The Aviation Thread [Contains Lots of Awesome Pictures]

Derek said:
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Have you ever been so angry you flipped someone off from within an airplane?
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Maybe the ground crew have told him to remove the nose wheel chock himself? :rolleyes:
 
Blayde said:
Also, a friend gave me a "remove before flight" keychain \o/ it looks awesome on my car keys when in ignition \o/

Same as:

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Welcome to the club.
 
The E-2 Hawkeye turned 50. Not many carrier aircraft have been around that long.

http://steeljawscribe.com/2010/10/05/a-golden-anniversary-the-hawkeye-at-50

By any measure, fifty years is remarkable. Birthdays, reunions, wedding anniversaries ? in all of these the marker set at fifty years is justifiably prominent and noteworthy.

For aircraft ? especially those in carrier aviation, it is signatory.

This month the E-2 Hawkeye will celebrate 50 years, starting with the first flight of the prototype, the YW2F-1 (BuNo 148147) on 21 October 1960. That was the start of a run of aircraft that looks to continue well into the first quarter of the 21st Century in the form of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. From that first flight through today, the Hawkeye has shared the flight deck with the A-4, A-6, A-7,C-1, EA-3B, EKA-3B, EA-6A, F-4, F-8, F-14, KA-6, S-2, S-3, and WF/E-1B ? all of which are now sitting in boneyards. It currently shares real estate with a variety of Hornets, the soon to be replaced EA-6B Prowler and the venerable COD and first cousin, C-2A(R) Greyhound. Still to come are the F-35 and UCAV-N. Such longevity is testimony as much to the inherent flexibility of the original design as it is to budgetary realities and bureaucratic bias.
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A great Smithsonian article on the Hawkeye.

http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/18694204.html
 
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Good day to you sir.
 
:lol: awesome

I just saw a Piaggio fly over my house, btw. It was departing and pretty high already but golly it was loud for a prop plane. They're quiet on the inside, though, no? What with the sound all being behind you and all.
 
Derek said:
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Good day to you sir.
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Piper PA-28 taking off and a Crane* ready to line up.

:)

(* ID by Jay)



Ramseus said:
:lol: awesome

I just saw a Piaggio fly over my house, btw. It was departing and pretty high already but golly it was loud for a prop plane. They're quiet on the inside, though, no? What with the sound all being behind you and all.
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Yes, they are noisy little ***kers.

Scooter engines or maybe just because they are Italian! :p
 
The f-16E block 60's operated by the UAE are kinda weird looking with those conformal fuel tanks.

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Clockwerk said:
The f-16E block 60's operated by the UAE are kinda weird looking with those conformal fuel tanks.
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The F-16 has gotten fat and ugly in its middle age (CTF's and the added sensors), much like the A-4 before it.
 
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Aussie aviation FTMFW.
 
Just noticed this at Lake Hood on streetview. :lol:

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Ramseus said:
:lol: awesome

I just saw a Piaggio fly over my house, btw. It was departing and pretty high already but golly it was loud for a prop plane. They're quiet on the inside, though, no? What with the sound all being behind you and all.
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Who the hell is insane enough to go up in the air in something Italian?

"oh look, another random electrical fire" :p
 
I :heart: the look of Beavers with their rugged simplicity, especially with the radial engines. If I had to fly somewhere in one, I would prefer to travel in the Turbo. :lol:
 
Harrison Ford has a Beaver. That alone makes it awesome IMO.

and:

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:lol:
 
 
It's the Concordeski!
 
Airbus has some weird landing gear layouts:

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