Airplane Porn (and the occasional helicopter)

[Z-train]

Delivering some metal to an airport in everett wa and driving by all the planes this is the one i had to stop and take a pic

a week later I was back again and saw a bunch of veterans around it inspecting it hopefully it is being restored

We have three of those here.

[Jesse C.]

Strange Ducks

 

 

Both birds where dressed up for movie roles 

[Burabuda]

[DanielC]

My dad flew in B-24 during WWII.  He was the navigator, in the plane in each group that had radar.

 

He said he preferred the B-24 over the B-17, because it was slightly faster, and after dropping the bombs they could get out of there sooner.  He did tell me of missions deep into eastern Germany, and the only option was to continue into Russia, refuel there, and fly back across Germany.  In other missions, they flew out of Africa, with too much payload, (bombs) and too much fuel, and flew just above the ground, and then water, until somewhere over the Mediterranean sea, the plane was finally light enough to climb. 

[]2eDeYe]

i've actually seen videos on how the frame of the airplane actually helps direct the lightning. basically (with boeing airplanes at least) the lightning can strike a wing and go out the other wing without exploding the gas inside the wings because the current runs along the frames and stuff.

 

 

also, the controls (again, boeing airplanes) are still functional even with all of the old (i repeat OLD) technology that helps control. the computers, unless on auto pilot, only help direct and show flightpath and stuff. there's a lot of things that look like buttons that i think are actually fuses throughout the aircraft. and i know with the 747 at least there's a little prop that pops out the bottom of the wing to power hydraulics (i think) if there's an in air issue. 

 

The RAT (I see it's function has been posted), I've had to design tools around that thing on the 777 

 

 

 

and your 6'5". Us tall folk are supposed to have a problem with heights, but some of us do.

 

 

[hobospyder]

 

The RAT (I see it's function has been posted), I've had to design tools around that thing on the 777

 

 

 

 

 

I've seen them sticking out of the plane here. I was posting the picture to give an pic for what I was attempting to explain (horribly I might add)

 

And yeah, I ain't like ba and planes. I can handle planes. It's roofs and shit like that where I can see mostly

[Burabuda]

[Z-train]

My dad flew in B-24 during WWII.  He was the navigator, in the plane in each group that had radar.

 

He said he preferred the B-24 over the B-17, because it was slightly faster, and after dropping the bombs they could get out of there sooner.  He did tell me of missions deep into eastern Germany, and the only option was to continue into Russia, refuel there, and fly back across Germany.  In other missions, they flew out of Africa, with too much payload, (bombs) and too much fuel, and flew just above the ground, and then water, until somewhere over the Mediterranean sea, the plane was finally light enough to climb.

9 out of 10 control systems on the B-24 were hydraulic. Back then Hydraulic fluid was flammable. While the Liberator had farther range, speed & weight carrying capabilities due to the "Davis" wing,the B-17 could take much more of a pounding and still make it home.I read a study recently comparing all factors of the two planes and the B-17 comes out ahead do to less maintance issues,thus greater "availability" for missions.

 

[VFR800]

 

 

[Jesse C.]

Thank you to all who have served and are currently serving. 

 

[Burabuda]

[hobospyder]

what's the story on this? I never get to see the mods or know how they're done I just build the damn things. 747s even

[RTB]

Robin fucking olds

[Burabuda]

what's the story on this? I never get to see the mods or know how they're done I just build the damn things. 747s even

infrared astronomy telescope

 

[hobospyder]

ok that is cool

[MikeRL411]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Boeing would give their eye teeth for a surviving Clipper!  Every lead they have gotten turns out to be a Martin Mars.

[MikeRL411]

The oddest plane I ever actually saw flying was a very much modfied B47.  It was stationed at Los Angeles International Airport [would I lie?] while North American Aircraft was developing the B1 bomber.  NAA grafted the early design nose of the B1 on to a B47 so that they could flight test software and preliminary cockpit layout.  You should have seen and heard the ["WTF?s"] seeeing that strange pointy nosed B47 taking up position with the regular civilian takeoff line generated.

[VFR800]

[Z-train]

Thank you to all who have served and are currently serving. 

 

 

Gabreski.Someone stole the majority of his gun camera footage from his gear on his way back to the states.

[VFR800]

 

[Abe Froman]

[difrangia]

 

 

Apocalypse Now

[Burabuda]

[wayno]

The tank of the air/sky.

[Jesse C.]

Gabreski.Someone stole the majority of his gun camera footage from his gear on his way back to the states.

 

And too bad he could not help himself to one more mission before going home. Ended up being a guest of the Fuhrer!