Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)
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SystemParanoia said:
Can the boom do helicopters ?
Boom equipped tankers can be fitted with a short hose and drogue which is attatched to the boom to allow probe equipped a/c to tank. Given the short length of the hose in this set up it makes for rather a 'hard' contact.I wouldn't have thought that the short length of the hose would allow for sufficient rotor clearance for a helicopter.
Edited by Ginetta G15 Girl on Monday 13th March 16:24
Not just the boom from the tanker when it comes to choppers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAdpKpppZiA
Can be tricky for many - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiN9M0ahfmM
Can be tricky for many - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiN9M0ahfmM
Edited by FourWheelDrift on Monday 13th March 16:35
This is Douglas DC-8-43, N9604Z shown in later colours of Canadian Pacific Airlines, re-registered CF-CPG.
Just a normal DC-8-43 powered by Rolls-Royce Conway engines. But this one was the first commercial airliner to break the sound barrier when flown to mach 1.012 and maintaining it for 16s in a shallow dive on the 21st of August 1961.
http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/i-was...
Just a normal DC-8-43 powered by Rolls-Royce Conway engines. But this one was the first commercial airliner to break the sound barrier when flown to mach 1.012 and maintaining it for 16s in a shallow dive on the 21st of August 1961.
http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/i-was...
AlexC1981 said:
It's a jet fighter flying boat 
Saunders-Roe SR.A/1. Not a terrible idea, it was conceived as an alternative to carriers in the Pacific theatre. It would have greatly outperformed the Japanese seaplane fighters of the time, but sadly it was just about made obsolete before it first flew in 1947. I think it was dismissed as a real prospect quite early in it's short life, although the idea was revived for the Korean war, albeit briefly. Too heavy, too bulky, and the engine manufacturer had dropped out of engine development. It would almost certainly have been ineffective against streamlined and efficient carrier and land-based fighters. It was meant to be armed with 4 x 20mm cannon, with provision for 2 x 1,000lb bombs or rockets eventually. The cannon were never fitted, and the design didn't make it to the weapons testing phase of development.
One left from three prototypes, in Southampton. I saw it a few years back at "Solent Sky" museum when it was called "Southampton Hall of Aviation". The other two airframes were lost during testing and development. Eric 'Winkle' Brown nearly lost his life when he hit a submerged obstruction on landing and ended up upside down in the water. Squadron Leader ‘Pete’ Major was killed preparing for an airshow, and I think that was put down to pilot error.
Not a pic of an aircraft, but a very cool pic of a group of US pilots.
Glider pilots being taken back to England after landing their machines on D-Day. Many would be in action again during Market-Garden three months later.
Surprised they are smoking - don't they know it is dangerous for their health?
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Ayahuasca said:
You could put the propeller at the other end and call it a turboprop.
the Antonov AN-70 is a propfan with the blades at the front - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d4rVyoStTo listen to the flyby at 1m50sGassing Station | Boats, Planes & Trains | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff