Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)

[irocfan]

james_TW said:

MartG said:

What's going on there?

Fuel dump and burn?

[Eric Mc]

Firing off anti-heat seeking missile decoy flares.

[ApOrbital]

What eric said you Tard

[magpie215]

Seen on twitter

'It was Flight Lt Barton attached to 801 NAS. He was passing below the level of the Invincible flight deck. He was acting as an Exocet after the conflict. The ship maintained readiness on station while we awaited for Illustrious to relieve us.'

[Eric Mc]

Tempting fate. All he needed was a playful humpback whale to pop out of the water.

[Voldemort]

"Drop torpedo at 60 feet, copy"
"Roger. Climbing to 60 feet now."

[james_TW]

Eric Mc said:

Tempting fate. All he needed was a playful humpback whale to pop out of the water.

Reason for downing, Flight Lieutenant? Brought down by an errant whale

[Dr Jekyll]

james_TW said:

Reason for downing, Flight Lieutenant? Brought down by an errant whale

A bit unfair on the whale. Arguably the Harrier was errant, the whale would have been doing what whales normally do.

[LimaDelta]

magpie215 said:

Clearly providing top cover for the Buccaneers.

[Eric Mc]

Dr Jekyll said:

A bit unfair on the whale. Arguably the Harrier was errant, the whale would have been doing what whales normally do.

I was speaking to a Harrier pilot a few weeks ago who actually flew his Harrier straight into the North Sea doing something similar to the one in the picture - so I reckon Harriers spent quite a bit of their time wave hopping (he ejected underwater).

[LotusOmega375D]

Talking of which, is there any news about that F15 accident in the North Sea?

It reminded my dad of this Lightning one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Schaffner

Edited by LotusOmega375D on Thursday 15th October 15:44

[Trevatanus]

[BrettMRC]

LimaDelta said:

magpie215 said:

Clearly providing top cover for the Buccaneers.

[JuniorD]

Voldemort said:

"Drop torpedo at 60 feet, copy"
"Roger. Climbing to 60 feet now."

[eccles]

Trevatanus said:

U2, tr1?

[james_TW]

eccles said:

Trevatanus said:

U2, tr1?

I was thinking "open the pod bay doors"...

[Eric Mc]

eccles said:

U2, tr1?

The TR1 is a U2. Having been originally specified as the TR1, it was re-designated the U2R.

And yes, it is a U2.

[eccles]

Eric Mc said:

eccles said:

U2, tr1?

The TR1 is a U2. Having been originally specified as the TR1, it was re-designated the U2R.

And yes, it is a U2.

I was aware of that.

[Mr E]

One hell of a selfie.

“What did you do today at work daddy?”

[Eric Mc]

Flew through the Northern Lightd.