Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)
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Amazing shots of F15s embedded in a video at Mach loop.
https://youtu.be/6zhAekECH78
If you are wondering why the video pans to the car park, the white van has been picked out as a target for the jets.
https://youtu.be/6zhAekECH78
If you are wondering why the video pans to the car park, the white van has been picked out as a target for the jets.
PRTVR said:
Amazing shots of F15s embedded in a video at Mach loop.
https://youtu.be/6zhAekECH78
If you are wondering why the video pans to the car park, the white van has been picked out as a target for the jets.
Last year I worked at Aviano Air Force Base in Frulli Italy for 12 months.https://youtu.be/6zhAekECH78
If you are wondering why the video pans to the car park, the white van has been picked out as a target for the jets.
Daily the F16's of the triple nickel would tear off the runway over my office, but the transport planes are just epic to watch doing anything.
Thank you for posting!
mylesmcd said:
PRTVR said:
Amazing shots of F15s embedded in a video at Mach loop.
https://youtu.be/6zhAekECH78
If you are wondering why the video pans to the car park, the white van has been picked out as a target for the jets.
Last year I worked at Aviano Air Force Base in Frulli Italy for 12 months.https://youtu.be/6zhAekECH78
If you are wondering why the video pans to the car park, the white van has been picked out as a target for the jets.
Daily the F16's of the triple nickel would tear off the runway over my office, but the transport planes are just epic to watch doing anything.
Thank you for posting!
spikep said:
mylesmcd said:
Last year I worked at Aviano Air Force Base in Frulli Italy for 12 months.
Daily the F16's of the triple nickel would tear off the runway over my office, but the transport planes are just epic to watch doing anything.
Thank you for posting!
Daily the F16's of the triple nickel would tear off the runway over my office, but the transport planes are just epic to watch doing anything.
Thank you for posting!
Aviano, great place
We once tried to take the small highly polished aircraft gate guard as a gisit. We rocked up in overalls and hi viz with the thought nobody would think we were taking it in broad daylight. Unfortunately we were rumbled. Although we did get the massive welcome to avians Matt just outside the arrivals terminal. It ended up in our sqn tbar.
What a flock of starlings can do to a RR Avon
In pilot Tony Little's own words:
Canberra PR7, 4th Nov 1981. Just airborne out of RAF Wyton when a massive flock of starlings rose up in front of the aircraft. I saw 2 blurs - the 'black' one was the flock down the starboard side which comprehensively trashed the engine and the green blur was my nav returning to his ejection seat from his normal position - prone in the nose (boy did he strap in quickly).
The aircraft nearly 'bit me' on short finals where, despite loading the speeds in our favour, the aircraft started rolling. Throttling back the live engine sorted that and we made it to the threshold. It transpired that the IGVs ( Inlet Guide Vanes ) had been 'flat plated' so no air was passing through the engine - we just had a massive piece of Form Drag sitting on the starboard side!
In pilot Tony Little's own words:
Canberra PR7, 4th Nov 1981. Just airborne out of RAF Wyton when a massive flock of starlings rose up in front of the aircraft. I saw 2 blurs - the 'black' one was the flock down the starboard side which comprehensively trashed the engine and the green blur was my nav returning to his ejection seat from his normal position - prone in the nose (boy did he strap in quickly).
The aircraft nearly 'bit me' on short finals where, despite loading the speeds in our favour, the aircraft started rolling. Throttling back the live engine sorted that and we made it to the threshold. It transpired that the IGVs ( Inlet Guide Vanes ) had been 'flat plated' so no air was passing through the engine - we just had a massive piece of Form Drag sitting on the starboard side!
Different proposals studied from 1944 on the transformation of the P-47 Thunderbolt into a reaction hunter. But in November 1944, the speed requirements of the device have been increased and the engineers of Republic understood that it was necessary to design a brand new plane. This is how the development of the Republic F-84 Thunderjet started.
Set of photos of a P-47 being rebuilt (lots and lots of photos)
https://www.aircorpsaviation.com/march-april-dakot...
https://www.aircorpsaviation.com/march-april-dakot...
MartG said:
Different proposals studied from 1944 on the transformation of the P-47 Thunderbolt into a reaction hunter. But in November 1944, the speed requirements of the device have been increased and the engineers of Republic understood that it was necessary to design a brand new plane. This is how the development of the Republic F-84 Thunderjet started.
The last iteration shows they've realised, "s
t, these things drink like Oliver Reed; cram in more fuel"! MartG said:
Different proposals studied from 1944 on the transformation of the P-47 Thunderbolt into a reaction hunter. But in November 1944, the speed requirements of the device have been increased and the engineers of Republic understood that it was necessary to design a brand new plane. This is how the development of the Republic F-84 Thunderjet started.
A similar process with the Hawker Sea Fury led to the Sea Hawk, in fact at first the Sea Hawk was supposed to have the same wings. So there is a clear line of descent from the Typhoon through the Sea Hawk to the Hunter.Interesting that Republic initially wanted to put the engine in the nose - as that is where they had been putting the radial piston engines in all their previous fighters. They also wanted the jet exhaust to pass under the pilot's seat - which is where the ducting for the turbocharger on the P-47 was routed.
Apart from centre of gravity issues, I'm sure it would have made the cockpit a bit on the hot side.
Apart from centre of gravity issues, I'm sure it would have made the cockpit a bit on the hot side.
One converted piston engine to jet engine aircraft to enter service was the Yak-15, the Soviets took a captured Me-262 reverse engineered the Jumo engine and made their own, but mounted it in a Me-262 style pod and blended it into the fuselage of a Yak-3 piston engined fighter.
Yak-15
They continued the design style into the Yak-17
and the Yak-23 albiet now with a more powerful engine.
Yak-15
They continued the design style into the Yak-17
and the Yak-23 albiet now with a more powerful engine.
This is (I think) my first post in this thread. I'm on the dist list for daily aircraft or related pics from a bunch of Ex US military personnel. Most of the pics are fairly standard etc, but sometimes I get something really cool. Or at least I think they're cool.
Anyway, yesterday the daily pic was the below, an F-22 going vertical and getting it's vapor-cloak.
Hope you all like it.
Anyway, yesterday the daily pic was the below, an F-22 going vertical and getting it's vapor-cloak.
Hope you all like it.
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