Most beautiful fighter, bomber, and any kind of airplanes!!!

• Mar 2, 2005

• #121

cheddar cheese

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Not the biggest fan of the B-58 ever but yes, it is a nice picture 8)


Here's a beauty of a plane, the F-86 8)

 

• Mar 2, 2005

• #122

Nonskimmer

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Indeed!
Sabres were also licence built in Canada by Canadair, with the Orenda series of engines. Besides the RCAF, some of these were flown by the West German Luftwaffe, and a few were flown by the RAF.

 

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• Mar 2, 2005

• #123

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Very nice plane, could have done with better armament than those 6 .50 against the Migs in Korea

 

• Mar 2, 2005

• #124

JCS

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Heres a good looking plane I almost completely forgot about, the Henschel Hs123.....

 

• Mar 2, 2005

• #125

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KraziKanuK said:

mosquitoman said:

The He-177 looked quite similar to the B-29, the fact that the former had rubbish engines is beside the point

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Only the first engines were problems. The later engines operated much better.

The B-29 did not have the best engines either with numerous failures and fires.

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Same way with the R-3350's on the B-29 too. Early versions were very prone to overheating, most didnt make it to 100 hrs. By the end of the war they had improved very very much with most have a TBO over 500 hrs.

After the war the R-3350 became one of the most reliable airliner engines available.

 

• Mar 2, 2005

• #126

DaveB.inVa

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Pretty slick!

 

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• Mar 2, 2005

• #127

Nonskimmer

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I'll say! Great pic!

 

• Mar 2, 2005

• #128

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Is the other nuke-carrying B-29 still about? It's called Bock's Car

 

• Mar 2, 2005

• #129

DaveB.inVa

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Yeah, Bockscar is at Wright Patterson AFB.

 

• Mar 2, 2005

• #130

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Thanks, just wondering

 

• Mar 3, 2005

• #131

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Thats a great picture there Dave really shows her off

 

• Mar 3, 2005

• #132

NightHawk

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Here are a few more good looking planes.

 

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• Mar 3, 2005

• #133

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That X-36 looks great! 8)

And the B-29 pic...good job! 8)

How about theis plane, the X-15?

 

• Mar 3, 2005

• #134

the lancaster kicks ass

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nice pic........

 

• Mar 3, 2005

• #135

cheddar cheese

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It is actually isnt it... *saves*

 

• Mar 3, 2005

• #136

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An airplain that transforms itself is the B-52 thier so ugly on the ground they are called BUFFs " Big Ugly Fat F#####" but about half way down the runway the wings start to fly and it becomes very graceful.

 

• Mar 3, 2005

• #137

Nonskimmer

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That X-36 looks cool! Strange, but cool.

 

• Mar 3, 2005

• #138

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I thought it was Big Ugly Fat Fellow, or is that just the censored version?

 

• Mar 3, 2005

• #139

cheddar cheese

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I think its a great looking plane, on the ground or in the air.

 

• Mar 3, 2005

• #140

wmaxt

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mosquitoman said:

I thought it was Big Ugly Fat Fellow, or is that just the censored version?

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Yup.