For Us Plane Lovers

[Morgan Dreadlocke]

Star Trek got nuthin' on this Vulcan-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1192897/The-vulcan-flying-Legendary-aircraft-saved-MoS-readers-make-comeback-today-air-show.html

[Noble Dreg]

Wow...Always wondered if the "war-bird" movement would/could keep the older "big" jets flying.  Glad to see it.

[Sir William Marcus]

Angel Flares II

[Capt. Bacardi]

Star Trek got nuthin' on this Vulcan-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1192897/The-vulcan-flying-Legendary-aircraft-saved-MoS-readers-make-comeback-today-air-show.html

That is sweet.....Can anyone say Thunderball......

[Michael of Galway]

C-130J Hercules




And here's one that all ways gives me the chills.....the missing man formation.

[Sir William Marcus]

Missing man formation always moving

Below: A popular aircraft here in Indiana

[Noble Dreg]

I can't tell if that's weird, funny, or just obscene.

Hey look, it's an 'earplane'!   

Sorry, corney I know.

Wonder if it runs on ethonol?

Flown by a 'kernel' in the airforce?

I think it's the new offering from 'earbus'.

I'm a-'maized' it flys!

Sorry, I can be 'earitent' I know.

[Sir William Marcus]

The Su-27 and the MiG-29

[Noble Dreg]

Big fan of both those amazing aircraft...Sir William, where did you find those pics?

[Lady Christina de Pond]

C-130J Hercules


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ain't nothing like being in bed and nearly asleep and here one of these fly over c130 lullaby

[Sir William Marcus]

Big fan of both those amazing aircraft...Sir William, where did you find those pics?

Got to give credit to photographer Richard Seaman for the outstanding photos.  From what I believe the images of the Russian Knights & Swifts were shot at the Beriev test center near Gelendzhik on the Russian Black Sea.  I'll send you a link.


Below the Italian Air Force II Frecce Tricolori



And the Polish Air Force "White and Red Sparks"

[Capt. Bacardi]

Pics of 2 of 3 people that where dumb stupid crazy willing to go flying with me. 

[Morgan Dreadlocke]

Me favorite period of aircraft runs ta the mid 1930's. Nonmilitary, built fer all out speed, an in an odd way , pleasin' ta the eye.  Granville's GeeBee's, the Walker Bulldog, various Brown racers, Cauldrons and Folkerts creations all have a place here. A mystery plane was built in this period, hidden at the beginnin' o' WW2. Never flown, it passed through different hands, an now graces the EAA museum. T'would not look out of place next to one o' Rutan's composite designs or sittin' on the ramp next ta a Stealth fighter.

http://www.tdmsoftware.com/majewski/rcstuff/bugattiinfo.html

[Sir William Marcus]

Glad to see everyone made it safely on the ground Captain    BTW, who was the third person that got airborne with ya?

Granville's GeeBee's, the Walker Bulldog, various Brown racers, Cauldrons and Folkerts

There was an aircraft called a Walker Bulldog?

[Sir William Marcus]

Above: The Proteus in flight.

The Scaled Composites Model 281 Proteus is a tandem-wing high-endurance aircraft designed by Burt Rutan to investigate the use of aircraft as high altitude telecommunications relays. The Proteus is actually a multi-mission vehicle, able to carry various payloads on a ventral pylon. An extremely high-efficiency design, the Proteus can orbit a point at over 65,000 feet (19,800 m) for more than 18 hours. It is currently owned by Northrop Grumman.

Proteus has an all-composite airframe with graphite-epoxy sandwich construction. Its wingspan of 77 feet 7 inches is expandable to 92 feet with removable wingtips installed. Proteus is an "optionally piloted" aircraft ordinarily flown by two pilots in a pressurized cabin. However, it also has the capability to perform its missions semi-autonomously or flown remotely from the ground.