Wish I'd taken these !

[smp]

I got sent these by a colleague in the US yesterday and thought I'd share them.

The first F22 Raptor on delivery to Langley Air Force Base.

[pic]http://www.siandem.demon.co.uk/pistonheads/6.jpg[/pic]

[pic]http://www.siandem.demon.co.uk/pistonheads/7.jpg[/pic]

[pic]http://www.siandem.demon.co.uk/pistonheads/8.jpg[/pic]

[pic]http://www.siandem.demon.co.uk/pistonheads/9.jpg[/pic]

[pic]http://www.siandem.demon.co.uk/pistonheads/10.jpg[/pic]

[pic]http://www.siandem.demon.co.uk/pistonheads/11.jpg[/pic]

[pic]http://www.siandem.demon.co.uk/pistonheads/12.jpg[/pic]

[pic]http://www.siandem.demon.co.uk/pistonheads/13.jpg[/pic]

[pic]http://www.siandem.demon.co.uk/pistonheads/14.jpg[/pic]

[pic]http://www.siandem.demon.co.uk/pistonheads/15.jpg[/pic]

[pic]http://www.siandem.demon.co.uk/pistonheads/16.jpg[/pic]

[Threeracers]

Superb photos!

[dcw@pr]

great pics, but IMO the F-15 next to it will always be the daddy

[shadytree]

I think I saw these recently in an aviation magazine. I beleive the Godfather of aviation photography took these, John Dibbs ?

Correct me if I'm wrong.

[badbeachbuggy]

Awsome work

[V6GTO]

What a great looking plane...menacing. Looking at the shape of the hull I reckon it'd make a great speedboat

Martin.

[Marki]

V6GTO said:

Looking at the shape of the hull I reckon it'd make a great speedboat Martin.

funnt i thought the very same thing

[ErnestM]

The F-22 will run circles around the F-15.

ErnestM

[dcw@pr]

ErnestM said:

The F-22 will run circles around the F-15. ErnestM

without doubt, but so will an exige 240R around an esprit

[shadytree]

dcw@pr said:

ErnestM said: The F-22 will run circles around the F-15. ErnestM without doubt, but so will an exige 240R around an esprit

bada boom tish

[r988]

dcw@pr said:

great pics, but IMO the F-15 next to it will always be the daddy

yes, because its older.

[Paul.B]

Why is it you can look at some machines and they just look right? You know it'll do what it says it will, but gracefully and slightly better than expected.

Spitfire
E-Type
Tag watch
Appolo rocket
Hassleblad
Concorde


That F22 has the same look.


Paul.B

[maserati3200gt]

Amazing Pics.
Thanks for posting such great shots!

I like Pic 5 ! Amazing and great quality !

[-DeaDLocK-]

Wow!

I absolutely love the Raptor!

One plane to rule them all
One plane to find them
One plane to bring them all
And in the darkness whoop 'em

A technological tour-de-force.

Thanks for sharing.

[smp]

Apologies for the delay - few days away from civilisation . . . Well Eurodisney ! Piccies to follow.

I've placed the original 1024*768 jpg's of the F22 here
(2.7MB zip)if anyone wants a copy for their wallpaper.

[Vipers]

Lets try them out..............in Afghanistan, or maybe Iraq.......

[omitchell]

Is it me or do those planes look computer generated, it's just the way the light reflects of the front in picture 6 and the contrast between the plane and the landscape, it looks very much like x plane

[up-the-dubs]

Great pics. Whats the building in the background with it's own moat around it? Looks very swankey:

[hwassall]

Don't know what the building is now but I suspect that it was a Dutch fort from the days when they ran parts of the North America.

[simpo two]

hwassall said:

Don't know what the building is now but I suspect that it was a Dutch fort from the days when they ran parts of the North America.

And then we swapped them for the Spice Islands...?