Cool Planes

[c6erb]

The Sea Vixen

[munky]

Déja vu

[Eric Mc]

Here we go again.

Cool plane, but I hate that colour scheme.

Give me Dark Sea Grey and White and a mailed fist on the tailfin any day

[c6erb]

Sea Vixen in yellow

[Eric Mc]

Same aircraft - in its final operational scheme. Red and yellow is the coilour applied to UK military drone aircraft (most famously, the now retired Jindviks.

[The Wiz]

Eric Mc said:

Here we go again.

Cool plane, but I hate that colour scheme.

Give me Dark Sea Grey and White and a mailed fist on the tailfin any day

Not keen on the colour scheme either but at least it means its flying ...

Coolest plane though has to be ...

[simpo two]

The yellow one is Air/Sea rescue... they trail a rope behind and fly very low and you have to grab it and hang on

You get to safety very quickly but your arms drag on the ground for some time afterwards.

[Eric Mc]

Maybe we can get McDonalds to sponsor an SR-71 and get one airworthy again.

[simpo two]

The Wiz said:

Coolest plane though has to be ...

Ironically that's probably the hottest due to the speed it travels!
Coolest plane is probably the Dornier Wal flying boat lost by Amundsen's expedition 150 miles from the North Pole in 1925.

[Eric Mc]

By coincidence, this was featured on Discovery Wings last night,

[schmokin1]

The Wiz said:

Posted definately the coolest plane ever

And can you imagine travelling a mile about every two seconds

[c6erb]

mungo said:

c6erb said:

Sea Vixen in yellow

I saw the thread title and I thought, "Dehavilland Sea Vixen"! I clicked on it and the it's the first plane posted ... great taste!!!

Cheers Mungo!

Edited by c6erb on Wednesday 18th October 10:00

[Civpilot]

The Wiz said:

Eric Mc said:

Here we go again.

Cool plane, but I hate that colour scheme.

Give me Dark Sea Grey and White and a mailed fist on the tailfin any day

Not keen on the colour scheme either but at least it means its flying ...

Coolest plane though has to be ...

Went to Duxford last weekend and actually touched the one they have in the American flight hanger, BEST. PLANE. EVER.

Sad I know, but had to as its hardly cordended off and you can walk all round and under it (Although you have to duck to do that as its quite low)

Stood inside the wheel bay of the B-52 as well, not sure why.. maybe because I could. Quite an impressive set of hydraulics going on there.

[Eric Mc]

The wheels on the B-52 can be angled to allow the plane cope with crosswinds.

[hag]

saw an SR71 up close and personal in NY, on the parked aircraft carrier near 11th st(?) Mazing bit of kit....lots of other amazing planes on it too and bits of actual space capsules and all! Loved it.

i think the concorde is near it now, can be seen using google earth.

[thepassenger]

Eric Mc said:

Maybe we can get McDonalds to sponsor an SR-71 and get one airworthy again.

It would be foolish to belive that they are all grounded. Whilst sat's can produce the same quality (or better) images you have to wait for them to be in the right place at the right time... and anyone with some brains knows when and where they'll.

My personal theory is that they grounded and musemed a few of the older airframes then upgraded the systems as much as possible on the newer ones... which are currently roaring over NK and other trouble spots.

[FourWheelDrift]

They're still using the older TR1's (newer versions of the U2) for sneaky pictures. So don't have to rely on Sat pics.

[petrol_noggin]

thepassenger said:

Eric Mc said:

Maybe we can get McDonalds to sponsor an SR-71 and get one airworthy again.

It would be foolish to belive that they are all grounded. Whilst sat's can produce the same quality (or better) images you have to wait for them to be in the right place at the right time... and anyone with some brains knows when and where they'll.

My personal theory is that they grounded and musemed a few of the older airframes then upgraded the systems as much as possible on the newer ones... which are currently roaring over NK and other trouble spots.

Nah they've got auroras for that, pulse wave detonation engine, mach 8-12


Be right back, there are loads of black heli's flying above the house.

[stuttgartmetal]

hag said:

saw an SR71 up close and personal in NY, on the parked aircraft carrier near 11th st(?) Mazing bit of kit....lots of other amazing planes on it too and bits of actual space capsules and all! Loved it.

Superb exhibition. HMS Intrepid in NY, its a must see.
Thay've got Howard Hughes UH 1 Huey there.



Charlie don't surf

[Eric Mc]

There are no flying SR-71s. They don't need them. Apart from the satellite systems and the U-2s (all the TR-1s have been redesignated U-2Rs), the US military now have a range of "robot" recconaissance aircraft such as the Global Hawk which can perform the tasks originally alocated to the SR-71.