For prop planes l like the F-4U Corsair and the AD-1 Spad. Jets would be the F-8 Crusader, but always the F-100 Super Saber as thats what we got air strikes from most of the time in VN and saved our bacon many times. DD
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Originally Posted By: dinkydau
For prop planes l like the F-4U Corsair and the AD-1 Spad. Jets would be the F-8 Crusader, but always the F-100 Super Saber as thats what we got air strikes from most of the time in VN and saved our bacon many times. DD
The F-100 was a nice looking aircraft. Loved the nose intake.
For prop planes l like the F-4U Corsair and the AD-1 Spad. Jets would be the F-8 Crusader, but always the F-100 Super Saber as thats what we got air strikes from most of the time in VN and saved our bacon many times. DD
The F-100 was a nice looking aircraft. Loved the nose intake.
Originally Posted By: Tempest
At last years air show here (missed this year) there was a private F-4 and F-105. Amazing how loud the F-4 was. Far and away louder than anything else in the air.
I hope someone has a flyable F-14 as it is one of my favorite aircraft.
The Phantom was a Monster!
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At last years air show here (missed this year) there was a private F-4 and F-105. Amazing how loud the F-4 was. Far and away louder than anything else in the air.
I hope someone has a flyable F-14 as it is one of my favorite aircraft.
The Phantom was a Monster!
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Funny story about them loud Phantoms. In Klamath Falls Oregon there was a ANG unit that flew the F-4 and in the 80s they switched over to the F-16. The town threw the unit a party because they got rid of those loud Phantoms!
Was raised in Norfolk, Va. Close to the Norfolk NAS and loved the Waw Waw sounds from the intakes caused by the variable compressor blades in the J 79 engines when they were in the landing patteren. Was hard to see them converted to target drones but a better ending than being scrapped and made into soda cans. DD
Was raised in Norfolk, Va. Close to the Norfolk NAS and loved the Waw Waw sounds from the intakes caused by the variable compressor blades in the J 79 engines when they were in the landing patteren. Was hard to see them converted to target drones but a better ending than being scrapped and made into soda cans. DD
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Originally Posted By: shell_user
Yeah, the F-14 I always loved watching videos of. The F-18 I like too. Anyone here fly the P-3 orion?
Orion's are one of my favorite aircraft, mainly because of their use in firefighting.
I flew the P-3 in the Navy. It was an outstanding platform for the many missions it was called upon to perform. It was hard to walk away from and I still miss it!
I also flew the T-28 (primary training) and the T-44A (advanced training).
Although I never flew it, the Tomcat was my favorite Naval aircraft.
Originally Posted By: shell_user
Yeah, the F-14 I always loved watching videos of. The F-18 I like too. Anyone here fly the P-3 orion?
Orion's are one of my favorite aircraft, mainly because of their use in firefighting.
I flew the P-3 in the Navy. It was an outstanding platform for the many missions it was called upon to perform. It was hard to walk away from and I still miss it!
I also flew the T-28 (primary training) and the T-44A (advanced training).
Although I never flew it, the Tomcat was my favorite Naval aircraft.
The Phantom is a beast...to this day, it remains the toughest looking fighter ever built...it just plain looked mean and tough.
I always had a soft spot for the Phantom!
Now, I was never lucky enough to fly the T-28. That's a man's airplane - all that HP, all that Torque. The T-34C was docile and easy to fly...but the T-28 took some muscle, or so I'm told!
I always had a soft spot for the Phantom!
Now, I was never lucky enough to fly the T-28. That's a man's airplane - all that HP, all that Torque. The T-34C was docile and easy to fly...but the T-28 took some muscle, or so I'm told!
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51,000 feet, G550.
Wow !!!!
Wish I had a camera back in the day...I would have taken a picture of the view from a Tomcat at 60,000 feet...from the VACAPES, I could clearly see up to Richmond, and most of the way up the Chesapeake Bay.
The instrument panel would have been a good shot too: if memory serves, 60,000 ft, 1.5 IMN, 350 KIAS, 1,500 FPM climb...engines in full AB
The flight manual limit was 50,000 feet, but that was a pressure suit/blood boil issue...clearly not an airframe/powerplant issue...
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51,000 feet, G550.
Wow !!!!
Wish I had a camera back in the day...I would have taken a picture of the view from a Tomcat at 60,000 feet...from the VACAPES, I could clearly see up to Richmond, and most of the way up the Chesapeake Bay.
The instrument panel would have been a good shot too: if memory serves, 60,000 ft, 1.5 IMN, 350 KIAS, 1,500 FPM climb...engines in full AB
The flight manual limit was 50,000 feet, but that was a pressure suit/blood boil issue...clearly not an airframe/powerplant issue...
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The Phantom is a beast...to this day, it remains the toughest looking fighter ever built...it just plain looked mean and tough.
I always had a soft spot for the Phantom!
Now, I was never lucky enough to fly the T-28. That's a man's airplane - all that HP, all that Torque. The T-34C was docile and easy to fly...but the T-28 took some muscle, or so I'm told!
It's been awhile, but the T-28 taught me how to trim (constantly) and use lots of right rudder to avoid torque roll, especially on waveoffs and stall recoveries. That training served me well for flying the P-3.
My mini boss on CV-59 flew F-4's before transitionong to the F/A-18 for his XO/CO tour. He had lots of good things to say about it as an interceptor.
The Phantom is a beast...to this day, it remains the toughest looking fighter ever built...it just plain looked mean and tough.
I always had a soft spot for the Phantom!
Now, I was never lucky enough to fly the T-28. That's a man's airplane - all that HP, all that Torque. The T-34C was docile and easy to fly...but the T-28 took some muscle, or so I'm told!
It's been awhile, but the T-28 taught me how to trim (constantly) and use lots of right rudder to avoid torque roll, especially on waveoffs and stall recoveries. That training served me well for flying the P-3.
My mini boss on CV-59 flew F-4's before transitionong to the F/A-18 for his XO/CO tour. He had lots of good things to say about it as an interceptor.
Originally Posted By: Astro14
The Phantom is a beast...to this day, it remains the toughest looking fighter ever built...it just plain looked mean and tough.
I always had a soft spot for the Phantom!
Now, I was never lucky enough to fly the T-28. That's a man's airplane - all that HP, all that Torque. The T-34C was docile and easy to fly...but the T-28 took some muscle, or so I'm told!
Way back when I was a kid, the Phantom was used as the jet of the Blue Angels. Huge and awesome.
The Phantom is a beast...to this day, it remains the toughest looking fighter ever built...it just plain looked mean and tough.
I always had a soft spot for the Phantom!
Now, I was never lucky enough to fly the T-28. That's a man's airplane - all that HP, all that Torque. The T-34C was docile and easy to fly...but the T-28 took some muscle, or so I'm told!
Way back when I was a kid, the Phantom was used as the jet of the Blue Angels. Huge and awesome.
Originally Posted By: Astro14
Semi287 - that is my favorite airliner paint scheme!
Too bad the elegant look of polished aluminum and simple logo are being replaced by the garish paint and excess graphics of the new logo...
Agreed! One of the best since he 70s! That and the previous polished aluminum US Air paint of the 90s early 2000s. Those 757s were SHARP looking.
Semi287 - that is my favorite airliner paint scheme!
Too bad the elegant look of polished aluminum and simple logo are being replaced by the garish paint and excess graphics of the new logo...
Agreed! One of the best since he 70s! That and the previous polished aluminum US Air paint of the 90s early 2000s. Those 757s were SHARP looking.
Originally Posted By: Astro14
Wish I had a camera back in the day...I would have taken a picture of the view from a Tomcat at 60,000 feet...from the VACAPES, I could clearly see up to Richmond, and most of the way up the Chesapeake Bay....
Nice!!! As you know, it's a great view from way up, on a clear day. It's funny, but some days, it actually is hazy up high. And, on others, it's clear as a bell. I always blame it on dust from Africa, and I may not be far off. It's too bad you did not take pics. As they come out great from way up! I think I have some...
We may or may not have gone higher than 510 and found the real world service ceiling of the G550. Rumored to be... I will say that the G550, when light has very modest wing loading, and will easily do 45 degree banks at FL510. And, the engines are not near any mechanical or thermal limits at that alt.
Here is one from one of those "test flights"...
On a side note, I have a standing goal of reaching 70,000 feet someday. Mr. Rutan said hello to our "lowly" from FL700 one day. Not very nice of him...
Wish I had a camera back in the day...I would have taken a picture of the view from a Tomcat at 60,000 feet...from the VACAPES, I could clearly see up to Richmond, and most of the way up the Chesapeake Bay....
Nice!!! As you know, it's a great view from way up, on a clear day. It's funny, but some days, it actually is hazy up high. And, on others, it's clear as a bell. I always blame it on dust from Africa, and I may not be far off. It's too bad you did not take pics. As they come out great from way up! I think I have some...
We may or may not have gone higher than 510 and found the real world service ceiling of the G550. Rumored to be... I will say that the G550, when light has very modest wing loading, and will easily do 45 degree banks at FL510. And, the engines are not near any mechanical or thermal limits at that alt.
Here is one from one of those "test flights"...
On a side note, I have a standing goal of reaching 70,000 feet someday. Mr. Rutan said hello to our "lowly" from FL700 one day. Not very nice of him...
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Will have to add the F8F Bearcat. Last of the Grumman prop fighters.
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Will have to add the F8F Bearcat. Last of the Grumman prop fighters.
Yes...really nice aircraft. Short with tall landing gear, stubby....and nasty looking.
Will have to add the F8F Bearcat. Last of the Grumman prop fighters.
Yes...really nice aircraft. Short with tall landing gear, stubby....and nasty looking.
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Originally Posted By: A_Harman
SR-71. In my opinion, the most sublime achievement of 20th-century engineering. It could cruise at Mach 3.2 when other aircraft could only dash at Mach 2.0. Everything about it had to be uniquely designed and integrated to the purpose of building a Mach 3.0+ capable machine.
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SR-71. In my opinion, the most sublime achievement of 20th-century engineering. It could cruise at Mach 3.2 when other aircraft could only dash at Mach 2.0. Everything about it had to be uniquely designed and integrated to the purpose of building a Mach 3.0+ capable machine.
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Originally Posted By: Astro14
The Phantom is a beast...to this day, it remains the toughest looking fighter ever built...it just plain looked mean and tough.
I always had a soft spot for the Phantom!
Now, I was never lucky enough to fly the T-28. That's a man's airplane - all that HP, all that Torque. The T-34C was docile and easy to fly...but the T-28 took some muscle, or so I'm told!
In 67 I worked for Mac in St. Louis in the engine dept. We built up the J79 for the Navy, AF and RAF(Rolls Royve) versions of the F4.
The Phantom is a beast...to this day, it remains the toughest looking fighter ever built...it just plain looked mean and tough.
I always had a soft spot for the Phantom!
Now, I was never lucky enough to fly the T-28. That's a man's airplane - all that HP, all that Torque. The T-34C was docile and easy to fly...but the T-28 took some muscle, or so I'm told!
In 67 I worked for Mac in St. Louis in the engine dept. We built up the J79 for the Navy, AF and RAF(Rolls Royve) versions of the F4.
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