'Ghost Rider': B-52 resurrected from desert Boneyard

[ne6togadno]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_X
http://pro-samolet.ru/samolety-sssr-ww2/bomberdir/507-bombardirovshik-sssr-k-12-kalinin
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Т-4_(самолёт) russion equivalent of xb 70
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-25 M3.2@25000m (~3400km/h), max take off weight 42000kg (tank t72 41.5 tonnes )

An excellent series Flying Through Time


https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Wings Flying Through Time
The big stuff

film that made me to become aircaft engeenier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaching_for_the_Skies - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNQ-K755_QX9ZnqVV8Vj1Pr44-hg19DsG

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Analogue......... Concorde.

I never flew on her, but i loved Concorde, our windows rattled when the sonic boom hit us every night when she flew to New York.

Much later on in life i worked at London Heathrow and sat in her many times ( yes, i had quite an important job there). i also sneaked my camera onto the apron and took some naughty snaps.
i think i might get in trouble if i post them as i may get identified.

Same engines as the Vulcan Bomber

 

[ne6togadno]

nazi's b2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_Ho_229

Analogue.........

mig 29

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Looks like someone pinched the cigarette lighter

 

[droopyRO]

Cut the crap - give us the SR-71 "BlackBird" again.....coolest plane ...ever...fact...

I dont know what to say.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

I dont know what to say.

what it is might be a good start.....

the people look like cgi

 

[ne6togadno]

Looks like someone pinched the cigarette lighter

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When the last Concorde departed Heathrow thousands of people turned up to see her go, i happened to notice a pile of blank Concorde boarding cards in a rubbish bin so i took them out and kept them. When i can remember where i put them i,ll put a pic up on the Nostalgic Hardware thread.

I have never seen one for sale

i think those are connectors for air for flight suit but not 100% sure

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

B 52 mid air refuelling and carpet bombing vid

all in a days work for some.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

http://www.flyingmidshipmen.org/k7russianbmbr.html

Howard Hughes isn't the only crazy one apparently.

the people look like cgi

They aren't. It was taken during the first public reveal.

 

[BarbaricSoul]

what it is might be a good start.....

the people look like cgi

They aren't though.That is a real pic of the XB-70. It was cancelled in 1969 after only two were built.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

watch this

 

[Easy Rhino]

The fact that the thing fired right up after all this time is a testament to how things were built "in the old days." If it were built today it would need to be completely scrapped. I can't wait to see the upgraded version. ISIS should be surrendering just from the noise it makes.

 

[rtwjunkie]

what it is might be a good start.....

the people look like cgi

If my memory serves me correctly, that was the XB-70 Valkyrie, which was ultimately not adopted by the USAF in the mid-60's. It was developed to be a high speed deep bomber travelling at Mach 3(+). It was dropped when the USAF decided fast, low-level bombing was the future, because of high altitude surface to air missiles. This change then led to the B-1 program.

Great B-1 flight video here (rolls, loops and fast fly-bys):

 

[Tallencor]

Such a cool thread. The idea of reconditioning an old warplane is like working on a hot rod. That first drive(flight) would be epic. I get why they do this.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

The World at War is considered to be a definitive guide to WW 2

i have linked to bombers

have a trawl through the others, you may not have seen any of these before and they are very interesting and informative. Archive stuff.


http://www.dailymotion.com/gb/relat...2pys7daa1-S.SUGG.RT.CF30.MT.A.C.CF259-07m9ywh

 

[FreedomEclipse]

And they thought they had to invade other countries looking for weapons of mass destruction, when their backyard is full of them.

you are incorrect.

Unless you plan to kamikazi these into big buildings then fair enough, but then again ANY big commercial passenger jet or plane could do that so that doesnt count - on top of that, i doubt you'll kill as many people as a real WMD. but people will die and people will get hurt but it will do nothing but piss the country off rather then have it look like a barren wasteland like japan after Hiroshima with half or 1/4 of their population completely wiped off the planet.

It can NEVER be considered a WMD on its own as its merely a tool or a 'vessel' that carries the payload to its designated target before the destruction begins.

People arent born as killers - its the society that makes them that way by giving them the tools mentally and possibly physically to carry out their tasks

 

[FordGT90Concept]

It should be noted that B-52 was principally designed to deliver nuclear weapons to Russia. I believe they carried four each and as a function of mutually assured destruction (MAD), they all knew when they took off where they need to be dropped should the call come.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

The V Bomber Force was the nickname given to Britain’s three bombers during theCold War that were capable of delivering nuclear bombs and formed part of Britain's nuclear deterrent. The V Bomber Force was made up of the Vickers Valiant, the Avro Vulcan and the Handley Page Victor

Valiant

Vulcan

Victor

more here
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/v_bomber_force.htm

Very good vid

 

[Athlonite]

Coming to an ISIS hideout soon

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Never seen the Victor. That's a crazy looking bomber. From the front, it almost looks like a wannabe flying wing.

 

[VulkanBros]

Plus, look at that cockpit! All analog baby!

Yea - no EMP can harm this baby

 

[FreedomEclipse]

The V Bomber Force was the nickname given to Britain’s three bombers during theCold War that were capable of delivering nuclear bombs and formed part of Britain's nuclear deterrent. The V Bomber Force was made up of the Vickers Valiant, the Avro Vulcan and the Handley Page Victor

Valiant

Vulcan

Victor

more here
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/v_bomber_force.htm

Very good vid

Its pretty safe to say - If Russia were to ever roll on the UK, we wouldn't stand a chance.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Never seen the Victor. That's a crazy looking bomber. From the front, it almost looks like a wannabe flying wing.

Its a beauiful weapon of war.

Vulcans were used in the falklands campaign. i was 16 and the ranges near my home were used as a training ground before and during the war. The Epynt range in Mid Wales.
Vulcans would regularly, sometimes 2 or 3 at a time would fly through our valley.
You could hear the beasts coming, i can remember lying down and looking up in to the open bomb bay doors. Magic

i dont recall ever seeing a Valiant or Victor though.

Its pretty safe to say - If Russia were to ever roll on the UK, we wouldn't stand a chance.

Sorry, thats nonsense.

Our American friends are pulling out of RAF Lakenheath and taking their strategic bombers with them. NATO doesnt need a strike force based in the UK. SUBS and aircraft carriers are the way to go.

I believe we are safe, i also believe Tony Blair should be tried as a war criminal after the WMD fiasco, but thats a different story on a different website.


Coincidentally UK SUBS was the name of a punk band in the 80's... i loved them, try this

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Sorry, thats nonsense.

Our american friends are pulling out of RAF Lakenheath and taking their strategic bombers with them. NATO doesnt need a strike force based in the UK.
I believe we are safe, i also believe Tony Blair should be tried as a war criminal after the WMD fiasco, but thats a different story on a different website.

Well for starters, Our military has suffered to many budget cuts and there have been a lot of service personnel that have been laid off.

Just because the US has pulled out their guys from the UK leaving a few bases where the RAF can now operate from doesn't mean we automatically have the upper hand. It is my strong belief that the UK lacks the hardware/equipment needed to really put up a strong defence due to those budget cuts.

We have the support of the UN & also Nato - but have you heard how close russian bombers are flying to the UK? we have the means to knock them out of the sky, but against a full out assault I dont think the UK would be able to hold its own. and it would have to do that while the politicians do their thing of speaking out and looking down on nations that attack other nations before 'real' help would arrive.


Though... I might have been reading too many fictional novels.....

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Well for starters, Our military has suffered to many budget cuts and there have been a lot of service personnel that have been laid off.

Just because the US has pulled out their guys from the UK leaving a few bases where the RAF can now operate from doesn't mean we automatically have the upper hand. It is my strong belief that the UK lacks the hardware/equipment needed to really put up a strong defence due to those budget cuts.

We have the support of the UN & also Nato - but have you heard how close russian bombers are flying to the UK? we have the means to knock them out of the sky, but against a full out assault I dont think the UK would be able to hold its own. and it would have to do that while the politicians do their thing of speaking out and looking down on nations that attack other nations before 'real' help would arrive.


Though... I might have been reading too many fictional novels.....

I dont agree with anything you are saying........ and its a pointless argument anyway.



lets get back to brilliant aircraft only the US navy operate the Harrier nowadays

this is good
http://www.space.com/17091-hypersonic-waverider-how-the-usaf-x-51a-scramjet-works-video.html