Sep 3, 2008 #1 syscom3 Pacific Historian 14,894 11,412 Jun 4, 2005 Orange County, CA Check these aircraft out. Some of these, Ive never heard of. Rare Aircraft - United States
Sep 3, 2008 #2 ccheese Member In Perpetuity 12,408 131 Jul 10, 2007 Virginia Beach, Va. That's cool, Sys..... some I hadn't see before. Thanks... Charles
Sep 3, 2008 #3 Thorlifter Captain 7,979 432 Jun 10, 2004 Knoxville, TN Man, Consolidated sure did like those skyscraper tall tails. Cool post Syscom. Most of those I hadn't seen before.
Man, Consolidated sure did like those skyscraper tall tails. Cool post Syscom. Most of those I hadn't seen before.
Sep 3, 2008 #4 Wurger Siggy Master Staff Admin Mod 110,813 29,220 Jun 19, 2005 Poland THX for posting.
Sep 3, 2008 #5 SoD Stitch Banned 974 4 Jun 19, 2007 Pine Mountain Lake, California Thorlifter said: Man, Consolidated sure did like those skyscraper tall tails. Cool post Syscom. Most of those I hadn't seen before. Click to expand... IIRC, the original design for the B-32 actually used a twin-tail arrangement, similar to the company's B-24 Liberator, on the first and second prototypes; they went to the really tall tail on the third prototype.
Thorlifter said: Man, Consolidated sure did like those skyscraper tall tails. Cool post Syscom. Most of those I hadn't seen before. Click to expand... IIRC, the original design for the B-32 actually used a twin-tail arrangement, similar to the company's B-24 Liberator, on the first and second prototypes; they went to the really tall tail on the third prototype.
Sep 3, 2008 #6 Gnomey Globetrotting Surgeon General Staff Mod 70,350 8,675 Nov 28, 2004 London / Southsea / Royal Deeside, UK www.flickr.com Thanks for posting sys, some very interesting stuff there.
Sep 3, 2008 #7 JugBR Staff Sergeant 875 2 Jun 26, 2008 Campinas - SP curious see a b17 with v1´s ! nice post !
Sep 3, 2008 #8 ToughOmbre Senior Master Sergeant 3,732 21 Mar 18, 2007 Jersey Shore, USA Just when you think you've seen them all..... Cool pics sys. TO
Sep 3, 2008 #9 comiso90 Senior Master Sergeant 3,583 23 Dec 19, 2006 FL cool... keep in mind what the photos represent.... tens of thousand of man hours, and engineering hurdles - sometimes much was learned and other times naught. Behind every oddity there was a team of men and investors that had a vision.
cool... keep in mind what the photos represent.... tens of thousand of man hours, and engineering hurdles - sometimes much was learned and other times naught. Behind every oddity there was a team of men and investors that had a vision.
Sep 3, 2008 #10 Flyboy2 Senior Airman 669 1 Mar 10, 2008 Las Vegas, Nevada Nice post, the five engine B-17's were a little wierd but the L133 is dang good looking... How would that disruptive camoflage work?
Nice post, the five engine B-17's were a little wierd but the L133 is dang good looking... How would that disruptive camoflage work?
Sep 3, 2008 Thread starter #11 syscom3 Pacific Historian 14,894 11,412 Jun 4, 2005 Orange County, CA The brits have some unusual ones too ..... Rare Aircraft - Great Britain CAPTURED SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK.V WITH DB-601 ENGINE Attachments ae65.jpg 34.6 KB · Views: 325
The brits have some unusual ones too ..... Rare Aircraft - Great Britain CAPTURED SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK.V WITH DB-601 ENGINE
Sep 4, 2008 #12 Flyboy2 Senior Airman 669 1 Mar 10, 2008 Las Vegas, Nevada Those are pretty good... Looking around the home page i found some pretty good aircraft Check out the Kalinin K-12 nice camoflage Rare Aircraft - USSR
Those are pretty good... Looking around the home page i found some pretty good aircraft Check out the Kalinin K-12 nice camoflage Rare Aircraft - USSR
Sep 11, 2008 #13 <simon> Airman 1st Class 279 0 Jan 24, 2008 Heyfield, Victoria Great links! While some aircraft are totally strange there are some very nice looking ones! That Flying Tank is awesome! lol Very interesting
Great links! While some aircraft are totally strange there are some very nice looking ones! That Flying Tank is awesome! lol Very interesting
Sep 11, 2008 #14 wilbur1 Tech Sergeant 1,890 5 Nov 4, 2007 Escondido,Ca Cool pics, so many aircraft ive never even heard of before
Sep 11, 2008 #15 Wayne Little Moderator Staff Mod 64,267 6,581 Oct 7, 2006 Adelaide Sth. Aust. wilbur1 said: Cool pics, so many aircraft ive never even heard of before Click to expand... That sums it up! good find.
wilbur1 said: Cool pics, so many aircraft ive never even heard of before Click to expand... That sums it up! good find.