ab0z posted:

I think cold war soviet union existed just to invent things for the upcoming Command and Conquer game series.

Tetraptous posted:

Granted, the XB-70 was a nuclear bomber (or at least, was supposed to be), went Mach 3, and had a vaugely F-15ish twin vertical - certainly not a Navy plane, but maybe that's where the confusion comes from?

The XB-70 at Wright-Patt is really something to behold, and it's hard to conceive of it's shear size without seeing it in person. A much more impressive aircraft, IMO, than the A-12/SR-71. I recommend the museum there heartily, the XB-70 alone is worth the trip but they have tons of other great stuff too.

Click here for the full 1348x1092 image.

ApathyGifted posted:

They did.

Nuclear Tourist posted:

Saab Goodness

Muffinpox posted:

2 huge targets under wings aren't very good for survivability when someone is actively gunning for you.

Minto Took posted:

They've been flying CAP over shuttle launches for a long time. More to keep other aircraft from being damaged by the blast, ramming into the shuttle pre-launch, or magically getting hit by the shuttle as it ascends into orbit.

Ola posted:

Hahaha that's amazing. If you search for "mach loop" on airliners.net you will be treated to a huge amount of action shots like these, a few of them shows the crew waving to the photographers (who are there almost all the time).

A funny one was a C-130 banked at 45 degrees, seriously low level and the right seater was eating an apple.

Previa_fun posted:

I don't see how the Phantom got the nick name "Double Ugly" when all I see is a beautiful aircraft.

Sterndotstern posted:

it's hilariously obsolete .50-cal tail turret.

blugu64 posted:

That and the cricket pitch in the last photo. Is that what you guys call it? I've tried for years to figure out that sport, but no amount of beer and foreigners explaining it to me has ever worked.

edit: Canadians don't play cricket do they?

galliumscan posted:

Just a little bit short of computational horsepower required:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBsJwapanWI&feature=player_embedded

Itzena posted:

So now the RAF Museum want to raise it and are hoping to put in on display as the only surviving Do 17.

Ola posted:

That game was impossible. Its like you're the bookie who has to eat all the odds NASA beat.

Cygni posted:

Love those Fullbacks so much.

Phanatic posted:

Please tell me it's just turning, not radiating.

I'd go the other direction either way, I'd be worried that someone might accidentally hit the 'zorch!' button.

Lightbulb Out posted:

To be fair though, Chuck Yeager is a dick.

Captain Postal posted:

When the pilots were on training missions / goofing off, they'd arrange to fly over their parents' farms at a few hundred feet with the super radar turned up to 11 and pointed directly at the ground to toast any rabbits that were eating crops, even if they were in underground burrows. I really do hope that's true.

dayman posted:

Oddly, it wasn't well liked among allied pilots (they tended to like mg equipped planes with plenty of ammo), but the Russians loved it, ordered a ton.

Godholio posted:

Not with that style of laser. In a few years they'll be able to do more with much smaller, less power-intensive and less dangerous solid state lasers, which won't require a loving 747 to carry and power it, or the ridiculously toxic chemicals.

joat mon posted:

and XP-55.

Bugsmasher posted:

Calgary area aviation goons: the Antonov 225 will be arriving on Sunday, March 11th at 1215, and departing at 1815 that evening.

I've never seen this plane before, will be there with my camera waiting!

grover posted:

Until a few weeks ago, it was the lightest substance on earth

grover posted:

Nickel microlattice.


It's pretty cool stuff. They make it by building a polymer lattice using rapid prototyping techniques, coat it all with a super-thin layer of nickle, and then dissolve all the polymer.

iyaayas01 posted:

Advent Horizon posted:

I'm curious how much that's going to screw with ground crews. Some of the jetways probably won't move vertically without a fight.

Colonial Air Force posted:

Boeing video on the 737MAX: http://www.boeing.com/newairplane//737max/video/

Interesting winglet design, sort of a mix of their traditional design and Airbus'.

Boomerjinks posted:

edit: just came across this and my brain is thoroughly wrinkled.

InitialDave posted:

Look what Lego have just done:

Bugsmasher posted:

Pretty much what I was thinking this morning when I read this.

The Arrow has gone beyond mythical proportions here in Canada if people honestly think this idea could work.

front wing flexing posted:

That is awesome.

slidebite posted:

Thank god.

$5 says we end up with superbugs but lust for the Silent Eagle.

Geizkragen posted:

I can't wait for 30 years down the road when people are publishing project management case studies about why you can't design a plane that can only exist in Ace Combat.

Minto Took posted:

The only fighter metric that matters.

Sagebrush posted:

I had no clue that you could get a working MiG-21 for so little.

http://www.aerotrader.com/listing/1967-Mig-21U-102734641

I mean yeah, you're going to be burning up about $5000 an hour in fuel and god knows what kind of maintenance, and I imagine keeping up whatever batshit certification it requires is a huge pain, but for less than half the price of a new Ferrari you can have a real goddamn mach 2 Soviet fighter jet. Some day...