Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)

[generationx]

MartG said:

Italian Typhoon cockpit

Took me a moment

[Eric Mc]

They've obviously brought in restrictions. When an Italian bomber was brought down during the Battle of Britain, it was found to have bottles of Chianti on board.

[Trevatanus]

Eric Mc said:

They've obviously brought in restrictions. When an Italian bomber was brought down during the Battle of Britain, it was found to have bottles of Chianti on board.

Any Fava beans found?

[MartG]

Eric Mc said:

They've obviously brought in restrictions. When an Italian bomber was brought down during the Battle of Britain, it was found to have bottles of Chianti on board.

The wine cooler is just out of shot to the left

[RizzoTheRat]

MartG said:

Italian Typhoon cockpit

I used to work with an ex-Shackleton navigator. He claimed they were lead aircraft for some big flypast and all the other aircraft had to wait while they shut down an engine on the ground as it was the only way they could turn the kettle off due to a defective circuit breaker

[FunkyNige]

Avro RJ85 (BAe 146?) sat on a dual carriageway

(picture from this Facebook link https://www.facebook.com/Hill.Si/posts/10158429850...

City of Norwich Aviation Museum's newest addition, I think they landed the plane at Norwich airport, took the engines out then used a crane to lift it over a dual carriageway to the museum.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-5473...

[irocfan]

[AstonZagato]

irocfan said:

Technically a photo of a piece of art... But it did happen:

[irocfan]

Bugger - I knew it happened and did think that that looked a little clear for a photo from that era.


You'll be telling me that the below is also art now.

[andymadmak]

irocfan said:

Bugger - I knew it happened and did think that that looked a little clear for a photo from that era.


You'll be telling me that the below is also art now.

Does that still have its canopy?

[Rogue86]

irocfan said:

You'll be telling me that the below is also art now.

https://www.instagram.com/cookaynne/

Sorry!

[Eric Mc]

AstonZagato said:

Technically a photo of a piece of art... But it did happen:

I had a go at depicting it in model form -

[irocfan]

Rogue86 said:

irocfan said:

You'll be telling me that the below is also art now.

https://www.instagram.com/cookaynne/

Sorry!

[Speed 3]

[irocfan]

Speed 3 said:

Valkyrie?

[JeremyH5]

irocfan said:

Valkyrie?

Yup

[Eric Mc]

I wonder how loud it was at full blast?

[james_TW]

Eric Mc said:

I wonder how loud it was at full blast?

I was near a Lightning a couple of years ago and that was only 2 engines - I suspect this will be plenty loud

[Ayahuasca]

Eric Mc said:

I wonder how loud it was at full blast?

Depends how far away it is.

[Lily the Pink]

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".

I'm amazed by this sort of thing; I recall a Lynx being deliberately rolled back at Westlands in the 70s. Was it within the design parameters that the airframe/wings should be able to withstand the abnormal stresses that this would impose ?