Planes

[Crucial]

Crazy loud Strikemaster taking off from Welly yesterday. It flew in on Monday, came hooning down the Hutt Valley. Great sound.

[Machpants]

@Snowy dude it's got a toilet and gallery behind the crew!

It's fucking huge

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[Snowy]

@Machpants said in Planes:

@Snowy dude it's got a toilet and gallery behind the crew!

A fricking gallery! Who puts an art display in a plane? Crazy Ivan.

But right you are then. Thought it was some sort of fighter derivative. I'm not allowed in anything with a bang seat as I would get two amputations above the knees.

Always thought the SU27 was cool doing the cobra:

Then there was this:

[Machpants]

@Snowy was there for the Fairford coming together

[Snowy]

@Machpants said in Planes:

@Snowy was there for the Fairford coming together

Nasty, and bloody lucky. MIG 29's?

[jegga]

@Machpants said in Planes:

@Snowy was there for the Fairford coming together

Did you ever come across that guy who was shot down in his harrier by the Serbs ?

[Machpants]

@Snowy said in Planes:

@Machpants said in Planes:

@Snowy was there for the Fairford coming together

Nasty, and bloody lucky. MIG 29's?

Yeah, glad I wqasn't lounging o the wing of the orion, was dicey there!

@jegga said in Planes:

@Machpants said in Planes:

@Snowy was there for the Fairford coming together

Did you ever come across that guy who was shot down in his harrier by the Serbs ?

F16 dude? No, but we were briefed on the incident and his E&E efforts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_O'Grady

Probably all classified still but this bit probably give hints "As the second Sea Stallion landed, a figure with a pistol who turned out to be the missing pilot appeared running towards the Marines"

[jegga]

@Machpants said in Planes:

@Snowy said in Planes:

@Machpants said in Planes:

@Snowy was there for the Fairford coming together

Nasty, and bloody lucky. MIG 29's?

Yeah, glad I wqasn't lounging o the wing of the orion, was dicey there!

@jegga said in Planes:

@Machpants said in Planes:

@Snowy was there for the Fairford coming together

Did you ever come across that guy who was shot down in his harrier by the Serbs ?

F16 dude? No, but we were briefed on the incident and his E&E efforts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_O'Grady

Probably all classified still but this bit probably give hints "As the second Sea Stallion landed, a figure with a pistol who turned out to be the missing pilot appeared running towards the Marines"

Nope the harrier pilot

Harrier pilot safe

[Machpants]

@jegga Nope, not met him that I remember

Famous people shot down John Nicols, yep, worked in an office with some bloke who scored a few tries for engerland for a few months

[Snowy]

@Machpants Mr Underwood perchance?

[Machpants]

@Snowy Yup Flight Safety Officer at RAFC Cranwell, not an onerous job, lots of time to engage in athletic pursuits!

[jegga]

This was the Gee Bee, stumpy, ugly as a bushel of broken arseholes , not much forward vision and due to its design a danger to itself . It was capable of 300 mph which was quick for the early 1930s but quickly surpassed by the likes of the spitfires predecessor the Supermarine S.6b

[canefan]

I love Spitfires, never tire of looking skyward when one occasionally flies by, and that beautiful sound!!

[Kruse]

@canefan said in Planes:

I love Spitfires, never tire of looking skyward when one occasionally flies by, and that beautiful sound!!

And taking off....100m, gone. Pure power, and not fucking around hiding it.
Good song also, sums it up well. Public Broadcasting Service.

[jegga]

Love these beasts . There was an update called a B50 and a Russian copy they reverse engineered from interned aircraft called a Tupelov Tu-4

[canefan]

@jegga most famous for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan

[jegga]

@canefan said in Planes:

@jegga most famous for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan

Yep , I read a biography of the pilot of the plane who dropped the second bomb. Up until he died he got thank you letters from Japanese people thanking him for ending the war.

[jegga]

[canefan]

My favourite passenger plane to travel in is this ugly duckling

Such a roomy comfy plane. Apparently the pilots that flew her loved it. I still remember standing with the pilot on the flight deck during a holiday flight as a kid. One thing my kids won't get to experience because of the plane being withdrawn from general service and Johnny terrorist

[jegga]

Not planes but tanks. A lot of tanks are getting taken out in Syria and Yemen , they are the current models with all the upgrades but they are the same types . Also the way they are being used isn’t ideal against suicidal enemies .

Sebastien Roblin  /  Nov 10, 2019

Russia Thought Its Tanks Were Unstoppable (And Then Syria Happened)

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Sebastien Roblin  /  Jan 27, 2018

Germany’s Leopard 2 Tank Was Considered One of the Best (Until It Went to Syria)

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My stepbrother used to drive a Scorpion I suspect they’d last a nanosecond on the battlefield these days .