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| 01-08-2023, 12:38 PM | #354 | |
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| 01-09-2023, 05:23 AM | #356 |
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| 01-09-2023, 10:50 AM | #357 |
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Fresh off the press: https://www.cochranetoday.ca/nationa...atured-6349467
It will be a while though before we have our full complement of aircrafts but considering that Skippy's Liberal Government wanted to replace our aging fleet of Hornets by buying aging F-18 from the Australians...  |
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| 01-09-2023, 02:30 PM | #358 |
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I hope the Antonov An-225 flies again sometime soon!
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| 01-09-2023, 03:16 PM | #359 |
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| 01-09-2023, 03:22 PM | #360 | |
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| 01-09-2023, 03:30 PM | #361 | |
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| 01-09-2023, 04:12 PM | #362 |
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Heinkel 111z. Interesting reason for this design - it was to tow large gliders.
Powered by five Jumo 211F engines, each producing 1,340 horsepower, the Heinkel He 111Z Zwilling had a range of 2,500 miles, and could tow a Me 321, or the smaller Gotha Go 242 glider for up to ten hours. In addition to glider towing, a variant capable of carrying four anti-shipping guided missiles, as well as 15,870 lbs (7,200 kgs) of bombs was also built, although it never saw action. A third version, a long-range reconnaissance aircraft, was planned late in the war but never built. Although the aircraft had two identical fuselages, only the left side fuselage had a pilot. The crew of seven consisted of a pilot, mechanic, radio operator and gunner in the left side, and an observer, mechanic and gunner in the right side fuselage. Overall the Heinkel He 111Z Zwilling saw very little operational action. It's size meant it could only operate from large airfields, and although it was originally scheduled to assist in an invasion of Malta, and provide supplies during the Battle of Stalingrad, it was never used. Many aircraft were destroyed on the ground, although one was shot down by RAF fighters over France on March 14, 1944 while towing a Gotha Go 242 glider. Four examples survived the war, although they were subsequently scrapped. |
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| 01-09-2023, 04:40 PM | #363 | |
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| 01-09-2023, 08:03 PM | #364 |
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Amazing bit of piloting to land Aloha Airlines 243 back in 1988!
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| 01-10-2023, 07:43 AM | #365 |
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Another gigantic German glider: The Junkers JU-332 Mammut
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_322 A variety of pictures and models: https://www.bing.com/images/search?q...mageHoverTitle |
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| 01-10-2023, 05:16 PM | #366 |
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Those are indeed huge so now we have the petite rocket powered Messerschmitt Me-163 Komet. Not very successful and terrifying to fly.
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| 01-10-2023, 05:51 PM | #367 |
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Variations of the Amerikabomber: Which also included the Me.264 and Me.1085.
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| 01-11-2023, 09:21 AM | #368 |
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| 01-11-2023, 09:34 AM | #369 | |
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| 01-11-2023, 02:43 PM | #370 |
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Convair XB-46: Close but no cigar. Losing to the Boeing B-47 Stratojet.
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| 01-11-2023, 04:24 PM | #371 | |
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| 01-11-2023, 04:31 PM | #372 | |
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| 01-11-2023, 06:14 PM | #373 |
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Another interesting video here and how dangerous the fuel was to propel the aircraft in the first place. ( Eats metal. rubber and human flesh...)
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