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Nebakenezzer posted:That's some beautiful camo. Is it real? If so, what's it for? It's real. The two F-16's with the "AK" tail codes are based out of Eielson AFB in Alaska, and the paint schemes (often referred to as "Flanker" camo) are put on aircraft that are used as aggressors in exercises like Red Flag.
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Jul 4, 2010 14:11
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F/A-18 in Digital Camo Odd glider  ME-163 (replica?)  Fat Albert showing off.  F-15 sporting a couple experimental air launch UAVs  B-52 Bomb-bay. Door Slim Pickings used to access bombs highlighted.  B-1 Tailpipe by H.R. Giger 
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Jul 4, 2010 16:14
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LOO posted:F/A-18 in Digital Camo Looks awesome, but is there any reason why camo would be painted on in non organic square shapes?
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Lilbeefer posted:Looks awesome, but is there any reason why camo would be painted on in non organic square shapes?
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Jul 4, 2010 16:22
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Lilbeefer posted:Looks awesome, but is there any reason why camo would be painted on in non organic square shapes? Apparently it's the latest and greatest. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_camouflage#Digital_camouflage
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Godholio posted:The Aggressors (they pretend to be the bad guys in exercises) up in Alaska. The Aggressors at Nellis use similar paint schemes, but different colors. I'll try to dig up some pics. Sweet. I know there are probably good reasons for it, but the regular grey camo scheme is so boring. But awesome black and white contrast schemes on the other hand... LOO posted:ME-163 (replica?) 'Tis a replica, for among other reasons, it has landing gear. Original ME-163s were mounted on little wheeled sleds for takeoff.
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Jul 4, 2010 19:56
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So yesterday I was hanging around the Blackbird Airpark at Edwards AFB talking twith a former SR-71 RSO trainer. He saw my car and started yakking about his Munsters car and George Barris stories. As we were leaving, he asked if he could get a picture of the car in between the planes. He moved the stanchions and info plaques while I  'd and moved the car.It was a pretty good day. Boomerjinks fucked around with this message at 22:20 on Jul 4, 2010 |
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Jul 4, 2010 21:45
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Heh, were you in the Subaru, or the Jeep? Edit: Or whatever else you may have by now, who knows?
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Jul 4, 2010 22:32
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One of my favs... FW-190 King Air with doodads (King Air 300 ISR)  Another King Air with even more doodads (King Air RC-12N)  Some fancy painted Rusky  More F4 Phantom II Porn:        Edit: Added another King Air LOO fucked around with this message at 02:47 on Jul 5, 2010 |
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Jul 5, 2010 02:27
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I love the Phantom. Particularly love the Royal Navy version, they had to extend the nose gear by 40 inches to get it to land on our carriers. It just looks so goofy and awesome sat on the ground.
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I don't see how the Phantom got the nick name "Double Ugly" when all I see is a beautiful aircraft. 
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BeastOfExmoor posted:Holy poo poo, I had no idea this existed. To make it better I live pretty much right on the approach to Paine Field and more then once have glanced out my window and seen the Dreamlifter. I can't tell if they're currently flying the thing, but I'm going to keep my eyes peeled from now on. Yes, there are 4 of them, all in use several times a month, moving sections and wings of the 787 from all over the world to final assembly in Everett.
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Previa_fun posted:I don't see how the Phantom got the nick name "Double Ugly" when all I see is a beautiful aircraft. I always like Eisenschwein.
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You should probably all go and watch How to Build... a Jumbo Jet Engine on the BBC iPlayer right now. It's all about the Rolls Royce factory in Derby and the Trent 1000. There's a lot of aircraft porn shots in there... http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00t0yx9/How_to_Build..._A_Jumbo_Jet_Engine/
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BraveUlysses posted:Yes, there are 4 of them, all in use several times a month, moving sections and wings of the 787 from all over the world to final assembly in Everett. Bad grammar on my part. I meant the ME-262 replicas, not the Dreamlifters which I see from time to time and are very impressive in their own right.
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U125 "Peace Krypton" (Hawker 800) used for search and rescue. Gulfstream G550AEW  Convair NC-131H TIFS (Total In-Flight Simulator)  Fairey Gannet AEW3  MC-15 Cri Cri  BAe Mantis UAV  Oh no, more F4s!   Edit: Added the BAe Mantis LOO fucked around with this message at 16:55 on Jul 6, 2010 |
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Jul 6, 2010 15:47
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LOO posted:B-1 Tailpipe by H.R. Giger Got a larger version of this one?
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buttcrackmenace posted:Got a larger version of this one? This is as big as I got. http://www.nefarious-240z.com/Pub/SA/AC/1584152.jpg
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Jul 6, 2010 16:50
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 I don't know if this quite qualifies as insanity or not, but I think flying a solar-powered airplane through the night is pretty drat crazy. Into the darkness now . . .
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LOO posted:King Air with doodads (King Air 300 ISR) Ground penetrating radar with satellite uplink and camera. quote:Another King Air with even more doodads (King Air RC-12N) I fixed all the crap connected to the antennas.
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Skyssx posted:Ground penetrating radar with satellite uplink and camera. The stuff on the belly = AN/APY-8 SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) & Wescam MX-15D EO multisensor Turret AN/APY-8 SAR: quote:The General Atomics AN/APY-8 Lynx is a high-resolution, all-weather, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) radar system. It produces photographic-like radar images with maximum resolution of 4-inch (approx. 10cm) with the SAR spotlight mode, and tracks ground moving targets using the GMTI mode. Wescam MX-15D EO multisensor Turret: quote:
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Jul 8, 2010 00:14
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Home-built Jet with ominous tail art. Home-built Chopper (Note the awesome security system and all-weather capability)  Tiny and very scary looking Home-built  Cockpit of above home-built. Craftsmanship is lacking to say the least.  Not sure which WWII fighter (P-47?) this home-built is suppose to look like. Look kind'a GAY-ISH to me. 
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This will be familiar to British goons, but maybe not others. "Misdemeanor" - puts on a great show, and note goony camouflage.
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Jul 8, 2010 13:48
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LOO posted:Tiny and very scary looking Home-built 
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LOO posted:Cockpit of above home-built. Craftsmanship is lacking to say the least. LOO posted:Not sure which WWII fighter (P-47?) this home-built is suppose to look like. Look kind'a GAY-ISH to me. Hawker Sea Fury?  not gayish.
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We need some good looking homebuilts up in this. Van's RV-8  Lancair Legacy  New Dynon EFIS gizmo soon available to kit builders.  Click here for the full 2000x1500 image. RV-10 panel all glassed out with current tech. The lack of any personal touches is because the builder didn't build this for himself, but posted it for sale "ready for paint job of buyer's choice" - building for profit violates the intent of the experimental aircraft laws and has furrowed some legislative brows. Not good.  DynAero MCR 01, carbon fibre wonder of the ultralight world. Its speed envelope is between 34 and 160 knots.  Silence Twister. Not sure if this project ever took off or if it ever complied with ultralight regs, but drat those elliptic wings are sexy.
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Also, eastern Europeans know how to make a god drat airplane commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-tfhL87u8Y
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Is that fan made? Because that's just the beginning and end of Pink Floyds "Learning to fly" with a bunch of shaky camera work in the middle.
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Jul 8, 2010 18:04
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Oh, it's the actual music video? I didn't know. Cheesy as hell anyway.
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I just got engaged and somehow, despite me knowing the odds, the idea of having a wedding band made from a piece of an SR-71 has entered my head and will not leave... loving goddammit.
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Boomerjinks posted:I just got engaged and somehow, despite me knowing the odds, the idea of having a wedding band made from a piece of an SR-71 has entered my head and will not leave...
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Ola posted:
This just stood out to me as a tiny spitfire, that's really nice. edit: just googled it: quote:Have you ever dreamed of flying a Spitfire? If the answer is ‘yes’, you should take a look at the new Twister! We are very excited to introduce this new kit-built aircraft, designed by Silence Aircraft in Germany. 
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Jul 10, 2010 14:01
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InitialDave posted:I spy an opportunity to exchange an off-the-shelf lump of Inco 718 and some bullshit for several hundred dollars! I think I'd only want it if it was a lump that was shot at by libyans.
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Can anyone identify this plane? I was visiting an abbey in Yorkshire yesterday when this plane buzzed the abbey at a few hundred feet. Other than getting this relatively lucky shot and knowing it's not a Spitfire, I have no idea what it could be. You can faintly make out what I think are RAF roundels on each wing.
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chutwig posted:Can anyone identify this plane? I was visiting an abbey in Yorkshire yesterday when this plane buzzed the abbey at a few hundred feet. Other than getting this relatively lucky shot and knowing it's not a Spitfire, I have no idea what it could be. You can faintly make out what I think are RAF roundels on each wing. I think it's a Short Tucano.
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ehnus posted:I think it's a Short Tucano. That would make sense; the RAF page on the plane says it's mostly flown out of RAF Linton-on-Ouse, which would be pretty close to the abbey. Thanks.
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Starcraftu. Not doing the stereotype any favours...  
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