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Zimmy Zeta
Red Federation
RvB - RED Federation
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Posted - 2013.04.28 18:20:00 -
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Posting in an Aircraft-P0rn Thread 
thumbs up for the SR 71 and the F-86 Sabre.
And now: Flying boats!
Supermarine Southampton
Dornier Do - X
Lun class Ekranoplan
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Something Random
The Barrow Boys
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Posted - 2013.04.28 18:41:00 -
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Commissar Kate wrote:Mizhir wrote:This thread is now a Europe vs 'murica discussion. Hey now I like both, just not the fugly air whale that is the A380. Now for some classics F-86 SabreEnglish Electric Lightning
Single most impressive air display i witnessed to date is the Lightning. It also sounds the most boring - but im sure some folk will appreciate it.
Incredibly short take off, probably the shortest ive seen without a jump ramp.
rotated 90 degrees to the vertical, fully lit the afterburner during the rotate and about 8 to 10 seconds later was invisible against the blue sky. about 20 seconds later completely inaudible.
and that was it - some more aircraft passed by - i think the arrows wooshed in and did the thang.
Then it came ripping over head at well - made you duck, ripped your eardrums to pieces, and oh yeh it suddenly smells of manure around here speed.
I clapped.
"caught on fire a little bit, just a little."
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baltec1
Bat Country
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Posted - 2013.04.28 18:44:00 -
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Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote:Jonah Gravenstein wrote:baltec1 wrote:Nothing will ever compare to this. Concord was so far ahead of its time it's silly. Before they decommissioned it BA did a flight from our local airport, most impressive. I would love to see it fly again. Concorde was an impressive machine, but all in all it was a mistake. Was born out of the "faster is better" mentality that transitioned from propellers to jets and also from cheap oil, and lacking those, it was left behind the economy curve. Curently, nobody would pay for the true cost of SST (I think it's telling that military never bothered themselves with SST) and currently air transportation as a business is driven by price. Put in short, there's not enough people whose time is worth enough to pay for SST, and so it's unlikely we ever see SST again.
We did that with 1950s technology.
We have plans for another called the son of concorde.
The total flight time from Brussels to Australia allowing for air traffic control would be four hours and forty minutes. The engines will use liquid hydrogen and the cost of a ticket is estimated to be around $2000.
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Graygor
1kB Realty
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Posted - 2013.04.28 18:50:00 -
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baltec1 wrote:Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote:Jonah Gravenstein wrote:baltec1 wrote:Nothing will ever compare to this. Concord was so far ahead of its time it's silly. Before they decommissioned it BA did a flight from our local airport, most impressive. I would love to see it fly again. Concorde was an impressive machine, but all in all it was a mistake. Was born out of the "faster is better" mentality that transitioned from propellers to jets and also from cheap oil, and lacking those, it was left behind the economy curve. Curently, nobody would pay for the true cost of SST (I think it's telling that military never bothered themselves with SST) and currently air transportation as a business is driven by price. Put in short, there's not enough people whose time is worth enough to pay for SST, and so it's unlikely we ever see SST again. We did that with 1950s technology. We have plans for another called the son of concorde. The total flight time from Brussels to Australia allowing for air traffic control would be four hours and forty minutes. The engines will use liquid hydrogen and the cost of a ticket is estimated to be around $2000. If we brits had Americas funding by god we would have bases on mars by now.
I blame WW1 for ruining everything. 
Just imagine us with todays tech and our 19th century money.
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Rain6639
Team Evil
309
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Posted - 2013.04.28 19:06:00 -
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I would have some cool pictures to show you, but men in suits (driving a black suburban) took my camera. they weren't exactly geek squad, either.
catfights are not a bad thing
hey should I bring baby oil, or baked beans
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Indahmawar Fazmarai
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Posted - 2013.04.28 19:09:00 -
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Graygor wrote:baltec1 wrote:Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote:Jonah Gravenstein wrote:baltec1 wrote:Nothing will ever compare to this. Concord was so far ahead of its time it's silly. Before they decommissioned it BA did a flight from our local airport, most impressive. I would love to see it fly again. Concorde was an impressive machine, but all in all it was a mistake. Was born out of the "faster is better" mentality that transitioned from propellers to jets and also from cheap oil, and lacking those, it was left behind the economy curve. Curently, nobody would pay for the true cost of SST (I think it's telling that military never bothered themselves with SST) and currently air transportation as a business is driven by price. Put in short, there's not enough people whose time is worth enough to pay for SST, and so it's unlikely we ever see SST again. We did that with 1950s technology. We have plans for another called the son of concorde. The total flight time from Brussels to Australia allowing for air traffic control would be four hours and forty minutes. The engines will use liquid hydrogen and the cost of a ticket is estimated to be around $2000. If we brits had Americas funding by god we would have bases on mars by now. I blame WW1 for ruining everything. Just imagine us with todays tech and our 19th century money.
Meh. Imagine Spain with today's tech and 18th century territory... 
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Graygor
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Posted - 2013.04.28 19:15:00 -
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Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote:
Ours is bigger.
Right back to the planes.
Now this is a plane!
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Zimmy Zeta
Red Federation
RvB - RED Federation
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Posted - 2013.04.28 19:21:00 -
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Graygor wrote:Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote: Right back to the planes. Now this is a plane!
Nice- but simply nothing beats the Lun..have more pictures of this abandoned behemoth here
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Graygor
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Posted - 2013.04.28 19:37:00 -
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That is amazing.
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Indahmawar Fazmarai
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Posted - 2013.04.28 19:46:00 -
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Now, how couldn't you just LOVE an airplane called "Jes+¦s del Gran Poder"?
(The real thing)
Sevilla - Bahia, 6274 km nonstop, March 24th 1929
Or the unfortunate Cuatro Vientos?
Sevilla - La Habana, 6300 km nonstop, June 8th 1933.
Disappeared during the Habana - Ciudad de Mexico lap; it is suspected that it crash-landed somewhere in the state of Oaxaca and the crew was murdered by the locals and then the plane was dismantled and buried.
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Commissar Kate
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
1933
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Posted - 2013.04.28 20:12:00 -
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Zimmy Zeta wrote:Graygor wrote:Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote: Right back to the planes. Now this is a plane! Nice- but simply nothing beats the Lun..have more pictures of this abandoned behemoth here
Caspian Sea Monster 
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Zimmy Zeta
Red Federation
RvB - RED Federation
16575
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Posted - 2013.04.28 20:15:00 -
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Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote:
"Jes+¦s del Gran Poder"- I don't speak Spanish, but parts of me are hoping that this name means "Jesus the Great Podder" please, tell me it's true...
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Commissar Kate
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
1933
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Posted - 2013.04.28 20:20:00 -
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Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote:Sorry, but i won't start a quarrel over CK's obvious lack of taste. 
Actually I have a fetish over aircraft with polished aluminum.
Thats why I put the Sabre and Lightning.
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Indahmawar Fazmarai
1559
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Posted - 2013.04.28 20:20:00 -
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Zimmy Zeta wrote:Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote: "Jes+¦s del Gran Poder"- I don't speak Spanish, but parts of me are hoping that this name means "Jesus the Great Podder" please, tell me it's true...
Sorry, it just means Jesus of the Great Power.
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Umega
Solis Mensa
153
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Posted - 2013.04.28 20:23:00 -
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Hand of God
They purty to me. The sounds these things make is sublime.. both engines and gun.
Lets not neglect...
Enterprise
EDIT: Thumbs up for the SR-71 and Sabre.
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Graygor
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Posted - 2013.04.28 20:27:00 -
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Zimmy Zeta wrote:Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote: "Jes+¦s del Gran Poder"- I don't speak Spanish, but parts of me are hoping that this name means "Jesus the Great Podder" please, tell me it's true...
While it maybe incorrect, for me it shall stay with this meaning.
Screw you reality!
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Indahmawar Fazmarai
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Posted - 2013.04.28 21:07:00 -
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Graygor wrote:Zimmy Zeta wrote:Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote: "Jes+¦s del Gran Poder"- I don't speak Spanish, but parts of me are hoping that this name means "Jesus the Great Podder" please, tell me it's true... While it maybe incorrect, for me it shall stay with this meaning. Screw you reality!
Graygor, you look so... gray. 
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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
10745
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Posted - 2013.04.28 21:19:00 -
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The Kalinin K-7 (yes, the Russians built it)
*Edit: yes, those are artillery pieces 
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Indahmawar Fazmarai
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Posted - 2013.04.28 22:16:00 -
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Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:The Kalinin K-7 (yes, the Russians built it) *Edit: yes, those are artillery pieces
That's a fake CGI, this was the real K-7
Had a short and sad career, as the first prototype suffered structural damage from engine ressonance (an unknown phenomenon at the time) and crashed during a test flight, and so other two were abandoned before completion.
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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.04.28 22:52:00 -
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Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote:Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:The Kalinin K-7 (yes, the Russians built it) *Edit: yes, those are artillery pieces That's a fake CGI, this was the real K-7Had a short and sad career, as the first prototype suffered structural damage from engine ressonance (an unknown phenomenon at the time) and crashed during a test flight, and so other two were abandoned before completion.
Mine is cooler, looks more minmatarish
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Caleidascope
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
275
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Posted - 2013.04.29 01:25:00 -
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Commissar Kate wrote:Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:Alara IonStorm wrote:Mizhir wrote:
Speaking of noisy aircrafts. The Russians had a 4 engine bomber with counterrotating props. I can't remember the name of it, but the US submarine captains reported that they could hear those aircrafts with their sonar.
Tu-95 Bear. I'm not surprised by things Russians do... they tried to make a tank fly You mean the Mi-24 ? well its more like a flying BMP but its still quite the machine.
Nope. He means this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_A-40
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Mizhir
Red Federation
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Posted - 2013.04.29 09:10:00 -
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Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:The Kalinin K-7 (yes, the Russians built it) *Edit: yes, those are artillery pieces
That is something I would call a flying fortress.
We will never forget you Saede!
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Alara IonStorm
4943
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Posted - 2013.04.29 09:37:00 -
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Mizhir wrote:Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:The Kalinin K-7 (yes, the Russians built it) *Edit: yes, those are artillery pieces That is something I would call a flying fortress.
It's the kind of over the top plane GI Joe would fist fight Cobra Commander on top of. |
Graygor
1kB Realty
1kB Galactic
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Posted - 2013.04.29 09:45:00 -
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Mizhir wrote:Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:The Kalinin K-7 (yes, the Russians built it) *Edit: yes, those are artillery pieces That is something I would call a flying fortress.
That might be the coolest thing ever.
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Jonah Gravenstein
Khalkotauroi Defence Labs
8129
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Posted - 2013.04.29 10:03:00 -
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Yay at another fan of the English Electric Lightning, that thing could out climb any plane of its era, is rumoured to have performed an intercept on the U2 spy plane and is the only aircraft to succeed in overtaking Concorde on a stern conversion intercept.
I like the Avro Vulcan as well, it's a monster to look at and the sound of the thing is mindblowing.
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Alara IonStorm
4943
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Posted - 2013.04.29 12:09:00 -
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My favorite aircraft is the MiG-21.
A supersonic mach 2 jet the MiG-21 is the AK-47 of fighter jets seeing service in more than 50 Countries with about 14000 have been produced including Chinese F-7 versions. Designed to be cheap for mass production and easy maintenance it has simple controls and a low training requirement all making it popular in many 3rd world nations. Nothing fancy just a 20mm auto-cannon and 4 pylons for air to air missiles.
It has seen conflict in dozens of wars bombing and racking up dozens of kills from most of the Arab Israeli Wars, two Vietnam Wars, the Egypt Libyan Conflict, the 71 and 99 India Pakistan Wars, the 8 year Iran Iraq War, South African intervention in Angola, the Gulf Wars and some others in Africa and Middle East. One of my favorites is the Ogaden War between Ethiopia and Somalia. Two of the poorest nations on the planet engaged in dozens of dogfights shooting down around 2 dozen aircraft and most of the planes fighting were MiG-21's. That is how widespread these things are.
Out of production now many are still in service around the globe with Russia and China selling upgrades including modern radar, beyond visual range air to air missiles, air to ground missiles, anti ship missiles and guided bombs to its users. It may be a dinosaur of the late 50's with a light payload of weapons but speed and maneuverability wise she reportedly handles herself almost as well as an F-16 in the air. |
Indahmawar Fazmarai
1567
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Posted - 2013.04.29 13:16:00 -
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Jonah Gravenstein wrote:Yay at another fan of the English Electric Lightning, that thing could out climb any plane of its era, is rumoured to have performed an intercept on the U2 spy plane and is the only aircraft to succeed in overtaking Concorde on a stern conversion intercept. I like the Avro Vulcan as well, it's a monster to look at and the sound of the thing is mindblowing.
Vulcan howl (& whistle)
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Indahmawar Fazmarai
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Posted - 2013.04.29 13:28:00 -
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Anyway, as a matter of fact, nothing sounds better than a RR Merlin, even on a strange frame...
Well, I lied: there is something that sounds better than a RR Merlin... two!
That purr sends shivers down my spine...
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Zimmy Zeta
Red Federation
RvB - RED Federation
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Posted - 2013.04.29 14:01:00 -
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Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote:
Bf 109s are ugly. Cheap, mass produced crap, the zerglings of the sky.
WW II German aircraft were mostly ugly (in my humble opinion) maybe except the iconic Ju 87 Stuka and this gorgeous babe.
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Mizhir
Red Federation
RvB - RED Federation
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Posted - 2013.04.29 14:13:00 -
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This one is pretty badass tbh: 2 planes, 1 pilot
and the Germans called it the Fork Tailed Devil.
We will never forget you Saede!
I bet you dont see things like this so often in EVE |
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