Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (107 Viewers)

[Viking1066]

Bucc 030 in Fly One whilst Ark Royal steams in company with USS Forrestal during December 1972 off Sardinia FACB

 

[Viking1066]

FJ-3 in Light Gull Gray of VF-191 NMNA

 

[MIflyer]

F6F-5K radio guided "missile" with 2000 lb bomb being launched from USS Boxer off the coast of Korea. Project Aphrodite finally worked!

 

[MIflyer]

F6F pilotless Drone being controlled by an F8F.

 

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[SaparotRob]

I don't see to many pictures of B-36's with the retractable turrets exposed.

source US Air Force – Page 9 – The Jive BomberView attachment 852006

 

[SaparotRob]

YF-107A '55-5120' the last of the three prototypes May 1960 DUNC
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Downward ejection seat?

 

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Downward ejection seat?

No. The ejection seat was designed to blast directly through the non-jettisoning canopy and bring the pilot swiftly clear of the air intakes

 

[Airframes]

Post # 7,247 - I jumped out of that aircraft over Luneberg Heath, Germany, in October 1973.

 

[special ed]

Was it on fire?

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Post # 7,247 - I jumped out of that aircraft over Luneberg Heath, Germany, in October 1973.

Ya crazy SoB.

 

[Donivanp]

Post # 7,247 - I jumped out of that aircraft over Luneberg Heath, Germany, in October 1973.

Ok Terry, airplanes are designed for you to takeoff and than land in them. Jumping out of a perfectly good plane is abnormal and should be avoided at all costs.

 

[Viking1066]

C.C.F. Harvard Mark IV of Flugzeugfuhrerschule "A" late 1950's Landsberg am Lech AIRD

 

[Viking1066]

Fj-3M of VF-121 assigned to the USS Lexington (CVA-16) 1956 NMNA

 

[Viking1066]

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter special farewell scheme JBG 33 May 1985 AIRH