existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Was it very windy on landing, or was the go-around just barnstorming?
Amazing, though - both gorgeous and terrifying. Which seems to correspond to my taste in women, too...
Cold War Aviation Porn
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Was it very windy on landing, or was the go-around just barnstorming?
Amazing, though - both gorgeous and terrifying. Which seems to correspond to my taste in women, too...
Lancman
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I served from 1950 - 78, a very interesting time of transitioning from the big pistons to the jets.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
You must have tons of great photos. Any chance of scanning a few of your private collection?
I'm especially interested in Shacks and Lightnings.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
In case anyone doesn't know, Lancman is a lovely geezer, older than Sass.
He flew in Lancasters and Shackletons after the war and has always been open to sharing his experiences on here.
A proper old school flier but he's a little bit shy, so you have to ask him specific questions
Get stuck in!
He flew in Lancasters and Shackletons after the war and has always been open to sharing his experiences on here.
A proper old school flier but he's a little bit shy, so you have to ask him specific questions
Get stuck in!
T & P
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When the Vulcans were operational, what was the Soviet delivery platform for their nukes? I know that the Vulcans had a 3-minute window to get the fuck up in the air, but were the Soviet warheads expected to be delivered by airplane-launched aircraft, or ballistic missiles? I’m just interested about what the 3-minute warning was based upon.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
What was aircrew selection and screening like in 1950?
I remember I wrote a very long diary entry about my experience in 1985. I might see if I can find it.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
my recollection is that it was - in reality - ballistic missiles. Sov bombers just weren't really capable to getting to the UK in any great force. the Sovs got seriously into really big air launched missiles, launched from bombers, to attempt to make up for the lack of penetration capability/force.
TU-126 AWACS
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
wtf is that? half of a SR-71?
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
What sim is that?
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Well, you've got to do something in between the gins and debagging the oiks...
David Clapson
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There's just been a film on TalkingPicturesTV in which two Hunters formate on a Harvard flown by Robert Mitchum. They're in Belgian Air Force display team livery but pretend that's not important because the plot says they are defending Greenham Common. Mitchum's granddaughter is one of the CND protesters and he's stolen the Harvard (which IRL was G-AZSC, owned by Gary Numan) so he can impress her with a wing waggle or two. Anyway, the formation is nice and tight. Looks like the Hunters are at a very high AOA so they can go as slow as the Harvard? I wouldn't know, I've only flown gliders.
T & P
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Prompted by this post by A380 in the general aviation thread, a thought that had crossed my mind in the past just resurfaced.
Has there ever been a direct dogfight between American and Soviet Air Force fighters? I am not talking about proxy wars involving pilots from third party countries (or even American/ Soviet pilots flying aircraft in third party Air Force colours). Or planes taken down by Soviet/ American SAMs; or skirmishes when nothing worse than target lockdowns/ warning shots were involved. I am talking about a direct engagement between USAF and Soviet AF planes where shots or missiles were fired in anger with the intention to shoot the opponent down...
Has there ever been a direct dogfight between American and Soviet Air Force fighters? I am not talking about proxy wars involving pilots from third party countries (or even American/ Soviet pilots flying aircraft in third party Air Force colours). Or planes taken down by Soviet/ American SAMs; or skirmishes when nothing worse than target lockdowns/ warning shots were involved. I am talking about a direct engagement between USAF and Soviet AF planes where shots or missiles were fired in anger with the intention to shoot the opponent down...
David Clapson
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So Korea doesn't count, even tho Soviet planes were flown by Soviet pilots?
Does the Czech air force in 1953 count as Soviet?
Does the Czech air force in 1953 count as Soviet?
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T & P
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Well that was kind of my question. Everyone knows that at various conflicts both the Americans and Soviets provided hardware and even pilots to to the factions they were backing. But were there, for instance, any USAF fighters in Vietnam actually downed by a MIG flying the colours of, and officially being part of, the Soviet Union?
I mean, we all know they were fighting each other by proxy, but governments like to make a show of international law and rules of engagement (if only to try to keep affairs reasonably from boiling over), and a USAF fighter taking down a Soviet Union AF counterpart or viceversa seems a far more serious diplomatic incident.
David Clapson
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There's this Air battle over Merklín - Wikipedia
David Clapson
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Tuesday's Euromillions jackpot will be £127 million, so it's time to check the small ads. There's lots to choose from...Lightnings, Harriers, Buccaneers, Strikemasters, Hunters, a Hind, a Mallard, an Albatross, a Catalina, a Phantom, a Hercules, Paul Allen's MiG 29, a B-25, an A-26. I don't know which ones could be used as personal transport. Are there any countries where you can get the maintenance done but without all the restrictions which come with an experimental certification?
I think I'll get the Phantom, on the assumption that one of the countries which used it (or still uses it) will let me buzz around in it and provide a pool of willing instructors and technicians. (And sell me a replacement if/when I bend it.) Maybe Greece.
Here we go - a 1959 F4H, the eleventh F4 manufactured. Going for $3.25m. 80-85% complete, 461 hours on the clock, not flown since 1964. Someone has spent 10 years (and many $millions) restoring it. 1959 McDonnell F-4H-1F "Phantom II" For Sale. Under Restoration to Fly
I think I'll get the Phantom, on the assumption that one of the countries which used it (or still uses it) will let me buzz around in it and provide a pool of willing instructors and technicians. (And sell me a replacement if/when I bend it.) Maybe Greece.
Here we go - a 1959 F4H, the eleventh F4 manufactured. Going for $3.25m. 80-85% complete, 461 hours on the clock, not flown since 1964. Someone has spent 10 years (and many $millions) restoring it. 1959 McDonnell F-4H-1F "Phantom II" For Sale. Under Restoration to Fly
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2hats
Dust.
18 November, 1952, four USN F9F-5 Panther's v. seven VVS MiG-15s off the North Korean coast.
Medal of Honor sought for U.S. Korean War pilot
E. Royce Williams is being called a forgotten hero in a forgotten war — a military pilot whose heroic action was never fully recognized because his mission was filed away as top secret.Now me…
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
David Clapson
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But were the MiGs in Soviet livery? If they were in North Korean livery they don't count - under T&P's rules.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
There was the pilotless Flogger that flew all the way across West Germany and Belgium. Soesterburg F-15s were ready to splash it as soon as it was over the North Sea but it crashed on the Belgian coast at Kortrijk.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
There was quite a bit of it left.
However, the USAF had been operating their own Floggers (acquired via Egypt) at Tonopah for almost 10 years at that point.
Test pilot's comment: Everybody who has flown has spun it at least once and it keeps accelerating until it blows up.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
There was quite a bit of it left.
However, the USAF had been operating their own Floggers (acquired via Egypt) at Tonopah for almost 10 years at that point.
Test pilot's comment: Everybody who has flown has spun it at least once and it keeps accelerating until it blows up.
Presumably the avionics and stuff were a bit different to those that went to Egypt?
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Urban Synergy in action.
That time two USAF F-15s intercepted a pilotless Soviet MiG-23 in German Airspace: the Story of the Fourth of July Alpha Scramble - The Aviation Geek Club
'The expression "Houston, we have a problem!" would fit perfectly here. "JD" explained that there is a problem — no pilot!,' Bill "Turf" Murphy F-15 Drivertheaviationgeekclub.com
I’d not heard of this before. If you can see the whole link it says it all... A Flogger with no one on board crossed the inner German Border in 1989.
