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

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Interesting size comparison.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

This thread cannot continue without this beauty showing up:

NOW it's a party!

I was always more partial towards one of these.

but they both served in different theaters till later on where the P-51s were more widely produced and made their way to the pacific. Fighting Japs was always a P-38 or P-40's thang

 

[H82LUZ73]

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

I agree ,But the fact is it would cost more to restore them then it did to build them,Supersonic jets can be used a certain amount of time due to them needing the air cabin pressure,And these things flew just about at the edge of space,What i mean by cabin pressure ,is that every time they get filled and empty it is like squeezing a pop can . Now for the b52`s yep mobile surveillance and if they put them 170mm cannons the c-130`s have (maybe four on each side look out ISIS your in for a hell storm of lead lol Or use the MOAB maybe 4 each cargo ,(Mother Of All Bombs) that would surely make them crawl out of the goats ass they hide in

Oh if any of guys want to play around with these old planes try here http://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/ they just released the B29 in game And all you p-38 p-51 will be happy free game and worth the time to download. Here is the English download http://warthunder.com/en/register-for-free?lang=en

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Here's something I never seen before. It's a concept from the LAPCAT project: a mach 5-8 hypersonic passenger aircraft:

I agree ,But the fact is it would cost more to restore them then it did to build them,Supersonic jets can be used a certain amount of time due to them needing the air cabin pressure,And these things flew just about at the edge of space,What i mean by cabin pressure ,is that every time they get filled and empty it is like squeezing a pop can . Now for the b52`s yep mobile surveillance and if they put them 170mm cannons the c-130`s have (maybe four on each side look out ISIS your in for a hell storm of lead lol Or use the MOAB maybe 4 each cargo ,(Mother Of All Bombs) that would surely make them crawl out of the goats ass they hide in

The cabin was not pressurized. Their flight suits were. They plugged their flight suits into the SR-71 for oxygen and pressure.

C-130s never had 170mm cannons. A single 105mm cannon is found port-side on these variations of the AC-130:
AC-130E Pave Aegis (retired)
AC-130H Spectre
AC-130J Ghostrider
AC-130U Spooky II
AC-130W Stinger II

MOABs can't be dropped by the B-52 because they're parachute deployed out the rear of cargo planes.

 

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Top view of B-1B in-flight. first envisioned in the 1960s as a supersonic bomber with Mach 2 speed, and sufficient range and payload to replace the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. It was developed into the B-1B, primarily a low-level penetrator with long range and Mach 1.25 speed capability at high altitude.

turn this up loud,,,,,they used to fly over my house

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Full list of active service aircraft here (all branches):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_United_States_military_aircraft

U-2 is still in service as the "Dragon Lady"

There's a wide variety of cargo and passenger aircraft too.

USA has six models of USSR aircraft. One, a HIND, which was acquired from Germany, was retired.

 

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Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning

 

[ne6togadno]

Full list of active service aircraft here (all branches):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_United_States_military_aircraft

U-2 is still in service as the "Dragon Lady"

There's a wide variety of cargo and passenger aircraft too.

USA has six models of USSR aircraft. One, a HIND, which was acquired from Germany, was retired.

usa bought from Moldova squadron of MiG 29 back in the end of 90s and used em for training of personal in air fights with "possible enemy". 1000% they made evaluations too.
russians wasnt happy about whole story at all.

 

[REAYTH]

This thread cannot continue without this beauty showing up:

NOW it's a party!

Mailman asked me to post......"No its only a party if this bad boy shows up...."

3:40 where the magic begins....

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I think the P-38 is my favorite aircraft to come out of the WWII Pacific theater. The P-51 would be my favorite in the Atlantic theater. It's a shame the P-51 showed up late.

 

[REAYTH]

I think the P-38 is my favorite aircraft to come out of the WWII Pacific theater. The P-51 would be my favorite in the Atlantic theater. It's a shame the P-51 showed up late.

It was in the European front also. Germans called it the "Fork Tailed Devil" for a reason.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Mailman asked me to post......"No its only a party if this bad boy shows up...."

3:40 where the magic begins....

I posted a picture of a P-38 but a mod or someone made it into a size of a thumbnail

 

[REAYTH]

I posted a picture of a P-38 but a mod or someone made it into a size of a thumbnail

You have to invoke the name Mailman when you want to do something obnoxious on TPU. Otherwise the mods get confused.

 

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Messerschmitt Me 262

The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (English: "Swallow") of Nazi Germany was the world's first operational jet-poweredfighter aircraft.[5] Design work started before World War II began, but engine problems and top-level interference kept the aircraft from operational status with the Luftwaffe until mid-1944. Heavily armed, it was faster than anyAllied fighter, including the British jet-powered Gloster Meteor.[6] One of the most advanced aviation designs in operational use during World War II,[7] the Me 262 was used in a variety of roles, including light bomber, reconnaissance, and even experimental night fighter versions

 

[REAYTH]

Messerschmitt Me 262

The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (English: "Swallow") of Nazi Germany was the world's first operational jet-poweredfighter aircraft.[5] Design work started before World War II began, but engine problems and top-level interference kept the aircraft from operational status with the Luftwaffe until mid-1944. Heavily armed, it was faster than anyAllied fighter, including the British jet-powered Gloster Meteor.[6] One of the most advanced aviation designs in operational use during World War II,[7] the Me 262 was used in a variety of roles, including light bomber, reconnaissance, and even experimental night fighter versions

Most of their losses were on the runway refueling, not in combat. They love to leave out the "A fuel/B fuel" flaw when talking about the 262. The two fuels it used were so volatile that the trucks could not be on the runway at the same time. The ME for all its glory was fatally flawed in execution. Between it and the Tiger tanks they were a testament to German engineering. Both in innovation and over designing basic things.

Americans, Russians and even the British to some extent learned real fast that it was better to be able to repair something in the field than to ship it back to the factory. When a Sherman broke down you would replace the entire engine in the field within TWO HOURS! When a Tiger went down it had to be shipped back to the factory for repair. Germans built great things back then.......great complicated things that there were better solutions for.

Japan was the complete opposite of everyone. They built everything to be destroyed. There was no repair. You just used it until you died. lol With their metal shortage it was a stupid strategy but, then again they were following a "living god" into oblivion. At least Hitler had meth as an excuse. Hirohito was just an asshole.

 

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Sorry Mates, i'm getting carried away again,......... ..



Gloster Meteor

The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies'first operational jet aircraft during the Second World War. The Meteor's development was heavily reliant on its ground-breakingturbojet engines, pioneered by Sir Frank Whittle and his company,Power Jets Ltd. Development of the aircraft itself began in 1940, although work on the engines had been underway since 1936. The Meteor first flew in 1943 and commenced operations on 27 July 1944 with No. 616 Squadron RAF. Nicknamed the "Meatbox", the Meteor was not a sophisticated aircraft in terms of its aerodynamics, but proved to be a successful combat fighter.

Several major variants of the Meteor incorporated technological advances during the 1940s and 1950s. Thousands of Meteors were built to fly with the RAF and other air forces and remained in use for several decades. The Meteor saw limited action in the Second World War. Meteors of the Royal Australian Air Force(RAAF) provided a significant contribution in the Korean War. Several other operators such as Argentina, Egypt and Israel flew Meteors in later regional conflicts. Specialised variants of the Meteor were developed for use in photo-reconnaissance and as night fighters.

The Meteor was also used for research and development purposes and to break several aviation records. On 7 November 1945, the first official air speed record by a jet aircraft was set by a Meteor F.3 of 606 miles per hour (975 km/h). In 1946, this record was broken when a Meteor F.4 reached a speed of 616 mph (991 km/h).

Pathe newsreel again

I had no idea there were so many wartime jet projects..........look at this lot ive stuck in a few picks the wiki links will take you to the others f you are interested


Arado Ar 234[1][2]

GermanyJune 1943August 1944250+first jet bomber

Bell P-59 Airacomet[3]

USOctober 1942n/a66first USAAF jet to fly; used as trainer,
production cancelled

Bell XP-83[4]

USFebruary 1945n/a2cancelled long-range escort fighter

Caproni Campini N.1[5]

ItalyAugust 1940n/a2first Italian thermojet

Consolidated Vultee XP-81[6]

USFebruary 1945n/a2cancelled mixed power fighter

de Havilland Vampire F.1[7]

UKSeptember 1943March 1946244postwar production

Douglas XBTD-2 Destroyer[8][9]

USMay 1944n/a2cancelled mixed power torpedo bomber

Douglas XB-43 Jetmaster

USMay 1946n/a2cancelled jet bomber[notes 1]

Fieseler Fi 103R Reichenberg[10]

GermanySeptember 1944n/a300ready for operations late 1944, not used[notes 2]

Gloster E.28/39[11]

UKApril 1941n/a2Jet engine testbed and firstAllied jet to fly.

Gloster Meteor F.1 & F.3[12]

UKMarch 1943July 1944250First operational Allied jet fighter.

Heinkel He 162[13]

GermanyDecember 1944February 1945238+lightweight interceptor

Heinkel He 178

GermanyAugust 1939n/a2Jet engine testbed and first jet aircraft to fly

Heinkel He 280

GermanySeptember 1940n/a9first jet fighter to fly, cancelled

Henschel Hs 132

Germanyn/an/a4dive bomber, captured before flown

Horten Ho 229[14]

GermanyMarch 1944n/a3fighter/bomber, first jet powered flying wing

Junkers Ju 287 V-1/2/3[15]

GermanyAugust 1944n/a1multi-engine bomber

Lockheed P-80A Shooting Star[16]

USJanuary 1944January 1945361first operational USAAF jet fighter

McDonnell FD Phantom[17][18]

USJanuary 1945July 194762postwar production,
designation changed April 1946 to FH.

Messerschmitt Me 262[19]

GermanyJuly 1942June 19441,433first operational jet fighter

Messerschmitt Me 328

Germany1944 (early)n/a9cancelled pulse jet fighter/bomber

Messerschmitt P.1101[20]

Germanyn/an/a2captured before flown

Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250 & MiG-13[21]

USSRMarch 1945n/a28mixed power thermojet fighter

Nakajima Kikka[22]

JapanAugust 1945n/a1jet interceptor, similar but smaller than Me 262[notes 3]

Northrop XP-79B[23]

USSeptember 1945n/a1cancelled after crash

Ryan FR Fireball[24]

USJune 1944March 194566US Navy mixed power, never saw combat

Sud-Ouest Triton

FranceNovember 1946n/a5developed while France under German occupation

Sukhoi Su-5[25]

USSRApril 1945n/a1cancelled mixed power thermojet fighter

Yokosuka MXY7 Model 22

JapanJuly 1945n/a50kamikaze thermojet version deployed but not used[notes 4]

 

[ne6togadno]

Americans, Russians and even the British to some extent learned real fast that it was better to be able to repair something in the field than to ship it back to the factory. When a Sherman broke down you would replace the entire engine in the field within TWO HOURS! When a Tiger went down it had to be shipped back to the factory for repair. Germans built great things back then.......great complicated things that there were better solutions for.

problem with german designs was that they was made for high quality materials and strict working conditions but due to lack of natural resourses industry couldnt provide materials with needed quality
lack of latex left german engines and gearboxes with low quality gaskets. german tank engines suffered from oil leaks and brake downs due to suboptimal working conditions.
they lost more tigers due to mechanical brake downs than from enemy fire.
their designs wasnt good for big scale and fast manufacturing. they built 1355 tigers vs tens of thousends t-34 only from russians
but it isnt accidental that usa's rocket and sonic flight programs are based on german developments and designs. russians also took tons of documantation and manufacturing equipment too together with a lot engineers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_&_Voss_BV_141

http://www.luft46.com/bv/bvp111.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_190

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_&_Voss_P.208

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_&_Voss_P.211

man those gusy from blohm&voss were absolutely crazy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_aircraft_projects,_1939–45#Blohm_.26_Voss
when you look at this list you realise that since 2nd ww nothing new has been desinged. all we have now is just refinements of german experimental tech.

 

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Fliegende Panzerfaust

The Fliegende Panzerfaust was a rocket-powered design meeting the demand for a low-cost aircraft in a very-short-range interceptor role. It was a parasite aircraft meant to be towed behind a Messerschmitt Bf 109G for which it had a special long nose.[2] Powered by six Schmidding SG 34 rocket engines, three on each side on the rear half of the fuselage, the Fliegende Panzerfaust was a small plane with a v-tail, a wingspan of 4.5 m and a length of 6.0 m.[3]

This Zeppelin-built aircraft would have been released upon reaching combat altitude above the enemy bomber fleet. Shortly before contact with the combat box below it would ignite its six solid-fuel rocket engines, attacking the target bomber by firing two 73 mm RZ 65 air-to-air missiles at an extremely close range.[4] The front half of the aircraft which had the pilot lying in a prone position in the cockpit would then split from the other half. Both parts would land separately with parachutes, being later retrieved and reused.[5] Owing to the extreme risks for the pilot inherent in its operation this aircraft is sometimes referred to as a suicide weapon


Rheinmetall-Borsig RZ 65

Specifications
Type: Air - to - Ground Rocket
Designed: 1937
Manufacturer: Rheinmetall-Borsig
Number Built: ???
Diameter: 73 mm
Weight: 2.78 kg
Length: 2.62 m
Range: 250 m

 

[REAYTH]

problem with german designs was that they was made for high quality materials and strict working conditions but due to lack of natural resourses industry couldnt provide materials with needed quality
lack of latex left german engines and gearboxes with low quality gaskets. german tank engines suffered from oil leaks and brake downs due to suboptimal working conditions.
they lost more tigers due to mechanical brake downs than from enemy fire.
their designs wasnt good for big scale and fast manufacturing. they built 1355 tigers vs tens of thousends t-34 only from russians
but it isnt accidental that usa's rocket and sonic flight programs are based on german developments and designs. russians also took tons of documantation and manufacturing equipment too together with a lot engineers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_&_Voss_BV_141

http://www.luft46.com/bv/bvp111.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_190

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_&_Voss_P.208

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_&_Voss_P.211

man those gusy from blohm&voss were absolutely crazy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_aircraft_projects,_1939–45#Blohm_.26_Voss
when you look at this list you realise that since 2nd ww nothing new has been desinged. all we have now is just refinements of german experimental tech.

I never said they were not ahead of the curb. I just said they over engineered just about everything. Not to derail the thread but one of the best things the Germans built during WW2 was the MG42. That machinery is a work of art. Its design IMHO is right up there with the M1911.

The Tigers, ME's everything else was to damn complicated for a large scale war. Especially when you were up against an industrial juggernaut like the US with unlimited natural resources, factories and rednecks with an itchy trigger fingers. That and they go off and INVADE RUSSIA which is the stupidest thing ANY nation can do. Meh Hitler was a meth head so screw it. lol

 

[ne6togadno]

I never said they were not ahead of the curb. I just said they over engineered just about everything. Not to derail the thread but one of the best things the Germans built during WW2 was the MG42. That machinery is a work of art. Its design IMHO is right up there with the M1911.

complitely agre with this.

The Tigers, ME's everything else was to damn complicated for a large scale war. Especially when you were up against an industrial juggernaut like the US with unlimited natural resources, factories and rednecks with an itchy trigger fingers. That and they go off and INVADE RUSSIA which is the stupidest thing ANY nation can do. Meh Hitler was a meth head so screw it. lol

his war with russia was more try for preventive strike then something he realy wanted.
since 1938 germany and ussr were allies and ussr was suppling germany with rare resourses, fuels, food etc. but stalin had plans to wait till germnay destroy "western imperialistic countries (france&england)" and then attack and conquare weakened and ruined europe so he can "establish communism in europe first and later in the whole world". hitler knew about this plans and he knew he cant withstand such attack so he dicided to strike first hopping that he could crush russia with blizkrieg as he did before with france and rest of the western europe and he almost did it. stalin was about to surrender but snow felt and stopped german advance to moskow. this gave time to russians to finish transition of their manufacturing power to siberia and to start tank and plain production again.
there is 4 episods documentary about but it is in russian. i will try to find version with english subtitles and will post it later

 

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@ne6togadno
@REAYTH

you will both enjoy this
This is a very good video, i cant recommend it highly enough. You dont see stuff like this on tv.

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Look what i just remembered i had.

If youve come this far in this thread this may really interest you.


My Dad grew up during WW 2,. His home town was Swansea which was bombed.
It was important that people including children could identify different aircraft so stuff like this was produced. These are 70 + years old

I will try and zoom the rules of the game

I have got 53 cards

4 suits of 13 cards each and 1 joker. One card has got a corner missing apart from that they are in good nick. Shame mind.....one corner on one card.

 

[ne6togadno]

cant find the films with english subs :/

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Still on the aviation theme...........these will keep me busy for a bit.
Again 70 + years old, my Dad used to play with them.
He always was a bit heavy handed !!

Restoration has fallen on me.

All die cast Dinkys....made of tin i think.


L to R

The King's areoplane
Airspeed Envoy
Mercury Seaplane
Hurricane
Spitfire
no identifying details on the tiny one even with my jewellers loupe


and the broken one is another Envoy, i have already fixed some of the Mercury.


Cool as a badgers fridge !!!!!!

just found this on line ---------sold for £ 1,200.00 7 years ago.

 

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@ne6togadno

for you