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North American F-100 Super Sabre and mobile launcher.
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In action, this time a F-104 Starfighter launch. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCbegiIhLGg
Ze Germans using mobile V rocket influences.![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
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In action, this time a F-104 Starfighter launch. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCbegiIhLGg
Ze Germans using mobile V rocket influences.
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Looks like it needs a bit of a refurb. I always liked the Saturn 1 family - always a bit overshadowed by their big brother, the V.
I built the Airfix kits of both a few years ago. I have a few more in my unbuilt stash as well as I want to have a go at some of the other permutations of the Saturn theme.
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I built the Airfix kits of both a few years ago. I have a few more in my unbuilt stash as well as I want to have a go at some of the other permutations of the Saturn theme.
![](http://thumbsnap.com/sc/gFwL1BHd.jpg)
This photo was taken by Shuttle STS-79 mission specialist Jay Apt on April 24, 1996, as the crew was approaching the Kennedy Space Center in their T-38 jets. They were asked by air traffic control to remain aloft for a short period, until an Air Force Titan-IV had been launched. The Titan orbited USA-118, a secret military spacecraft of which no details are known.
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5ohmustang said:
Eric Mc said:
Looks like it needs a bit of a refurb. I always liked the Saturn 1 family - always a bit overshadowed by their big brother, the V.
I built the Airfix kits of both a few years ago. I have a few more in my unbuilt stash as well as I want to have a go at some of the other permutations of the Saturn theme.
![](http://thumbsnap.com/sc/gFwL1BHd.jpg)
Yes they need to give it a refurb. I'm going to visit the NASA space and rocket center there in Huntsville sometime. A while back you could walk underneath it and look up the exhausts. Now it sounds like theres a ton of birds in there.I built the Airfix kits of both a few years ago. I have a few more in my unbuilt stash as well as I want to have a go at some of the other permutations of the Saturn theme.
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That's a nice model.
Here's a shot of some of my rocket collection -
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MartG said:
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A couple of frames of the test launch of an AIM-47 Falcon from a YF-12A. On 22 March 1966, the crew of YF-12A number 936 successfully fired a missile from 74,500 feet while cruising at Mach 3.15. The target was a Ryan Q-2C flying at 1,500 feet.
Following the demise of the YF-12A project, the AIM-47 was developed into the AIM-54 Phoenix, and fitted first to the F-111B before finally reaching operational status on the F-14 Tomcat
MartG said:
What were they on ?!
VC-10 Skybolt carrier proposal
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No reason why it wouldn't have worked, the VC10 isn't much slower than a Vulcan and they are stand-off weapons. It won't be the first nor last airliner as a weapons platform concept/proposal I wouldn't have thought. Boeing 737's are used as maritime patrol aircraft; P-8 Poseidon.VC-10 Skybolt carrier proposal
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SpamCan said:
MartG said:
What were they on ?!
VC-10 Skybolt carrier proposal
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No reason why it wouldn't have worked, the VC10 isn't much slower than a Vulcan and they are stand-off weapons. It won't be the first nor last airliner as a weapons platform concept/proposal I wouldn't have thought. Boeing 737's are used as maritime patrol aircraft; P-8 Poseidon.VC-10 Skybolt carrier proposal
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PRTVR said:
tuffer said:
Did all Nimrods have vertical fins on their tail ? I can't remember seeing them, anybody know the purpose of them.Gassing Station | Boats, Planes & Trains | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff