What do you think is the best looking jet ever made?

[dr_gn]

Mojocvh said:

dr_gn said:

Waynester said:

dr_gn said:

Saw this MIG-29 at Farnborough in '08. Looked like it had seen some use: the black anti-glare panel could have been sparayed by a chav with a rattle can, and the canopy was sealed with that orange "silly putty" stuff. They hadn't even bothered smoothing it out in some places. The fit of the panels wouldn't have looked out of place on the Titanic either:



Nice aircraft though.

How does the pilot get in, were they sealed in once the canopy closed?
Not sure how well that would deal with pressurisation either...worrying.

Wonder what other short cuts were taken... wouldn't instill confidence if you were offered a flight in it!

The sealant was just between the glass and the framing (you can see it if you look carefully). I've seen it used before on military aircraft, but never that badly applied !

That cab was probably going to be parked up and they were going to leave it (without charging the canopy seal bottle) so did the next best thing. Well it was the english summer>>>>>>

Wouldn't the canopy seal bottle be for the inflatable tube around the canopy/fuselage break line, rather than the canopy/glass joint?

[dr_gn]

Eric Mc said:

My photo of the same MiG 29 at Farnborough 2008.

I was fascinated by the digital camo on the one next to it:



Now that would be one hell of a masking session on a 1:72 model!

[YAD061]

Many moons ago I was responsible for a Su 27 at an airshow at RAF Finningly, as I marshalled it in I was aware of a high pitched whine above the engines, this turned out to be the fans cooling the brakes on the main wheels. It stopped abruptly rocking on the nose leg and the large canopy hinged up. The whole machine looked utterly evil albeit a bit roughly finished, I placed the steps next to it for the pilot who already had his helmet off, as he climped out the nose swayed alarmingly, I noticed he wore trainers, a pretty basic flying suit and the helmet was very lightweight. He promptly lit a fag up as I chocked his machine and then had a look inside, the cockpit was the usual pale blue but looked unfinished with no cover under the windscreen and a lot of instruments missing.
He went on to do the best solo I've ever seen, an incredible machine

[Eric Mc]

dr_gn said:

Eric Mc said:

My photo of the same MiG 29 at Farnborough 2008.

I was fascinated by the digital camo on the one next to it:



Now that would be one hell of a masking session on a 1:72 model!

I reckon the only way to emulate this effectively in 1/72 would be by a decal sheet.

It looks a bit like a modern equivalent of WW1 German lozenge camouflage.

Edited by Eric Mc on Friday 8th January 10:15

[dr_gn]

Eric Mc said:

dr_gn said:

Eric Mc said:

My photo of the same MiG 29 at Farnborough 2008.

I was fascinated by the digital camo on the one next to it:



Now that would be one hell of a masking session on a 1:72 model!

I reckon the only way to emulate this effectively in 1/72 would be by a decal sheet.

It looks a bit like a modern equivalent of WW1 German lozenge camouflage.

Edited by Eric Mc on Friday 8th January 10:15

If anyone makes a decal set for a MIG-29 with Hyperstealth camo...that would be my next project! I think it was from the Slovakian Air Force.

[Eric Mc]

I haven't spotted any decal manufacturers releasing such a set yet. Meteor Productions in the US might have tackled it as they did tile sets for Space Shuttles which were braodly similar. Unfortunately, they ceased operation a couple of years ago.

[hurstg01]

kiteless said:

Bit of help needed on this one.

This:



is possibly my favourite image of the SR-71. I downloaded it from somewhere, and remember that I could not re-size it to wallpaper resolution. Has anyone else got this pic that can be used as a wallpaper???

Here is the link -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lockheedmartin/103881...

[eharding]

YAD061 said:

the cockpit was the usual pale blue but looked unfinished with no cover under the windscreen and a lot of instruments missing.
He went on to do the best solo I've ever seen, an incredible machine

No idea if it was the case with the Su-27, but it was certainly common Soviet practice to remove gyro instruments from the Yak-52s if the airframe was going to be used for sustained aerobatics and gyroscopic figures - the stock Russian parts don't react well to that sort of treatment.

[Snoggledog]

Ekranoplan, simply for it's madness.

[Voodoo13]

BIG is best
AN-225 Miyra it's Huuuuuuggggggggee!

Edited by Voodoo13 on Friday 8th January 21:57

[Mojocvh]

dr_gn said:

Mojocvh said:

dr_gn said:

Waynester said:

dr_gn said:

Saw this MIG-29 at Farnborough in '08. Looked like it had seen some use: the black anti-glare panel could have been sparayed by a chav with a rattle can, and the canopy was sealed with that orange "silly putty" stuff. They hadn't even bothered smoothing it out in some places. The fit of the panels wouldn't have looked out of place on the Titanic either:



Nice aircraft though.

How does the pilot get in, were they sealed in once the canopy closed?
Not sure how well that would deal with pressurisation either...worrying.

Wonder what other short cuts were taken... wouldn't instill confidence if you were offered a flight in it!

The sealant was just between the glass and the framing (you can see it if you look carefully). I've seen it used before on military aircraft, but never that badly applied !

That cab was probably going to be parked up and they were going to leave it (without charging the canopy seal bottle) so did the next best thing. Well it was the english summer>>>>>>

Wouldn't the canopy seal bottle be for the inflatable tube around the canopy/fuselage break line, rather than the canopy/glass joint?

Oh cock, you're right!

[dr_gn]

Mojocvh said:

dr_gn said:

Mojocvh said:

dr_gn said:

Waynester said:

dr_gn said:

Saw this MIG-29 at Farnborough in '08. Looked like it had seen some use: the black anti-glare panel could have been sparayed by a chav with a rattle can, and the canopy was sealed with that orange "silly putty" stuff. They hadn't even bothered smoothing it out in some places. The fit of the panels wouldn't have looked out of place on the Titanic either:



Nice aircraft though.

How does the pilot get in, were they sealed in once the canopy closed?
Not sure how well that would deal with pressurisation either...worrying.

Wonder what other short cuts were taken... wouldn't instill confidence if you were offered a flight in it!

The sealant was just between the glass and the framing (you can see it if you look carefully). I've seen it used before on military aircraft, but never that badly applied !

That cab was probably going to be parked up and they were going to leave it (without charging the canopy seal bottle) so did the next best thing. Well it was the english summer>>>>>>

Wouldn't the canopy seal bottle be for the inflatable tube around the canopy/fuselage break line, rather than the canopy/glass joint?

Oh cock, you're right!

I read a report by a French pilot/writer (I think it was in "Flight" magazine), where he'd been on the "MIG-25 to the edge of space" thing. He commented on this red putty stuff that they'd used to somehow get a better seal around the canopy glass. I could never figure out why it was on the outside of the canopy glass rather than the inside. Nor could I really see why it was needed. But there you go.

[kiteless]

hurstg01 said:

Here is the link -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lockheedmartin/103881...

Thank you Sir!

[YAD061]

eharding said:

YAD061 said:

the cockpit was the usual pale blue but looked unfinished with no cover under the windscreen and a lot of instruments missing.
He went on to do the best solo I've ever seen, an incredible machine

No idea if it was the case with the Su-27, but it was certainly common Soviet practice to remove gyro instruments from the Yak-52s if the airframe was going to be used for sustained aerobatics and gyroscopic figures - the stock Russian parts don't react well to that sort of treatment.

Really? never knew that, cheers EH

[TVR653X]

Eric Mc said:

aeropilot said:

Never forget hearing a very unairliner like loud aircarft jet noise back in 1992 while at my desk at work on the 7th floor of an office building in West London.....and looking out to be greeted by the sight of a Tu-22 flying overhead at about 2-3,000ft.....

Nobody in the office believed me that a Soviet Nuclear bomber had just flown over.

It was on it's way to Farnborough for the airshow.

And I watched it peform most days. Boy, was it noisy. Every car alarm in Farnborough was set off every time it flew.

Are we talking TU22 Blinder, or Tu22M Backfire?

In reply, the TU22M is possible the best looking jet ever, sorry for not posting clearly.

[aeropilot]

TVR653X said:

Eric Mc said:

aeropilot said:

Never forget hearing a very unairliner like loud aircarft jet noise back in 1992 while at my desk at work on the 7th floor of an office building in West London.....and looking out to be greeted by the sight of a Tu-22 flying overhead at about 2-3,000ft.....

Nobody in the office believed me that a Soviet Nuclear bomber had just flown over.

It was on it's way to Farnborough for the airshow.

And I watched it peform most days. Boy, was it noisy. Every car alarm in Farnborough was set off every time it flew.

Are we talking TU22 Blinder, or Tu22M Backfire?

Backfire.

[Jakey1]

Persoanlly ive always loved the shape of the 747 400

[eharding]

YAD061 said:

eharding said:

YAD061 said:

the cockpit was the usual pale blue but looked unfinished with no cover under the windscreen and a lot of instruments missing.
He went on to do the best solo I've ever seen, an incredible machine

No idea if it was the case with the Su-27, but it was certainly common Soviet practice to remove gyro instruments from the Yak-52s if the airframe was going to be used for sustained aerobatics and gyroscopic figures - the stock Russian parts don't react well to that sort of treatment.

Really? never knew that, cheers EH

...the other explanation being, of course, they'd removed those bits of kit they rather the world in general didn't get to take too close a look at.

[Eric Mc]

The correct designation for the Backfire is Tu-26. However, in order to fool the Politbureau into thinking that the new design was "merely" an upgrade of the old Tu-22 Blinder, Tupolev referred to the new aircraft as the Tu-22M.

[nonuts]

I realise it's cheating but...



And if not that:



Or maybe this / the B2:



The Vulcan would also be right up there, along with Concorde and the F22 and most of the x planes.