Cold War Aviation Porn
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Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Was that a big story at the time? Because I don't remember it at all.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
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.
steveo87
22/11/2022 - got a maths joke.
I can't tell you how disappointed 10 year old me was to find out that those refueling thingies weren't guns....
haha that's hilarious
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Strong Flash Gordon energy from these early cold war Swiss fighters:
More here at:
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Swiss Air Force Centre: Home Grown Jet Fighter Prototypes
In the 1950’s the Swiss worked on the development of two domestically designed and produced jet combat aircraft for the Swiss Air Force, the EFW N-20 Aiguillon (Sting) fighter and the FFA P-1…
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Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Maybe not Cold War as such, but from the period. One of Franco's Casa 2.111b bombers, the home manufactured Spanish versions of the Heinkel He111, in action in the Ifni War of 1958:
The Ifni War:
en.wikipedia.org
The Ifni War:
Ifni War - Wikipedia
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
Up to date Cold War kit, still in use as a training aircraft!
Quite a few of the Spanish Air Force Heinkels were used in the film Battle of Britain.Maybe not Cold War as such, but from the period. One of Franco's Casa 2.111b bombers, the home manufactured Spanish versions of the Heinkel He111, in action in the Ifni War of 1958:
The Ifni War:
Ifni War - Wikipedia
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Poor show all round.
A380 I've not seen that pic of the Valkyrie before its a cracker
I'm going to have to re-read some stuff on it, I seem to remember it employing what these days is called the waverider principle that probably owes its existance in part to Eugene Sanger's work
and is today still being explored in hypersonic design.
Whilst It was the accident with the formating Starfighter that overtly ended the XB-70 it was perhaps stretching things too far in cost for its perceived capabilities when planners where going over to missiles being the future of inter-continental weapon delivery
Theairframe shape almost explains itself until you start thinking about super/hypersonic airflow and compressibility, but I believe the greatest complexities where in in Intake design and the problems of slowing the airflow enough and dissapating local shockwaves before they hit the compressor disk of the engine
I studied the Concorde Intake designs in college and it's surprising how much thrust can be attributed to intake design
gosub
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The Main Differences Between Soviet & Western Aircraft
Differences Between Soviet & Western Aircraft
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DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Gosh, the Tu-104 was a looker wasn't she?
Looking at them from the outside is the best way to enjoy a Tu-104 as they were very crashy. They must have the worst safety record of any mass produced jet airliner - 20% of them destroyed in accidents. That's 5 times the crash rate of the Comet!
T & P
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Wow! That's bad... And there was me thinking they would have been safer than the Comet as they had dodged the square window design...
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
Oh wow, so it is. It really looks nothing like its military counterpart, apart from being twin engined in the wing roots.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Just checked on wiki... they lost 37 out 201 built killing over 1,100 people. Death trap.
"The Tu-104 was considered difficult to fly, as it was heavy on controls and quite fast on final approach, and at low speeds it would display a tendency to stall, a feature common with highly-swept wings "
Sounds just the job for flying into Russian airports with shit visibility, contaminated runways and an ATC who has been on the meths since breakfast.
"The Tu-104 was considered difficult to fly, as it was heavy on controls and quite fast on final approach, and at low speeds it would display a tendency to stall, a feature common with highly-swept wings "
Sounds just the job for flying into Russian airports with shit visibility, contaminated runways and an ATC who has been on the meths since breakfast.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
More Tu-104 fun:
www.rbth.com
"In 1981, a Tu-104 crashed in the Leningrad Region, killing the whole leadership of the Soviet Pacific Fleet, including 16 admirals. The aircraft was instantly removed from military use."
Why the Tu-104 was the most dangerous Soviet passenger aircraft
Despite the fact that the Tu-104 symbolized the start of global civil jet aviation, its accident rate was beyond any reasonable limits.
"In 1981, a Tu-104 crashed in the Leningrad Region, killing the whole leadership of the Soviet Pacific Fleet, including 16 admirals. The aircraft was instantly removed from military use."
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
More Tu-104 fun:
Why the Tu-104 was the most dangerous Soviet passenger aircraft
Despite the fact that the Tu-104 symbolized the start of global civil jet aviation, its accident rate was beyond any reasonable limits.
"In 1981, a Tu-104 crashed in the Leningrad Region, killing the whole leadership of the Soviet Pacific Fleet, including 16 admirals. The aircraft was instantly removed from military use."
Maybe we need a worst plane journey thread...?
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
People on the worst flights don't tend to contribute to much afterwards...beyond the carbon cycle
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Maybe we could all join hands in a darkened room and try to contact the living.People on the worst flights don't tend to contribute to much afterwards...beyond the carbon cycle
