The Aerosexual Thread

[Bulldog Wrestler]

RCAF CH-146 Griffon

 

[Bulldog Wrestler]

P-39

 

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P-39

 

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Douglas VC-54C

 

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X-15

 

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Vickers Viscount

 

[Punchbowl Dog]

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X-15

taking off/landing on salt flats?

 

[DinkumDog]

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Dassault Mirage IV

I thought of ‘Flying High’ when Striker is familiarising himself with the panel: ‘Wash, Soap, Rinse, Spin’ .

 

[DinkumDog]

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VFW Fokker 614

I hate it when they do maintenance and put the wings back on upside down .

 

[DinkumDog]

Funny looking fokker

Spoken like an Irishman .

 

[Chris Harding]

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That scheme takes me back. You'd think it was a 707 at first glance.

 

[Chris Harding]

I hate it when they do maintenance and put the wings back on upside down .

But you get a great view out every window, and you can see that the wheels are down when you begin a landing.

Flew on one of these out to Longreach. Good planes for short flights. Leg room is a bit tight.

 

[DinkumDog]

But you get a great view out every window, and you can see that the wheels are down when you begin a landing.

Flew on one of these out to Longreach. Good planes for short flights. Leg room is a bit tight.

Low wing profile, the B727 was the same, hence both have high mounted engines. The weird thing about this one is view blocking and noise right in the centre of the cabin, I’m not surprised it wasn’t a better seller.

 

[DinkumDog]

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I regularly flew Sydney to Melbourne in Ansett 727’s, under an hour wheels up to wheels down was not unusual. They cruised at up to 960 kph and got to “cruising altitude” very fast. Being regulars we always had seats up the front, but I still remember once a meeting was late finishing and we had to catch a later flight. Sitting down the back was not pleasant, it was hellishly noisy.

Always a Bulldog

MD (mainly) persisted with high mounted engine designs. The MD-80 family I flew on several times (US Domestic) and of course the MD-95 became the B717, so in Australia what was Impulse (folded into QantasLink, both brands sponsoring the Knights at one stage). Very noisy in the back third of the cabin. I’m not surprised we don’t see many high mounted engine designs today - even with quieter engine tech - they’re just too noisy. Maybe future all electric aircraft will change that in the short haul market.

 

[Bulldog Wrestler]

TWA Lockheed L-749A Constellation N6006C

 

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Lockheed L-188A Electra

 

[south of heaven]

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Lockheed L-188A Electra

Love the electras apparently the were not a very good plane but i like the look of em

 

[Bulldog Wrestler]

American Airlines BAC-111s, New York - 1970