Author Topic: Aviation Pictures: The Fourth Generation (Read 161866 times)

ANS Kamas P81 · « **Reply #210 on:** 05 January 2019, 16:43:24 »

Quote from: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 05 January 2019, 12:09:46

Can you imagine being in the wingtips of that thing while it banked?

In fairness, imagine that VIEW.

Meanwhile, a unique machine - a P-63 Kingcobra chopped, stretched, and refitted with a lightweight propeller and swept dogtooth wings. It proved that with appropriate leading-edge slat configuration, swept wings didn't have terrible stall characteristics and made carrier aircraft in the jet era possible.

beachhead1985 · « **Reply #211 on:** 06 January 2019, 14:28:37 »

Reminds me of this beast

Ref link here.

https://veneremurcernui.wordpress.com/2014/07/10/flightline-friday-returns-f-84h-thunderscreech/

I have heard it called the "Thunder-Shriek", but seemingly; "Thunder-SCREECH" is known as well. According to some sources the vibrations from a super-sonic propeller are very harmful to a pilot located behind one. One old video mentioned heart issues; another headaches and neurological symptoms.

ANS Kamas P81 · « **Reply #212 on:** 11 January 2019, 16:32:59 »

And the award for ballsiest whirlybird driver of the year goes to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce9PISHcq4Y

hoosierhick · « **Reply #213 on:** 11 January 2019, 16:46:08 »

Quote from: ANS Kamas P81 on 11 January 2019, 16:32:59

And the award for ballsiest whirlybird driver of the year goes to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce9PISHcq4Y

:o That could have ended VERY badly. Glad they pulled it off.

Daryk · « **Reply #214 on:** 11 January 2019, 16:46:35 »

That guy wins the year, but I think this guy is still winning the decade:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSzeM50B8hI

Easy · « **Reply #215 on:** 11 January 2019, 21:50:37 »

"Get in!"

"But, the..."

"Get. In. The. Helicopter."

"The boom is..."

"That's not getting in the helicopter. You need to get in the helicopter."

"I'll walk out."

"...and that's when the sergeant punched him, Sir. All I saw."

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #216 on:** 11 January 2019, 22:23:12 »

"Get to da choppa!"

CrossfirePilot · « **Reply #217 on:** 11 January 2019, 22:42:57 »

Quote from: ANS Kamas P81 on 11 January 2019, 16:32:59

And the award for ballsiest whirlybird driver of the year goes to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce9PISHcq4Y

Yeah that guy isn't able to sneak up on anyone (due to the clanging sound he makes while walking)

DoctorMonkey · « **Reply #218 on:** 12 January 2019, 07:30:40 »

Top Gun gave usthe wrong idea, from what I can tell fast jet drivers are quite conservative and close to being engineering nerds... it is the A-Team that got helicopter pilots right. Crazy the lot of them.

I know that despite all of the RAF-bashing banter my friends with RN and Army backgrounds throw around, everyone loves the RAF Chinook pilots for getting them out of hairy situations.

DoctorMonkey · « **Reply #219 on:** 12 January 2019, 07:32:17 »

Oh, and on the topic of crazy helicopter pilots, can I recommend a Dan Snow History Hit podcast 2-parter about the SAS in the Falklands: the guys interviewed were very very impressed with the Navy and especially their helicopter pilots.

grimlock1 · « **Reply #220 on:** 14 January 2019, 13:38:15 »

Quote from: DoctorMonkey on 12 January 2019, 07:30:40

Top Gun gave usthe wrong idea, from what I can tell fast jet drivers are quite conservative and close to being engineering nerds... it is the A-Team that got helicopter pilots right. Crazy the lot of them.

I know that despite all of the RAF-bashing banter my friends with RN and Army backgrounds throw around, everyone loves the RAF Chinook pilots for getting them out of hairy situations.

No matter how much I study the physics and the engineering, watching helicopters do stuff like this still scares me.

Colt Ward · « **Reply #221 on:** 14 January 2019, 13:45:28 »

Then we have the recent video where the blades are whipping through the snow on the mountain side, front skids parked on that mountain while the back end hangs in space.

I am Belch II · « **Reply #222 on:** 14 January 2019, 20:32:51 »

The Thunderscreech was one of the loudest planes ever made. It's too bad there is not a video somewhere showing how loud this place was.

Kidd · « **Reply #223 on:** 14 January 2019, 21:35:43 »

Eurofighter Typhoon showing off its ordnance - note decoy dispensers

RAF Typhoons are going to replace Tornados in the strike role

Funfact: Colin "Obi Two" McGregor, brother of Ewan McGregor, was a Tornado pilot

grimlock1 · « **Reply #224 on:** 15 January 2019, 09:48:53 »

Quote from: Kidd on 14 January 2019, 21:35:43

Funfact: Colin "Obi Two" McGregor, brother of Ewan McGregor, was a Tornado pilot

as callsigns go, it could be worse.

wantec · « **Reply #225 on:** 17 January 2019, 10:27:52 »

Out over Hawaii

Kidd · « **Reply #226 on:** 17 January 2019, 10:39:55 »

Quote from: wantec on 17 January 2019, 10:27:52

Out over Hawaii

"...what is?"

-Radar.

DoctorMonkey · « **Reply #227 on:** 17 January 2019, 10:42:02 »

Quote from: wantec on 17 January 2019, 10:27:52

Out over Hawaii

Quote from: Kidd on 17 January 2019, 10:39:55

"...what is?"

-Radar.

Is the US really going to sell the F-35 to Japan? or for that matter the RAF/RN FAA (given they did the initial demonstration of harbour attacks at Taranto)?

Colt Ward · « **Reply #228 on:** 17 January 2019, 10:50:33 »

Those were not -35s with the B-2.

But yeah, the -35 is slated to be sold, just like we did with -16s & -15s for pretty much the same reasons.

ANS Kamas P81 · « **Reply #229 on:** 17 January 2019, 11:50:16 »

Quote from: DoctorMonkey on 17 January 2019, 10:42:02

Is the US really going to sell the F-35 to Japan? or for that matter the RAF/RN FAA (given they did the initial demonstration of harbour attacks at Taranto)?

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/japan-just-built-its-very-first-f-35-joint-strike-fighter-21018

They've had their own under construction for a year and a half now, in addition to a handful from Texas.

Kidd · « **Reply #230 on:** 17 January 2019, 12:25:52 »

Quote from: DoctorMonkey on 17 January 2019, 10:42:02

Is the US really going to sell the F-35 to Japan? or for that matter the RAF/RN FAA (given they did the initial demonstration of harbour attacks at Taranto)?

...I don't see the relevance, but incidentally, yes, the JASDF and RAF are the biggest F-35 partners in terms of orders, at 147 and 138 aircraft each.

DoctorMonkey · « **Reply #231 on:** 17 January 2019, 12:31:16 »

It's a Pearl Harbor reference but never mind, attempts at humour on the internet often fail :-[

HobbesHurlbut · « **Reply #232 on:** 17 January 2019, 13:51:54 »

Quote from: DoctorMonkey on 17 January 2019, 12:31:16

It's a Pearl Harbor reference but never mind, attempts at humour on the internet often fail :-[

it's also a fail hard because US has been selling military hardware to Japan since Postwar Reconstruction.

ANS Kamas P81 · « **Reply #233 on:** 17 January 2019, 14:22:55 »

I still wish JASDF had decided to buy up the -23. It's just such an alien looking aircraft that doesn't look like it belongs on this planet.

Fat Guy · « **Reply #234 on:** 18 January 2019, 15:22:11 »

How about the planet Eden then?

grimlock1 · « **Reply #235 on:** 18 January 2019, 16:21:09 »

Quote from: Fat Guy on 18 January 2019, 15:22:11

How about the planet Eden then?

I loved the aeroelastic control surfaces during the startup checklist:-)

Cache · « **Reply #236 on:** 18 January 2019, 19:21:29 »

Quote from: Fat Guy on 18 January 2019, 15:22:11

How about the planet Eden

Eden ripped off the design from Earth. ^-^ (YF-23 was first.)

ANS Kamas P81 · « **Reply #237 on:** 18 January 2019, 22:50:14 »

You're not wrong, the mecha design staff for Macross Plus spent a few weeks at Edwards during the ATF trials to get a good feel for how things would be handled, and to study the aerodynamics of what they wanted to do. That the Sturmvogel variable fighter resembles the Northrop-Grumman entry is no coincidence...

Kidd · « **Reply #238 on:** 18 January 2019, 23:50:39 »

I have always admired the Japanese for this. When they do something they tend to be very detail-conscious.

marauder648 · « **Reply #239 on:** 19 January 2019, 02:09:01 »

Quote from: grimlock1 on 18 January 2019, 16:21:09

I loved the aeroelastic control surfaces during the startup checklist:-)

Basically ProtoMech Pilot right there. Hell this whole startup sequence could basically be a protomech's start up one.