Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 3)

[Voldemort]

[Ayahuasca]

[johnymac]

Ayahuasca said:

Lovely.

[mylesmcd]

johnymac said:

Ayahuasca said:

Lovely.

that is a cracking photo Sir!

[Every day a journey]

From Friday

[Voldemort]

[mcdjl]

From Instagram, a bf109 over Paris
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQb3JJrBh8S/?utm_mediu...

[anonymous-user]

Always like these retro liveries

[Ayahuasca]

mylesmcd said:

johnymac said:

Ayahuasca said:

Lovely.

that is a cracking photo Sir!

I claim no credit, it popped up on a FB group. I don't know who took it or I would credit them.

[CobolMan]

Voldemort said:

I didn't know the Viggen could fold it's fin like that, every day is a school day A very cool photo of an extremely cool aircraft.

[Speed 3]

CobolMan said:

I didn't know the Viggen could fold it's fin like that, every day is a school day A very cool photo of an extremely cool aircraft.

Yup, had the ignition key next to the handbrake too

[CobolMan]

Speed 3 said:

Yup, had the ignition key next to the handbrake too

I presume you had to put it reverse to remove the key

[Lily the Pink]

CobolMan said:

Speed 3 said:

Yup, had the ignition key next to the handbrake too

I presume you had to put it reverse to remove the key

And it had a very cool cup-holder.

[BrettMRC]

[CobolMan]

BrettMRC said:

Two of my all time favourite aircraft. Would that Vulcan be a K2?

[JeremyH5]

CobolMan said:

BrettMRC said:

Two of my all time favourite aircraft. Would that Vulcan be a K2?

Yes it is. For those of you watching in colour, all the white paint with red lines is the give away.

[CobolMan]

JeremyH5 said:

Yes it is. For those of you watching in colour, all the white paint with red lines is the give away.

I can just make out the box at the back of the bomb bay doors for the drogue and hose.

[some bloke]

Not really amazingly cool but I saw a few of these last week at Lossiemouth.

[Voldemort]

A question: What is the largest plane you could theoretically get into the air by yourself?
They have those fly-in housing estates in the US and I’ve seen videos of small business jets using them. There’s a photo of John Travolta’s gaff with a 707 parked outside. Could he take off by himself?
He could push the aircraft back from where it is (with a tractor not by hand, obv), climb aboard using a ladder and drag it in after him, fire up the engines and head out to wherever.
Or, are there any number of things that mean this simply isn’t possible and you absolutely have to have ground crew or somebody to crank the starting handle while you hold the choke in?

So what is the largest/most modern plane that you could launch by yourself from the starting point that it is parked in a hanger?

Bonus point for the smallest plane that cannot be flown without at least one other person to assist.

Oh, and because this is a picture thread, have this

[Eric Mc]

RAF heavy bombers of World War 2 were mainly single pilot aircraft - although they had assistance from an engineer, radio operator and navigator