Can't believe that's the first Canberra posted!
it's not
Whoops! You just can't get the spotters these days...
Wasn't the Boeing offering pretty much superior in every way other than looks?
apparently not, says wiki
wikipediaArguably the most persuasive demonstration of the X-35's capability was the final qualifying Joint Strike Fighter flight trials, in which the X-35B STOVL aircraft took off in less than 500 feet (150 m), went supersonic, and landed vertically — a feat that Boeing's entry was unable to achieve
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When near to the ground, the Boeing X-32 suffered from the problem of hot air from the exhaust circulating back to the main engine, which caused the thrust to weaken and the engine to overheat
The United States Department of Defense officials and William Bach, the UK Minister of Defence Procurement, said the X-35 consistently outperformed the X-32, although both met or exceeded requirements.
That x-planes book is awesome. I had completely forgotten about the Ye8 and mig1.44. The 1.44 is now hidden under a tarp [url= https://goo.gl/maps/DYNFE ]here[/url], along with a whole host of other Russian goodies.
mig 1.44
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lovely shot of a bearcat in military trim
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griffin powered seafire xvII
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for low level grunt clipped wing spitfire xiv also griffin powered
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kurt tanks high level masterpiece Ta 152
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Republic xp 72 super thunderbolt
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the folly of a single engined attack jet !
republic f105D Thunderchief full up!
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Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster
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another pusher
Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet
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Always liked the Wyvern. Bit like Klunk's Martin-Baker - contraproptastic.
kurt tanks high level masterpiece Ta 152
you have to hand it to ze germans they had some absolutely brilliant engineering minds......its just tragic they had to follow that mental ballbag intent on world domination
Blackburn Firebrand
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Fairy Gannet
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Chinese J-10
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Gulfstream G350, probably more in my dreams than most of the planes here...
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This thread keeps on giving, Klunk's mass of the wierd and the wonderful is superb!
Although I question the captions for the Fury/Seafire, shouldn't they be the other way around?
Regardless, some astounding stuff, and the Griffon clip-wing Spit is absolutely my favourite.
republic f105D Thunderchief
If Guy Martin named a plane....
Although I question the captions for the Fury/Seafire, shouldn't they be the other way around?
Around 1944, the aircraft project finally received its name; the Royal Air Force's version becoming known as the Fury and the Fleet Air Army's version as the Sea Fury.[10]
A total of six prototypes were ordered; two were to be powered by Rolls-Royce Griffon engines, two with Centaurus XXIIs, one with a Centaurus XII and one as a test structure. Hawker used the internal designations P.1019 and P.1020 respectively for the Griffon and Centaurus versions,[b] while P.1018 was also used for a Fury prototype which was to use a Napier Sabre IV[/b].[11]
I absolutely [i]love[/i] the Fairey Gannet! I did all the work on a book about it for a print/publishing company years ago, doing all the page layouts, selecting photos, cover, etc.
I had piles of amazing pics, including some of a Gannet which had lost the two outermost wing panels in an incident on patrol, I believe in a dive, but safely made it back to base.
Found this pic of one in its more aggressive rôle, with bomb-bay doors open, and one engine stopped for extended loiter:
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Here, although it doesn't show the cover: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0948251514/thunderandlightn
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Christ, was it 1990 I did that?
nice f16 fighting falcon study
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more american might Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey
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artic foxbats
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a nervous Transall C-160
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Let me take this thread down a little. 😉
(I love this first one - I would love to see the 2seconds later shot!)
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Klunk deserves a medal for services to this thread!
convair f106a delta dart unguided genie nuclear tipped air-to-air missile launch
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saab drakens
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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II [u][b]AKA the lemon (it's very badly designed)[/b] which will be sitting duck for enemy fighters[/u].
If Britain buys this piece of junk they have only themselves to be blamed. It's scary how bad this plane is to be in production and to replace the whole fleet in some countries. DO NOT buy this plane!
What a piece of junk.
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mig-15 scramble
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Klunk deserves a medal for services to this thread!
only muttley gets the medals
Are there any V22 Ospreys based/active in this country? Cos one flew over our house in North Yorks yesterday. Bout 2-3000ft.
That pic of the Saabs above - Wow!
Anyway, time for a picture of an old friend. G-OVAN
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Another Skyvan. A great skydive truck!
Saab Draken marketing video
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Quite a bad photo of a DHC4 Caribou, which are cool anyway, but this particular one was being used to try and restore and recover a B29 that force landed in Greenland then spent 50 years under snow. So first they basically crashed this thing into Greenland so they could check out the area. Then they flew it back to Thule, put a bulldozer in it, then crashed it back into Greenland to unload the bulldozer. Because why did they need a bulldozer? To build a runway!
It's basically the builder's transit of the plane world.
thunderchief promo vid
sounds good unfortunately they've no SA-2 guideline sams in that video
A3 Skywarrior
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Kuwaiti Lightning multi-role
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f-15 asat launch
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c-5 galaxy air drops icbm
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English Electric Canberra picture taken today at Folkestone air show, really did steal the show. Was flying with a Hunter as well. Both planes that my Dad worked on.
5/6 [u][b]F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is a Lemon.
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Oh dear ... hope the govt is not buying any for the aircraft carriers.
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