Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)

[Eric Mc]

I wonder what the graphic for a Martinsyde Elephant would look like

[mgreenwood]

One from Sunny LA last week

[Speed 3]

A319 on Finals



Gotta say, the coolest departure lounge I've ever been to, this is by Gate 2:

[MartG]

[IanUAE]

Walking out for my flight from Maseru (Lesotho) to Johannesburg last Friday. It did make a nice change from my usual 777 / A380 flights.

[McAndy]

MartG said:

I cannot see enough images of SR-71s. Are there any in the UK? I'd love to see one in the flesh.

[Eric Mc]

One preserved at Duxford - the only one outside the US -

[mcdjl]

Eric Mc said:

One preserved at Duxford - the only one outside the US -

Thats an old picture!

[Eric Mc]

I know - but it does show the SR-71 at Duxford - which is why I posted it.

[McAndy]

Eric Mc said:

One preserved at Duxford - the only one outside the US -

Duly noted. I'm off to plan how long the kids will nap in the car for these days!

[yellowjack]

The SR-71 is in the American Hall now.

Centrepiece is a B-52. Which, when I mentioned it, my wife replied "Where?" She was stood next to a main undercarriage wheel at the time. I just said "Look up!"

The American Hall is stuffed full of cool aeroplanes, and parts of aeroplanes. The glass wall memorial behind it is sobering too. Go see it. Panels of glass, etched with the silhouettes of each individual aircraft lost during WWII, by squadron.

[ukaskew]

Interesting one, mainly because the collective minds of the internet haven't solved it yet...


https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/37058...

Not resolved yet, as far as I'm aware. I'm betting on it being a film prop of some sort.

[Stickyfinger]

Ask why a highly developed "space plane" (?) has a fork lift as a support tender

[Eric Mc]

yellowjack said:

The SR-71 is in the American Hall now.

Centrepiece is a B-52. Which, when I mentioned it, my wife replied "Where?" She was stood next to a main undercarriage wheel at the time. I just said "Look up!"

The American Hall is stuffed full of cool aeroplanes, and parts of aeroplanes. The glass wall memorial behind it is sobering too. Go see it. Panels of glass, etched with the silhouettes of each individual aircraft lost during WWII, by squadron.

It's been in the American Hall for many years. However, they recently had a major refurbishment of the hall so some of the aircraft normally on show there were moved to other hangers for a short while until the refurbishment was complete.

Duxford is a great place to visit.

[MartG]

Errrr....

[SpamCan]

MartG said:

Errrr....

Looks like a good use of an old scrap airframe that is probably worth less than the sum of its parts. I remember there was a US "monster truck" that had a Bell 206 fusalage rather than a traditional truck/car.

Edit, what it used to be:


FAA registry records it as deregistered because it was destroyed:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Resul...

I imagine it was crashed

Edited by SpamCan on Wednesday 19th April 14:19

[5ohmustang]

Nice day for a gunnery.


My attempt at being artsy.

[5ohmustang]

[jmorgan]

McAndy said:

Eric Mc said:

One preserved at Duxford - the only one outside the US -

Duly noted. I'm off to plan how long the kids will nap in the car for these days!

It is on the other side, or at least before the most recent shuffle. Why I like this one, the fella sat down at the table is Rich Graham. Used to fly them. Gave an interesting walk around talk and chat etc. etc.
Speed Demon by Jeff, on Flickr

[FourWheelDrift]