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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #3600 on: April 03, 2020, 03:36:51 AM »
Now picture that scheme on a P-8... ;)
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« Reply #3601 on: April 03, 2020, 04:19:34 AM »
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We delivered the first HC-130J Combat King II search and rescue aircraft to Patrick AFB’s @920thRescueWing and the 39th Rescue Squadron today.

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« Reply #3602 on: April 03, 2020, 08:17:18 AM »
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Wing Commander Jordon "Junior" Sander is leading work on training Australia's newest fighter pilots and technicians. He reflects on the changes and challenges as No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit transitions to the F-35A.

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« Reply #3603 on: April 03, 2020, 08:19:31 AM »
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« Reply #3604 on: April 03, 2020, 07:15:20 PM »
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #3605 on: April 04, 2020, 01:57:51 AM »
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- Gripens on the road -
The first one made me think it would be from a road exercise in Finland, where Gripens have visited. The rest... probably Sweden, after all.

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« Reply #3606 on: April 04, 2020, 08:28:55 AM »
Boeing's to the left of me,
Airbus's to the right here I am,
Stuck in the middle with you

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« Reply #3607 on: April 07, 2020, 08:12:24 AM »
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« Reply #3608 on: April 07, 2020, 09:38:35 AM »
Crooked aircraft or crooked camera?

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« Reply #3609 on: April 08, 2020, 02:01:03 AM »
A very crooked A/C. Abbotsford Airshow 2010.
 
With a light load, you can take a C-17 to Reno and win your division. 4 engine jet transports over 282,500 lb.
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« Reply #3610 on: April 08, 2020, 02:03:56 AM »
Be gone evil Dragon and never return.  Last Dragon 1 to visit the ISS has been released and is on its was home. Click to make it larger. That is the NG-13 Cygnus S.S. Robert H. Lawrence in front.

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« Reply #3611 on: April 08, 2020, 05:57:39 AM »


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« Reply #3612 on: April 08, 2020, 11:29:16 PM »
"1974, Dobbins AFB Georgia. After the air force 'appropriated' the army's Caribous..." Click to enlarge.

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« Reply #3614 on: April 10, 2020, 08:27:12 PM »
Yes. Taken at NAS Jacksonville a year ago.
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« Reply #3615 on: April 10, 2020, 08:29:35 PM »
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The F-22 is coated with radar-absorbent materials in Polymer Matrix Composites. Max operating temperature is ~300°C.
The Mach numbers, limited by skin temperature, are Mach 2.5 at 6 km altitude, up to Mach 2.8 at 11 km.

It cannot be much faster than the F-15 despite more thrust.







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« Reply #3616 on: April 11, 2020, 02:27:32 AM »
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #3617 on: April 11, 2020, 05:18:24 AM »
Hmm! a Gonzo in grey ----

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« Reply #3618 on: April 11, 2020, 06:34:44 AM »
Taken in 2015.

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« Reply #3619 on: April 11, 2020, 07:25:33 AM »
Very cool photo indeed 8) 8) 8)
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« Reply #3620 on: April 11, 2020, 10:06:52 PM »
Very cool photo indeed 8) 8) 8)
I did not know the Martin Mars flying boats were still around. I thought they'd ended up in museums or scrapped.

The USN painted one was to end up at a museum (Pensacola) , IIRC Coulson donated it -- or something like that. But the Canadian Government of the time block the deal as they wanted it to remain in Canada.
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« Reply #3621 on: April 11, 2020, 10:19:52 PM »
First time I have seen this photo.

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« Reply #3622 on: April 11, 2020, 10:28:37 PM »
And this is how you shoot down a Harrier.

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« Reply #3623 on: April 12, 2020, 12:41:20 AM »
First time I have seen this photo.

Looks like a passable photoshop. The blades are in exactly the same position on all the aircraft

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« Reply #3624 on: April 12, 2020, 01:04:12 AM »
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