Airplane Porn (and the occasional helicopter)

[240zness]

Ah.. the space station ;)

[240zness]

They did make a few Delta wing f-16's I don't remember the designation.

Edit: Found it in my aircraft prototypes book

I've seen video of it.. thought VTR could find a pic , I found only renderings

[Jesse C.]

They did make a few Delta wing f-16's I don't remember the designation.

 

Edit: Found it in my aircraft prototypes book

 

 

Both prototypes ended up with NASA after they failed to win a contract over the F-15 Eagle

 

 

 

[VFR800]

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[q-tip]

Indeed Jesse, the book explains that I was just adding what I had for a picture of it.

[Jesse C.]

Indeed Jesse, the book explains that I was just adding what I had for a picture of it.

 

You can get a model of it! Pretty nice kit too

 

[hobospyder]

fuck that bloated whale of a plane. it's been landing 2 or 3 times a week at about 430 in the morning

[MikeRL411]

 

The "Guppy", "Super Guppy" and "Super Pregnanty Guppy" variants with their swing nose variants predeeds this aeroplane!

[MikeRL411]

 

So why does this apparent XB36 with the Tupolev type nose glass have a current 50 star American Flag!  Note, no adjunct jet pods.

[VFR800]

So why does this apparent XB36 with the Tupolev type nose glass have a current 50 star American Flag!  Note, no adjunct jet pods.

 

 

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[MikeRL411]

Love this thread ! Here's a little "airplane porn". I always liked the gyrocopter,& the character in the movie was great too.

 

Let's hear it for the BensonCopter!

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[Z-train]

Now this is different.

[hobospyder]

The "Guppy", "Super Guppy" and "Super Pregnanty Guppy" variants with their swing nose variants predeeds this aeroplane!

tail swings, not so sure about the nose. Might just be normal 747 functionality there if it wasn't based on a passenger plane, which by the windows being that far forward it was

[Jesse C.]

[Jesse C.]

So why does this apparent XB36 with the Tupolev type nose glass have a current 50 star American Flag!  Note, no adjunct jet pods.

 

Well, all of the production B-36 bombers had this nose before Tupolev copied off the B-29. And this bird is in the Strategic Air and Space Museum, hence why they would be flying a current flag. 

 

This is the XB-36. Note the different nose on it and yes, the lack of Jet Pods

 

[Jesse C.]

Now this is different.

 

She is a beaut! 

 

[MikeRL411]

tail swings, not so sure about the nose. Might just be normal 747 functionality there if it wasn't based on a passenger plane, which by the windows being that far forward it was

 

All 747 have the attach points for a swing nose installation.  Boeing bought the design rights from Lockheed when Boeing lost the C5 contract.  Boeing was planning ahead for the day the 747 was retired from passenger service and converted to freight status.