Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (2 Viewers)

[GTX]

Is that a big cat on a boat?

Yes, it is - Jaguar M

 

[Donivanp]

Yes, it is - Jaguar M

Must be a French thing.

 

[GTX]

Must be a French thing.

Well yes...see here:


View: https://youtu.be/Zv-1rCTgHAs

Mind you, I do plan to model a Royal Navy whatif version one day...

 

[GTX]

One last one:

 

[Donivanp]

Well yes...see here:


View: https://youtu.be/Zv-1rCTgHAs

Mind you, I do plan to model a Royal Navy whatif version one day...

I didn't say it was a bad thing, I like the Jag, just didn't know it was nasalized! I think it's pretty cool.

 

[GTX]

I didn't say it was a bad thing, I like the Jag, just didn't know it was nasalized! I think it's pretty cool.

Didn't think you did say it was a bad thing.

 

[Donivanp]

I didn't say it was a bad thing, I like the Jag, just didn't know it was nasalized! I think it's pretty cool.

Well that's interesting and helps explain why I haven't heard of it. Well that's interesting and I'm an American and we only know about ourselves and well you know. I do like the Jaguar's but only knew of the land based variants. Got this think about hanging things on top of wings.

 

[Frog]

Is that a big cat on a boat?

Naval variant test of the Jag on the Clémenceau carrier (R-98, then Q-790). Dassault pulled the strings to have the more expensive Super Etendard adopted in place.

 

[Frog]

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SA 341 Gazelle " Canon " - 1re Escadrille d'Hélicoptères d'Appui et de Protection - 1er Régiment d'Hélicoptères de Combat.

 

[Frog]

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Super Etendard - Flotille 11F.

 

[MIflyer]

Not a rectal exam, but a Thor IRBM being loaded into a C-133, possibly for transport from California to its deployment location in the UK. Note the sign that indicates it was at Clover Field airport, which was near the Douglas production facility. I think that mainly C-124's were used for those flights. I was the last USAF program manager for the Thor.

 

[MIflyer]

B-58 with a display of its stores options, including out in front the M-61 20MM tail gun with its ammunition. Originally the B-58 was supposed to be equipped with a center pod that could be launched as a missile. The rocket engine, built by Bell, was called the Hustler. While not deployed operationally on B-58's the engine was used as the propulsion for Lockheed Agena upper stages, many of which were launched on Thor boosters, including those that carried the first "spy" satellites.

 

[GTX]

Not a rectal exam, but a Thor IRBM being loaded into a C-133, possibly for transport from California to its deployment location in the UK. Note the sign that indicates it was at Clover Field airport, which was near the Douglas production facility. I think that mainly C-124's were used for those flights. I was the last USAF program manager for the Thor.

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Picture this image the next time you need to visit the proctologist...

 

[syscom3]

Not a rectal exam, but a Thor IRBM being loaded into a C-133, possibly for transport from California to its deployment location in the UK. Note the sign that indicates it was at Clover Field airport, which was near the Douglas production facility. I think that mainly C-124's were used for those flights. I was the last USAF program manager for the Thor.

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Clover field is Santa Monica airport.

 

[Donivanp]

Not a rectal exam, but a Thor IRBM being loaded into a C-133, possibly for transport from California to its deployment location in the UK. Note the sign that indicates it was at Clover Field airport, which was near the Douglas production facility. I think that mainly C-124's were used for those flights. I was the last USAF program manager for the Thor.

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I don't know, looks like my last colonoscopy!

 

[Donivanp]

B-58 with a display of its stores options, including out in front the M-61 20MM tail gun with its ammunition. Originally the B-58 was supposed to be equipped with a center pod that could be launched as a missile. The rocket engine, built by Bell, was called the Hustler. While not deployed operationally on B-58's the engine was used as the propulsion for Lockheed Agena upper stages, many of which were launched on Thor boosters, including those that carried the first "spy" satellites.
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Four B43 free fall nuclear weapons and two different variants of the center line fuel/weapons pod, which was a W43 nuclear warhead.

 

[SaparotRob]

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I wasted hours of teacher's time in French class drawing these.

 

[Frog]

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Mirage IV P during a test with an ASMP missile (normaly with a thermonuclear head, but evidently not in this case), one of the 19 modified for this purpose.