Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)

[Caruso]

[greghm]

Speaking of the Red Arrows, everyone is ready for the RAF flypast on 10th of July at 1pm ?

[MartG]

V2 in the underground Mittelwerk factory

[SpamCan]

Tango13 said:

Just imagine if they'd hit the Grand Slam at RAF Scampton...

Youch. I did wonder what the tarp was for on the starboard wing when I went past on sunday evening (only marveling on friday evening as I went south that it looked like she'd been given a clean and polish). Ooops.

[Eric Mc]

MartG said:

V2 in the underground Mittelwerk factory

Impressive - probably for all the wrong reasons.

[MB140]

One of the guys in my office flys this quite regularly (pretty much every week in summer). He bought it 8 years ago and has done all the maintenance on it himself. One of only 3 regularly flying in the world according to him and the only one used to do aerobatics. its a work of art to look at close up. I spent about an hour looking at it. Unbelievable workmanship.

[Eric Mc]

I presume it's an Isaacs Fury.

[MB140]

Eric Mc said:

I presume it's an Isaacs Fury.

Yep with a 4L engine in it. Can’t remeber the name but I have a pic of the engine plate as well.

[Eric Mc]

Is it a VW air cooled engine?

[Dr Jekyll]

Lycoming 290 would be more usual.

[MB140]

Dr Jekyll said:

Lycoming 290 would be more usual.

It says on the engine plate (I have a photo) that it’s a lycoming engine. Can’t see a model number but it’s a poor quality photo in a dark area.

It looks like 290?-A

Can’t make out the ? Character. Maybe a T

[Eric Mc]

I know that some homebuilts of the 50s and early 60s used VW engines (such as the Evans Volksplane) but I would expect a car engine would be too weedy for the Fury.

A Lycoming sounds more like it. It looks a bit like the set up in the J3 version of the Piper Cub.

[irocfan]

Eric Mc said:

MartG said:

V2 in the underground Mittelwerk factory

Impressive - probably for all the wrong reasons.

indeed

[tuffer]

Maybe not a cool picture but would certainly have been an interesting trip if you were there:
http://www.janes.com/article/81404/raf-lost-c-130j...

[anonymous-user]

Does this one qualify?

signed by the pilots, red arrows in formation flying over York Minster



St Leonard's Hospice near York has the original on display & sale on Friday

https://twitter.com/SLHYork/status/101697263930533...

[Steve_D]

JPJPJP said:

Does this one qualify?.......

Rare with 10 aircraft in the formation.

Steve

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

Not if they are deploying somewhere for a show.

Red 10 is the commentator.

[FlyingFin]

Another pic of Red 10....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1054687/Pi...


If you read the article, I was the chap who is lucky to be alive...

This event was all building to its conclusion as I was leaving the control tower... I had been parked in front of the Impreza and less than 10 seconds from when I pulled away, the Hawk collided with the Impreza,,,

TOOOOOO BLOOOODY CLOSE!!

I sunk a few beers that night!!

[Ayahuasca]

First one to identify this aircraft wins a biscuit!



Clue - this is the double V8 starter motor.

[MB140]

Ayahuasca said:

First one to identify this aircraft wins a biscuit!



Clue - this is the double V8 starter motor.

My guesses

Sr71
Concorde
Tsr2
Vulcan