The plane enthusiasts thread

[tyred]

I favour a nice Stanley myself

 

[cisamcgu]

I favour a nice Stanley myself

Nice plane

 

[macp]

No real favourite - tho we had B52s on detachment for a while - most impressive has to be Vulcans doing group scrambles - come in at 5am and sit - we would run round house taking down anything that might fall off mantlepieces et.al. - before rolling down runway and climbing steeply- on occasion two sets of three - SR-71 was a frequent visitor coming in late and taking off at dawn

Fascinating would love to read more about this, where was this ?

 

[macp]

Amazing pics I stole from another forum but Im a huge aircraft fan,

In my top ten fave aircraft the Lightning

F4 phantom

 

[Houthakker]

Thanks for sharing those macp. Love the Lightning

 

[macp]

Thanks for sharing those macp. Love the Lightning

An awesome plane the lightning and still bloody fast even by todays standards. They were or are still flying one in South Africa

 

[DaveReading]

In my top ten fave aircraft the Lightning

Though, being picky, your first photo is upside-down.

 

[macp]

Though, being picky, your first photo is upside-down.

Not sure if you are joking but the Lightning is doing a barrel roll

 

[macp]

One more just because its awesome

 

[ozboz]

As a young Soldier , I was lucky enough to fly all over Hong Kong in one if these Scouts ,the pilot took us over Hong Kong Island and the Territories , amazing places to vew from the air and relatively low level , the sight that lingers from that day was flying over the partly submerged and listing Queen Mary in The harbour

 

[DaveReading]

Not sure if you are joking but the Lightning is doing a barrel roll

No, I'm not, and no, it isn't.

But don't take my word for it, trust the original photographer:

http://www.lightnings.org.uk/ian-black/

Though if you scroll down his page he does have a couple of photos of genuinely inverted Lightnings.

 

[macp]

No, I'm not, and no, it isn't.

But don't take my word for it, trust the original photographer:

http://www.lightnings.org.uk/ian-black/

Though if you scroll down his page he does have a couple of photos of genuinely inverted Lightnings.

Then sir indeed you have my apologies and thanks for the excellent link. I shall be gone awhile see you later.

 

[midlife]

Tilt rotor Osprey just thundered over the House a minute ago.... south of Carlisle heading towards Carlisle Airport. Never seen one around here before, maybe there's an exercise at the airport?

Love the cranked wing XL (I think) in the pic above, font see many pics of those.....pity it didn't go into production along with the F15 Eagle.

Shaun

 

[stearman65]

Only just found this thread. I'm into AV made 3 shows on our trip to RAF Cosford this summer, This one's called the JET AGE.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltHQjLJJEBQ

 

[macp]

Love Cosford been many times its a must visit for anybody with even a remote interest in aircraft or engineering