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If I had to guess, I'd also say that it's to keep the sun out (I'd imagine the plexiglass canopies would trap a lot of heat, which over time could damage any plastics and such left on the inside).
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Speaking of the Starfighter, the Soviets actually considered a similar configuration for the MiG-21 at one point (apologies for poor quality of scan, didn't want to damage book by bending the binding to much).
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Not sure if this has been posted here (apologies if it has), but a cool video of the J35. Skip to about 1:50 for the coolest part. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqiDEcfSnXs
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I noticed that Tibet was in that infographic. I'm betting that the plane was hijacked by the Dalai Lama, who plans to fly it into the next meeting of the Chinese Politburo. 
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I'd imagine flying in a 777 pulling 2.5g would be  as gently caress. (Actually, I'd probably be making GBS threads myself.)
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FrozenVent posted:Looks like a barge with a Stülcken derrick of some sort, wonder why it'd be that far out by itself. It's picking pieces of MH370 off the sea floor, obviously.
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holocaust bloopers posted:Can we please stop ops/MX talk? I'm having flashbacks to the moments where I wanted to make a pen disappear in my eyeball from lengthy MX debriefs. Here, have a story of a P-3 suffering quadruple engine failure (story is last one on page); http://www.vpnavy.org/vp47_mishap.html
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Don't know if I've ever posted this before, but have you ever wondered what would happen if an F-104 and a MiG-21 hosed? Now you know! Bonus:  Apologies for poor quality of scans.
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Was mucking about on the internet looking for information on some of the Archangel proposals, and found this, which is pretty interesting. Apparently North Vietnam actually managed to damage an A-12 at one point. LostCosmonaut fucked around with this message at 07:42 on Apr 29, 2014 |
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Early designs for Oxcart/Blackbird were pretty  
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MrChips posted:And that's just Lockheed's designs. Have you ever seen Convair's proposals for the same project? Some of them are pretty wacky, like a 3-in-1 parasite design based on the B-58! The FISH!  Good luck getting a Hustler to Mach 2 with that hanging off its bottom. Also, best acronym.
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EightBit posted:That sounds like it might be fun if you're prepared. 1. Acquire parachute 2. Pop chute as aircraft goes to maximum power 3.
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rscott posted:I did 49 hours on a greyhound from wichita to atlantic city and back, it was pretty hellish Travelling to Atlantic City is a bad idea no matter what sort of transportation you use.
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Is it just me (and the blur), or does the nose on that thing look quite blunt?
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ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:I'm not an aircraft engineer (or any kind of engineer), but no, that's not a reasonable thing to do under any circumstances IMO. If you're designing something that needs a set of backup controls, you drat well keep them as separate as possible from the primaries for exactly the reasons illustrated by QF32. See also: United 232.
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ming-the-mazdaless posted:From the passenger perspective, I'd agree. The 767 I flew across the Atlantic in in January 2013 had the IFE system fail. At least they comped me free beers (they were warm, but still).
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Given that one of the major missions of Canada's new fighter aircraft is defending vast frozen wastelands against intruding bombers, it is clear that the MiG-31 is the best choice. 
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hobbesmaster posted:Tu 128 might be more Canada's speed. 1. Acquire Tu-22M. 2. Modify as needed to fit massive fucktons of AAMs. (maybe just a software upgrade? idunno) 3. Profit? Bonus: Also capable of exploding ships illegally transiting Northwest Passage.
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hobbesmaster posted:I was imagine something like an aim-54. On that note, did the Soviets/Russians ever make nuclear tipped versions of their AAMs (such as R-40 or R-33)?
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Aeronautical Insanity: Official E-3 Appreciation Thread (In all honesty, I find the stuff about AWACS pretty interesting.)
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I still hold that the Backfire with AAMs is the best solution for the Canadian interceptor / Arctic sovereignty role.
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I went on the internet, and I found this; 7th Generation! (but the website says 6th???)
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I'd be curious to see how an A-10 holds up against some of the heavier autocannons fitted to the Yak-9 (such as the NS-37 and NS-45). Also, this discussion reminds me of the time somebody on another forum claimed that the MK103 was superior to the GAU-8.
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Madurai posted:Close air support uses the really low-yield nukes. The real future of CAS;  Maximum survivability against SHORAD! 
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This is concept art, but still;
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CommieGIR posted:Its part of the reason they decided upon a five engine main stage versus a single large engine. Also, working out the (almost certain) combustion instability issues for a single engine large enough to lift the Saturn V would have been hilariously difficult.
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CommieGIR posted:Naturally, but 'MURICAH  http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/searagon.htm 
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Tsuru posted:To think that instead of going into Iraq and Afghanistan we could have built one completely new space shuttle every month for the last 13 years. Going into Iraq and Afghanistan killed less people than that would have.
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A Handed Missus posted:
On a related note, I found this the other day (not a joke); 
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SybilVimes posted:Evolution of the CF-105 Arrow design from the CF-100 Canuck via the CF-103, or so it seems Yup (grabbed it from a random page on secretprojects)
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West Germany had some interesting ideas for the F-104. http://www.bredow-web.de/Luftwaffenmuseum/Kampfjets/Starfighter/F-104_Geschichte/f-104_geschichte.html
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StandardVC10 posted:I came across a mockup missile labeled "Genie" at the Museum of Flying in Santa Monica today. Looked a little small to be carrying a nuclear weapon in the tip but I guess it did. The W48 was crammed into a 155mm shell, so make sense that they could stick a nuke in a rocket. I've heard ~rumors~ that it was possible to do crazy poo poo to get a nuke in a 105, but I've never gotten any hard evidence.
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fknlo posted:Do we have another even bigger helicopter to carry one of those out when it breaks too? We rent out Mi-26s. 
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Dogfighting in Learjets
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Clearly the best option for Canada is a Backfire with AIM-120s hung off it. Twin engines, long range, multirole capability (someone's transiting the northwest passage without permission? NOT TODAY MOTHERFUCKERS)
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Ardeem posted:WW2 engines don't get much crazier than the coal burning ramjet. Lippisch 
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Alereon posted:
 I've only ever flown a 172, but not doing stall recovery training sounds like a monumentally stupid idea. I mean, holy poo poo, that was one of the things I had drilled into my head the most when getting my PPL.
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Captain Postal posted:An article linked from your link about a millionaire and his family who owned a Catalina flying yacht getting shot by the Saudi's for all being Israeli spies. Apparently even the 9yr old kid was an Israeli spy (according to the Saudis). The Saudi army patrol machine gunned the 11yr olds whilst they were playing in the water the family all survived Glad to see the Saudis were idiots even 55 years ago.
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xergm posted:Too bad my Blade 120 SR is only 3.75 oz according to the website. If it had enough spare lift, you could just tape a roll of pennies to it or something.
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