Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 3)

[MartG]

[MartG]

[heisthegaffer]

MartG said:

From memory after this went public I think the plane was stripped by treasure hunters sadly.

[MartG]

[Voldemort]

[zsdom]

heisthegaffer said:

MartG said:

From memory after this went public I think the plane was stripped by treasure hunters sadly.

The aircraft was recovered & restored in Egypt but rather poorly



The story of that airframes recovery is quite an interesting one

https://vintageaviationnews.com/warbirds-news/dese...

[generationx]

Voldemort said:

My mum’s favourite aircraft, I built at least three 1/72 kits when I was younger

[Voldemort]

[LotusOmega375D]

Good to see the Nighthawk and Blackbird Owners Clubs are still holding their respective annual get togethers.

[conkerman]

Chines and Coffee?

[Richie Slow]

Voldemort said:

I see your cloud of Blackbirds and raise you to a triple

[RizzoTheRat]

If pictures like that float your boat, I highly recommend reading this. Rich was a thermodynamicist on U2, propulsion program manager for SR-71 and the head of skunk works by the time of F-117.

[Still Mulling]

I saw the U-2 at Fairford last year. It was a most unusual experience! It was not spectacular in its presence (which I guess is the whole point!), but the ground-car interactions were fun, and the sense of appreciating the rarity of the experience was palpable within the crowd.

[LotusOmega375D]

Where do U2s fly to nowadays? Presumably they can’t get any closer to “hostile” territory than any other military aircraft. What with the likes of Global Hawks and satellites etc., I sometimes wonder why they are still used.

[hidetheelephants]

LotusOmega375D said:

Where do U2s fly to nowadays? Presumably they can’t get any closer to “hostile” territory than any other military aircraft. What with the likes of Global Hawks and satellites etc., I sometimes wonder why they are still used.

They probably have whizzo secret squirrel cameras that presumably no one has yet decided to pay the integration costs to fit to a Global Hawk and they go a lot higher too.

[Eric Mc]

They are also used as communication/co-ordination aircraft - so not just for reconnaissance.

[Brother D]

Happened to fly into Oregon this weekend and friend asked if I planned to visit the Spruce Goose (I thought it was still in LA). Made a detour on way back to Portland and just the scale is incredible 8 Wasp engines (I recall each engine could put out up to 3,000HP).

Totally stoked that I got to see something I'd read about as a kid : )



The museum you have to drive thru the countryside to reach and looks totally out of place. It's the museum created by "Evergreen Aviation" which I think was the CIA operated transport 'airline'?

Anyway if you are ever in Oregon it's worth a visit as they have a huge selection of aircraft including the SR71 and drone, which from what I can tell (and the number of SR71's I've seen in the USA) must number in the hundreds.






(Honestly every aviation museum I've visitied in the USA seems to have a couple of SR71s)

Edited by Brother D on Wednesday 30th April 07:03

Also edited to add - the museum also has an indoor water park. The water slides come out of a 747. On top of the roof.

Edited by Brother D on Wednesday 30th April 07:08

[heisthegaffer]

Brother D said:

Happened to fly into Oregon this weekend and friend asked if I planned to visit the Spruce Goose (I thought it was still in LA). Made a detour on way back to Portland and just the scale is incredible 8 Wasp engines (I recall each engine could put out up to 3,000HP).

Totally stoked that I got to see something I'd read about as a kid : )



The museum you have to drive thru the countryside to reach and looks totally out of place. It's the museum created by "Evergreen Aviation" which I think was the CIA operated transport 'airline'?

Anyway if you are ever in Oregon it's worth a visit as they have a huge selection of aircraft including the SR71 and drone, which from what I can tell (and the number of SR71's I've seen in the USA) must number in the hundreds.






(Honestly every aviation museum I've visitied in the USA seems to have a couple of SR71s)

Edited by Brother D on Wednesday 30th April 07:03

Also edited to add - the museum also has an indoor water park. The water slides come out of a 747. On top of the roof.

Edited by Brother D on Wednesday 30th April 07:08

That looks amazing.

[MartG]

US Forestry Service Huey Cobra - now retired they were used to detect and combat wildfires

[Jake899]

Voldemort said:

892NAS!! Thanks for posting