Heavy Metal

[67newport]

Bow of a Soviet Nuclear Icebreaker, 1970s

 

[67newport]

 

[67newport]

 

[67newport]

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38400) nicknamed "Alice Blue Gown" of the 490th Bomb Group.

 

[67newport]

 

[67newport]

4014 with the same scrawl, put on by the crew that rebuilt it before it got unveiled. 6000+hp, 80 mph 132ft long. largest steam locomotive ever built

union pacific grabbed 4014 out of pomona california and restored it. now it hauls excursions and the occasional freight. It is rumored to be coming back to schenectady at some point.

 

[3175375]

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38400) nicknamed "Alice Blue Gown" of the 490th Bomb Group.
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Nice
Maybe I should start a thread titled ‘Nose Art’...

 

[amazinblue82]

"angel wing" anti-missle countermeasures. not sure which aircraft tho.

 

[amazinblue82]

C-17 I believe (wing and horizontal stabilizer angle).

 

[3175375]

"angel wing" anti-missle countermeasures. not sure which aircraft tho.

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Those are flares.

additionally, aircraft equipped with a dispenser can eject chaff (although not as exciting to the eyes) - metallic short thread-like elements to create a cloud to reduce the ability of being able to track the aircraft by radar.

 

[amazinblue82]

apparently helicopters too

 

[Slap Stick]

Edited to correct.
Yes, the turbofan craft is a C-17. I watched one in the pattern for a while one day before they were turned over to the AF.
The first bird with the flares is a turboprop but I cant remember which.

 

[amazinblue82]

a400m on Tumblr. alleged at link to be A400M.

 

[Slap Stick]

Dang, ya beat me to it!
Good work!

 

[65sporty]

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I have seen some of the recovered wreckage from the Fitzgerald at the museum. Not a lot left.

 

[65sporty]

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Any background on this pic? I can't imagine it landed on the Freeway

 

[67newport]

Any background on this pic? I can't imagine it landed on the Freeway

This SR-71A is being moved to the Museum of Aviation on Robins AFB (GA) in February 1990. This is the 9th SR-71 build, with serial 61-7958. Its first flight was on December 15, 1965 and its last flight on February 23, 1990.

 

[3175375]

Any background on this pic? I can't imagine it landed on the Freeway

Here:



It apparently is @ Warner Robins AFB.

Reply:

This is the SR-71 on its way to the Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB,Warner Robins, GA in the year 1990

 

[amazinblue82]

Do they "move" when they shoot? short answer: "No" and there's some propeller head math there.

Do Battleships move sideways when they fire? - NavWeaps

 

[67newport]

USS Cowpens