Aircraft Appreciation thread #3 - Beautiful Aircraft!

[klr]

Not to everyone's taste, the F-111:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... F_F111.jpg[/imgc]

http://www.texstars.com/files/Image/Gal ... /F-111.jpg[/imgc]

[Feck]

[klr]

Bigger version:

http://www.sfondi-gratis.org/sfondi_gra ... cat_01.jpg[/imgc]

[Feck]

Bigger version:

http://www.sfondi-gratis.org/sfondi_gra ... cat_01.jpg[/imgc]

cool, thanks.

[klr]

Glad to oblige.

The Hawker Typhoon was a bit, y'know, functional, but the follow-on Tempest was much easier on the eye IMHO:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... t_Mk_V.jpg[/imgc]

http://members.upc.cz/novyd/letci/61Haw ... J743_2.jpg[/imgc]

[klr]

Handley Page Victor, long before it was converted to the tanker role:

http://www.raf.mod.uk/downloads/wallpap ... b11024.jpg[/imgc]

[Feck]

[klr]

The Vulcan already made an appearance on page 1, but the pic was smaller than that one. You can never have enough Vulcan pics:

http://www.cocatalyst.com/blog/wp-conte ... ulcan1.jpg[/imgc]

http://forum.valka.cz/files/avro_vulcan_b.2.jpg[/imgc]

[Thinking Aloud]

Variation on a theme from page 1...

Trigger Warning!!!1! :

Photo 42.jpg

(We've got two! )

[Mickey]

The Vulcan already made an appearance on page 1, but the pic was smaller than that one. You can never have enough Vulcan pics:

Seconded!

Or Red Arrows ..

[leo-rcc]

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who appreciates the Vulcan.

[Feck]

Have reached a consensus then ........and the award for sexy beast goes to Vulcan

[klr]

Damn straight.

Two more for the road:

http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk ... ay1988.jpg[/imgc]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... r_RAF.JPEG[/imgc]

EDIT: Can I recommend Vulcan 607 (Rowland White) as a cracking read about the first Black Buck raid by Ascension Island-based Vulcans during the Falklands war. This artwork depicts one of the many in-flight refuellings during the mission - in this case, one of the Victor tankers topping up another during a storm:

http://artaca.net/ronaldwong/40degreess ... ssouth.jpg[/imgc]

[CJ]

When I was a sales rep I used to visit a chap who had an ejector seat from a Vulcan as his office chair, obviously suitably upholstered. Hung in his wall was the first stage compressor from a scrapped Olympus engine, also from a Vulcan. He was a bit of a fanatic. I remember seeing the Vulcan many time at Bigging Hill (near where I lived) the noise was literally mind numbing!

[klr]

The Mitsubishi F-1, clearly owing something to the Jaguar, and the Phantom as well:

http://tbirds.hp.infoseek.co.jp/nyuta01_lg.JPG[/imgc]

http://www.flugzeuginfo.net/acimages/f1 ... elberg.jpg[/imgc]

http://www.atchat.jp/%7Ehalizoh/images/ ... shi_F1.jpg[/imgc]