Airplane Porn (and the occasional helicopter)

[Jesse C.]

 

And with those who like to ride the lightning, here is the piloted version! 

 

[Burabuda]

yeah you don't hear much about suicide nazi pilots butt everybody knows about the kamikaze

why are people hesitant to admit german soldiers were just as fanatical and willing to commit suicide?

 

The Leonidas Squadron, part of KG 200, had been set up as a suicide squadron. Volunteers were required to sign a declaration which said, "I hereby voluntarily apply to be enrolled in the suicide group as part of a human glider-bomb. I fully understand that employment in this capacity will entail my own death."^[1] Initially, both the Messerschmitt Me 328 and the Fieseler Fi 103 (better known as the V-1 flying bomb) were considered as suitable aircraft, but the Fi 103 was passed over in favour of the Me 328 equipped with a 900 kilograms (2,000 lb) bomb.^[2]

[Burabuda]

[Mattndew76]

 

Russians sure can make a curvy woman.

[VFR800]

[Burabuda]

[VFR800]

[VFR800]

[VFR800]

[Burabuda]

[Jesse C.]

 

And R.I.P. to the Crew and Plane

[VFR800]

[Burabuda]

[Z-train]

B-57 variant?

[Burabuda]

yep recon, & still in service after 59 years

 

[VFR800]

[Jesse C.]

yep recon, & still in service after 59 years

 

 

Last November, the remaining three NASA birds went up for a photo shoot together

 

[Jesse C.]

America's Front line Army Fighters circa 1941

 

[VFR800]

[MikeRL411]

Last November, the remaining three NASA birds went up for a photo shoot together

 

 

First shot is of the RB57F, The "60 foot airplane with the 120 foot wingspan", not a NASA craft!  Note the "USAF" markings!

 

The last photo is not of the B57F variety, but a tamed and "civilanized" B57 version modified to fit the engines of the RB57F.

[MikeRL411]

America's Front line Army Fighters circa 1941

 

 

I have 1941 posters from "Thompson Aviation Products" of there three planes [with "Classified" performance parameters] !  Of course, Thompson Aviation went on to be one of the founders of "Thompson Ramo Wooleredge  [TRW],bought out by Grumman!  TRW served our country well even though they were usually one of the highest bidders.  One of their exes told me "We are getting tired of developing a superior product and then having Motorola outbid us for the production contract because Phoenix  labor rates are less than Redondo Beach rates."  So they set up a production facility in Colorado!

[Jesse C.]

First shot is of the RB57F, The "60 foot airplane with the 120 foot wingspan", not a NASA craft!  Note the "USAF" markings!

 

The last photo is not of the B57F variety, but a tamed and "civilanized" B57 version modified to fit the engines of the RB57F.

 

Yes, the first one is a USAF bird that became a NASA bird.  

 

Martin General Dynamics WB-57F 63-13503. Photo taken when aircraft assigned to 6091st Reconnaissance Squadron, Yokota AB, Japan. Aircraft later transferred to NASA, Still in service as NASA 926

[goes2fast]

I have 1941 posters from "Thompson Aviation Products" of there three planes [with "Classified" performance parameters] !  Of course, Thompson Aviation went on to be one of the founders of "Thompson Ramo Wooleredge  [TRW],bought out by Grumman!  TRW served our country well even though they were usually one of the highest bidders.  One of their exes told me "We are getting tired of developing a superior product and then having Motorola outbid us for the production contract because Phoenix  labor rates are less than Redondo Beach rates."  So they set up a production facility in Colorado!

Where in Colorado?

[MikeRL411]

Where in Colorado?

 

I believe it was in Colorado Springs.  About 15 or 20 years ago.  Of course, TRW doesn't exist anymore, it's part of Grumman.

[goes2fast]

I believe it was in Colorado Springs.  About 15 or 20 years ago.  Of course, TRW doesn't exist anymore, it's part of Grumman.

Thanks, I never knew there was any aircraft plants here, although my aunt worked at a plant during WWII making aircraft windows, but never knew where it was located.