Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)

[Eric Mc]

Looks a bit like the Fisher Eagle -

[greghm]

Escapegoat said:

Weird CoG to be able to balance on two wheels, too.

reminds me of this aviation principle "if it does not look right, it does not fly right" ...

The P39 Airacobra for example is another example of a middle engined aircraft, that the yankees deemed too dangerous to fly and shipped 2/3 to the Soviet Union ...

[greghm]

Dr Jekyll said:

Have any Reno racers tried putting a Griffon into a Mustang yet?

I know Thom a bit in fact and managed to seat in Precious Metal (on the ground) and you are just sitting on steel... So he actually say that they have no idea of what is the max bhp... it has never been measured.

[MartG]

Don't want a dirty bomb...

[Dr Jekyll]

MartG said:

Ugly sod isn't it !

I'd have expected a Griffon Mustang to look more like the Martin Baker MB5

[FourWheelDrift]

MartG said:

Don't want a dirty bomb...

Was already broken - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDiX9YIh_1M

[irocfan]

not a picture but...

[MartG]

irocfan said:

not a picture but...

"Well that wasn't supposed to happen"

[MartG]

Quite the opposite issue here...

[knight]

MartG said:

irocfan said:

not a picture but...

"Well that wasn't supposed to happen"

Somebody forgot to put the nose gear pin in!

[Steve_D]

irocfan said:

not a picture but...

Would have expected there to be a mechanical interlock that prevented retraction whilst there was weight on the leg.

Steve

[CanAm]

My dad served with the RAF in N.Africa in WW2. They were just about to start up engines one morning when one erk noticed that the u/c was selected 'Up' and raised the alarm. Some sneaky saboteur had managed to do this on most of the squadron's planes during the night.

[MartG]

A couple of Antonov AN-22s

[Trevatanus]

A friend went to Vegas....

[FunkyNige]

CanAm said:

My dad served with the RAF in N.Africa in WW2. They were just about to start up engines one morning when one erk noticed that the u/c was selected 'Up' and raised the alarm. Some sneaky saboteur had managed to do this on most of the squadron's planes during the night.

An ex-RAF guy (engineer of some description, he didn't go into much detail) told me that the Lightnings did this on purpose when they were doing a quick takeoff - apparently as soon the plane left the ground the undercarriage would retract.

[MB140]

Saw this on Friday evening. Don’t know what it is. Early mig, or sabre.

Virtual pint to anyone who can give me a location and it’s not uk based.

[MartG]

MB140 said:

Saw this on Friday evening. Don’t know what it is. Early mig, or sabre.

Virtual pint to anyone who can give me a location and it’s not uk based.

Mig 15

[MartG]

Photo taken by Ian Black commemorating XI Squadron's transition from Lightning to Tornado F.3 May 1988

[Eric Mc]

MartG said:

MB140 said:

Saw this on Friday evening. Don’t know what it is. Early mig, or sabre.

Virtual pint to anyone who can give me a location and it’s not uk based.

Mig 15

I thought it might be a Republic F-84F. It seems to have a tail bumper.

It could be Greece, Turkey or former Yugoslavia.

[FourWheelDrift]

Republic F-84F Thunderstreak outside Aktion Airport, Greece.

http://www.airpics.net/photo/53-6689-Republic-F-84...