Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)

[generationx]

Eric Mc said:

It's a bit like Tex Johnson's rolling of the prototype Boeing 707 at a Seattle boat show.

He was told by the boss of Boeing, "Tex, that was very impressive - don't do it again".

Great (famous) picture - the actual plane is in the Udvar Hazy (Smithsonian) Museum just outside Washington:

https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/7253...

[Ayahuasca]

Eric Mc said:

It was quite a risky thing to do. I saw Hannah fly displays many times and they were all very exciting and relatively safely done. But they were generally over the airfield/aerodrome. This was down a start - finish straight with all sorts of obstacles quite close to the wing tips such as buildings, flag poles, towers and grandstands.

Isn’t it Hanna sans second h?

[Moose309]

Morning, just discovered this thread, I usually lurk in the TVR forums but thought I'd share a picture of my 1960 Series 2 going to work with me one day a few years back.

[anonymous-user]

generationx said:

Great (famous) picture - the actual plane is in the Udvar Hazy (Smithsonian) Museum just outside Washington:

https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/7253...

Interesting p51 ‘Excalibur III’ above it too.

https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/nort...

I hadn’t heard about it before.

[Ayahuasca]

Moose309 said:

Morning, just discovered this thread, I usually lurk in the TVR forums but thought I'd share a picture of my 1960 Series 2 going to work with me one day a few years back.

Thunderbird 2?

[Eric Mc]

generationx said:

Great (famous) picture - the actual plane is in the Udvar Hazy (Smithsonian) Museum just outside Washington:

https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/7253...

Technically it's not really a 707. It was officially the Boeing 367-80 and served as the proof of concept aircraft for both the KC-135 tanker and the later 707 airliner. However, Boeing were already referring to their airliner project as the 707 so the 367-800 carried the registration N70700.

[Moose309]

Ayahuasca said:

Moose309 said:

Morning, just discovered this thread, I usually lurk in the TVR forums but thought I'd share a picture of my 1960 Series 2 going to work with me one day a few years back.

Thunderbird 2?

The real one! C-130.

[lowdrag]

Ayahuasca said:

Isn’t it Hanna sans second h?

And sir, you are right and I got it wrong. Just something I never really thought about I guess.

[irocfan]

El stovey said:

generationx said:

Great (famous) picture - the actual plane is in the Udvar Hazy (Smithsonian) Museum just outside Washington:

https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/7253...

Interesting p51 ‘Excalibur III’ above it too.

https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/nort...

I hadn’t heard about it before.

Went there a couple of years back - loved it! Actually a measure of how good it was even Mrs Iroc loved it!!

[generationx]

irocfan said:

El stovey said:

generationx said:

Great (famous) picture - the actual plane is in the Udvar Hazy (Smithsonian) Museum just outside Washington:

https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/7253...

Interesting p51 ‘Excalibur III’ above it too.

https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/nort...

I hadn’t heard about it before.

Went there a couple of years back - loved it! Actually a measure of how good it was even Mrs Iroc loved it!!

It’s simply outstanding. I went there in the same week as Kennedy, Boeing and the Smithsonian on The Mall. So a Saturn V, two Space Shuttles, at least 3 Apollo capsules, Skylab, countless Geminis and Mercurys and lord knows what else in seven days. One of the best weeks in my life, and to top it off I was with my Dad!

[Caruso]

Moose309 said:

Morning, just discovered this thread, I usually lurk in the TVR forums but thought I'd share a picture of my 1960 Series 2 going to work with me one day a few years back.

Amazing to think they're both from the same era of design.

[eccles]

Caruso said:

Moose309 said:

Morning, just discovered this thread, I usually lurk in the TVR forums but thought I'd share a picture of my 1960 Series 2 going to work with me one day a few years back.

Amazing to think they're both from the same era of design.

It's quite a good analogy. That version of the C130 is sort of the equivalent of the last of the Landrovers, The basic chassis is the same but with a few fancy materials stuck on and a lot more technology.

[ktcanuck]

Ayahuasca said:

Eric Mc said:

It was quite a risky thing to do. I saw Hannah fly displays many times and they were all very exciting and relatively safely done. But they were generally over the airfield/aerodrome. This was down a start - finish straight with all sorts of obstacles quite close to the wing tips such as buildings, flag poles, towers and grandstands.

Isn’t it Hanna sans second h?

Of course it is. Eric should be more pedantic and less lackadaisical.

[Eric Mc]

I was thinking of "Hard Hearted Hannah from Savannah, GA".

[irocfan]

[FourWheelDrift]

"I fart in your general direction"

[Eric Mc]

Aussies demonstrating their usual level of sophistication I see

[MartG]

Asstralian Air Force

[Lily the Pink]

Moonshot.

[MartG]

Italian Typhoon cockpit