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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #2625 on: May 29, 2019, 03:20:44 AM »
Aircraft in Miniature are coming out with a 1/72 conversion to do that YAL-1, I've got the base kit, I've got the engine conversion needed, just waiting for the YAL-1 parts ---

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« Reply #2626 on: May 29, 2019, 07:15:14 PM »




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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #2627 on: May 30, 2019, 12:41:38 AM »
For when a regular 747 can’t get you there fast enough!

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« Reply #2628 on: May 30, 2019, 01:59:15 AM »
Also note the successful test of the Chemtrail distribution system.  Killing two birds with one stone.
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #2629 on: May 30, 2019, 02:42:28 AM »
Put one under each wing and paint it grey... ;)
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« Reply #2630 on: May 30, 2019, 07:14:05 AM »


LAC Calvin McKee, an RCAF electrician repairs a heater in the nose of an RCAF B-25 Mitchell. Note the three visible covered-over nose gun ports and the racking forward of LAC McKee for the machine guns and ammunition feed belts. (RCAF photo)
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« Reply #2631 on: May 30, 2019, 08:14:18 AM »


" They call us the SEARCHERS"...Derivatives of the US Navy (USN) P-3 Orion Aircraft representing the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CP-140 Aurora (left), 407 Maritime Patrol Squadron, British Columbia, and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P-3C/AP-3C Orion, 92nd Wing, RAAF Maritime Patrol Group (MPG), RAAF Edinburgh, South Australia, sit on the flight line at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam. At the end of the line, a USN P-3 Orion aircraft, Patrol Squadron 9 (VP-9), Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. The aircraft are on station to participate in the joint exercise TANDEM THRUST 03, a joint US, Canada, and Australia exercise conducted in the Marianas islands to include Guam and Tinian...Photo Credit US National Archives
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« Reply #2632 on: May 30, 2019, 12:58:05 PM »
Is that a joke Big Gimper? What's a Chemtrail?? All I can see are vapour trails coming from the 747, am I missing something?
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« Reply #2633 on: May 30, 2019, 05:49:04 PM »
Is that a joke Big Gimper? What's a Chemtrail?? All I can see are vapour trails coming from the 747, am I missing something?

It's a joke. Along with the Flat Earthers, faked moon landers etc there is another group who believe that jet engine vapour/contrails are "deep state" chemicals being released into the atmosphere  to manipulate weather and humans. Also makes modelers like/want to build in 1/72 scale.

From Wikipedia:

The chemtrail conspiracy theory is based on the erroneous belief that long-lasting condensation trails are "chemtrails" consisting of chemical or biological agents left in the sky by high-flying aircraft, sprayed for nefarious purposes undisclosed to the general public.

Believers in this conspiracy theory say that while normal contrails dissipate relatively quickly, contrails that linger must contain additional substances.

Those who subscribe to the theory speculate that the purpose of the chemical release may be solar radiation management, weather modification, psychological manipulation, human population control, or biological or chemical warfare and that the trails are causing respiratory illnesses and other health problems.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemtrail_conspiracy_theory

It is build into the ACARS systems:




The folks at Sierra Hotel Aeronautics have a fine selection of Chemtrail products to annoy the believers:

https://sierrahotel.net/collections/chemtrail-dept



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« Reply #2634 on: May 30, 2019, 06:50:37 PM »
Well I'll be . . . . . Flat Earthers too ???
Thanks for the explanation mate, too strange to even wonder why  ???
There are some sad weird little minds out there  :o :o :o
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« Reply #2635 on: May 30, 2019, 07:40:22 PM »
Agreed.

It would appear that the process of critical thinking is now extinct in a good portion of our species. We have new sub-branch called "homo sapiens stupidians".
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Offline Old Wombat

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« Reply #2636 on: May 31, 2019, 12:06:57 AM »
Not quite, Carl, it's Homo Insapiens Stultus.
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« Reply #2637 on: May 31, 2019, 02:01:54 AM »
A fellow I was in the Navy with claims to have worked on chemtrail aircraft but won’t/can’t say where or when. It’s all the government trying to control everything.
And now posts every other day on Facebook about how the VA is doing him wrong.
Guess it’s not mind control stuff or they would have commanded him to stop by now I would think.
the paper gods demand sacrifice

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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #2638 on: May 31, 2019, 04:06:54 AM »
Well I'll be . . . . . Flat Earthers too ???
Thanks for the explanation mate, too strange to even wonder why  ???
There are some sad weird little minds out there  :o :o :o

Now if only we could stop them breeding...
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« Reply #2639 on: May 31, 2019, 09:43:41 AM »
Well I'll be . . . . . Flat Earthers too ???
Thanks for the explanation mate, too strange to even wonder why  ???
There are some sad weird little minds out there  :o :o :o

Now if only we could stop them breeding...

That's what the Chemtrails are for, isn't it? ??? ;)
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« Reply #2640 on: June 01, 2019, 05:08:25 AM »
That and making people buy 1/72 kits.  Neither seems to be working though...
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« Reply #2641 on: June 01, 2019, 09:33:13 AM »
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« Reply #2642 on: June 02, 2019, 05:12:30 AM »
F-35s in Switzerland:

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« Reply #2643 on: June 02, 2019, 06:54:13 AM »
That and making people buy 1/72 kits.  Neither seems to be working though...

Well it's a lot like diarrhea --- it runs in our genes   ;)  ;D ;D ;D

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« Reply #2644 on: June 02, 2019, 06:55:08 AM »
F-35s in Switzerland:



Super cool  :-* :-* :-*

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« Reply #2645 on: June 02, 2019, 10:15:19 PM »
And the video via Twitter.

#Air2030: Flug- und Bodenerprobung neues Kampfflugzeug von April bis Juni 2019. Die @thef35 von @LockheedMartin sind in Payerne gelandet. #F35 #SchweizerArmee https://youtu.be/72nPZYJkk7I  via @YouTube
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« Reply #2646 on: June 03, 2019, 01:26:04 AM »
Another:



Swiss F-35B anyone?
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« Reply #2647 on: June 03, 2019, 11:20:00 PM »


Grey Funnel Line @GreyFunnelLine

The Army’s ‘flying tank’ has debuted aboard Britain’s biggest warship as the Apache gunship undergoes three days of trials with HMS Queen Elizabeth. https://tinyurl.com/yyftkcee
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« Reply #2648 on: June 04, 2019, 03:57:24 AM »


Paul Rainford @PaulRainford
An incredible day spent with these three Spitfires from @AeroLegendsUK. @LegoParky @testpilotjim and Charlie Brown at the controls. #spitfire #dover #aviation #COAP
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« Reply #2649 on: June 04, 2019, 04:01:07 AM »




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A few shots from today's first test flight of D-Day Veteran Dakota FZ692 post restoration. Details TBA shortly about Thursday's D-Day 75th Commemorative Flypast.
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