Aviation Picture Thread

[guspech750]

The backbone of USAF. One if the most graceful looking planes of all time.

Boeing KC-135 and its many variants.

 

[guspech750]

Convair B-36 Peacemaker.

Love the comparison between the B-29 and B-36.

 

[Ear Rak]

No c5 galaxy love? You can play football inside them. I know this because my brother and his team did on the way to the middle east....and that was with their 3 humvees and all their gear inside.

 

[Ear Rak]

Also....the coolest helicopter ever. The MH-53 Pave Low/Super Stallion. Kicking ass, taking names and saving lives from 1967 to 2008

 

[guspech750]

The plane that started the jet age of passenger travel.

De Havilland Comet

I remember seeing one at O'Hare airport in the 1980's. Such a cool sight seeing the air inlets embedded into the wings.

 

[VenomousDSG]

Also....the coolest helicopter ever. The MH-53 Pave Low/Super Stallion. Kicking ass, taking names and saving lives from 1967 to 2008

Called in many of those bitches in COD

 

[Stink Star]

The plane that started the jet age of passenger travel.

De Havilland Comet

I remember seeing one at O'Hare airport in the 1980's. Such a cool sight seeing the air inlets embedded into the wings.

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Isn't that the one that originally had square windows that cracked and caused a crash? Then they switched to the rounded edge windows

 

[guspech750]

Isn't that the one that originally had square windows that cracked and caused a crash? Then they switched to the rounded edge windows

You are correct. If I recall, there were a few crashes due to the fuselage cracking in the corners of those square windows. And then soon after wards is when Boeing stepped in with the 707 that changed air travel forever. Cheap reliable air service for all to enjoy.

 

[Stink Star]

That's right! It was the stress cracks of the fuselage at the corners of those windows

 

[Primalzer]

50 Totally Stunning Combat Aircraft Photos Taken Around Alaska

Some of my favorites from the 50...

 

[Primalzer]

And the F-22 and F-35 flying together for the first time

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Also....the coolest helicopter ever. The MH-53 Pave Low/Super Stallion. Kicking ass, taking names and saving lives from 1967 to 2008

Yes. The CH-53 and AH-1Z are the most bad ass helicopters ever devised.

 

[Turk]

Can someone explain the differences between the F-22 and F-35? I thought they were competing platforms, didn't know we were using both...

 

[Primalzer]

Can someone explain the differences between the F-22 and F-35? I thought they were competing platforms, didn't know we were using both...

The F-35 is supposed to be the smaller, cheaper stealth fighter. It has multiple variants (standard, VTOL, carrier) and is seen as a replacement F-18, Harrier, and a few other airframes. Whereas the F-22 is more pure air superiority to replace the F-15/F-16

 

[Turk]

Got it. Thanks.

 

[Primalzer]

Yes. The CH-53 and AH-1Z are the most bad ass helicopters ever devised.

John McCain recently championed a bill to keep the Warthog in service

 

[Turk]

Isn't the A10 still used frequently? Why would we want to decommission it. There's nothing else out there like it.

 

[Primalzer]

That's the thing, no one quite understands why they are retiring it...

The Air Force's Rationale For Retiring The A-10 Warthog Is Bullshit

 

[Primalzer]

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Isn't the A10 still used frequently? Why would we want to decommission it. There's nothing else out there like it.

Because our government and top officials are bought and paid for by corporations so of course they want new contracts to fatten their wallets.

 

[Primalzer]

I'm sure some of it goes back to the F-35, and it's supposed to, sort of, fill the role the A-10 is currently in. Trying to cover their ass for the boondoggle that is the F-35 program. Jack of no trades and a master of no trades. It's going to be such horseshit.

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

I see the f-35 as a f-16/18 replacement. It was supposed to be a cheap modern fighter.

The f-22 is supposed to be the ultimate badass of the skies. But it was so expensive they killed the production because we could afford it.

 

[m_dogg]

Fuck you dorphin and fuck you whare!

 

[SinisterSHO]

I'm sure everyone here has read this, but it's too good not to post.

http://controversialtimes.com/funny...nd-civilian-aircraft-with-ground-speed-check/

 

[m_dogg]

More WW2 love

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

Vought F4U Corsair

Republic P-47 thunderbolt

Grumman F8F Bearcat

Lockheed P-38 Lightning

North American P-51 Mustang