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holocaust bloopers posted:Of course a loving AWO built a Lego AWACS. I know him. That plane is on the fridge in the Weapons office in my squadron.
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Godholio posted:I know him. That plane is on the fridge in the Weapons office in my squadron. I prefer my JSTARS, but being maintenance for them, maybe I'm biased.
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Mar 17, 2013 01:16
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A pilot has died in his homebuilt replica Spitfire in South Australia at an airshow. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-17/pilot-killed-in-adelaide-air-show-plane-crash/4578208 News report video in link.
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Mar 18, 2013 01:10
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I pride myself on my knowledge of obscure aviation facts, but this one popped a few circuit breakers in my brain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC2E8RJE3Jo
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MrYenko posted:I pride myself on my knowledge of obscure aviation facts, but this one popped a few circuit breakers in my brain. Airwolf lied to us all
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Mar 18, 2013 16:26
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SybilVimes posted:Blue Thunder lied to us all Airwolf wouldn't have lied to us about the supersonic autogyro!
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Mar 18, 2013 17:41
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Who wants to play "Name that thing"? http://i.imgur.com/r1tAeOZ.jpg
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Mar 19, 2013 01:33
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Is it the automatic prop pitch and mixture control from an FW190?
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Mar 19, 2013 01:40
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MrYenko posted:I pride myself on my knowledge of obscure aviation facts, but this one popped a few circuit breakers in my brain. That's pretty impressive, I never would have thought a three engine monster like the 53 could maneuver like that.
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Mar 19, 2013 01:47
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Falkenbok posted:Is it the automatic prop pitch and mixture control from an FW190? No, I'm guessing it's the prop control (or part of it) from a C-130 Hercules. If it is, then I'm king 
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MrChips posted:No, I'm guessing it's the prop control (or part of it) from a C-130 Hercules. Correct. http://www.lockheedmartin.com/conte..._Sundstrand.pdf The only reason I know this is one of our C-130s got the upgrade (NP2000) which added 8 blade props too. Picture is in the presentation. CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 01:54 on Mar 19, 2013 |
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Mar 19, 2013 01:52
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Nice, you guys got it. The FE instructor brought it out for a systems refresher course. As he was explaining how it works I just did my best dog-watching-a-TV impression.
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Mar 19, 2013 02:21
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manic mike posted:Nice, you guys got it. Where abouts are you?
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Mar 19, 2013 02:44
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Tucson, AZ
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Triggs posted:That's pretty impressive, I never would have thought a three engine monster like the 53 could maneuver like that. Only the -E model and later had three engines according to wiki, small detail. -- Anyway, I just saw the Commemorative Air Force B-29 in Palm Springs.      Amazing stuff.
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Found this on Imgur, and had to share it. It was said to have been taken aboard an aircraft carrier while in the Arabian Gulf. (Click for big)  Edit: The aircraft is a Grumman C-2A Greyhound LOO fucked around with this message at 19:07 on Mar 19, 2013 |
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Mar 19, 2013 19:02
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LOO posted:Found this on Imgur, and had to share it. Engine test for the E-2D?
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Mar 19, 2013 20:10
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Not on a deployment. Edit: According to wikipedia they've had the new propellers since 2010-ish.
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StandardVC10 posted:Only the -E model and later had three engines according to wiki, small detail. Fifi owns, that is all 
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LOO posted:Found this on Imgur, and had to share it. Scimitar props own.
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Mar 19, 2013 22:40
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Godholio posted:Not on a deployment. I'm not sure if they've gotten to the entire fleet yet, but the Navy also plans to upgrade all the E-2Cs with the NP2000 scimitar props and a significant portion of the fleet is already upgraded.
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Mar 20, 2013 01:11
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At Alliance Airport, north of Ft. Worth, TX. Crappy zoomed phone image, but as close as I could get.
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Is there anything out there I could easily mistake for an F-82 twin Mustang? Walking into class earlier today, something that looked Strikingly like a twin mustang flew overhead. I glanced around wikipedia, and there are a couple in restoration but none are flyable yet. It didn't have a center fuselage like a P-38, and an Airforce marked O-2 Skymaster flew over on the way out of class, so it couldn't have been that. Other than those 3 I'm pretty hopeless at identifying twinboom aircraft. If it helps, I'm up in Concord NH. I know someone has a Texan around here somewhere, I see it flying over southern NH from time to time.
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Mar 21, 2013 21:39
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The F-82 is fairly distinctive because it's not just twin boom, it's twin fuselage. There's nothing at all I can think of that looks like it. All other twin booms I know of have a center fuselage that stops at the wing and twin booms trailing behind the wing.
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Mar 21, 2013 21:45
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There were a couple of asymetical German bombers, but yeah twin-booms and no center section is a really rare combination.
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Mar 21, 2013 21:47
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The Italians developed one, too, but the Italians mistook it for a Lightning and shot it up (but not down)
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The Germans also built (or atleast designed) a twin fighter, the BF-109Z, but unless you live in an alternate dimension it wouldn't have been one of those either.
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Mar 21, 2013 22:13
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Godholio posted:Not on a deployment. Its also the NP2000, same prop fits that and the C-130.
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Mar 21, 2013 22:18
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Munnin The Crab posted:Dual fuselage sighting. Maybe you saw this. Mostly kidding. But maybe.
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Mar 21, 2013 22:18
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Hmm, according to that plane's homepage, its last flight was back in Feb, but it will be traveling to Oshkosh this year.
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Mar 21, 2013 22:26
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The Ferret King posted:Maybe you saw this. Mostly kidding. But maybe. It wasn't this, and it certainly wasn't a 109Z, who knows... I'd have a picture of the drat thing, but in the glare of the sun and snow I failed to realize that I was snapping pictures of my own face with the forward facing camera instead of the aircraft  It certainly was loud as hell, and it looked.. old? I don't want to say it was a WW2 era plane if all there is to choose from is the zweiling and the twin mustang.
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Mar 21, 2013 22:30
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A Skymaster at a really weird angle? 
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Mar 21, 2013 22:32
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Not quite the same since it has an independent fuselage, but one of my favorite twin boom planes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow
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CommieGIR posted:Not quite the same since it has an independent fuselage, but one of my favorite twin boom planes: That has the very same wingshape and colour, so maybe it Was a center fuselage plane at a weird angle. Thanks folks. Edit: no surviving flyers 
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Mar 21, 2013 22:42
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OV-10B? Probably not, twin boom and loud though. Just wanted to post a pic of my favorite Vietnam plane, is that so wrong?
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I dunno, was it the OV-10 that a few states have gotten as a firefighting/firescout airplane? There are also a couple of twin boom utility cargo planes but I can't think of any that would be common in New Hampshire, certainly not twin fuselage stuff.
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Maybe a Cessna Skymaster?
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One of the original flying wings. So goddamn beautiful. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4d8_1363828198
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OptimusMatrix posted:One of the original flying wings. So goddamn beautiful. Idly ponders an alt history where Northrop and Horton designed all the aircraft used in WW2.
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I look at something like that and wonder what would happen if an aerodynamic surface failed in flight Watching that take off, I was thinking "drat. That does not look at ALL stable." In fact, it looks like it actively wants the pilot dead.
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