The Airplane Thread

vreihen16 · 12-31-2024, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Lady Jane

Now for something different: The Lippisch P-Planes.

A coal-powered airplane?!?!?!?!?

Llarry · 01-02-2025, 06:30 AM

If it's Thursday, we gotta have a Tomcat!

Here's the squadron commander's aircraft from VF-84 painted up in classic Jolly Rogers livery.

Lady Jane · 01-02-2025, 09:54 AM

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Llarry · Yesterday, 07:33 AM

I don't intend to post an F-4 Phantom photo every Phriday, but this one is too good to pass up. An F-4J of VF-161 "Chargers" based on USS Midway in 1980 and homeported in Japan.

The Midway and sister carrier Coral Sea were considered too small to have F-14 Tomcats, so kept F-4s longer than the larger ships. In the 1980s, their F-4s were finally retired and they got F-18s for a few years until their retirement.

Great paint job on this one! The good old days.

AmuroRay · Yesterday, 09:49 AM

P51 Mustang

ezaircon4jc · Yesterday, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Llarry

I don't intend to post an F-4 Phantom photo every Phriday, but this one is too good to pass up. An F-4J of VF-161 "Chargers" based on USS Midway in 1980 and homeported in Japan.

The Midway and sister carrier Coral Sea were considered too small to have F-14 Tomcats, so kept F-4s longer than the larger ships. In the 1980s, their F-4s were finally retired and they got F-18s for a few years until their retirement.

Great paint job on this one! The good old days.

I spent a little over a week TDYed on the Midway back in '79. I had to run some intercepts to keep my AIC qual up, so I was sent there.

V1_ROT8 · Yesterday, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by AmuroRay

P51 Mustang

There was a P51 based at the airport I did most of my flight training and instructed at. Such a beautiful airplane. And that Merlin V-12 made an awesome sound!

ezaircon4jc · Yesterday, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by V1_ROT8

There was a P51 based at the airport I did most of my flight training and instructed at. Such a beautiful airplane. And that Merlin V-12 made an awesome sound!

Told the story a while ago somewhere here about a Mustang that did a low approach at SLC when I was working the tower. I thought my career was over, though it was quite impressive!

Lady Jane · Today, 07:45 AM

The best synopsis to date. Hoover worked for a major airline and flew F-15 Stike Eagles for 20 years.

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