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Singletrack Forum » User Favorites: tooslow tooslow en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:02:45 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://singletrackworld.com/forum/search.php Travis on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/11#post-304850 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:45:51 +0000 Travis 304850@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ wow, brings me back memories of being a Space Cadet!! Also, have an inkling to go and buy some Airfix hahaha goon on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/11#post-257557 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:25:13 +0000 goon 257557@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ Been trying to get out there for about 3 years. Every time I get close, something happens to cancel my day off, weather packs up, etc. The only time I actually set off I was the the innocent third party in someone else's car accident half way there, and had to catch the train home. Tooks on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/11#post-257540 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:20:46 +0000 Tooks 257540@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ Indeed! <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> goon on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/11#post-257535 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:19:53 +0000 goon 257535@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ Nice. Mach Loop? Tooks on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/11#post-257503 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:10:45 +0000 Tooks 257503@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ I love planes, and have really enjoyed looking at the pics in this thread!! Yeah, I'm a plane spotter, I admit it! <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> A couple of pics I took of my modern favourites recently... <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3646/3328663651_a4b16c0594_o.jpg"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3569/3329497780_03d93b854f_o.jpg"> the hustler on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/11#post-257491 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:05:52 +0000 the hustler 257491@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ Blackbird was my fave, a plane the US were using for 20 years b4 anyone knew they had it...... wonder what they have no we dont know about..... CaptainFlashheart on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/11#post-257454 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:52:09 +0000 CaptainFlashheart 257454@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <blockquote>Hewey - Member No, there really was a 24 engined version of the B-52..... and isn't today the anniversary of it's first flight? </blockquote> Yesterday was, yes.....! <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_wink.gif" title=":wink:" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> Harry_the_Spider on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/11#post-257443 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:50:14 +0000 Harry_the_Spider 257443@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ Blimey. The Kalinin K7 was real (although they never built one with battleship turrets) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinin_K-7">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinin_K-7</a> It crashed. dave360 on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/11#post-257388 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:38:13 +0000 dave360 257388@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ Have we had the pre-war K-7? Preposterous more like. <img src="http://images.loqu.com/contents/856/454/image/2009-02-02/1_2.jpg"> Hewey on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/11#post-254330 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:05:50 +0000 Hewey 254330@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <blockquote>No, there really was a 24 engined version of the B-52.....</blockquote> and isn't today the anniversary of it's first flight? <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_lol.gif" title=":lol:" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> Hewey on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/11#post-254317 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:03:16 +0000 Hewey 254317@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntMIe-km7XI">More low flying</a> Cost the pilot his job though goon on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/11#post-253976 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:22:11 +0000 goon 253976@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <blockquote>are you sure thats not a photoshop special?</blockquote> No, there really was a 24 engined version of the B-52..... Gee-Jay on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/11#post-253902 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:51:09 +0000 Gee-Jay 253902@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ my god, thats huge, are you sure thats not a photoshop special? CaptainFlashheart on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/11#post-252556 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:03:06 +0000 CaptainFlashheart 252556@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <img src="http://www2.b3ta.com/host/creative/55979/1226418904/B52Bomber.jpg"> <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_lol.gif" title=":lol:" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> wwaswas on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/11#post-234440 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:19:10 +0000 wwaswas 234440@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <a href="http://alexisparkinn.com/oh_my_god.htm">fruity language content (and old plane)</a> <img src="http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/1218/rayhannanc7.jpg"> conkerman on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/11#post-234292 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:40:08 +0000 conkerman 234292@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ What a great thread. Will post some faves later. Sometimes the aircraft that don't make it into service are by far the most interesting eg YF-23 looks much cooler than F22. Conks druidh on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/11#post-230985 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:53:01 +0000 druidh 230985@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <blockquote> sootyandjim - Member Designed to carry a single, big and powerful bomb.</blockquote> One way..... duckman on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-230981 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:51:12 +0000 duckman 230981@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ 400! If you are ever paiing Montrose, a visit to the flight museum there is well worth it. sootyandjim on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-230977 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:49:40 +0000 sootyandjim 230977@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ Designed to carry a single, big and powerful bomb. Scary times. druidh on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-230929 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:27:04 +0000 druidh 230929@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ While we're on the subject on French aircraft... have we had one of these? <img src="http://www.sky-flash.com/Bombers/022.jpg"> I always thought it looked too big for such a slender shape... sootyandjim on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-230877 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:49:36 +0000 sootyandjim 230877@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ A plane is what you use to remove wood from a door, aircraft are what you can see many pictures of in this thread. Oh and Juan, unfortunately for the French Airforce the government of France made the decision to pull out of the Eurofighter project purely for political reasons and hence have been left with an aircraft that has an ergonomic nightmare of a cockpit, very basic systems that still don't function properly, a serious problem with excess weight and very empty order books, (orders are needed to off-set future up-grade costs which will now be met by a smaller customer base). The only advantage it has over the Typhoon is its ability to land an aircraft carrier, but seeing as the one nation within the Typhoon project that wants a carrier borne fighter is buying the F35 its difficult to see what an aircraft nearly two generations behind the F35 offers to carrier aviation. juan on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-228449 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:04:34 +0000 juan 228449@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ CFH I just had a look on wiki and it's not very clear, but as far as I could read, eurofighter started as a collaboration between UK, France and germany before the project saw france pulled up. So that is probably why both plane look very similar. I have no time to get more accurate resources, but I'll try to pop to the library this week CaptainFlashheart on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-228433 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:00:32 +0000 CaptainFlashheart 228433@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <blockquote> if you compare the shape and dimension from wiki it's obvious the planes share the same "frame". </blockquote> *Facepalm* juan on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-228402 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:52:14 +0000 juan 228402@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ well they look very alike, if you compare the shape and dimension from wiki it's obvious the planes share the same "frame". Plus before coming to soton never heard about the eurofighter, hence the question. Vortexracing on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-228395 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:50:44 +0000 Vortexracing 228395@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ Downgraded as in Better -- yes Harry_the_Spider on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-228384 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:45:57 +0000 Harry_the_Spider 228384@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <blockquote>Isn't the eurofighter a downgrade rafale? </blockquote> Oooohhh. A bit of Gallic sabre rattling there. goon on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-227986 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:41:56 +0000 goon 227986@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <blockquote>Isn't the eurofighter a downgrade rafale? </blockquote> Nope, not in any way, shape or form. Totally unrelated projects. juan on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-227757 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:20:54 +0000 juan 227757@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <blockquote>Without doubt, the "coolest" cold war plane (in fact coolest plane ever, even including Concorde IMO) is the Lockheed Martin Blackbird SR71.</blockquote> Yup very nice plane indeed. Isn't the eurofighter a downgrade rafale? heathy on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-227515 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:11:50 +0000 heathy 227515@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ I used to watch the A10's live firing at the live fire power demo's at battlesbury barracks in warminster in 1987/88. What a awesome sound they make when the gun lets rip, almost like a loud fart! JulianA on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-227510 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:13 +0000 JulianA 227510@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ Look me up if you're going to Lasham CFH! Not far from here. There's always the Museum of Army Flying at Middle Wallop as well... CaptainFlashheart on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-227106 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:30:46 +0000 CaptainFlashheart 227106@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ Yep, it's a Drover. Might have to pay a visit to Lasham. Thanks, Julian! Still can't believe this thread is still going! Very early cold war here....a bit tenuous, but a lovely plane! The DH Beaver. <img src="http://www.arborfield-september49ers.co.uk/detmold_652sqn_files/image014.jpg"> johnhoo on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-227086 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:24:27 +0000 johnhoo 227086@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ it does have a DH look about it JulianA on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-226511 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:09:55 +0000 JulianA 226511@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ Yes indeed, aracer! That thought crossed my mind too... They do have couple of WWII era aircraft but nothing of great interest to me, so I didn't photograph them. Thanks problem_child. problem_child on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-226447 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:50:38 +0000 problem_child 226447@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ could be a de havilland drover DHA-3 aracer on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-226050 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:09:10 +0000 aracer 226050@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <blockquote>They are all at the Second World War Aircraft Preservation Society</blockquote> Now there's an organisation who's title is a misnomer! JulianA on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-225947 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:10:52 +0000 JulianA 225947@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ 'Tis indeed a shame to see thise lovely old aircraft rotting away. They are all at the Second World War Aircraft Preservation Society at Lasham in Hampshire if anyone else wants to visit... Anyone ID this for me please? <img src="http://cbgn2q.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pbR_o6SsJopqqgULdrJNvM8KLPCMur1oTFlvHRVIQjU27T3lZ4OWJuPOrVtRS13WMAnBU0sZnLuUZnHcI4kHHjQ/P3203952.jpg"> marsdenman on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-225649 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:27:58 +0000 marsdenman 225649@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ Had the pleasure once of standing behind the last public scramble of 6 Vulcans - at an airshow, long time ago in my youf.... what an amazing noise (and sight) More recently, at a local WW2 event (ok, not cold war....) had the pleasure of talking to a tail end gunner from a Lancaster - a grade A scar on his left forearm where he'd taken a (large) bullet which wedged between the 2 bones. His favourite anecdote - pilot coming on the radio saying the enemy was getting close, gunners response was o'course - sod of they're 100ft closer to me!! My little offer (sorry if its been done, to long a thread to wade though). Back end of the cold war <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sCnNl1PuTQ">A10 Tankbuster</a> crazy-legs on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-225568 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:44:25 +0000 crazy-legs 225568@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ More low-flying, this time back with the SR-71 Blackbird which seems to keep cropping up. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ar-ubA3eRw&feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ar-ubA3eRw&feature=related</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N31eEXjNAUU&feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N31eEXjNAUU&feature=related</a> fliptophead on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-225566 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:44:06 +0000 fliptophead 225566@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ I'd guess at a Seahawk given the folding wings. showerman on "When wars were colder, planes were cooler!" http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-wars-were-colder-planes-were-cooler/page/10#post-225541 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:30:39 +0000 showerman 225541@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ pity to see them just rusting away like that bit of gloss paint would make them look like new <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_question.gif" title=":?:" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/>