Aircraft Media

[AndrewJTalon]

For pictures and videos in regards to aircraft. And I'll start off with my favorites:



SR-71.

And for pictures:

It's hard not to like the plucky little Saab Gripen.

 

[Vargas Fan]

Two projects of the post war British Aircraft industry that never went into production but the Brabazon did land at Prestwick Airport near where I live.

The Saunders-Roe Princess

The Bristol Brabazon.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

F-4U Corsair. My favorite US Fighter of World War II.

And here, another favorite:

Albatros D.V. Gotta love the Mercedes engine.

 

[Husky_Khan]

What was that late war Japanese plane with the rear propeller? It looked so cool when I saw it. Such a neat and different propeller airplane design. I think it was made to intercept B-29 bombers but obviously the war ended before it's awesomeness was unleashed.

Which is a good thing.

 

[Harlock]

The howling noise the Vulcan bomber makes at high power is both awesome and terrifying

 

[Vargas Fan]

What was that late war Japanese plane with the rear propeller? It looked so cool when I saw it. Such a neat and different propeller airplane design. I think it was made to intercept B-29 bombers but obviously the war ended before it's awesomeness was unleashed.

Which is a good thing.

What was that late war Japanese plane with the rear propeller? It looked so cool when I saw it. Such a neat and different propeller airplane design. I think it was made to intercept B-29 bombers but obviously the war ended before it's awesomeness was unleashed.

Which is a good thing.

The Shinden, looks like something from Crimson Skies or Sky Captain. A jet version was considered.

Kyushu J7W Shinden - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[commanderkai]

More modern, but here's the first combat between a US designed F-15 against Soviet made MiGs.

 

[Tyzuris]

A Finnish Air Force Hornet.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

Tech. Sgt. Matthew Plew, 48th Fighter Wing Public Affairs photojournalist, takes a selfie while documenting two F-15E Strike Eagles and an F-15C Eagle conducting aerial maneuvers over southern England, Sept. 3, 2019. The 48th FW conducts routine training daily to ensure the unit brings unique air combat capabilities to the fight when called upon by U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Matthew Plew)

 

[LordSunhawk]

This being an apropos thread for this... here's a whole bunch of photos I took at Pima Air & Space Museum back in February. I'll be heading down there again in a few months (once it cools off!)

 

[LordSunhawk]

Westland Lynx

BD-5J Microjet (what it says on the tin!)



McColluch HUM-1


OH-1

 

[LordSunhawk]

Former Blue Angels Tiger

Thunderbirds F-4 Phantom

I think that's a Venom, British carrier fighter


Canadair version of the Sabre (it apologizes whenever it shoots something down)

 

[Tyzuris]

Also pictures of new candidates for the Finnish Air Force fighter jet to be decided in 2021, and to be commissioned in-between 2025-2030.

Lockheed Martin F-35

Boeing F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet + EA-18G Growler

Eurofighter Typhoon

Saab JAS 39 Gripen E/F

Dassault Rafale

 

[Vargas Fan]

I've got some from the East Fortune museum in Fife, a very modest place but it has a Vulcan, Concorde, and one of the engines from Rudolf Hess's Messerschmitt 110 used on his I'll fated flight.

 

[LordSunhawk]

More from Pima Air & Space (and we're still inside!)


Huey in gunship mode (cue up Ride of the Valkyries, this was one of the birds from the movie)

The mighty Tomcat!

The not quite so mighty Panther

Lockheed Electra

 

[LordSunhawk]

And some more from inside...


Models of aircraft from the AMARG boneyard, tours *are* available but you have to book in advance, pass a security check, and no photos are allowed

OH-58 Kiowa Warrior I think

Who let the bombs out? BOOM BOOM BOOM (yes, that's a nuke)

F-107A prototype (and in tests it was perfectly safe to eject)

 

[Vargas Fan]

The Saab Draken

 

[LordSunhawk]

Martin PBM Mariner

SR-71

OH-58 Kiowa Warrior IIRC

Air Force Thunderflash

 

[LordSunhawk]

And we *still* haven't left the first main hangar...


SR-71's engine

Marine Thunderflash

Blurry photo of the USAF Thunderflash (IIRC I was jostled while taking it)

The mighty Warthog

 

[LordSunhawk]

Think that's a milspec Piper Cub in the back, not sure though, no idea in the front

Lockheed Hudson patrol bomber

S-3 Viking

AH-1 Cobra