[Closed] A long overdue awesome aeroplanes thread!

Vulcan going to be flying at Cosford tomorrow

Some Italian WW2 fighters, the Macchi 200
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and the 205
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the reassuringly named Convair XFY-1 Pogo

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the puffin

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some more burnt titanium loveliness Sukhoi su35 vectored thrust engine

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you have to love russian tech, the beautifully engineered "state of the art" vectored thrust nozzle in titanium and the pop riveted panels that wouldn't be out of place in wwII.

In all seriousness, no one builds an airframe like the Russians. Go to the US for the avionics and the weapons systems, but for airframes, you have to go a long way to beat the Mig 29 and Su-35.

Also, one of my favourite planes in airfix as a kid (Purely for the smile!), the Curtis Kittyhawk:

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There was a rumor / urban legend that the reason the Russian stuff flies so well is because it's all hand panel beaten. So the entire surface of the aircraft is covered in tiny dimples like on a golf ball.

I've been up close tho Russian aircraft and the are not dimpled. They are very rough and ready.

Cosford today

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Are there any V22 Ospreys based/active in this country? Cos one flew over our house in North Yorks yesterday. Bout 2-3000ft.

Not sure but my uncle posted pics of himself sat in one last week, he also lives in N. Yorks

Are there any V22 Ospreys based/active in this country? Cos one flew over our house in North Yorks yesterday. Bout 2-3000ft.
Not sure but my uncle posted pics of himself sat in one last week, he also lives in N. Yorks

I think there are some in East Anglia somewhere, often see them overhead in Cambridgeshire.

Don't know if they're permenantly based there but they use lakenheath/mildenhall a lot which appears to be very busy today!

[b]FAO bencooper[/b] - Some notes re your found pictures!

The general location of the desert photos is RAF El Adem, in c.'67-'69
Photo 2 - Nearest the camera is a 1 Squadron jet.
Photo 6 - Chap in the flying suit is 43 squadron
Photo 16 - 1 Squadron hangar at West Raynham
Photo 22 - 54 Squadron markings on closest to camera

Will see if I can get more, but you could try the 1 or 54 Sqdn associations for more details.

Klunk goes far beyond the call of duty, for services rendered to this thread and everyone who loves planes, sir, I salute you!

Fantastic "selfie"!

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The Dornier Do17 after over 70 years underwater the tyres are still OK, bodywork needs a little attention however.

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Seen a vc10 getting an escort out of prestwick airport yesterday, by two tornadoes (I think).

Awesome noise.

Those Italian fighters look in pretty good condition.

Awesome dogfight animation which could belong here, gets a bit odd towards the end but epic beginning :

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6mlYQChnyIo

Dear Santa, please can I have a Subsonex JSX-1 this year........

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AQxBOSSkXmk

The Ospreys are based ar RAF Mildenhall.

5th, that is stunning.

[quoteSeen a vc10 getting an escort out of prestwick airport yesterday, by two tornadoes (I think).

Awesome noise.[/quo
Recently ? As I thought the VC10s got pensioned off a while ago

have to saw this is very impressive close up .... for awesome aircraft £17 well spent (free me109 vs spitfire mock dogfight to boot + a couple of mustangs going through their paces 🙂 )

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awesome thread. really nice to see some flying memories.
that pic of the jet going between the hangers, I'm sure that was saints.
vc10's bring back happy memories, and seeing a gr1 tornado on page 14. 31 squadron, the gold stars, my old squadron. bloody awesome.

Last two flying Lancasters over Beachy Head last weekend;

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We live under the flight path of Shoreham airport, so we've had the pleasure of the sights and sounds of spitfires, mustangs, chinook, jet provost and a little display from the blades as they make their way to and from the Eastbourne airshow.

The jet provost makes a fair bit of noise for a little old jet plane.

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Nuclear TU95 testbed

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F15

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MiG 15 on holiday

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Mc-D XF85

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MiG-31

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SU-25

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Tu-222 [?]

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Su-17

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Tu-22

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All that SU-17 needs is a blade and he can cut the grass....

Tu-222 [?]

[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-22M ]Tu-22M[/url], I think.

Is that an actual remote gun in bottom of the Tu22m's rudder? Surely the projectiles will come out effectively stationary? 😯

Not entirely sure how I managed to call the MiG-25 a Frogfoot 😯

I did spot that mistake and I think I should be a little ashamed of myself for knowing impossibly nerdy stuff

Surely the projectiles will come out effectively stationary?