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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1050 on: April 26, 2015, 02:48:19 AM »
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1051 on: April 26, 2015, 03:02:23 AM »
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I'll have to get back to you on this one Greg. I need to ask the 17th year old to find the Reddit post for it.
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1052 on: April 26, 2015, 04:05:41 AM »
There is something oddly attractive about this:

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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1053 on: April 26, 2015, 06:24:31 AM »
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1054 on: April 26, 2015, 01:52:23 PM »
n i i ce !

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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1055 on: April 26, 2015, 06:06:14 PM »
@StationCDRKelly #Movie night in micro #Gravity aboard #ISS on our new HD projector which we use for conferences, tech software, etc..



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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1056 on: April 26, 2015, 07:26:25 PM »
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1057 on: April 26, 2015, 08:09:34 PM »
Does anyone have more information on the fate of the airframe? Was a Class A accident?



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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1058 on: April 26, 2015, 08:11:41 PM »
I count 36-ish.



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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1059 on: April 26, 2015, 11:26:00 PM »
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I'll have to get back to you on this one Greg. I need to ask the 17th year old to find the Reddit post for it.


The 17 year told me to copy the image URL into Google and I got several hits. Most were reposts but this one seemed to have a bit more meat to it.

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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1060 on: April 27, 2015, 02:25:01 AM »
Does anyone have more information on the fate of the airframe? Was a Class A accident?



It was repaired and returned to service - here it is in 2014:


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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1061 on: April 28, 2015, 12:38:22 AM »
Maybe this should be in the p-3 thread , but I thought it was an interesting pic.
As far as I know this was taken some time in the 70's at PAX, the black area is just painted, no refueling equipment was installed. Severe buffeting of the boom occurred near the nose, smoothed out farther aft they went but then there was fear of hitting an inboard prop.
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1062 on: April 28, 2015, 02:40:15 AM »
Cool - that would confuse some people.  Mind you, given the majority of P-3 users use probe/drogue refuelling, perhaps this would have made more sense operationally...
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1063 on: April 28, 2015, 07:23:35 AM »
Cool - that would confuse some people.  Mind you, given the majority of P-3 users use probe/drogue refuelling, perhaps this would have made more sense operationally...
Use the probe off a suitably equipped Hercules?

Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1064 on: April 28, 2015, 01:34:51 PM »
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1065 on: April 29, 2015, 02:17:59 AM »
Cool - that would confuse some people.  Mind you, given the majority of P-3 users use probe/drogue refuelling, perhaps this would have made more sense operationally...

Use the probe off a suitably equipped Hercules?


Indeed - somewhat similar to that drawn by SC here:

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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1066 on: April 30, 2015, 07:44:47 AM »
Some gorgeous photography by my friend Fiona:


Lincolnshire roads (near Scampton):

https://instagram.com/p/2Euv7ZLXoo/


Lincolnshire skies (near RAF Kirton in Lindsay):

https://instagram.com/p/2EufdBLXoN/


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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1067 on: April 30, 2015, 03:51:58 PM »
Beautiful landscapes... However, since my head's always in clouds here's Czech AF Airbus A319CJ VIP transport escorted by JAS 39C Gripen fighter.
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1068 on: May 01, 2015, 01:45:13 AM »
... and some more. Serbian AF MiG-29UB flyover at the 200th Anniversary of Second Serbian uprising against Ottoman Turkey, April 24th 2015.
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1069 on: May 01, 2015, 02:20:59 AM »
Lovely finish on that Czech A319  :)
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1070 on: May 01, 2015, 12:55:03 PM »
photo taken at an interesting perspective .... models in a rack or one of those "modern" stacking warehouses for parking ???
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1071 on: May 02, 2015, 05:42:03 AM »
Could make a very interesting diorama
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1072 on: May 03, 2015, 05:09:50 AM »
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1073 on: May 04, 2015, 04:24:14 AM »
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« Reply #1074 on: May 04, 2015, 04:27:19 AM »


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