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Started by Taaroa, June 04, 2017, 08:15:23 AM

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Walks_At_Night

#1380
May 27, 2020, 12:52:08 PM
Instead of each station saying "Go"  now they just mash a go button on a touch screen.  I feel robbed.   :'(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aymrnzianf0

aldousburbank

#1381
May 27, 2020, 01:15:19 PM
Quote from: Walks_At_Night on May 27, 2020, 12:52:08 PM
Instead of each station saying "Go"  now they just mash a go button on a touch screen.

That’s what I do too.

Pizzapunch

#1382
May 27, 2020, 01:17:00 PM
Looks like they're going to get blue balled by the weather today. Sad.

Pizzapunch

#1384
May 27, 2020, 01:20:12 PM
I haven't seen a launch end that abruptly since the last time Art bell launched a radio show....

Uncle Duke

#1388
June 04, 2020, 11:11:46 AM
Quote from: Taaroa on June 04, 2020, 10:29:14 AM
“F-117s Had An Air-To-Air Capability With Secondary Mission To Shoot Down Soviet AWACS” Former Stealth Pilot Says
https://theaviationist.com/2020/06/03/f-117s-had-an-air-to-air-capability-with-secondary-mission-to-shoot-down-soviet-awacs-former-stealth-pilot-says/



That's bullshit.  As the update at the ends says, that capability may have been looked at, but it was never operationally.

Walks_At_Night

#1390
June 08, 2020, 10:30:24 AM
Dude called Bradleywphoto posted this over on Reddit - a rather impressive photo.

Uncle Duke

#1393
June 10, 2020, 12:11:11 PM
Quote from: Walks_At_Night on June 10, 2020, 10:26:06 AM
Kind of large contrast in aircraft.

https://twitter.com/AuroraIntel/status/1270706541226844161

I would love to see a Tu-95.  Back in the early 90s a couple Bears were flown to Barksdale AFB on a goodwill visit.  A former colleague of mine was stationed there at the time as a B-52 pilot from the unit that hosted the Russians.  He said the Bears were the loudest a/c he'd ever heard.

ItsOver

#1394
June 10, 2020, 02:40:00 PM
Quote from: Uncle Duke on June 10, 2020, 12:11:11 PM
I would love to see a Tu-95.  Back in the early 90s a couple Bears were flown to Barksdale AFB on a goodwill visit.  A former colleague of mine was stationed there at the time as a B-52 pilot from the unit that hosted the Russians.  He said the Bears were the loudest a/c he'd ever heard.
Same here.  One fascinating plane.  The Russians have had some rather unique aircraft.  I've always been fascinated by their Ekranoplans.  Like something out of a 50's sci-fi flick.  :D

albrecht

#1395
June 10, 2020, 02:48:07 PM
Quote from: ItsOver on June 10, 2020, 02:40:00 PM
Same here.  One fascinating plane.  The Russians have had some rather unique aircraft.  I've always been fascinated by their Ekranoplans.  Like something out of a 50's sci-fi flick.  :D


Combined with an espionage flick.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea_Monster

Uncle Duke

#1397
June 12, 2020, 08:28:08 AM
Quote from: ItsOver on June 10, 2020, 02:40:00 PM
Same here.  One fascinating plane.  The Russians have had some rather unique aircraft.  I've always been fascinated by their Ekranoplans.  Like something out of a 50's sci-fi flick.  :D



The Iranians have built, and are apparently using, a couple dozen small ground effect vehicles as patrol craft.  Nothing as grandiose as the Russian Ektoplans, but they operate on the same principle. From what I've read, they have virtually no radar cross-section and are difficult to detect/track on radar.

ItsOver

#1399
June 17, 2020, 07:49:24 PM
Quote from: Uncle Duke on June 12, 2020, 08:28:08 AM
The Iranians have built, and are apparently using, a couple dozen small ground effect vehicles as patrol craft.  Nothing as grandiose as the Russian Ektoplans, but they operate on the same principle. From what I've read, they have virtually no radar cross-section and are difficult to detect/track on radar.
Cool.

ItsOver

#1400
June 17, 2020, 07:55:51 PM
Quote from: Walks_At_Night on June 17, 2020, 07:24:20 PM
So what's up with this?  B-52's will be around until 2097?   


https://twitter.com/GEAviation/status/1273252565875113987
It's great for what it does.  Just keep upgrading and it should be good to go.  The Russians are still flying this hummer and it's suppose to be flying through 2040 and, who knows, maybe longer.

ItsOver

#1402
June 19, 2020, 10:04:40 AM
Reminds me of another cool looking aircraft that didn't quite make it.



Uncle Duke

#1403
June 19, 2020, 11:04:38 AM
Quote from: ItsOver on June 19, 2020, 10:04:40 AM
Reminds me of another cool looking aircraft that didn't quite make it.



I saw the XB-70 fly into the USAF Museum in 1969, it flew right over my junior high school with a B-58 on one wing and an F-104 on the other.  The building was shaking.

Uncle Duke

#1407
June 25, 2020, 11:16:25 AM
Quote from: Taaroa on June 25, 2020, 07:46:43 AM
https://youtu.be/JQORXWmGMGk

Wonder how long it will be before some UFO conspiracy loons release that video, claiming the saucer shaped reflections on the HUD camera are proof the USAF is covering up what it knows about aliens.

chefist

#1408
June 25, 2020, 12:02:11 PM
Quote from: ItsOver on June 19, 2020, 10:04:40 AM
Reminds me of another cool looking aircraft that didn't quite make it.



Love that bird...the forward canards and delta wing are still a favorite combo for me...but they said the XB-70 had a radar cross section the size of the Empire State Bldg. Ha

ItsOver

#1409
June 25, 2020, 12:05:33 PM
Quote from: chefist on June 25, 2020, 12:02:11 PM
Love that bird...the forward canards and delta wing are still a favorite combo for me...but they said the XB-70 had a radar cross section the size of the Empire State Bldg. Ha
A gorgeous looking plane.  Like something out of a sci fi movie. ;)
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