Cold War Aviation Porn
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existentialist
Tired and unemotional
A touch of the old ekranoplan going on there, I think. Not sure about the colour, thoughAnother cancelled project from the Convair Archive - The Convair XP6Y-1, Anti-Submarine Warfare aircraft from the 1950s. It got as far as a mockup of one of its potential configurations before cancellation, then the P3 Orion was slotted into its intended role.
2hats
Dust.
Orange not an uncommon wind tunnel test model choice...Not sure about the colour, though
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
Yup - One of its design goals was to make use of boundary layer control to be able to fly very slowly/controlably over target locations. Which does touch on the same territory as Ekranoplans.A touch of the old ekranoplan going on there, I think. Not sure about the colour, though
The wings are folded on this test model but when fully unfolded and along with the large tail surface do give it a rather different profile to other US flying boats of the era.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
It's a real shame the Ekranoplan idea came to nothing. Although it would, no doubt, have presented its own problems (traffic control - 2-D but fast machines, not like ships 
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A freezing day at the pleasingly amateurish Norfolk and Suffolk aviation museum yesterday. They have some interesting stuff but I only took a few photos because freezing:
Czech MIG 15:
Prototype English Electric Lightning (there is also a Lightning cockpit you can sit in):
For cold war fans, there's also a Sea VIxen, a Canberra, a Javelin, a Hawker Hunter, a Mystere, an F4 and an F100. Well worth a trip.
Czech MIG 15:
Prototype English Electric Lightning (there is also a Lightning cockpit you can sit in):
For cold war fans, there's also a Sea VIxen, a Canberra, a Javelin, a Hawker Hunter, a Mystere, an F4 and an F100. Well worth a trip.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Been meaning to visit for a while. Will do when home.
T & P
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No F-18?
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
Navy only.No F-18?
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Dunno about the US but not particularly in the UK. (In my time anyway). Although when 1(F) deployed to Invincible in the Med there was a healthy competitive atmosphere between us and our STD addled comrades in dark blue. Some VERY sporty flying ensued until our CO failed to establish in the hover off the port side for a night landing. He went for a swim in the med and his GR7 (which was not long off the showroom floor) ended up like this,.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
gosub
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Respectfully admiring the new paint job Milo
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Low level hoonery in the C-17. She is beating the balls out of that thing.
At 1:20 the aircraft has had enough but she just keeps pouring the power on to keep the nose up. *salutes
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existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I wonder how long it will be before it is no longer necessary to specify the gender of the pilot...
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
I wonder how long it will be before it is no longer necessary to specify the gender of the pilot...
As in:”what do you call a black woman flying a plane?”
The pilot, you sexist racist.
Of course, as a pilot, she’d still whinge all the time…
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
There must be an astonishing drag penalty on that.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
ETs are generally very aerodynamically efficient; it's only when you get into transonic regimes where you really start to pay for them. Some slide rule/clunky glasses type at Lockheed once worked out that putting ETs on the SR-71 would actually reduce its range.
