Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)

[ApOrbital]

R2D2.

[jmorgan]

Yep.

[MartG]

XR219 At Boscombe Down, Roly Beamont Climbing Aboard For First Flight 27th September 1964

Credit: BAE Systems Heritage Warton via Kate Yates

[Stickyfinger]

Re the Victor:

Airfix have just released a new tool

[Eric Mc]

It's been out a few months now. Here's the box art -

[tight5]

[Tango13]

MartG said:

XR219 At Boscombe Down, Roly Beamont Climbing Aboard For First Flight 27th September 1964

Credit: BAE Systems Heritage Warton via Kate Yates

Stickyfinger said:

Re the Victor:

Airfix have just released a new tool

Did RAF procurement in the 50's and 60's consist of MI5 rumaging through Gerry Andersons' waste basket and paying aircraft manufacturers to build some of the more outlandish designs?

[Steve_D]

tight5 said:

Tick the box for 'Arrestor Hook' strength test.
What's next?

Steve

[MartG]

Steve_D said:

tight5 said:

Tick the box for 'Arrestor Hook' strength test.
What's next?

Steve

Nah - just been hung out to dry after a wash

[Eric Mc]

Tango13 said:

Did RAF procurement in the 50's and 60's consist of MI5 rumaging through Gerry Andersons' waste basket and paying aircraft manufacturers to build some of the more outlandish designs?

Other way round, I think.

Although an awful lot of Gery Anderson aircraft seemed to have tail fins nicked from the old Revell kit of the Convair B-58 Hustler -

[mybrainhurts]

MartG said:

Steve_D said:

tight5 said:

Tick the box for 'Arrestor Hook' strength test.
What's next?

Steve

Nah - just been hung out to dry after a wash

Anti submarine warfare, don't you know anything, FFS?

Or shark fishing.....

[Dr Jekyll]

Fooled me in a recognition competition

[Speed 3]

Dr Jekyll said:

Fooled me in a recognition competition

Ah, the stretched Yak-42 demonstrator, didn't quite displace the 757

[Eric Mc]

They've been flying in BA colours for quite a few years -

[mybrainhurts]

Speed 3 said:

Dr Jekyll said:

Fooled me in a recognition competition

Ah, the stretched Yak-42 demonstrator, didn't quite displace the 757 727

....or are we needing a parrot here?

[Speed 3]

Probably been posted here before but impressive feet nonetheless getting the entire production run in formation:

[hidetheelephants]

Speed 3 said:

Probably been posted here before but impressive feet nonetheless getting the entire production run in formation:

Belslows?

[greghm]

Hoping it has not been posted yet and making a fool of myself.
Edit: in fact it is page 283.

ok what about this one?

Edited by greghm on Friday 3rd March 17:16

[Europa1]

MartG said:

Still looks the mutt's nuts. If you were an enemy and saw one of those bearing down on you, surrender would seem the sensible option.

[Speed 3]

hidetheelephants said:

Speed 3 said:

Probably been posted here before but impressive feet nonetheless getting the entire production run in formation:

Belslows?

Yup