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vreihen16 11-19-2022 11:40 AM

The Airplane Thread
 
...because I feel that this topic needs its own thread, instead of cluttering up that other forum thread.

For those who love the sound of a Rolls-Royce Merlin, imagine having *four* of them on a single plane like the Avro Lancaster. Fortunately for us, the Bomber Command Museum of Canada has a non-airworthy Lancaster in their collection that they occasionally run up. Rumor has it that even a short demo costs them over 800 Loonies in AVgas.

Here's the audio of a three-engine run up on YouTube (fourth engine's prop was out for service). Grab your headphones and enjoy the Merin music.....




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vreihen16 11-19-2022 11:44 AM

YouTube coincidentally suggested this video to me today, of a B36 startup/takeoff/landing:





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M_Six 11-19-2022 12:12 PM

Aluminum Overcast firing up.

https://live.staticflickr.com/5199/1...d1dee9c6_b.jpg
Aluminum Overcast by Mark Johnson, on Flickr

vreihen16 11-19-2022 12:39 PM

Of course, I need to pay homage to (IMHO) the most awesome airplane ever built...the XB-70 Valkyrie:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...cropped%29.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ay_ECN-792.jpg

https://media.defense.gov/2020/Oct/1...-IO108-044.JPG

I know that some think it's an ugly duckling, but seeing the last survivor at the Wright-Patterson AFB museum is definitely on my bucket list if they ever roll it out again.....

Dino GT 11-19-2022 12:51 PM

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British Airways Concorde

vreihen16 11-19-2022 12:56 PM

<=== Flew on one in 2001! ^^^^^

JJ 911SC 11-19-2022 01:07 PM

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Late 50's CF-105 Avro Arrow, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow

Mingwan 11-19-2022 01:38 PM

The A-10 is like the Michael Myers of aircraft. The AF keeps trying to kill it off but it keeps coming back.

https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/2...KZ880-9259.JPG

I’d embed a short video, but most of them are clips of the A-10 annihilating terrorists and might get flagged for violence.

3798j 11-19-2022 02:10 PM

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the English Electric Lightning...

M_Six 11-19-2022 03:01 PM

^^^"I just planted that field!! Dammit!!"

2008M36MT 11-19-2022 03:52 PM

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Mine

ezaircon4jc 11-19-2022 03:56 PM

https://nationalinterest.org/sites/d.../D88%20(1).jpg

Tracked one of these doing 440 ground speed over the Salt Lake, at 6K'. Prior to that, he made a low approach and buzzed the cockpit of a UAL 72 sitting on a high-speed taxiway. I thought my short career was over!

Llarry 11-19-2022 06:21 PM

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Oh, I gotta get in on this thread -- how about nominations for the prettiest aircraft ever: Mine is the Vought F-8 Crusader. Here's a civilian-registered one -- I'm pretty sure it was used just for government contract work and is no longer flying. As a certified (certifiable?) Navy Air geek, there are examples in far more fetching livery, but this one shows the lines of the basic airplane well.

Murf the Surf 11-19-2022 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Mingwan (Post 29561466)
The A-10 is like the Michael Myers of aircraft. The AF keeps trying to kill it off but it keeps coming back.

https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/2...KZ880-9259.JPG

I’d embed a short video, but most of them are clips of the A-10 annihilating terrorists and might get flagged for violence.

The Warthog speaks to me, the tough ugly duckling, first through the door kicking ass and taking names.

Dino GT 11-19-2022 06:41 PM

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I was just reading this the other day. It`s a long read, but I really enjoyed it. NATO Tiger Meet 2016.
http://defens-aero.com/2016/07/nato-...perlatifs.html

Llarry 11-19-2022 07:00 PM

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And while talking pretty, I've loved this photo for 57 years: It was published as a centerfold in the Pacific Stars & Stripes newspaper in early 1965. (I was living in the Philippines as a high school senior and the S&S was our daily newspaper.) The photo depicts a KA-3B Skywarrior (AKA 'Whale') refueling an RA-5C Vigilante of RVAH-5 above USS Ranger in the South China Sea. Beautiful! I've searched in vain for a larger version.

3.0L 11-19-2022 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by M_Six (Post 29561266)

I got to go for a ride in Aluminum Overcast a few years ago. It was awesome, inspiring and humbling to think about the young crews who manned these magnificent aircraft during WWII.

Jbrown7403 11-19-2022 07:41 PM

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My submission for most elegant…. Supermarine Spitfire :)

kscarrol 11-19-2022 07:48 PM

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One of my favs…

2008M36MT 11-19-2022 07:51 PM

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Nobody for the F22?

2008M36MT 11-19-2022 07:56 PM

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How about the Navy F18 Jolly Roger?

I also love this photo of an F14 with a NAVAIR Tomahawk courtesy of Raytheon.

Llarry 11-19-2022 08:01 PM

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One of my favs…

One of the best Corsair shots I've ever seen! :cool!: I see that it is cannon-armed rather than machine guns. So do you know if it is an F4U-4B or F4U-5?


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