The Aviation Thread [Contains Lots of Awesome Pictures]

Warning, the music is loud and annoying.

 
Another composite plane from the past : the Tupolev TB3 zveno with two i16 under his wings.


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Stratolaunch will run into the same problem that they did with the C-5 plan, that being runways are not wide enough to handle them.

Reminds me of the joke after the pilot of struggles to successfully land his plane on a short runway he says ?boy that was a short runway? and the co-pilot responds ?yeah but look how wide it is?.

Below: Typical C-17 Carrier landing
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Heres a few more, Was able to see the CF-18 Demo at 4 shows this summer.

I'll post some other shots as well.
Hope you enjoy them
Cheers

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And some various

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alaskarat said:
Below: Typical C-17 Carrier landing
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Wow... Just... the fact that someone actually took the time to make that fake ass picture...
 

Just in case that wasn't cool enough:

 
The C-130 in general is a bucket of awesome, too bad "Credible Sport" didn't work too well.
 
jasonof2000 said:
Wow... Just... the fact that someone actually took the time to make that fake ass picture...
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That?s about as insane as this;
[video=youtube;f25-FnGkiwo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f25-FnGkiwo[/video]
 
Herc, C117 and One of the Last Flying Lancaster's in the World

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alaskarat said:
That?s about as insane as this;
[video=youtube;f25-FnGkiwo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f25-FnGkiwo[/video]
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No. The Doolittle Raid happen. C-17 on a carrier didn't. End of story.
 
Awesome plane is awesome.........
 
There's a Corsair now based at the airport I will be teaching at. I plan on getting many many many many photos of that beautiful bird...


Oh and on a side note, I passed my CFI checkride last week. :p
 
So talking about Corsairs did you know?
Last Corsair Kills and F4U vs P-51's
Corsairs flew their final combat missions during the 1969 "Football War" between Honduras and El Salvador. The conflict was famously triggered, though not really caused, by a disagreement over a football match. Both sides claimed various numbers of kills, and predictably each side disputed the claims of the other

Both Honduras and El Salvador flew Corsairs during the conflict. The Air Force of El Salvador had 13 FG-1D corsairs in it inventory and the Honduran Air Force had a total of 17 Corsairs (nine F4U-5s and eight F4U-4s) in its roster but it is unlikely that all of the fighters from either air force were operational.

The planes were primarily used in ground attack roles and all reports seem to indicate that Honduras made better use of their Corsairs than their opponents. The success of the Honduran Corsairs in the football war was due in large part to their strategy of using the fighters for both strategic and tactical targets. In one notable raid carried out by Honduran Corsairs, they were able to crater the runway of their opponent's principal airbase and, in the process, destroy an El Salvadoran Corsair on the ground. Another raid by the Honduran Corsairs against a commercially run oil storage facility resulted in the destruction of 20% of the Salvadoran fuel reserves.

While aerial combat was rare in this conflict, there were some air-to-air engagements for the Corsair. On the morning of 17 July, a Honduran F4U-5 flown by Maj. Fernando Soto Enrique (then a Capt.) downed one of two Salvadoran P-51s that had been attacking two Honduran Corsairs on a ground support mission. Later, on his fourth sortie of the day, Maj. Soto shot down two FG-1D Corsairs from El Salvador in a single engagement. It is ironic that the last dogfighting victories for the Corsair would be over other Corsairs. To this day, Maj. Soto is the only pilot from any Central American Air force to be credited with an air combat victory.
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El Salvador 1969 Corsairs
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Honduras 1969 Corsair
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Why would I know this:
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Speaking of things awesome, check this out:

Modification XXX
http://ghostgrey.gaetanmarie.com/ar...odification XXX - Beer-carrying Spitfires.htm
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In the lighter moments of World War II, the Spitfire was used in an unorthodox role: bringing beer kegs to the men in Normandy.

During the war, the Heneger and Constable brewery donated free beer to the troops. After D-Day, supplying the invasion troops in Normandy with vital supplies was already a challenge. Obviously, there was no room in the logistics chain for such luxuries as beer or other types of refreshments. Some men, often called ?sourcers?, were able to get wine or other niceties ?from the land? or rather from the locals. RAF Spitfire pilots came up with an even better idea.

The Spitfire Mk IX was an evolved version of the Spitfire, with pylons under the wings for bombs or tanks. It was discovered that the bomb pylons could also be modified to carry beer kegs. According to pictures that can be found, various sizes of kegs were used. Whether the kegs could be jettisoned in case of emergency is unknown. If the Spitfire flew high enough, the cold air at altitude would even refresh the beer, making it ready for consumption upon arrival.

A variation of this was a long range fuel tank modified to carry beer instead of fuel. The modification even received the official designation Mod. XXX. Propaganda services were quick to pick up on this, which probably explains the ?official? designation.
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I don't know about you guys, but if beer keg-carrying Spitfires isn't awesome as all hell, I don't know what to say.
 
How about a beer-keg carrying Messerschmitt?
 
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