Wow, would that thing actually fly? I did a little research on it, I saw where it's potential capabilites were being discussed but didn't see where it was successfully proven. Looks like they built some proto-types but................................................
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It's the Soldier, not the reporter Who has given us the freedom of the press. It's the Soldier, not the poet, Who has given us the freedom of speech. It's the Soldier, not the politicians That ensures our right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. It's the Soldier who salutes the flag, Who serves beneath the flag, And whose coffin is draped by the flag.
What other plane could go mach 2, simultaneously target up to 26 aircraft, simultaneously fire at 6 aircraft at 100 miles away, and still keep tracking other targets? None!
Aren't you forgetting the F-15 Strike Eagles in the Israeli Airforce? Same capability so I'm told.
Arn
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topcat Member
Posts: 5486 From: Charleston SC Registered: Dec 2001
Originally posted by blackrams: Wow, would that thing actually fly? I did a little research on it, I saw where it's potential capabilites were being discussed but didn't see where it was successfully proven. Looks like they built some proto-types but................................................
It does work and it does fly. BUT it is only intended to fly in ground effect. Watch the videos on the first page. It can carry more weight by staying in ground effect the whole time. From what I understand the program was going well when the Soviet Union failed.
Ahh, the Texas Raiders B-17! I have been on aircraft before. The nose art for that plane is tattooed on my left arm! I like pin-up art and she was a cowgirl with a Texas flag, how could I resist?
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blackrams Member
Posts: 32294 From: Covington, TN, USA Registered: Feb 2003
Originally posted by The_Stickman2: It does work and it does fly. BUT it is only intended to fly in ground effect. Watch the videos on the first page. It can carry more weight by staying in ground effect the whole time. From what I understand the program was going well when the Soviet Union failed.
Interesting, thanks.
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It's the Soldier, not the reporter Who has given us the freedom of the press. It's the Soldier, not the poet, Who has given us the freedom of speech. It's the Soldier, not the politicians That ensures our right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. It's the Soldier who salutes the flag, Who serves beneath the flag, And whose coffin is draped by the flag.
The Horton was made of two sheets of plywood with charcoal sandwiched between the sheets. This made it nearly invisible to radar detection of that era.
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Originally posted by randye: One of my first jobs as a young engineer with Pratt & Whitney many years ago was to recreate tooling to manufacture spares for the J58 engine that was scrapped during the SALT II agreement. I have good memories of the SR-71.
Second best job was working on the nozzle / augmentor engineering project on the YF-119 which became the engine for the F-22 Raptor.
Sometimes miss my old aerospace engineering days.
I worked at Pratt & Whitney for 8 years in the Turbine Dept. I was in Drafting. Worked on the YF-119 / F-22 engine quite a bit along with the JSF engine. Did lots of different TOBI & BOAS models.
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Posts: 63 From: Signal Hill, CA, US Registered: Jun 2005
P-51 favorite warbird F-104 favorite Century Series fighter - how could you not like the Flying Prostitute? Blackbird - just too cool / ridiculously advanced for when it was designed - I have a cooler pic of the one in the museum, but don't know how to post it (lame, I know) A-10 - gotta love something with a gun that big, plus does Great close-in airshow routine F-16 modern fighter C-152 airplane I actually Flew (better than a 150 at least) DC-9 serires favorite airliner 500 favorite helicopter (even flew in a Magnum PI painted one on Kauai) V-22 in general - this aircraft will eventually change the world, the way the helicopter did in the 50s & 60s and C-17 - pays my mortgage also does some impressive stuff for a Big plane
general stuff: HK-1, yeah even I would've forgotten that was the Flying Boat's official designation, and I used to work in a bldg next to where it was built in Culver City Tilt rotor , tilt wing, & lift fan jet survived 50s & 60s research as only "viable" VTOL concepts. Tilt wing suffers from pitch issues during conversion, so tilt rotor remains, unless you want to pump fuel thru a big hose to hover a Harrier Research: yes, Germans before & during WWII came up with many advanced concepts, we built off their research for years. Yes, VERY much work done during the 50s & 60s, and then it tapered off. Partly because it got more expensive to make airplanes, so less X planes got built. Partly because it wasn't as much of a priority to do research, so the money dried up. And also because there was so much consolidation in the industry, a lot of concepts died / a lot of good airplanes never got built. Like a guy once told me back in the early 80's: airplanes are going out of style. of course, he was close to 70, drove a Challenger convertible, and also told me Blondes and Convertibles were going out of style too...
Ed BAE Georgia Tech 1984 Boeing Vertol, Hughes Helicopters, McDonnell Douglas Helicopters, Douglas Aircraft, and now Boeing - the only one that still exists
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CaliforniaSpeeder9 Member
Posts: 1523 From: San Jose, California Registered: Feb 2005
Aren't you forgetting the F-15 Strike Eagles in the Israeli Airforce? Same capability so I'm told.
Arn
Almost... they can't land on ships like the Tomcat, nor can they carry the 100 mile range Phoenix missle.
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Originally posted by Jarhead 2m4:
BTW: the engines on the P3's are mounted upside-down!
Yeah, but this puts the intake up higher and helps keep sand out during desert ops and sea spray out during low altitude ASW flights.
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Originally posted by htexans1:
My ex-wife was in VP(s) 10, 46 and 9 when she (was) on active duty. She used to claim the superiority of the P-3 on its missions.
It's the most versatile aircraft ever made. It can literally find anything, anywhere, anytime. Next on the list is Jimmy Hoffa, then Atlantis after that.
------------------ Petty Officer Michael C Casaceli Aircraft Electronics Technician Second Class AIMD Brunswick (2007-present) Patrol Squadron Ten (2003-2007) United States Navy
aka kaspian seemonster
so sad they are grounded right now 
