shar2 said:
FourWheelDrift said:
Have a look at the LII aircraft testing facility in Zhukovsky.
https://www.google.com/maps/@55.5708758,38.1548914...
Two TU-144s
WOW! There's some serious amount of kit there. Including the Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut forward swept wing test aircraft and Myasishchev M-55 high altitude recce aircraft.https://www.google.com/maps/@55.5708758,38.1548914...
Two TU-144s
1) What are the 2 delta wing planes?
2) What is the space shuttle looking aircraft? and
3) Where is the Su-47?
IanUAE said:
Shar2 said:
FourWheelDrift said:
Have a look at the LII aircraft testing facility in Zhukovsky.
https://www.google.com/maps/@55.5708758,38.1548914...
Two TU-144s
WOW! There's some serious amount of kit there. Including the Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut forward swept wing test aircraft and Myasishchev M-55 high altitude recce aircraft.https://www.google.com/maps/@55.5708758,38.1548914...
Two TU-144s
2) What is the space shuttle looking aircraft?
Been discussed many times - even on this thread if you care to look back.
On the whole it was the Russians doing the copying - although as they were designing machines to do more or less identical tasks to their Western counterparts, they were bound to look superficially similar.
In the case of the Buran, there were some major differences in the concept compared to the Space Shuttle.
On the whole it was the Russians doing the copying - although as they were designing machines to do more or less identical tasks to their Western counterparts, they were bound to look superficially similar.
In the case of the Buran, there were some major differences in the concept compared to the Space Shuttle.
Another odd one...
Bird Corporation Innovator, a four engine modification of the PBY flying boat that was meant to improve range and speed. It featured two extra Lycoming O-480 engines which were recovered from a separate attempt at a four engined Grumman Goose. The airplane exceeded it's safest max landing weight (while empty) thanks to its new engines and extra fuel tanks, which the FAA suspected led it to an emergency gear up landing. The original PBY is now being restored to its original twin engine state and is nearing completion.
Bird Corporation Innovator, a four engine modification of the PBY flying boat that was meant to improve range and speed. It featured two extra Lycoming O-480 engines which were recovered from a separate attempt at a four engined Grumman Goose. The airplane exceeded it's safest max landing weight (while empty) thanks to its new engines and extra fuel tanks, which the FAA suspected led it to an emergency gear up landing. The original PBY is now being restored to its original twin engine state and is nearing completion.
Trevatanus said:
Shar2 said:
There's also a Myasishchev VM-T Atlant which could carry the Buran, or several large cylindrical cargo containers, at the following co-ordinates:-
55.558191, 38.122237
Could you not have given us more precise co-ordinates?55.558191, 38.122237
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/55%C2%B033'29....
MartG said:
Another odd one...
Bird Corporation Innovator, a four engine modification of the PBY flying boat that was meant to improve range and speed. It featured two extra Lycoming O-480 engines which were recovered from a separate attempt at a four engined Grumman Goose. The airplane exceeded it's safest max landing weight (while empty) thanks to its new engines and extra fuel tanks, which the FAA suspected led it to an emergency gear up landing. The original PBY is now being restored to its original twin engine state and is nearing completion.
Increasing drag, weight and fuel consumption for so little extra grunt isn't likely to achieve much beyond a small increase in MTOW from land; from water the MTOW may not increase at all, amphibians are a complex balancing act.Bird Corporation Innovator, a four engine modification of the PBY flying boat that was meant to improve range and speed. It featured two extra Lycoming O-480 engines which were recovered from a separate attempt at a four engined Grumman Goose. The airplane exceeded it's safest max landing weight (while empty) thanks to its new engines and extra fuel tanks, which the FAA suspected led it to an emergency gear up landing. The original PBY is now being restored to its original twin engine state and is nearing completion.
irocfan said:
Trevatanus said:
Shar2 said:
There's also a Myasishchev VM-T Atlant which could carry the Buran, or several large cylindrical cargo containers, at the following co-ordinates:-
55.558191, 38.122237
Could you not have given us more precise co-ordinates?55.558191, 38.122237
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/55%C2%B033'29....
They've updated the photo. The whole airfield has changed, the six hangers in the centre have gone, replaced by new ones. But the Atlant is still near the spot I indicated at least, and the Buran has now moved to 55°33'29.5"N 38°07'20.1"EEdited by Shar2 on Monday 9th January 12:20
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