Aircraft porn

[Rincewind]

More bleddy homeless? Probably.

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[Trav Le Bleu]

That's what I call phallic.

 

What, you mean the way it droops?

[Merging Cultures]

As mentioned earlier, my Great Uncle (S/Ldr L.F. Evans DSO) was Squadron Leader for 356 Squadron, he flew B24 Liberators. I know you all have watched Bridge on the River Kwai... here's the truth http://www.aircrew-saltire.org/lib141.htm

 

356 squadron, along with others were responsible for bombing the bridges. See the attached PDF's, the one about his DSO mentions bombing the bridges. Incidentally, he also got the DSO bar. I'm currently reading his memoirs, my Aunt should publish them soon (ish).

 

This is a pic of a Liberator taking off from the Cocos Islands in 1945 just before they were disbanded.

 

 

He was also based in Salbani, British India (now in Bangladesh) first with 356 and then back again with 159 Squadron, where he assumed command of the station in May 1946 and disbanded 159. See the other PDF.

 

This is a pic of a Liberator in Salbani. Massive.

 

 

Lots of aircraft porn going on!

1946 - 0738-1.pdf

159sdnMay46f540.pdf

Edited 3 April 2014 by BaltimoreBlue

[Fox92]

Vulcan is joining the two Lancaster's in a flypast today. Yes, the people living in Lincolnshire have all the luck!

 

Hoping for some quality pictures and videos after the event. The sound and sight will be brilliant.

[surrifox]

Vulcan is joining the two Lancaster's in a flypast today. Yes, the people living in Lincolnshire have all the luck!

 

Hoping for some quality pictures and videos after the event. The sound and sight will be brilliant.

 saw the Vulcan at the Farnborough Air show  (the grandchildren insisted on going(!) if there is a more graceful and beautiful flying machine of that vintage anywhere I've not seen it although of course the Super Constellation is pretty cool although that is civil of course and then there was that Gloster meteor...................

[Fox92]

Yeah, Vulcan is my favourite aircraft. Beautiful.

[leicsmac]

Years ago I was playing f-18 on my amiga and had to finish the mission by landing on an aircraft carrier, which I successfully did, but when you went to the outside camera (which I did to check, cos I thought I had, cos all I could see in front of me was blue) you could see the front wheel was about 2 metres off the end of the ship, but the plane was still horizontal

 

That was a good landing btw, any you can walk away from and all that!

 

 

The amiga had some cracking simulators (or atleast seemed it at the time). They're what got me into all this business really. I seem to remember an f-18 sim, I was never any good at them, mind.

 

 

FA-18 Interceptor for the Amiga. What a fantastic flight sim. Just a shame you couldn't finish the last mission - there was a bug, apparently.

 

I still play it via emulator every now and then for a good laugh. Carrier landings at 500 knots are so much fun.

[Ghost Troop]

I know its not an aircraft but it is still my favourite flying machine/munition. Ask any Op Herrick combat vet and they will drool too.

[FoxesAreBlue]

What is it?

[Beliall]

Tracy cunninghams christmas present

[Ghost Troop]

What is it?

JDAM GBU 31 a 2000 pound bomb that don't miss.

[FoxesAreBlue]

JDAM GBU 31 a 2000 pound bomb that don't miss.

I should hope it doesn't miss! Looks expensive!

EDIT: According to Wiki, $25,000 a pop!

Edited 22 August 2014 by FoxesAreBlue

[lavrentis]

 

A recent one over Lincoln.

Edited 24 August 2014 by lavrentis

[lavrentis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP4zTeit61A&feature=youtu.be

 

Won't give up my day job just yet. Completely missed the glideslope, messing about with other things.

 

use ILS and look for 2 red 2 white on landing

 

heres one of my efforts ages ago

 

[leicsmac]

I should hope it doesn't miss! Looks expensive!

EDIT: According to Wiki, $25,000 a pop!

 

Yup, exporting freedom around the world doesn't come cheap. 

[Fox92]

 

A recent one over Lincoln.

 

Brilliant!

[FoxesAreBlue]

Saw the big Vulcan Bomber over Oadby earlier, it's massive and very, very impressive.

[OzFox]

 

A recent one over Lincoln.

 

Over 7000 Lancasters built and only 2 airworthy ones left. 

 

Must be quite stressful flying one of them. Not something you'd want to stuff up...

 

Great pic by the way

Edited 25 August 2014 by OzFox

[FoxesAreBlue]

Watching the Great North Run last weekend reminded me to post these from last years event...

The Red Arrows.

Edited 10 September 2014 by FoxesAreBlue

[FoxesAreBlue]

How am I the last person to post in here!

Here's a few from my afternoon at Brooklands in Weybridge

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Such a shame that a Concorde wasn't kept in an airworthy condition. Almost certainly never to fly again. The only airworthy Vulcan looks like being retired next year too, thanks to a lack of spare engines and airframe end of life. 

[Fox92]

That's a shame. The Vulcan is my favourite aircraft. Still a shame there's only one of them still flying too.

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That's a shame. The Vulcan is my favourite aircraft. Still a shame there's only one of them still flying too.

What a sound the Vulcan makes though, definite aircraft porn...

 

 

[Foxhateram]

What a sound the Vulcan makes though, definite aircraft porn...

 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_ARSE8jEHQ

Love it! My dad used to work on these and the harriers in the RAF. Love the sound they make.

[Leeds Fox]

I was working at Scampton (home of the Red Arrows), and it's quite amazing what those guys can do in such a tight formation!

On the way back from a tour last year, we got a Typhoon escort out of the patrolled airspace, that was a sight and a half, I just looked out of the window and a Eurofighter was basically on the end of the wing.