ultimateone Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 F-16C down in Nevada: Fox News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 (edited) So long Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was a good 30 years and I hope we get more ambitious programs in the near future. Edited July 21, 2011 by Shadow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 So long Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was a good 30 years and I hope we get more ambitious programs in the near future. Only if the present or next administration changes it's stance on NASA and space exploration. The way things are going it's all in the hands of the private sector now. Personally, I've given up of seeing a man on the moon again in my lifetime, let alone on Mars. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Some neat vids of sonic booms: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badboy00z Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 That's awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electric indigo Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Trumpeter will release a very nice 1/72 kit of the J-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyp Durron Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 So long Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was a good 30 years and I hope we get more ambitious programs in the near future. Goodbye space shuttle, hello space capsules...making it look like we went backwards 40 years tech wise. -Kyp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retracting Head Ter Ter Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Looks mean from this angle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Densetsu Kai 7.0 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Read in a magazine article that the USMC and Navy test pilots who've flown the F-35C say it's performance is similar to the F/A-18C but faster in some regimes. I'm beginning to warm up to the shape of the plane, the DAS is what really piques my interest though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Well I'd hope it'd be faster than the slowest Marine/Navy fighter in 30 years. I also assume it'll be stealthier than an A-7... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uxi Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Goodbye space shuttle, hello space capsules...making it look like we went backwards 40 years tech wise. We could only wish. Constellation is canceled and we go to nothing instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT 1010 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 We could only wish. Constellation is canceled and we go to nothing instead. Actually, the DNA of Constellation is still around. Same ship, different name. For better or worse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddhafabio Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 We could only wish. Constellation is canceled and we go to nothing instead. we still have a pretty good presence in space http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeleader1 Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 hey guys I just got back from the boston portsmouth airshow. While the static displays were kinda a letdown with only a hand full of the usual A-10s, C-5s, F-16s, etc. I did get a chance to see a plane I never thought I'd see in person, a MIG-17 "fresco". I also got to see a B-52H thats been in service since 1960 making possibly one of the oldest of the 52s still flying BD-60-0003. I have pics I'll post later on after I edit/crop them of the MIG with its L39 squad mates, a F4U corsair,the A-10s nose art, and the thunderbirds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 When was the last time an Fw190 and Bf109 flew in formation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Varyag back from first sea trial: http://alert5.com/2011/08/14/varyag-returns-from-first-sea-trial/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retracting Head Ter Ter Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Varyag back from first sea trial: http://alert5.com/2011/08/14/varyag-returns-from-first-sea-trial/ Still wondering what they are going to call it. I can't ever recall any capital ship ever hitting the sea trails and nobody has no idea what ^&*! name it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warmaker Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 When was the last time an Fw190 and Bf109 flew in formation? Only flyable original Fw190? Alongside a Bf109? Very nice work there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles316 Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Still wondering what they are going to call it. I can't ever recall any capital ship ever hitting the sea trails and nobody has no idea what ^&*! name it was. www.sinodefence.com/Forum Try this web sight they discuss PLA, Navy, Air force and other issues related to china. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Train Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 The carrier should be named éƒç¾Žç¾Ž-BABY-1. Like its namesake it's rollin around in class showing da bling bling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retracting Head Ter Ter Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 The carrier should be named éƒç¾Žç¾Ž-BABY-1. Like its namesake it's rollin around in class showing da bling bling. Hell yeah! I can think of suitable paint schemes for the carrier and the air group too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Apparently its name is "Shi Lang". Anyways---J-20 doing a roll: http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=GwBLUbYSVWI&feature=player_embedded Also, an "OMG!" new Su-35 demo preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCQQU6qc7oc&feature=player_embedded (skip to 2mins in) PS--this is the "new" Su-35, not the Su-35 Ace Combat knows and loves. Same name, quite different variant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles316 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Apparently its name is "Shi Lang". It's not official from what I have read it's what the China watcher's community has latched onto. Shi Lang was a General who conquered Taiwan hundreds of years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 YF-23 PAK-FA first public demo video. http://en.rian.ru/video/20110817/165867334.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beltane70 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I have to say, the PAK-FA is one sexy-looking plane in my book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retracting Head Ter Ter Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 It's not official from what I have read it's what the China watcher's community has latched onto. Shi Lang was a General who conquered Taiwan hundreds of years ago. Shi Lang doesn't quite fit in with the naming conventions of all other PLAN ships and that name is not exactly without controvesy even in PRC itself. I highly doubt that will be or is the real name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Mancini Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I have to say, the PAK-FA is one sexy-looking plane in my book! Not as sexy as the anchor woman in that SU-35 video David posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronocidal Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Holy crap that Su-35 demo was.. well.. seriously.. wtf do they even call that maneuver? I'm running out of aircraft terms...might have to resort to skateboarding stunts to describe what that plane just did. It looked like he pulled a half culbit into a controlled inverted flat-spin 180...then later pulled a full 360, and the video cut off before he approached 540. There's no real frame of reference to see how much altitude he lost during all that spinning, but I'm reminded of that bit in Hot Shots where he claims to have learned a particular maneuver from Paula Abdul... or was it Nancy Kerrigan? After all the times seeing various valks drop their legs to throw their thrust full forward and stop on a dime, I wondered if any real aircraft could pull off something similar without falling apart. Obviously the plane was tuned up, and lightened to let it do all that, but still, seeing a plane flip itself around and fly backwards to slow down is impressive. Reminds me of the kinds of stunts guys in bi-planes tend to do.. or the F-22 I saw pull the jet equivalent of a hammerhead stall once. Also, Russia should just state the obvious and call it the Tu-22.5, or maybe the Tu-45.. it's about what you'd get if you threw an F-22 and F-23 in a blender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowen Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 (edited) Speaking of the T-50, I do believe the expression 'dat ass' is appropriate: Edited August 20, 2011 by Bowen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugimon Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Speaking of the T-50, I do believe the expression 'dat ass' is appropriate: all I can see is crazy owl eyes. crazy owls eyes are CRAZY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Want T-50 wallpaper? Lots of brand-new high-quality pics: http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?aircraftsearch=Sukhoi%20T-50&distinct_entry=true This one seems to indicate that the entire plane is one giant "no-step" area: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Russia---Air/Sukhoi-T-50/1970107/L/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electric indigo Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 J-20 (Trumpeter) vs. F-22 (Revell) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 When would YOU have ejected? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI4SZYqZs2E&feature=player_embedded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeleader1 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 suddenly I'm reminded of the end of the movie hotshots... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coota0 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 When would YOU have ejected? He didn't know he was on fire until the flames hit the cockpit, probably thought it was a bad landing that he could ride in up to that point. I'm more interested into what led to him misjudging his airspeed so badly on approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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