Airplane Porn (and the occasional helicopter)

[Jesse C.]

5 minutes ago, J-Luis said:

F-22 Raptor plant in 1957... or not.

 

Sure, why not. LOL! 

 

Douglas F-4D. Ford, Skyray

 

[Cardinal Grammeter]

29 minutes ago, J-Luis said:

Tomcat loaded onto USS Enterprise CVN-80... I mean CVN-65.

When you see how large pieces of heavy steel behave like.... rubber, it's mind boggling that a structure as big as an aircraft carrier can be built.  And I'm a 72 year old retired structural engineer.  It's like religion, you have to believe the calculations!  They allow you to do things...  unimaginable!

[Cardinal Grammeter]

 

24 minutes ago, Jesse C. said:

 

Sure, why not. LOL! 

 

Douglas F-4D. Ford, Skyray

 

Why am I thinking of an Elephant Seal???

[J-Luis]

No tail, swept wings, dual pusher. 

[MikeRL411]

11 hours ago, J-Luis said:

No tail, swept wings, dual pusher. 

No tail? What do you call the thing between the props?

[ggzilla]

I'd call it a very short tail. Some call it tail-less. It was named after the Manx cat which has the same issue (tail or no tail?). The cat looks to me like it has a stub of a tail but is considered tailless

4 hours ago, MikeRL411 said:

No tail? What do you call the thing between the props?

[J-Luis]

I see the tail now. LOL! 

[paradime]

 

[paradime]

For perspective, the Strato-lonch carries 500K lbs, or 2.5X more that the Russian Antonov AN-255, and can bring it's payload to the edge of s[ace. That's a serious dick extension.

 

 

[J-Luis]

XCOR EZ-Rocket

[J-Luis]

Douglas XT3D-1 and 2 torpedo bomber prototype with folding wing