While we were sleeping last night...
Sends shivers down the back! AVRO's 3 sisters. CRANK the volume!!
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While we were sleeping last night...
Sends shivers down the back! AVRO's 3 sisters. CRANK the volume!!
TOP QUOTE: “The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.”
Una Storia Italiana
fuck yes...Originally Posted by swoop
cheers DD
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Nice to see that VeRA has almost made it home to Canada. A long Atlantic flight.
Now, for some spectacular low level formation work...
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29352781
TOP QUOTE: “The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.”
Anorak
Easy to forget how huge the Vulcan is
I watched the doco on the Falkland's raid with the Vulcan the other day.... it was an eye opener.
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If you ever get to stand underneath one... It gets quite dark! A massive wing.
The Black Buck raids on Stanley were a complete waste of resources. A very nice chance to show off by the light-blue brigade though.
TOP QUOTE: “The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.”
Anorak
I don't agree it shut the airport, moved the air support to the mainland, but realistically could have been done with the SAS far cheaper, agreed. but tankers fueling tankers fueling tankers fueling tankers fueling strike craft, all done on the magic of a calculator.
it gave them headlines and I guess served a political purpose.
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Forum whore
Most advanced thing on the plane was a casio calculator. Great doco.
Manopausal.
Hardcore Biker
[QUOTE=husaberg;1130775235]Easy to forget how huge the Vulcan is
I watched the doco on the Falkland's raid with the Vulcan the other day.... it was an eye opener.
Enjoyed watching that. Cheers
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2 x SHAR with 3x 0.5k ea. Job done.
Dark blu: 1.
Light blue: 0. (PR machine works overtime & = Light blue :~8).
TOP QUOTE: “The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.”
Hardcore Biker
[QUOTE=BuzzardNZ;1130775311]Enjoyed watching that. Cheers
Anorak
worst thing is the militants would just make do with the one civilian tanker (read airliner)
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken
Una Storia Italiana
some good shit there... cheers, look up the book "Avro 407"
cheers DD
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From low level, to "all sorts of levels"! The A-10 Stormchaser.
Looking at some of the battle damage inflicted during the gulf wars, a good solid choice!
The U.S. Air Force is providing the NSF (National Science Foundation) with a working A-10 ground attack aircraft for conversion to a storm (tornado or hurricane) chaser. The A-10 will have all its weapons and military electronics removed. The NSF is providing $13 million to install electronics (in place of the fire control system) that will enable the A-10 to monitor weather conditions in the immediate vicinity more accurately and also launch small sensors into a storm. The aircraft will be ready later in 2014, in time for late season hurricanes.
The basic A-10 is a 1960s design that has been upgraded a lot since it first appeared in the 1970s. The A-10 is a 23 ton, twin engine, single seat aircraft whose primary weapon is a multi-barrel 30mm cannon originally designed to fire armoured piercing shells at Russian tanks. In addition, the A-10 can carry seven tons of bombs and missiles. Cruising speed is 560 kilometres an hour and the A-10 can slow down to about 230 kilometres an hour. In Afghanistan two drop tanks are usually carried, to give the aircraft more fuel and maximum time over the battlefield. The storm chaser version will still have the hard points on the wings so it can carry more wing tanks in addition to the small bomb-like sensor devices (that broadcast what they detect) that are dropped into storms. Removing the 30mm cannon leaves space for cameras, special radars and whatever.
The A-10 was built to withstand a lot of ground fire and be a stable gun platform when flying close to the ground (where the weather can be rather bumpier for aircraft.) Storms tend to generate high winds and hail and close to the ground the winds can send a lot of small objects moving around at high speed. The A-10 can handle this sort of thing and carry enough fuel to stay in the air for six hours or more.
TOP QUOTE: “The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.”
Forum whore
That sounds very feasible. Hands up who wants to fly it.
The 3 sisters. Was speaking to me Mam in August & she told me about her pub lunch. Right in the middle of her lasagne & salad a Lancaster just about knocked the chimneys of the pub. Place went wild.
The pilots must really maximise their air time over a large area. Awesome.
Manopausal.
Anorak
I just clicked no Shakleton...........
They must have a few of them left, it wasn't that long ago they went out of service was it?
Will have to google. 1951-1990
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