***The OFFICIAL aviation pics thread***

[likeitfast55]

Originally Posted by GhostTX

The whole "service animal" thing is more of an excuse for people with low self esteem to drag their pets everywhere. This hurts legit service animals every time stupid stuff like this occurs.

Could not agree more.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/service...-pets-illegal/

[Strychnine]

Find a picture with more awesome in it. I dare you. I double dare you. And even if you do, it won't be a picture taken in Fort Worth, but go ahead and try...




I'll wait...

An impressive lineup of U.S. Air Force aircraft types were on static display at this airshow at Carswell AFB, Fort Worth, Texas, circa 1967.

The fighter row (middle) includes:
three F-105 Thunderchiefs
three Lockheed F-104 Starfighters
an F-101 Voodoo
an F-4 Phantom II
two Convair F-106 Delta Darts
a Convair F-102 Delta Dagger
a T-38 Talon trainer.

At top, a B-52 Stratofortress bomber and a KC-135 Stratotanker refueler are next to a Lockheed C-141A StarLifter transport and the XB-70 Valkyrie triple-sonic research aircraft, whose center fuselage was made at the then-Lockheed-Georgia Company facility in Marietta, Georgia.

The eclectic group at the bottom includes (clockwise from left):
a Lockheed YF-12 interceptor
an RB-57 high altitude reconnaissance aircraft modified at the General Dynamics (formerly Convair) facility across the runway
a Convair B-58 Hustler bomber
a General Dynamics F-111A fighter-bomber
a B-26K Counter Invader
a Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady high altitude reconnaissance aircraft.

At the far right, either real or mockups, are an X-15 research aircraft and a Thor-Able booster rocket.

[Strychnine]

[svauto-erotic855]

Originally Posted by Strychnine

Wings do not work well in this configuration. The airflow issues at the wing root would be insurmountable at anything above stall speed. Neat picture though.

[CJ]

Originally Posted by svauto-erotic855

Wings do not work well in this configuration. The airflow issues at the wing root would be insurmountable at anything above stall speed. Neat picture though.

it's a joke, it's supposed to look like an x-wing...

[Strychnine]

Originally Posted by CJ

it's a joke, it's supposed to look like an x-wing...

Some days I wonder if SVO falls somewhere on the spectrum

[helosailor]

[likeitfast55]

To my pilot brethren.......I am at a total loss for words here. The stupidity of this pic and CNN publishing it blows me away.

[beefed88]

Originally Posted by likeitfast55

To my pilot brethren.......I am at a total loss for words here. The stupidity of this pic and CNN publishing it blows me away.

I can't stand the news stories that show a clip of a different fleet type than the story.

It is so lazy.

[likeitfast55]

I was referring to the "developing story" in blue.

"Boeing 777 will struggle to maintain altitude once the fuel tanks are empty." <--dua.

Seriously? BTW, that looks like one of our 777's with a single integrated ISI and not a cluster for the stand-by.

[inline 6]

New junk

[silverranger]

Originally Posted by inline 6

New junk

purty

[NoClassic]

Lockheed has started doing a podcast focused on their skunk works projects.

https://soundcloud.com/user-291478498

[4bangen]

Originally Posted by NoClassic

Lockheed has started doing a podcast focused on their skunk works projects.

https://soundcloud.com/user-291478498

in! Must go find NOW!

[Jose]

Oh! Just looked and found it on my podcast app!!

[YALE]

New S-97 Raider from Sikorsky/Lockheed Martin

[Gargamel]

[Strychnine]

Remember this pic from the 1966 Carswell AFB airshow in Fort Worth?






Someone dug up color pics and scanned them

https://www.flickr.com/photos/zanead...7660477727001/

[Strychnine]

[Strychnine]