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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #3 - Beautiful Aircraft!

Post by klr » Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:53 pm

The Mitsubishi F-2, which definitely was derived from the F-16, although it is effectively a different aircraft:
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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #3 - Beautiful Aircraft!

Post by klr » Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:59 pm

Launch platform for the Exocet missile during the Falklands War, but a beautiful aircraft nonetheless - the Dassault-Breguet Super-Etendard:
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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #3 - Beautiful Aircraft!

Post by Mickey » Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:53 pm

Vulcans and Super Etendards reminded me of this - amazed to find it on the interweb after all these years!

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What have Spock's mother and Port Stanley runway got in common?
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Both been fucked by Vulcans!
I was at Cranfield when this was taken (Vulcan's "last" display in 1992). Fantastic display.

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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #3 - Beautiful Aircraft!

Post by klr » Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:54 pm

Mickey wrote:Vulcans and Super Etendards reminded me of this - amazed to find it on the interweb after all these years!

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:hilarious:
Mickey wrote: What have Spock's mother and Port Stanley runway got in common?
Trigger Warning!!!1! :
Both been fucked by Vulcans!
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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #3 - Beautiful Aircraft!

Post by klr » Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:01 pm

Looks like someone robbed another one of our ideas:

http://richarddawkins.net/forum/viewtop ... 9#p1909659 (login required)

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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #3 - Beautiful Aircraft!

Post by Geoff » Thu May 07, 2009 10:02 am

Some of these might have made an appearance already, but WTF.


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and some retro Arrows:

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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #3 - Beautiful Aircraft!

Post by klr » Thu May 07, 2009 10:58 am

Geoff wrote:Some of these might have made an appearance already, but WTF.

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I don't think the F-4 has featured before. I have a love hate/relationship with it myself. One of the very first kits I build was of the F-4, and I bought a couple of F-4 kits last week - the first kits I'd bought in months.
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The second generation Harriers (as above) are markedly different to the first generation:

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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #3 - Beautiful Aircraft!

Post by Pensioner » Mon May 25, 2009 7:27 pm

I like aircraft with windmills on the front.

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My radio control model BT 13a.

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Tiger moth model.

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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #3 - Beautiful Aircraft!

Post by leo-rcc » Mon May 25, 2009 8:39 pm

Pensioner wrote:I like aircraft with windmills on the front.
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My radio control model BT 13a.

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Tiger moth model.
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Nice. I used to have a Piper cub model and a P51D model but I lost both in crashes. I still have a few depron planes but I fly RC helicopters now.
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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #3 - Beautiful Aircraft!

Post by Geoff » Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:20 pm

Have we had this little beauty yet?
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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #3 - Beautiful Aircraft!

Post by AshtonBlack » Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:22 pm

Geoff wrote:Have we had this little beauty yet?
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Aurora? Unmanned Full Size Strategic bomber?
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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #3 - Beautiful Aircraft!

Post by AshtonBlack » Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:24 pm

Iconic for most. Angelic for some.

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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #3 - Beautiful Aircraft!

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:26 pm

AshtonBlack wrote:Iconic for most. Angelic for some.
Very fucking beautiful.
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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #3 - Beautiful Aircraft!

Post by AshtonBlack » Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:28 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
AshtonBlack wrote:Iconic for most. Angelic for some.
Very fucking beautiful.
I have a similar feeling for this aircraft:
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