Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (15 Viewers)
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Donivanp
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KC-97 and F-84F NMUSAF Wright-Paterson AFB Dayton Ohio.
MIflyer
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The TF-102 is so weird that it is totally cool.
MIflyer
Major
Barely Cold War, two incredible airplanes.
Donivanp
Colonel
YF-23 Black widow II and B-2
MIflyer
Major
So somebody figured out how to win the "I can design an airplane even uglier than a Fairey Gannet" contest. They should have been disqualified because it looks like they used parts off a Gannet.
Such a machine can get by with fixed gear because it does not have to outrun any hostile interceptor. Any fighter pilot who sees it will assume that it is in the same category as flying pink elephants and claim he saw nothing but a weather balloon.
Such a machine can get by with fixed gear because it does not have to outrun any hostile interceptor. Any fighter pilot who sees it will assume that it is in the same category as flying pink elephants and claim he saw nothing but a weather balloon.
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Benevolens Magister
I'm always amused when I see the Cosford York. as the fuselage windows are painted on !!
I know, that's weird. But I'm sure there is a good reason.
MIflyer
Major
I got one of the 1/48 Monogram F-101B kits and started thinking about using it to build a F-101A. The interesting thing I found was that when I took the drawings in the Squadron F-101 book I found that the F-101B exactly matched the profile of the F-101A, except for the rear canopy and a little different radome and the different afterburners. They did not stretch the fuselage at all or even alter the windshield. That F-101A is one hot looking fighter plane; I guess some actually got deployed to Europe.
These were RF-101C from the 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, at Laon Air Base, France.
One was intercepted by two Vautours while taking pics from the nuclear plant at Pierrelatte in 1965.
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