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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #800 on: January 17, 2015, 08:29:40 AM »
Another check your 6 photo.



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« Reply #801 on: January 17, 2015, 08:31:53 AM »
56 Squadron's shark mouth XV470



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« Reply #802 on: January 17, 2015, 08:34:11 AM »
101 Sqn Vulcan B.2s lined up at Tengah, Singapore, while on detachment to Far East, Jan 1970



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« Reply #803 on: January 17, 2015, 08:36:23 AM »


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« Reply #804 on: January 17, 2015, 09:19:52 AM »
1/15/2015 - NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- A new era began at the U.S. Air Force Weapons School when its first F-35A Lightning II touched-down on the flightline here Jan. 15, flown straight from the Lockheed Martin plant in Fort Worth, Texas.



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« Reply #805 on: January 17, 2015, 02:34:59 PM »
*wry chuckle* It's been nearly seven years since I worked on it, and I can still identify, at least by function, all those panels.  The five-sided 'black" panel is actually a window for one of the DAS sensors; the bulge in front of the canopy holds another one and a data link antenna (the structure to support those while clearing the hinge mechanism for the forward-hinged canopy is "interesting").

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« Reply #806 on: January 17, 2015, 06:24:27 PM »
A few more on sunrise/sunset theme... All of them are Serbian Air Force, but two of them, unfortunately, aren't in hd.
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #807 on: January 18, 2015, 08:27:14 AM »
Another check your 6 photo.



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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #808 on: January 19, 2015, 10:54:43 AM »
Why the instruction on the F-35 canopy not to cut within 3 inches of the frame?  And what does the white strip down the upper fuselage beneath the canopy signify?   

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« Reply #809 on: January 19, 2015, 12:17:03 PM »
Well, the white stripe appears to be pointing to the access ladder door.  I'll wager the three-inch requirement is more to prevent other problems if you're trying to cut the pilot out.

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« Reply #810 on: January 19, 2015, 12:31:31 PM »
The stripe serves tell the groundcrew where to place one side of the boarding ladder. It's probably right over a former.

Typically a warning not to cut in a specific area is either because of heavier structure or an invisible hazard. I would suspect in the case of the canopy here that there are charges to release the canopy latches during ejection and cutting too closely can result in "bad things" happening.

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« Reply #811 on: January 20, 2015, 01:11:47 AM »
Just stumbled upon this. Took place last September.

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Airbus A350 XWB "Test Fleet Joins up in Formation Flight" HD

In some formation shots all that is missing are the airborne troops leaving the aircraft in droves with their small packages of dry nuts and tasteless drinks.
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« Reply #812 on: January 21, 2015, 06:51:34 AM »






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« Reply #813 on: January 21, 2015, 07:19:40 AM »


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« Reply #814 on: January 21, 2015, 07:25:42 AM »


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« Reply #816 on: January 22, 2015, 06:08:58 PM »
Nah...Nav' had chilli for lunch ;)
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #817 on: January 22, 2015, 10:07:55 PM »
Not a plane I find attractive, but this picture really makes it look great. It's also neat to see both variants (noses) in the formation.



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« Reply #818 on: January 24, 2015, 07:55:15 AM »


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« Reply #819 on: January 24, 2015, 07:57:24 AM »


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« Reply #820 on: January 24, 2015, 07:58:26 AM »


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« Reply #821 on: January 24, 2015, 08:00:32 AM »


A former RF-4 converted to drone configuration (technically a QRF-4C).

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« Reply #822 on: January 31, 2015, 07:17:26 AM »
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« Reply #823 on: January 31, 2015, 08:36:43 AM »
I'm sorry but that just looks silly! ::)

Puts me in mind of a grumpy robin. ;D
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« Reply #824 on: January 31, 2015, 10:16:20 AM »
It's a FAC
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