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buster points to this link of some cool jets performing over a tropical beach.
https://www.facebook.com/Airplane9/v...68843/?fref=nf No easy way to embed Facebook videos. |
The Time a Big Ol' Convoy of Vintage U.S.A.F. Bombers Moseyed Down the Highway
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If I asked you what was wrong with this picture, you'd figure out pretty quickly that the plane is upside down.
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Cockpit of a B-17G. I always thought that Boeing emblem was cool as hell, but they dropped it. Too old fashioned, not what the Mad Men thought was hip. But the totem pole comes from the northwest roots, and wings for flying. and the name, what more do you need. They replaced it with one that said nothing, then when they bought Douglas they made it worse. grumble bitch moan
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Yes and no, this one just had the logo embroidered. Big. Without a sniper target. The Boeing motorcycle club still uses that logo.
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Cool vid showing how the SR-71 Blackbird's engines worked.
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I should think an ultralite would be perfect for a big-ass parachute to bring the whole rig down.
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But, then, it would be an ultranotquiteaslite.
Or, an ultranotquiteasdeadly. I'll pass, either way. I have enough deadly hobbies, if you're pickin' up what I'm layin' down.;) |
They already have parachute systems for light planes as well as ultralights. They have saved lives and should be standard equipment, IMHO.
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Yeah, I think Cirrus makes small planes with a chute system.
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New one on me, Mexican Air force in WW II.
Nazis torpedoed two Mexican oil tankers headed to the US, so the Mexican President declared war on the Axis in '42. Mexico and Brazil were the only ones to send troops. The Aztec Eagles(30 pilots, 270 support) were attached to a US Army Air Corps squadron and loaned the latest Thunderbolts. |
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Mexican Air Force...The term doesn't exactly inspire fear. |
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The whole stable...
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I remember that chopper
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Yeah, me too, I don't know where though. :confused:
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I remember it from Riptide.
I remember seeing it was a cheap old surplus chopper in the story line of that show, and wondering if someday I might be able to afford an old surplus chopper. I was a dumb kid, so I didn't know anything about the 5,000 hours of maintenance for every hour of flight rule of thumb back then. |
It's a Sikorsky H-34, and was one of the last helicopters to use a piston engine.
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The good old days...
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Does this count as aircraft?
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The asshole Air Force is still trying to kill the Warthog claiming to save money, when in truth to maintain and support the A-10 costs 0.21% of their $255,000,000,000 budget. They want extra money to dump into the mishandled nightmare called f-35, that even if by some miracle gets finished won't hold a candle to the A-10 for close air support. You know, the one stinking job that helps and protects boots on the ground. :mad:
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That was the last one built, they're checking it's pedigree. ;)
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Autorotation, I knew what it is, but, now I know why:
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What an amazing job Boeing did with that aircraft. No wonder it's still going strong. :thumb:
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Government spreading mind control drugs before the soylent green harvest.
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"Rainbow jet exhaust" is just awesome.
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Somebody just got fired.
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"Model" aircraft, in this case:
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Say hello to my little friend...
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Look at that big Fokker...
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Fokker F-32???
I count only eighteen. |
x2 legs each still bad maths
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Cockpit window, top of the plane, and behind the tail. :p:
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When the B-25 flew into the Empire State Building. They don't build them like they used to.
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Hell's Angels...
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And why is the landing gear down?
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When I've seen them flying over my house the gear is always down.
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