Fighter Jets both old and new - A picture thread...

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http://www.globalaircraft.org/photos/planephotos/x-15_3.jpg

x-15. not so much a plane as a manned missile.

That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 6 September 2007 21:15 (sixteen years ago) link

Convair Sea Dart. Supersonic sea plane

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/performance/speed-record/sea-dart1.jpg

Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 6 September 2007 21:15 (sixteen years ago) link

You used to be able to get a 1/72 model of that!

USAAF wtf equivalent of the JU287, the Cornelius XFG1:

http://www.aerofiles.com/corn-xfg1.jpg

Pashmina, Thursday, 6 September 2007 21:16 (sixteen years ago) link

What was that weird-looking delta-winged US navy carrier fighter from the '50's? Google is not helping.

Pashmina, Thursday, 6 September 2007 21:20 (sixteen years ago) link

Not the skyray

Pashmina, Thursday, 6 September 2007 21:26 (sixteen years ago) link

The Republic XF-84H "Thunderscreech"

Potentially the fastest propeller-driven plane, but quite possibly the loudest airplane ever built. On engine warm up, the propeller blades traveled at supersonic speed creating a complex spiral of rapidfire shock waves that were, er, detrimental to ground crews. Normal ear protection made no difference and an unprotected person even at a distance was subjected to a battery of shock waves that caused spasms, vomiting, and spontaneous bowel loosening.

The Edwards guys demanded that Republic test the plane on the opposite side of the lake bed and no USAF pilot ever flew it. Two were built, but only one flew (and that was for only ten hours.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/XF-84H.jpg/800px-XF-84H.jpg

Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 6 September 2007 21:26 (sixteen years ago) link

woah

Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Thursday, 6 September 2007 21:29 (sixteen years ago) link

What was that weird-looking delta-winged US navy carrier fighter from the '50's? Google is not helping.

The F7U Cutlass?

http://avia.russian.ee/pictures/usa/chance_cutlass.jpg

Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 6 September 2007 21:30 (sixteen years ago) link

The F7 "cutlass"!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b3/F7UCutlass.jpg/741px-F7UCutlass.jpg

Wikipedia is good for something....

I really like all these '50's and '60's planes, there's a real sense of anything-goes about the designs.

Pashmina, Thursday, 6 September 2007 21:30 (sixteen years ago) link

haha, xpost.

Pashmina, Thursday, 6 September 2007 21:31 (sixteen years ago) link

The Sea Dart makes me think of the EKRANOPLAN

http://www.intrepidearth.com/tour/07/01/24/images/antishipping.jpeg

dan m, Thursday, 6 September 2007 21:36 (sixteen years ago) link

I really like all these '50's and '60's planes, there's a real sense of anything-goes about the designs.

I heart the little Korean War-era jets. There's such a great simplicity to them and the WWII-era dogfighting tactics when nothing was bogged down with missiles, anti-missile systems, etc. etc.

F9F Cougar

http://www.lemoore.navy.mil/vfa-146/Images/F9F-8.jpg

Mig-15

http://www.globalaircraft.org/photos/planephotos/mig-15_1.jpg

P-80

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/e/eb/250px-P80.600pix.jpg

Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 6 September 2007 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link

Bell P-39. American pilots didn't really go for it (they didn't like the car-style doors, the mid-engine, and it's squirrelly behavior) so they gave them away cheap to the Soviet Air Force who loved it and used them with great effect as a tank buster.

http://www.globalaircraft.org/photos/planephotos/p-39_1.jpg

Elvis Telecom, Friday, 7 September 2007 01:48 (sixteen years ago) link

http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/imgs/a6.jpg

There was a film about these things starring Willem Dafoe. I was somewhat obssesed with it as an eight year old.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Friday, 7 September 2007 07:21 (sixteen years ago) link

xpost-What is that? A De Havallend or sommat? Time to step it up with this bad boy:

Okay this thread took off (v bad pun. Sorry)

I love the Tunnan!

I've got a recording of a B-36 flyby - it's wonderful

YSI?

I see Ned was right!

Re. Elvis Telecom? OTM. Seriously Elvis, loving it!

I think that this is a pretty cool pic:

F18

http://www.grahamowen.com/images8/C-F18-sonic.jpg

kv_nol, Friday, 7 September 2007 08:18 (sixteen years ago) link

LOLZ @ Accidental misfire:

http://www.grahamowen.com/images8/D-wrongbutton1-2.jpg

http://www.grahamowen.com/images8/D-wrongbutton2-2.jpg

kv_nol, Friday, 7 September 2007 08:19 (sixteen years ago) link

Tu-22 Blinder. One of the first Soviet supersonic bombers, it was a pain to fly, maintain, and use operationally. The Soviet Union ended up selling them to Iraq and Libya.

http://www.enemyforces.com/aircraft/tu22_2.jpg

Elvis Telecom, Friday, 7 September 2007 18:22 (sixteen years ago) link

<img src="http://www.heritageflight.org/images/Aircraft%20Photos/A_10_burning_tank.jpg";>

NEED MOAR WARTHOGS

Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 7 September 2007 18:32 (sixteen years ago) link

AGREED

http://jetpix.com/wingsoffreedom/A-10_800.jpg

joygoat, Friday, 7 September 2007 18:51 (sixteen years ago) link

The Jaguar

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031207/spectrum/flight3.jpg

kv_nol, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 15:30 (sixteen years ago) link

F5E (Swiss Airforce)

http://www.airshowaction.com/axalp/axalp159.jpg

kv_nol, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 15:32 (sixteen years ago) link

I can just see the accidental misfire pilot being dressed down by a bald headed squadron captain. And then him buzzing the tower after his next successful mission.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 15:45 (sixteen years ago) link

Hope this is bigger:

http://www.usu.edu/afrotc/images/f16%20loaded.jpg

kv_nol, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 15:54 (sixteen years ago) link

one year passes...

Blohm und Voss wins the WWII WTF contest. Here's the BV-141. Yes the cockpit is on the wing

http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/database/aircraft/showimage.php?id=7108

― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 6 September 2007 20:34 (1 year ago) Bookmark

Footage of the weird thing actually flying:

Pashmina, Saturday, 22 November 2008 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link

wow millenium falcon plane

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Saturday, 22 November 2008 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link

Yeah, the Germans (Blohm und Voss in particular) worked on some really crazy asymmetrical designs during the war.

Personal faves:

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/6741/ta152h138wx.jpg
Focke-Wulf Ta 152H, WW2's premiere high-altitude fighter

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/akadaver/AIR_MiG_144_Display_Top_lg.jpg
MiG 1.44 flight test prototype from the now-abandoned MFI program

Millsner, Saturday, 22 November 2008 21:10 (fifteen years ago) link

OK, I somehow seriously messed that one up.

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/6741/ta152h138wx.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/akadaver/AIR_MiG_144_Display_Top_lg.jpg

Millsner, Saturday, 22 November 2008 21:14 (fifteen years ago) link

Grady: The Myspacee Password Expert (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, 22 November 2008 21:15 (fifteen years ago) link

Saunders-Roe SR.53. Equipped with both jet and rocket motors. Hit the rockets to quickly get up to bomber interception altitude and then return with the jets. The SR.177 was going to follow on from this but was scrapped as new SAMs came on-line.

http://www.aviastar.org/pictures/england/saunders_sr-53_1.jpg

Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 22 November 2008 21:19 (fifteen years ago) link

It was Air Force Los Angeles day last week and I took these on the way to work

B-1

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3221/3030588154_dab1ac1604.jpg

B-52

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3250/3029753725_9040c15168.jpg

And coolest of all... A U-2

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/3030590034_47e828f2be.jpg

Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 22 November 2008 21:21 (fifteen years ago) link

Took the pictures I mean. Can't quite take a U-2 to work yet.

Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 22 November 2008 21:22 (fifteen years ago) link

hehe

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Saturday, 22 November 2008 21:23 (fifteen years ago) link

Can't believe I forgot this one... Saab 37 Viggen

http://www.xplanefreeware.net/barry/X-Plane%208.0/Viggen%20AJ_screenshot%20815.jpg

Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 22 November 2008 21:25 (fifteen years ago) link

A Saab Viggen and it's replacement. The Gripen.

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/aircraft-pictures/viggrip.jpg

Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 22 November 2008 21:26 (fifteen years ago) link

http://www.dreamlandresort.com/aircraft/F-104.jpg

gabbneb, Saturday, 22 November 2008 21:31 (fifteen years ago) link

Prefer the Draken...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Saab_Draken.jpg/800px-Saab_Draken.jpg

snoball, Saturday, 22 November 2008 21:42 (fifteen years ago) link

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/SAAB_DRAKEN.png

snoball, Saturday, 22 November 2008 21:44 (fifteen years ago) link

Seeing that pic of the B-1 reminded me of its Russian big brother, the Tu-160:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/akadaver/tupolev_tu160_blackjack_l3.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/akadaver/Tu-160_57.jpg

And yeah, Drakens are great! I always loved the look of those intakes and the compound delta wing. The steeply raked tail just screams "I go fast".

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/akadaver/dkntps1l30a1b40wi6.jpg

Millsner, Saturday, 22 November 2008 21:47 (fifteen years ago) link

on a similar design tip...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/F-16XL_afg-041110-016.jpg/300px-F-16XL_afg-041110-016.jpg
F-16XL

snoball, Saturday, 22 November 2008 21:51 (fifteen years ago) link

Totally badass: Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III. Capable of Mach 2.9, but the windscreen would have melted had it actually gone that fast.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/akadaver/db_4501_07.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/akadaver/f8u-3_12.jpg

Millsner, Saturday, 22 November 2008 21:56 (fifteen years ago) link

Not forgetting the crusader's younger brother, the corsair, I used to love these when I was making shedloads of model planes:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/A-7E_Corsair_II.JPEG/300px-A-7E_Corsair_II.JPEG

problem chimp (Porkpie), Sunday, 23 November 2008 07:46 (fifteen years ago) link

speaking of model planes, I had one of these...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Jaguar.sideon.arp.jpg/800px-Jaguar.sideon.arp.jpg

snoball, Sunday, 23 November 2008 11:20 (fifteen years ago) link

When I was eight/nine I planned to make a full squadron of these
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/Red.arrows.single.arp.750pix.jpg
using a rather excellent Japanese import kit, but lost interest after two.

snoball, Sunday, 23 November 2008 11:23 (fifteen years ago) link

One of the first models I remember building as a kid was of an F-4J I got for my 8th birthday, with markings just like this one:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/akadaver/c182.jpg

A favourite later on was a Bf 109G-10. Sitting next to the other planes on my shelf, you really got an appreciation for how sleek and deadly it looked compared to, say, a P-40.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/akadaver/1278951.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/akadaver/071017-F-1234S-032.jpg

Millsner, Sunday, 23 November 2008 18:49 (fifteen years ago) link

let's try the F-104 again

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/airdef/f-104-E-5071.jpg

gabbneb, Sunday, 23 November 2008 18:50 (fifteen years ago) link

four months pass...

Nice picture of some Drakens on FlightGlobal today

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/aircraft-pictures/2008/08/29/drakkensmall.jpg

Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 26 March 2009 21:37 (fifteen years ago) link

i'm here to hurt you
http://www.air-attack.com/MIL/eurofighter/eurofighter_paveway.jpg

not_goodwin, Thursday, 26 March 2009 21:50 (fifteen years ago) link


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