Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)

[Kenty]

Taken at Adelaide airport yesterday, looks like she was about to depart. Not seen one of these this close.

Edited by Kenty on Friday 22 March 06:26

[Voldemort]

Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant

[anonymous-user]

Voldemort said:

Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant

Is that the sb1s first flight?

[hidetheelephants]

The specs of that ugly looking brute are remarkably similar to those of the Rotodyne, and given that first flew 6 decades ago rotorcraft haven't come very far.

[MartG]

hidetheelephants said:

The specs of that ugly looking brute are remarkably similar to those of the Rotodyne, and given that first flew 6 decades ago rotorcraft haven't come very far.

Except that it works completely differently, and is a lot quieter

[LotusOmega375D]

These two came out to play whilst I was having lunch at Sywell today.

[FourWheelDrift]

16 Lightning Firebirds display team.


And old photo of mine from Bruntingthorpe (around 2001) with all 3 V Bombers.

[james_tigerwoods]

FourWheelDrift said:

16 Lightning Firebirds display team.

If you listen carefully, you can actually hear the hole in the ozone layer get bigger from that flight alone

(Love this)

[Cyder]

LotusOmega375D said:

These two came out to play whilst I was having lunch at Sywell today.

I popped up there on Saturday lunchtime too with the youngest but decided against getting out as the wind was a bit fresh and she was tired.
I do love popping up to Sywell for a look at what's flying around.

[MartG]

24 F-22 Raptors, a C-17 Globemaster III and an E-3 Sentry gathered on the JBER flight line.

This close formation taxi, known as an Elephant Walk, happened March 26, 2019, as part of Polar Force here on Joint Base Elmendorf-RIchardson in Alaska. This two-week exercise gives squadrons an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities to forward deploy

[tight5]

Japanese F-15s

[Dr Jekyll]

One for the general aviation fans.

[yellowjack]

http://www.twinnavion.com/oddballs.htm

[FourWheelDrift]

3 engined Yak 110.



https://yak110.com/

[mylesmcd]

FourWheelDrift said:

3 engined Yak 110.



https://yak110.com/

That is mental. He is mental.

[Eric Mc]

It was flying at Oshkosh last year. I hope he has carried out sufficient stress tests on the airframe.

[ceebmoj]

mylesmcd said:

FourWheelDrift said:

3 engined Yak 110.



https://yak110.com/

That is mental. He is mental.

I understand just because. But why, is there a problem they where trying to solve or a particular performance range they are aiming for?

[Brother D]

MartG said:

hidetheelephants said:

The specs of that ugly looking brute are remarkably similar to those of the Rotodyne, and given that first flew 6 decades ago rotorcraft haven't come very far.

Except that it works completely differently, and is a lot quieter

I mean there's ugly then theres this



Eye opening start up video as well

https://youtu.be/Xy0GMyfGu6s

[Ayahuasca]

I had assumed they were a pair of turbines...

[yellowjack]

I spotted this unusual aeroplane today, dropping in to Blackbushe on runway 07. It was dead ahead of me on it's approach as I drove down the A30...


Photo credit: Neil Randell, on flickr... https://www.flickr.com/photos/39860650@N02/

A 1961 Beech N35 (Bonanza) which clearly survived, and was repaired, after one of it's previous pilots landed with the gear up in 2001 at Earls Colne...
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/542...

Edited by yellowjack on Sunday 31st March 21:33