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Exotic Aircraft Identification Thread
Hidden | 11/30/2010 | Self

Posted on 11/30/2010 5:00:39 PM PST by ccmay

Just for fun, how about we stump each other with exotic or unusual airplane photos. Upload to Tinypic so no one can cheat by looking at the image source.

I'll go first. What is this aircraft?




TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: airplane; aviation; plane; wwii
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To: Army Air Corps

“Excuse me, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the action on this piano.”

(You are the coolest bad a$$ Freeper I’ve met in many a year. Awesome tech obsession, and an edgy art wisdom. Check your Freepmail.)


141 posted on 11/30/2010 7:51:11 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed ("If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested.")
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To: Beelzebubba

I try to contribute the best way I can.


142 posted on 11/30/2010 7:55:56 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Ping.


143 posted on 11/30/2010 8:06:19 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature
Interesting reading, even if it is Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_X-3_Stiletto

Wingspan was 22'8” and it flew. Maybe Snoopy's doghouse Sopwith Camel was more feasible that I thought.

144 posted on 11/30/2010 8:36:57 PM PST by Gil4 (Sometimes it's not low self-esteem - it's just accurate self-assessment.)
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To: Army Air Corps

If I remember right the Avro Arrow was the most advanced fighter plane in the world. Suddenly it was canceled and the Canadian government gave some excuse of needing the money for agricultural subsidies.

It turned out later that the U.S. notified them that the program was chock full of soviet spies. We agreed to supply them with fighters in exchange for it’s cancellation.

I am not sure what the connection is but I always thought the Mig 25 looked a lot like it.


145 posted on 11/30/2010 9:27:58 PM PST by yarddog
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To: ccmay

Stealth Bomber 1944

146 posted on 11/30/2010 9:35:54 PM PST by cynwoody
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To: yarddog

The Arrow was a slick ship. The most citied explanation for her demise is budget troubles.


147 posted on 11/30/2010 9:39:34 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: cynwoody

The Horten Brothers were brilliant.


148 posted on 11/30/2010 9:40:27 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: ccmay

Hughes Racer - replica

149 posted on 11/30/2010 9:40:36 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: ccmay
Identify the two aircraft in the photo below:


150 posted on 11/30/2010 9:45:15 PM PST by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody

Space Shuttle and a modified Boeing 747 Shuttle transport.


151 posted on 11/30/2010 9:46:46 PM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: Army Air Corps

Avro Arrow! Much beloved.


152 posted on 11/30/2010 9:48:42 PM PST by BenKenobi (DonÂ’t worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the truth.)
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To: cynwoody

The Russian Buran Shuttle and its massive Antonov An-225 transport.


153 posted on 11/30/2010 9:52:10 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: SeaHawkFan

Close...it is a shuttle, but not ours.


154 posted on 11/30/2010 9:53:44 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

I used to think I knew a lot about military aircraft but now realize my knowledge is pretty limited. I was lucky in a couple of respects.

During the 50’s and 60’s when I was growing up, my Father worked at Eglin AFB. He was responsible for heating and AC for both the King Hangar and a large office bldg. beside it.

When he was on the night shift, he would sometimes let me go to work with him. Daddy always kept a pot of coffee on and got to know all the APs. They would let a ten year old boy roam around all the planes with no problem. They just told me not to get inside them.

There was always a few dozen from F100s, F104s, F105’s B52’s, B58’s, and all kinds of others. By the time I was grown there were F4’s. One day I noticed a new black one. It was the SR71 or whatever they called it back in the early 60’s.

Also where we lived, I could go up to the highest part of our pasture with binoculars and watch fighters and fighter-bombers go on their bomb/strafing runs. I would not see them deliver the ordinance but could hear the guns and both feel and hear the bombs going off. Then I would see them zoom back in the air basically making a circle for another run.

I bought a used Nippon Kogaku binocular at a pawn shop in Ft. Walton Bch. They had been pawned by some airman I guess and no one knew what they were. They were actually Nikon and extremely good. Just the thing for viewing aircraft in the air.


155 posted on 11/30/2010 9:57:02 PM PST by yarddog
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To: SeaHawkFan
Space Shuttle and a modified Boeing 747 Shuttle transport.

Comrade Antonov might take umbrage at being accused of plagiarizing Boeing. And, as for the bird on top, it never saw Cape Canaveral, except possibly from low earth orbit (in 1988).


156 posted on 11/30/2010 9:57:08 PM PST by cynwoody
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To: Army Air Corps

You are THE MAN!!!


157 posted on 11/30/2010 9:57:49 PM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: yarddog

Lucky kid!


158 posted on 11/30/2010 10:00:05 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: SeaHawkFan

Thanks. It is the result of a long standing love affair with aviation.


159 posted on 11/30/2010 10:03:28 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

Yes, I sure was.

One thing I recall was reading an article about the F-104. It said the wings were razor sharp and they had to put wooden slats over them to keep workers from being injured.

I went up and noticed no edge covers and touched the wing edge. Yes it was very thin but not even close to razor sharp.


160 posted on 11/30/2010 10:08:34 PM PST by yarddog
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