Jun 25, 2012 #2 CharlesBronson Senior Master Sergeant 3,568 89 Jan 11, 2005 Cordoba - Argentina Nice find, that is an atonishing amount of wasted high quality titanium alloys.
Jun 26, 2012 #3 Maximowitz Tech Sergeant 1,960 20 Jun 30, 2008 London, England. Not much for recycling are they?
Jun 26, 2012 #4 Gnomey Globetrotting Surgeon General Staff Mod 70,140 8,577 Nov 28, 2004 London / Southsea / Royal Deeside, UK www.flickr.com Interesting video! Certainly depressing to see them like that. A lot of money to be had if someone scavenges them though...
Interesting video! Certainly depressing to see them like that. A lot of money to be had if someone scavenges them though...
Jun 29, 2012 Thread starter #5 M Muskrat Airman 16 0 Oct 21, 2011 CharlesBronson said: Nice find, that is an atonishing amount of wasted high quality titanium alloys. Click to expand... You should see some of the convoys of trucks elsewhere on the site - just left in woods (100's of them). They made so much stuff in the Cold war!
CharlesBronson said: Nice find, that is an atonishing amount of wasted high quality titanium alloys. Click to expand... You should see some of the convoys of trucks elsewhere on the site - just left in woods (100's of them). They made so much stuff in the Cold war!
Jun 29, 2012 #6 Matt308 Glock Perfection 18,961 93 Apr 12, 2005 Washington State Assuming a red star below the port side of the windscreen indicates a kill, one of those MiG-31s had two kills.
Assuming a red star below the port side of the windscreen indicates a kill, one of those MiG-31s had two kills.
Jun 30, 2012 #8 Wayne Little Moderator Staff Mod 64,220 6,528 Oct 7, 2006 Adelaide Sth. Aust. Wow, amazing stuff....
Jul 2, 2012 #9 michaelmaltby Colonel 12,475 18,941 Jan 22, 2009 Toronto "... Assuming a red star below the port side of the windscreen indicates a kill, one of those MiG-31s had two kills." Attachments miggrave-19.jpg 84.4 KB · Views: 98
"... Assuming a red star below the port side of the windscreen indicates a kill, one of those MiG-31s had two kills."
Jul 2, 2012 #10 Matt308 Glock Perfection 18,961 93 Apr 12, 2005 Washington State Probably both ex-soviet bloc or Korean civil airliners.
Jul 2, 2012 #11 FLYBOYJ "THE GREAT GAZOO" 28,097 8,748 Apr 9, 2005 Colorado, USA Matt308 said: Probably both ex-soviet bloc or Korean civil airliners. Click to expand... Or a defecting pilot.
Matt308 said: Probably both ex-soviet bloc or Korean civil airliners. Click to expand... Or a defecting pilot.
Jul 2, 2012 #12 T tyrodtom Senior Master Sergeant 3,573 1,231 Sep 6, 2010 pound va There's always been rumours some of the Syrian, Egyptian, etc. that fought in the middle east battles against Israel actually had Russian pilots. If those pilots got any victories, they'd mark their later aircraft with them too.
There's always been rumours some of the Syrian, Egyptian, etc. that fought in the middle east battles against Israel actually had Russian pilots. If those pilots got any victories, they'd mark their later aircraft with them too.