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and a lovely civilian Avro Anson
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great paint job on this avro tutor
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hawker tempest
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extreme aero engineering !!!
Napier Sabre III
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H-24 sleeve valve piston engine developing between 2,200 and 3,500 hp (depending of version)
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in the prototype fury
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This thread rocks!
Don't think we've seen these yet:
Bristol Brabazon
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Hawker Siddeley Trident
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Cobra Rattler
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Enemy Roboskull
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Skystriker
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Fits in a suitcase (well, almost, as we all know from Moonraker) Wallis Autogyro:
Diamonds are Forever, shurely?
Pimpmaster Jazz
Diamonds are Forever, shurely?
wukfit - Member
The autogyro was in "You only live twice" not "Moonraker"
On the subject of Bond, how about another "as seen in Bond" miniature plane, this time the smallest jet going, BD5 (sadly this particular example is I believe no more):
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fairey delta 2
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bell x-22
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convair xb-46
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in flight
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the vtol mirage IIIV
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more vtol yak-36
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more from the days when jets were all pointy
su15 flagon
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this has the mostest awesomest name ever !!!!!!!
[b]Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor [/b]
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along with the
Republic XF-84H "Thunderscreech" (supersonic propeller)
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The XF-84H was quite possibly the loudest aircraft ever built (rivalled only by the Russian Tupolev Tu-95 "Bear" bomber[15]), earning the nickname "Thunderscreech" as well as the "Mighty Ear Banger".[16] On the ground "run ups", the prototypes could reportedly be heard 25 miles (40 km) away.[17] Unlike standard propellers that turn at subsonic speeds, the outer 24–30 inches of the blades on the XF-84H's propeller traveled faster than the speed of sound even at idle thrust, producing a continuous visible sonic boom that radiated laterally from the propellers for hundreds of yards. The shock wave was actually powerful enough to knock a man down; an unfortunate crew chief who was inside a nearby C-47 was severely incapacitated during a 30-minute ground run.[17] Coupled with the already considerable noise from the subsonic aspect of the propeller and the dual turbines, the aircraft was notorious for inducing severe nausea and headaches among ground crews.[11] In one report, a Republic engineer suffered a seizure after close range exposure to the shock waves emanating from a powered-up XF-84H.[18]
sounds awesome to me
Ryan VZ-3 Vertiplane
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Convair XF-92A
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DeHavilland Swallow designed in 45
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Starscream
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Bristol Beaufort
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Hope this 'berra pastes in ok...
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HA-1112-M1L Buchon
(Essentially a ME 109 with a Rolls Royce Merlin engine)
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soma_rich, do you know where that one was taken?
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Holy sweet mother of Jesus, I had one of those as a kid and it was THE most awesome toy plane, I loved the way the wings were operational, and it was just like the F14 from Top Gun.
Awesome plane, awesome memorys.
Thanks for that 🙂
@ Northwind sorry no its off Google image search, certainly looks like the Med.
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After a bit of digging its Malta
http://marksimner.me.uk/second-world-war-colour-photographs-malta/
Thanks for that
Welcome!
I actually have a rather beaten up one in my study... 😀
beaufort picture is Luqa Malta
Can't believe that's the first Canberra posted!
My old man did his national service as a fighter plotter at Nottingham in the early fifties. He told me a story about how the USAF used to do exercises with F86 Sabres, intercepting Canberras. Flying flat, they could catch up fairly easy, until the Canberra went into a climb........and NOTHING could keep up with them!
Sort of a spiritual ancestor to the Mozzie
Can't believe that's the first Canberra posted!
it's not
martin xb-51
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in flight
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boeing b-47 stratojet rocket assiste takeoff
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with a shooting star chase plane
twas developmental dead end the p80
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Cheers Soma_Rich! My grandad spannered beauforts in malta and ceylon, and very occasionally flew as a gunner, suppose there's the tiniest of chances that's him.
it's a beaufort II (wasp engined) probably [s]86 squadron or[/s] 39 squadron
[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Campbell ]some beaufort "daring do"[/url]
That Martin xb-51 is possibly one of the ugliest planes I've ever seen.
He moved squadrons more than once so it's all pretty confusing but I think he'd have been with 217 at the time... Cheers for the info!
That Martin xb-51 is possibly one of the ugliest planes I've ever seen.
I don't know seen worse the boeing x32 for example
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another convair prototype xf-81
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No pics, but spent a bit of time last night watching a Vulcan going through it's paces over Elvington Airfield. Awesome aircraft.
Also had a spitfire fly over on Sunday.
Both have very distinctive sounds.
My old man did his national service as a fighter plotter at Nottingham in the early fifties. He told me a story about how the USAF used to do exercises with F86 Sabres, intercepting Canberras. Flying flat, they could catch up fairly easy, until the Canberra went into a climb........and NOTHING could keep up with them!
Reminds me of a story I read about a Concorde captain chatting to some Blackbird pilots; the BB had been cruising at mach something-daft over the Atlantic when it was overtaken by a Concorde...
See if I can dig it out.
Edit: [url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24629451 ]Found it. Not technically overtaking, but you get the gist[/url].
Dug this up from my archives - one of the pictures that I have taken that I am most happy with!
Scanned print of a Sea Hurricane at Duxford:
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I was buzzed by a pair of these guys a couple of weeks ago... They were under 100ft directly above me and hauling ass. What a noise![img] .jpg)
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Just imagine if Boeing had won the JSF competition 😯
Just imagine if Boeing had won the JSF competition
It'd be on budget and on time? 😉
Wasn't the Boeing offering pretty much superior in every way other than looks?
UTIAS Ornithopter No.1
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[url= http://issuu.com/jeanlulu/docs/-aviation--soviet-x-planes--yefim-gordon---bill-gu ]soviet x-planes ebook[/url]
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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