VFR800 Posted November 18, 2021 Report Share Posted November 18, 2021 (edited) Edited November 18, 2021 by VFR800 4 Quote Link to comment
angliagt Posted November 19, 2021 Report Share Posted November 19, 2021 "You DO NOT want to go down that road". 3 Quote Link to comment
J-Luis Posted November 19, 2021 Report Share Posted November 19, 2021 F-5E Tiger 2000 by Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC), Republic of China (Taiwan) Air Force (ROCAF), 2008 4 Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted November 22, 2021 Report Share Posted November 22, 2021 I was lucky enough to see a real DeHavilland Mosquito Fighter Bomber fly on Saturday at the Planes of Fame Air Museum. This is a work of art in aircraft restoration. 3 Quote Link to comment
J-Luis Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 Solid looking jet bomber. The XB-48's engines look like they can shoot lasers. 3 Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 16 hours ago, J-Luis said: Solid looking jet bomber. The XB-48's engines look like they can shoot lasers. I wonder just where the carcass of this plane is. Probably chopped up and made into several Toyotas. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 1 hour ago, MikeRL411 said: I wonder just where the carcass of this plane is. Probably chopped up and made into several Toyotas. Both prototypes scrapped 1 1 Quote Link to comment
J-Luis Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 AT-3 Tzu Chung by Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) and the Thunder Tiger Aerobatics Team. 2 Quote Link to comment
Racer X 69 Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 (edited) On 11/23/2021 at 9:36 AM, MikeRL411 said: I wonder just where the carcass of this plane is. Probably chopped up and made into several Toyotas. From Wikipedia: The XB-48 made its first flight on 22 June 1947, a 37-minute, 73 mi (117 km) hop from Martin's Baltimore, Maryland plant to NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, but blew all four tires on its fore-and-aft mounted undercarriage on landing when pilot Pat Tibbs applied heavy pressure to the specially-designed, but very slow to respond, insensitive air-braking lever. Tibbs and co-pilot Dutch Gelvin were uninjured. Nothing is mentioned about what was done with the two prototypes, but they likely were scrapped. Edited November 28, 2021 by Racer X 69 2 Quote Link to comment
angliagt Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 7 hours ago, J-Luis said: AT-3 Tzu Chung by Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) and the Thunder Tiger Aerobatics Team. Isn't it ironic that the colors are Red,White,& Blue? 3 1 Quote Link to comment
J-Luis Posted November 28, 2021 Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 LOL! The same colors came up for another aerobatic team for another country. It took me a few minutes, but I found them. When I stumbled upon these pics, I thought they were Eurofighter Typhoons... delta wings and canards. Chengdu J-10 flown by August 1st Aerobatic Team in Dubia in 2010, photo by Weimeng --- picture with one plane Chengdu J-10 flown by August 1st Aerobatic Team in Dubia in 2010, photo by Ivan Voukadinov --- picture with multiple planes 2 Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted December 4, 2021 Report Share Posted December 4, 2021 On 11/27/2021 at 2:50 PM, angliagt said: Isn't it ironic that the colors are Red,White,& Blue? F5 "inspired" ? 2 Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted December 4, 2021 Report Share Posted December 4, 2021 4 hours ago, VFR800 said: Let's hear it for all metal Boeing fighter/pursuit planes. 3 Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted December 5, 2021 Report Share Posted December 5, 2021 On 11/27/2021 at 7:17 AM, Racer X 69 said: From Wikipedia: The XB-48 made its first flight on 22 June 1947, a 37-minute, 73 mi (117 km) hop from Martin's Baltimore, Maryland plant to NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, but blew all four tires on its fore-and-aft mounted undercarriage on landing when pilot Pat Tibbs applied heavy pressure to the specially-designed, but very slow to respond, insensitive air-braking lever. Tibbs and co-pilot Dutch Gelvin were uninjured. Nothing is mentioned about what was done with the two prototypes, but they likely were scrapped. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b48.html Flight tests with the XB-48s continued even after the formal end of the program. In the fall of 1949, the first XB-48 was cannibalized to keep the second flying. The latter aircraft was scheduled for a series of tests on the F-1 autopilot, jet engine cooling systems, and a hydraulic system for jet engines. However, these tests were cancelled before any could be carried out. The second XB-48 was used instead for the testing of thermal de-icing systems. In September 1951, the aircraft was flown to Phillips Field at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland where it was static tested to destruction. 2 Quote Link to comment
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