Dobber Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 LIKE A BOSS Extrodinary airmanship! Watch the whole video to see what he dealt with 😳 Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Fighter at Area 51 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronocidal Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Ok.. that just looks like an F-16XL. Given what we saw recently about them potentially reusing the design, it wouldn't surprise me if they've got a development prototype out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 An F-16XL 2.0 would be fan-freaking-tastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronocidal Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) It was mentioned briefly here recently, some people have been calling the idea the F-36 Kingsnake, some sort of a twin-tailed update of the original SCAMP design. https://fighterjetsworld.com/air/f-36-kingsnake-the-return-of-the-f-16xl/25574/ Edited February 3, 2022 by Chronocidal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kajnrig Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Maybe Ace Combat 7's just on my mind, but I half-suspect that's just a balloon plane for the sake of counter-espionage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 I also wonder if that's the NGAD. Also. Apparently the F-35 crash video has been leaked on Reddit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobber Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Damn.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Jeez that was a hard it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalvasflam Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 (edited) Wow, that could have been so much worse, that plane could have crashed into more than a few aircraft in the front of the deck if it slid the wrong way. Or if he drifted a bit to either side, wipe out planes to his left. did I see correctly, looks like he ejected right before the plane started to spin. Wonder what caused the pilot to be low by that much, another few meters and he wouldn’t have even been on the deck. Edited February 6, 2022 by kalvasflam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight26 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 That was a hard hit, like 'nam era hard hit and crash. Pilot clearly ejected, but I will say this, whoever leaked that video better be careful, there's a board in their future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slide Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 A massive settle at the ramp... wonder what caused it. 1 hour ago, Knight26 said: whoever leaked that video better be careful, there's a board in their future. Yep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobber Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 (edited) Especially when you can hear some of the conversation in the background. Probably won’t be hard to determine who was in the room. Chris Edited February 6, 2022 by Dobber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 It's honestly amazing the F-35 appeared to remain so intact from such a hard impact. I also wonder if the pilot was using the auto-landing software that's been around for awhile or was landing manually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfly50 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 RIP wifi on the ship. 😬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobber Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 (edited) Maintenance crews are pissed because of all the dust and crap that got knocked loose in the air ducts from that impact and now they have to clean up all the dirty spaces. Lol Chris Edited February 6, 2022 by Dobber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derex3592 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 I'm sorrry, ... In the days of 8K cameras and monitors, THAT is the best the US Navy has for carrier deck camera footage??? Jeeez.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-ZeroOne Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Military technology has always been this weird blend of cutting edge and yesterdays news, especially electronic wise. I suspect many non-military organisations are the same, you use what works as long as it does the job until its no longer practical or sustainable to do so. They'll get new deck cameras when a) they can no longer be maintained b) theres budget to do so and c) maybe when the ship next goes in for refit. Theres also d) which is any new system better not interfere with all the gazillion other things on the ship that might break if something changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight26 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 55 minutes ago, F-ZeroOne said: Military technology has always been this weird blend of cutting edge and yesterdays news, especially electronic wise. I suspect many non-military organisations are the same, you use what works as long as it does the job until its no longer practical or sustainable to do so. They'll get new deck cameras when a) they can no longer be maintained b) theres budget to do so and c) maybe when the ship next goes in for refit. Theres also d) which is any new system better not interfere with all the gazillion other things on the ship that might break if something changes. This is all true. I see this kind of thing all the time. First launcher I worked on, the most modern one at the time, still used parts from old Trident Missile Launchers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalvasflam Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Remember, ICBM launch systems are still using 8” floppies on ancient PCs that cannot connect to the internet. It’s called operational security. I doubt if modern day hackers even know the code for these computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slide Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, derex3592 said: I'm sorrry, ... In the days of 8K cameras and monitors, THAT is the best the US Navy has for carrier deck camera footage??? Jeeez.... You want 8k footage of a screwup that cost many millions in taxpayer dollars? Me too!! ... but the Department of the US Navy sure doesn't Edited February 7, 2022 by slide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Valkyrie Hunter D Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 36 minutes ago, electric indigo said: There's no way the Ukranian president can be evacuated now. No other plane can carry his huge balls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Images of what's suspected to be the An-225. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 18 hours ago, Valkyrie Hunter D said: There's no way the Ukranian president can be evacuated now. No other plane can carry his huge balls. That must be F-Putin's real problem. Envy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derex3592 Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddsun1 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Urmagurd! I'd never heard of this before! It's a real life galldang Logan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadeleader1 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 All that video is make me wonder if an anti submarine Osprey exists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-ZeroOne Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 New photos have emerged supposedly showing the An-225s tail sticking out of the hangar, though the hangar itself has been damaged at the front, so its just possible its not gone yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-ZeroOne Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Well, scratch that. New photos have emerged. The An-225 is gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalvasflam Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 And in non Ukraine related aviation news: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/03/03/navy-recovers-sunken-f-35-jet-crashed-off-deck-of-carrier-south-china-sea.html/amp well, that was fast, must have been some interesting stuff aboard to get the plane recovered that fast from the S C Sea. Wonder how close the PLAN got to it. And also if there were any extracurricular activities as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electric indigo Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 14 hours ago, F-ZeroOne said: Well, scratch that. New photos have emerged. The An-225 is gone. Here's the link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 An RUAF Su-25 that appears to have had a brush with a MANPAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big s Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 One odd thing from this conflict is that there’s a lot of reference material for what battle damage looks like for model builders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pengbuzz Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 On 3/2/2022 at 11:22 AM, reddsun1 said: Urmagurd! I'd never heard of this before! It's a real life galldang Logan! I wonder if the casualty rate is the same as the Logan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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