Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)

[Eric Mc]

Sbap, Crackle and BANG

[Tango13]

The Me 163 was depending on your perspective a great/bad idea as it was probably responsible for more dead German aircrew than Allied.

I've read James Gilberts' book "The Worlds Worst Aircraft" which features the Me163 and it contains a description of one poor bugger being disolved in leaking fuel after his aircraft flipped when landing...

[Eric Mc]

The fuel instantly ignited anything organic - including the pilots.

I'm not sure if a single 163 downed an Allied aircraft.

[dr_gn]

Eric Mc said:

The fuel instantly ignited anything organic - including the pilots.

I'm not sure if a single 163 downed an Allied aircraft.

According to "Luftwaffe Aircraft" (book of paintings by Michael Turner), there were 14 kills:

10 x B-17
2 x B-24
1 x B-26
1 x Mosquito

No doubt these figures are a bit questionable since confirming a kill was apparently quite difficult.

[jimmyjimjim]

Eric Mc said:

There was also the Curtiss-Wright XP-55

Curtiss-Wright XP-55 'Ascender' - I always wonder if it was a play on words...

[Oily Nails]

Eric Mc said:

SAAB J-21


There was also the Curtiss-Wright XP-55

And the Northrop XP-56

One thing with all these 'Pusher' fighters....
...apart from the Vulptee....
...They have massively restricted rear views!
Wouldn't think the pilots would have enjoyed aerial combat not being able to see whats on your tail...or is that prop?

[ML]

Mojocvh said:

Rouleur said:

You can actually see the wing deflection there.

Viper, the cold war Spitfire.

Edited by Mojocvh on Tuesday 14th September 23:22

What is wing deflection?

[spitfire-ian]

ML said:

Mojocvh said:

Rouleur said:

You can actually see the wing deflection there.

Viper, the cold war Spitfire.

Edited by Mojocvh on Tuesday 14th September 23:22

What is wing deflection?

Bending

[Rouleur]

'A digitally manipulated image of a Harrier pilot's view as he prepares to take off from aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal'

[RedLeicester]

That Harrier shot is ace!

[FourWheelDrift]

Eric Mc said:

SAAB J-21


There was also the Curtiss-Wright XP-55

And the Northrop XP-56

And the Japanese Kyushu J7W1 Shinden.

1x Mitsubishi MK9D 18 cylinder radial piston engine of 2,130 hp and 1x Ne-130 axial-flow turbojet with 1,984 lb of thrust
Max speed 466mph.
Ceiling: 39,370ft
Designed to shoot down B-29s.

[dr_gn]

FourWheelDrift said:

Eric Mc said:

SAAB J-21


There was also the Curtiss-Wright XP-55

And the Northrop XP-56

And the Japanese Kyushu J7W1 Shinden.

1x Mitsubishi MK9D 18 cylinder radial piston engine of 2,130 hp and 1x Ne-130 axial-flow turbojet with 1,984 lb of thrust
Max speed 466mph.
Ceiling: 39,370ft
Designed to shoot down B-29s.

That's what started the discussion about 5 pages ago...

hidetheelephants said:

chuntington101 said:

By the way, what can be concidered the BEST piton engines fighter ever? Best meaning the ultimate in design and ability.

Regards,

Chris.

The usual suspects have been covered but Bill Gunston had a few nice things to say about the Shinden, with more development it could have been an awesome prop fighter and possibly an impressive jet one too.

[FourWheelDrift]

5 pages!!!!!

Needs something new then.

[dr_gn]

FourWheelDrift said:

5 pages!!!!!

Needs something new then.

OK how about these:



Maybe should be in 'scale models', but it's a lovely collection:

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2006/06/stuf...

[roryfizz]

Rouleur said:

'A digitally manipulated image of a Harrier pilot's view as he prepares to take off from aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal'

Does anyone know if there is a higher resolution version of this pic available?

[Rouleur]

roryfizz said:

Rouleur said:

'A digitally manipulated image of a Harrier pilot's view as he prepares to take off from aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal'

Does anyone know if there is a higher resolution version of this pic available?

It's from here but it looks like 'no' is the answer TBH

[Hugo a Gogo]

nice shot of the radar dish in the cockpit

[FourWheelDrift]

I'm not sure this little aeronautical dead end has been posted before, I know what it is but do you and the unusual engine powering it? Note the 2 lines of exhausts, one above the other.

[Yertis]

I'll guess this is a Vulture powered Tornado/Typhoon type-thing?

[The real Apache]