existentialist
Tired and unemotional
And I cannot confirm or deny that I was anywhere at the time.
Cold War Aviation Porn
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nogojones
spelling is overrated
It took a picture of you though
T & P
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On the plus side, the incredibly loud engines will drown out all sounds associated with curling one out
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
It normally has a canvas curtain around it so at least you'd be spared the sight, if not the sound and smell, of a muzhik pushing out last night's solyanka.
Are there a toilet and (small) kitchen in the Su-34?
It seems that there are a toilet and small kitchen in the Su-34. The Su-34 is a medium range fighter-bomber with a range of action of 4000km able to transport 8 tons of bombs and missile. I know t...
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Must be Khormaksar judging from the landscape. Now Aden International Airport.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Proper USSR moustaches too.
Of course both America and Russia have plenty of old bombers in theirs fleets.
Wikipedia suggests a lower number, America has 8095
List of active United States military aircraft - Wikipedia
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Guy here discusses the Mig-21 as part of the Constant Peg thing. TLDR: a terrible POS, but surprisingly good for what it is (a terrible POS) in spite of that.
I flew the most secret MiG fighter in the world for the US Air Force: Red Eagle pilot gives the low-down on America’s MiG-21 ‘Fishbed’
Name: Brian McCoyRank: CaptainService: United States Air Force How did the MiG-21 differ from the F-5E?The biggest difference for the pilot would have to be familiarity. The F-5E is essentially a b…
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Chz
Stark Raving Sane
Oh I dunno. He said he'd prefer it to the F-5E, and that's the closest to a NATO Fishbed there is. Simple, effective, built in large numbers for export and for production abroad.Guy here discusses the Mig-21 as part of the Constant Peg thing. TLDR: a terrible POS, but surprisingly good for what it is (a terrible POS) in spite of that.
I flew the most secret MiG fighter in the world for the US Air Force: Red Eagle pilot gives the low-down on America’s MiG-21 ‘Fishbed’
Name: Brian McCoyRank: CaptainService: United States Air Force How did the MiG-21 differ from the F-5E?The biggest difference for the pilot would have to be familiarity. The F-5E is essentially a b…
Edit: Also similarly tiny compared to later gen aircraft.
Three Russian bomber pilots killed by ejection system glitch
Three members of a Russian bomber's air crew died Tuesday when their ejection seats accidentally activated during preflight checks, the military said.
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spitfire
Walty McWaltface
Awesome photo.
Q for fast jet pilots, (Downward Dog again, sorry). Lightning looks at the edge of stall there, or is it just the angle? Was it routine or just a gas stop?
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
It's hard to tell from the photo as there is no datum to see what the pitch is. The Lightning did have quite benign handling at near stall conditions I dimly recall. I have a total of 5 minutes stick time in a T5 so I consider myself somewhat of an expert.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
I exhumed my log book to check if I had remembered the 5 minutes correctly and I had. The entry said (in very shaky handwriting - I was only 19 and clearly quite overcome!):
ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIGHTNING T5 XS452 Pilot 1:Fg Off XXXXXXXX Pilot 2: D. Dog 0:05
I had very precisely underlined 'ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIGHTNING T5' three times. LOL.
ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIGHTNING T5 XS452 Pilot 1:Fg Off XXXXXXXX Pilot 2: D. Dog 0:05
I had very precisely underlined 'ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIGHTNING T5' three times. LOL.
Lancman
Well-Known Member
Quite a landmark.
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
IIRC it was simple but effective - guys in cars running alongside each side of the aircraft as it landed, shouting “up a bit/down a bit” over the radio..!
