Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 3)

[aeropilot]

MartG said:

Yep, on Christmas Day, or Christmas Eve IIRC.....

A good mate of mine back in the day, who I used to navigate for on stage rallies was on board one of them. BA did a draw from their staff payroll, and he was one of the ones selected, and so all four for that special flight was full of BA staff.
I remember him saying the highlight was just after those air-air formation photos had been taken, the pilots did a not-very-airliner-like fighter like break from formation as they all peeled off....

[Baron Greenback]

Sad sight of burial of F-111 in Australia but when watching video understandable as the panels were bonded together with asbestos.


https://youtu.be/FTjY-eYbiG8?si=5qCSLIGXkNltEI7u

[DodgyGeezer]

[Voldemort]

F117 delivered to Castle Air Museum sans instruments and all stealth covering.

[Tony1963]

Baron Greenback said:

Sad sight of burial of F-111 in Australia but when watching video understandable as the panels were bonded together with asbestos.


https://youtu.be/FTjY-eYbiG8?si=5qCSLIGXkNltEI7u

Should’ve buried them in Wittenoom!

[JeremyH5]

Tony1963 said:

Baron Greenback said:

Sad sight of burial of F-111 in Australia but when watching video understandable as the panels were bonded together with asbestos.


https://youtu.be/FTjY-eYbiG8?si=5qCSLIGXkNltEI7u

Should’ve buried them in Wittenoom!

Good point! I’ve been there. 1983.

[Baron Greenback]

JeremyH5 said:

Tony1963 said:

Baron Greenback said:

Sad sight of burial of F-111 in Australia but when watching video understandable as the panels were bonded together with asbestos.


https://youtu.be/FTjY-eYbiG8?si=5qCSLIGXkNltEI7u

Should’ve buried them in Wittenoom!

Good point! I’ve been there. 1983.

Had to google Wittenoom wow what a nightmare OK you had to min asbestos somewhere feel sorry for any miners. Know of raw asbestos coming out of vain on a beach in Cornwall but not the horrid stuff.

[xeny]

Voldemort said:

F117 delivered to Castle Air Museum sans instruments and all stealth covering.

I'm intrigued that the 2 holes in the side where the leading edge has been stripped off are rhombuses (so only provide a reflective edge in two directions), while the hole right at the front is circular.

[LotusOmega375D]

That’s where the crank handle goes for starting the engines.

[xeny]

spot the difference(s)

[borcy]

Between that picture and what?

[havoc]

xeny said:

spot the difference(s)

Big nose!

[DodgyGeezer]

[aeropilot]

DodgyGeezer said:

Me410 A-3 Wr.Nr.10259, with RAF serial TF209. One of 6 x Me410's evaluated by the RAF, and after testing at the Enemy Aircraft Flight at RAF Collyweston, RAE at Farnborough and the AAEE at Boscombe Down it was operated by the Fighter Interception unit at RAF Wittering from autumn of 1944 until spring of 1946, which is when this photo was taken.

[RizzoTheRat]

xeny said:

spot the difference(s)

I'm guessing the YF-16 didn't have a radar?

[xeny]

Indeed. I read it had a rather higher rate of turn as a result.

I recently saw the video of flight zero for the first time - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAp4RtGKbHE really shows how lucky and quick thinking the pilot was - it looks as if he opened the throttle, got air under the wheels and then didn't touch the controls at all while he replaced his underwear.

Hate to think what the fighter mafia would make of the amount of ordinance they have been used to deliver.

[hidetheelephants]

The fighter mafia were all morons obsessed with dogfighting. Before he shuffled off Pierre Sprey loved being paid to talk utter st on Russia Today about things he knew nothing about.