David Hingtgen Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 6 hours ago, Thom said: Even have the crew's helmets! That's how you know it's the two-seater! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electric indigo Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Aviators must have reeeeeeally sharp eyes to notice these details while in a dogfight... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh9000 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Such an odd and beautiful design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electric indigo Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 So the new Chinese heavy attack chopper is an Apache. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-ZeroOne Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 When a Black Hawk loves an Apache very much... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyla Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 No, totally different. The tail rotor is on the wrong side. Nothing to see here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 Never been this close to a -22, never seen one on static display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalvasflam Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 (edited) Very nice, where was this? Langley? FF tailsign would indicate that, but suspect FF tailsign fly all over the place. Interesting, the canopy is transparent, the last time I saw -22 was in Honolulu, it had a gold cockpit. Edited May 19 by kalvasflam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronocidal Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Still looks gold to me from the side, might just be dependent on the lighting and atmosphere around. I forget if we saw one on display out here or not, but I know I've seen one or two at Edwards before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 This was at the Duluth show. It was parked just so, that you could see individual skin panels "turn silver" as the sun slowly moved. Doubly rare that it was a front-line squadron's plane on display, not an OT/Test-Eval etc one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 'Marge' has been found! About three weeks passed, but searchers found the P-38 of Richard Bong, named Marge, that was lost for 80 years. It was identified by its serial number, and sadly the image of Marge herself is long gone. But what a find! https://www.flyingmag.com/news/u-s-wwii-ace-richard-bongs-p-38-believed-found/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big s Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Richard Bong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKT Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Don't really know where to put this, as we don't have a diecast aircraft thread. But I'm pretty excited that a 1/72 diecast YF-23 is finally getting made. Always wanted one as a companion piece ever since picking up a Yammie YF-21 years ago. https://x.com/specialdiecast1/status/1808441574063259861 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kajnrig Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 I remember hearing in a random video or magazine article or something that in response to a late ATF requirement, McDonnell drafted up designs for a thrust vectoring YF-23. Anyone know if this is the case and/or if it ever made it to any form of visual representation? Getting a model or a Ace Combat mod based on even prototype artwork would be cool to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight26 Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 1 hour ago, kajnrig said: I remember hearing in a random video or magazine article or something that in response to a late ATF requirement, McDonnell drafted up designs for a thrust vectoring YF-23. Anyone know if this is the case and/or if it ever made it to any form of visual representation? Getting a model or a Ace Combat mod based on even prototype artwork would be cool to see. In short, sort of. The original ATF requirement called for thrust reversers and that was pulled late on, so the YF-22 never had them, but the first YF-23 did. The second one did not, and because of the lost weight could outrun pretty much everything else. A thrust vectoring F-23A and NATF were drawn up and proposed during and after the competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kajnrig Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Oh wow, that is a funky-looking design, not at all what I expected. I thought it would basically just make the bottom exhaust look like the top so you'd have this like three-pronged tail end sticking out the back with the exhaust nozzles seeming to be set into the airframe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Hunter D Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 8 hours ago, MKT said: Don't really know where to put this, as we don't have a diecast aircraft thread. But I'm pretty excited that a 1/72 diecast YF-23 is finally getting made. Always wanted one as a companion piece ever since picking up a Yammie YF-21 years ago. https://x.com/specialdiecast1/status/1808441574063259861 We have one, it's just slow. Definitely getting that YF-23. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight26 Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 58 minutes ago, kajnrig said: Oh wow, that is a funky-looking design, not at all what I expected. I thought it would basically just make the bottom exhaust look like the top so you'd have this like three-pronged tail end sticking out the back with the exhaust nozzles seeming to be set into the airframe. So the one of the left is the Production F-23A concept. It would not have had thrust vectoring, focusing more on stealth and speed (YF-23-2 was so slick and fast nothing could catch it, not even the chase F-15). A thrust vectoring F-23B(?) was discussed at NG but never made it far because they lost the ATF Competition. The NATF concept is on the right, and had a couple of iterations, that is the first one, with canards (super sexy) and thrust vectoring. The later iterations ditched the canards but were externally pretty similar. Thrust Vectoring was never a requirement for the ATF Competition. But, LM put a lot of research and development into it so incorporated that into the (Y)F-22 because they wanted to give it more agility. ANd it added an extra wow factor at the competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uxi Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 I've wanted a 1/72 EMD F-23A forever. Die cast, kit, whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raikkonen Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 On 7/10/2024 at 10:32 AM, MKT said: Don't really know where to put this, as we don't have a diecast aircraft thread. But I'm pretty excited that a 1/72 diecast YF-23 is finally getting made. Always wanted one as a companion piece ever since picking up a Yammie YF-21 years ago. https://x.com/specialdiecast1/status/1808441574063259861 I've always been tempted by Hobby Masters, but when holding the final product, I don't feel the $100.00 plus pirce-tag, and the quality of the pilots and missiles most times is borderline bootleg looking. But this, in diecast, is hard to pass up on. It will be great if they go the extra mile by adding the missile bays... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electric indigo Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 brrrt summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big s Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 (edited) 5 hours ago, electric indigo said: brrrt summer This summer’s got me burnt out, I’m ready for Ernie wintergonna watch some Airwolf by the air conditioner Edited July 24 by Big s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electric indigo Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 Embraer E195-E2 E190-E2 E175-E2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKT Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Just came across this awesome pic. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8dpednr7m7o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-ZeroOne Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 I honestly thought that was a Jaguar at first and my first thought was "But who is still flying those?!"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted September 11 Author Share Posted September 11 Finally a Phoenix fleet-defense successor: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electric indigo Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Are the pylons pointing outwards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight26 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 2 hours ago, electric indigo said: Are the pylons pointing outwards? Yes, always have, it is just more obvious with larger weapons. With those on it handles like a pig however, figure they are just shy of 2000lbs each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain america Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 15 hours ago, David Hingtgen said: Finally a Phoenix fleet-defense successor: Nice publicity pic, but in reality, I doubt you'll ever see the Superhornet carrying more than two of these at a time in anything other than full-on war. It might be able to take-off with that loading, but it sure can't land with it, especially on a carrier at sea with a pitching deck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-ZeroOne Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 The Tomcat couldn't do that if I recall, at least not the early ones with six Phoenix(es?) due to carrier weight landing limits. I know the missiles are getting all the attention, but thats not a Hornet colour scheme one sees often is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight26 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 28 minutes ago, F-ZeroOne said: The Tomcat couldn't do that if I recall, at least not the early ones with six Phoenix(es?) due to carrier weight landing limits. I know the missiles are getting all the attention, but thats not a Hornet colour scheme one sees often is it? That's Vandy-1, it is a bird that flies pretty exclusively out of CHina Lake for flight test purposes. The coolest flight test bird flying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-ZeroOne Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Thanks, for a moment there I thought someone had found an old stash of paint they used for P-61s lying around... 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvmacross Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 "Loyal Wingmen"....sounds familiar.... https://www.slashgear.com/1680874/ai-piloted-f16-against-human-dogfight/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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