PsihoKekec
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Xenomorph tiger for tiger meet
paulobrito
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If we go for nice hind pictures...
Vargas Fan
Head over heels in love :)
The beautiful and underappreciated A-5 Vigilante. One of the largest aircraft to operate regularly off a carrier.
PsihoKekec
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It's bomb bay was a really weird design though.
PsihoKekec
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It looks like Croatia will be the next country to buy Rafale. Originally they intended to purchase used Israeli F-16s, but USA vetoed the deal, so they had to repeat the tender. F-16 was kind of expected to win, but they choose Rafale instead.
paulobrito
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Good deal for the Ada - Croatia receives second-hand Rafales and Ada receives brand new F4.2 ones.
Wonder why the US blocked the deal. I was unaware of any issues with Croatia.
PsihoKekec
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Officially due to Israeli electronics, apparently that is some stuff that is not supposed to be shared with the NATO
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Vargas Fan
Head over heels in love :)
Another design I liked, the A-3 Skywarrior. The pilot of this one proving the old maxim that any landing you can walk away from is a good one.
An article on that incident
theaviationgeekclub.com
An article on that incident
The story behind this A-3 Skywarrior Crash Landing aboard USS Coral Sea - The Aviation Geek Club
The story behind this A-3 Skywarrior Crash Landing aboard USS Coral Sea
theaviationgeekclub.com
gral
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Another design I liked, the A-3 Skywarrior. The pilot of this one proving the old maxim that any landing you can walk away from is a good one.
The Skywarrior was a great plane, with it's biggest problem being, IMO, the lack of ejection seats(A3D - 'All Three Dead'). The Air Force solved this problem with the B-66 Dominator, but that plane had other problems(not least the fact that all the changes the Air Force wanted ended up delaying the Dominator, something bad for an aircraft intended to be a provisional one).
PsihoKekec
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That reminds me how Italian WWI plane SEP 2 was nicknamed Sepultura per duo - grave for two
or Soviet WWII fighter LaGG-1 was nicknamed Lakirani garantirani grob - lacquered guaranteed grave
Adorably sweet! Several young Gripens are accompanying an elderly B-52H on one of his routine patrols.
Those baby Gripens would fear the old lady if they knew her kill count.Adorably sweet! Several young Gripens are accompanying an elderly B-52H on one of his routine patrols.
If only she had the turret on the back like they used to have!
PsihoKekec
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They were dead weight and additional maintenance issue, it think the last were removed two refits ago, using the space for some ECM equipment.
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paulobrito
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Tu-22 the plane that uses vodka (more or less) as a refrigerating.
PsihoKekec
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Didn't they also use industrial alcohol for undercarriage hydraulics?
bintananth
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John D. Clark (he of rocket propellant fame) included an anecdode in his book Ignition! about the US Navy comparing 100% UDP ethanol with 100% denatured alcohol. Performance was the same and sure enough, like the Russians, US Navy sailors were drinking the alcohol.
In Mig 25 - about 300 litres.For unknown reasons,they always have problems with it....