Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (46 Viewers)

[GTX]

 

[MIflyer]

Apollo 15. Launched 26 Jul 1971.

 

[syscom3]

Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado, July 31, 1986. A-7D Corsair II's

 

[GTX]

YA-7F prototypes:

 

[GTX]

 

[GTX]

And just to explain the differences with the YA-7F:

 

[Donivanp]

B-52 with Hound Dog missiles the net
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Well you ain't nothing but a hound dog

 

[Donivanp]

The first production F3H-1 Demon pictured in flight 1954 the net
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Photo shop right?

 

[Viking1066]

Photo shop right?

Came from one od those ancient books, but your guess could be correct.

 

[Donivanp]

Came from one od those ancient books, but your guess could be correct.

Everyone knows a Demon can't fly

 

[MIflyer]

A-7D aircraft from Myrtle Beach AFB, SC. I went there in Oct 1975 and put them back in the air. The TF-41 engine was having some major problems and the USAF maintenance guys had devised a labor saving way of yanking the engines for the frequent inspections, an approach that warped the bleed air ducts.

The modifications to the vertical fin and flaps for the A-7F probably included the addition of an automatic system that prevented the aircraft from entering a "Post-Stall Gyration" that was NOT a spin and for which normal spin recovery techniques would not work.

 

[Viking1066]

Boeing B-52G Stratofortress "Wild Thing" 69 BS/42 BW late 1980s the net

 

[Viking1066]

Panavia Tornado GR1 20 Sqn 1986 the net

 

[Viking1066]

The second B-52C and the first to fly on 9 March 1956 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Mitsubishi T-2 1980s the net

 

[Viking1066]

Panavia Tornado IDS '45+30' MFG 2 German Navy the net

 

[Viking1066]

An F-8E of VF-191 on board Ticonderoga prepared to take off, December 1968 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Panavia Tornado IDS MFG 1 1980s the net

 

[MIflyer]

F-106A used as chase plane for the original Mach 2 version of B-1A.

F-111F was a lot faster but I guess the 106 was easier to operate.

 

[c1951]

Saunders Roe Skeeter :

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Once a Cierva/Weir design I believe