Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous (5 Viewers)

[Zippythehog]

Not only that it had ugly problems like thrust line too high and in a emergency when you dumped the load often only one side would dump with predictable results. If I remember right not one made it to its first scheduled major inspection.

That's informative. My reaction bar limits me to only "likes".
Did you fly or work on them?

 

[MiTasol]

That's informative. My reaction bar limits me to only "likes".
Did you fly or work on them?

No thank goodness. The video covered all the design and also the history of each one. Many crashed and often at low hours since manufacture. The only aircraft from that part of the world I have worked on were the LIM versions of the MiG-15UTI and MiG-17 - both of which I like (far easier to work on than the F-86)..

 

[Viking1066]

PZL TS-11 Iskra '402' side of E372 road south of Warsaw 2012 FLIK

 

[SaparotRob]

That's informative. My reaction bar limits me to only "likes".
Did you fly or work on them?

I have the same issue when I'm on my iPhone.

 

[Viking1066]

Bartini-Beriev VVA-14 'CCCP-19172' one of two prototypes submarine hunter 2012 FLIK

 

[Viking1066]

Antonov An-22 'CCCP-09334' one of the first to fly MiG-25RBV fighters to Egypt 2012 FLIK

 

[Viking1066]

Antonov An-22 'CCCP-09334' total of 68 built FLIK

 

[Viking1066]

MiGs at Monino, 21, 19PM, 17, 15UTI and 9. With Mil-26 and Mil-6 in background 2012 FLIK

 

[Viking1066]

Mikoyan MiG-105/II 'Lapot' first flew 1976 and cancelled 1978 Monino 2012 FLIK

 

[Viking1066]

Yakolev Yak-27R '14 red' codename 'Mangrove' of 180

 

[tyrodtom]

Mikoyan MiG-105/II 'Lapot' first flew 1976 and cancelled 1978 Monino 2012 FLIK
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Is that a hydroplane ?

 

[MiTasol]

No
To quote Wiki
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105, part of the Spiral program, was a crewed test vehicle to explore low-speed handling and landing. It was a visible result of a Soviet project to create an orbital spaceplane. The MiG 105 was nicknamed "Lapot" (Russian: лапоть, or bast shoe; the word is also used as a slang for "shoe"), for the shape of its nose.

 

[Viking1066]

No
To quote Wiki
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105, part of the Spiral program, was a crewed test vehicle to explore low-speed handling and landing. It was a visible result of a Soviet project to create an orbital spaceplane. The MiG 105 was nicknamed "Lapot" (Russian: лапоть, or bast shoe; the word is also used as a slang for "shoe"), for the shape of its nose.

It does have that Farscape look.

 

[Viking1066]

Crichton's shuttle. The other one just because I love Claudia Black.

 

[CATCH 22]

.....The other one just because I love Claudia Black.....
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You are not alone, brother!

 

[Viking1066]

Yakolev Yak-36 '36 yellow' one of four built codename 'Freehand' 2012 FLIK

 

[Viking1066]

Yakolev Yak-38 '38 yellow' designed for the Kiev class carriers Monino FLIK

 

[Viking1066]

Kiev class vessels WIKI

 

[MiTasol]

Love those Kamovs. There were a bunch of Russian civil registered Kamov's in PNG for a while but the local CAA would not let them operate.

 

[Viking1066]

Yakolev Yak-50 '02 yellow' one 312 built Monino 2012