~ awesome aircraft thread ~

[StrandedonEarth]

[Camacha]

http://www.history.com/images/media/slideshow/inventions-transportation/howard-hughes-flying-boat.jpg

The Spruce Goose, by Howard Huges. Record holder largest wing span

[StrandedonEarth]

Got it in one. Of course, it is pretty distinctive.

[megatiger78]

I can't stand looking at this picture, it looks like the jet is hovering above the missile cart while still being on the ground. Arrghh!

paradox vs Penguinsmeep= paradox

[duncan1297]

The cessna 150, the airplane that I have done most of my training in (not shown in pic). Its capable of lazy 8s, an amazing climb rate of 700fpm and if you really need to, loops, and rolls

Bonus engine pic

Edited January 27, 2015 by duncan1297

[Uncle Mort]

Cracking engine picture!

Looks like maintenance would be a doddle.

[Denks]

The Sikorsky S-70 family. Each branch of the United State Military has a variant of it, and it is one of the most versatile rotorcraft I have ever seen. It can be adapted for nearly any environment. It has also been in service for more than 20 years. My favorite of the variants has to be the HH-60 Pave Hawk, used by the USAF for CSAR operations.

[Newt]

Long have I been considering making a model of this vehicle, as few of its depictions satisfy me. But I have no model so I present to you, the Albatross, of Robur the Conqueror. This is the first one, which was later replaced with a smaller variant capable of all sorts of nifty things.

[DunaRocketeer]

Paired down to the minimum, I love this aircraft

[Camacha]

The cessna 150, the airplane that I have done most of my training in (not shown in pic). Its capable of lazy 8s, an amazing climb rate of 700fpm and if you really need to, loops, and rolls

The famous flying brick!

[CelticCossack51]

J 20

It is China's advanced stealth fighter and it basically rivals the F-35.

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P61 Black Widow Night Fighter

http://www.strangemilitary.com/images/content/105224.jpg

Why? ...., bombs, guns. And fun fact, it was the first aircraft ever designed to use radar.

I actually saw that aircraft in a Chinese flight museum and it is NOT fake.

Edited January 31, 2015 by CelticCossack51
whoops someone already did the Goose!!!

[WestAir]

Is there a reason this thread isn't 17 pages of pictures of the 757-200?

[Sidereus]

The Consolidated PBY Catalina, I've fancied this plane since my father introduced it to me when I was a kid, and even bought me a plastic model. It's a flying boat, which is awesome, I love the distinct shape, the wings on the pylon, the so-ugly-it's-beautiful nose, the waist gunner blisters, folding floats and the ingenious (and huge) retractable gear. It has a very dieselpunk vibe, now that I think about it, and it wouldn't look too out of place in Crimson Skies, for example. And yet it was not some marginal concept, but a true workhorse of a flying boat.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/PBY-5A_VP-61_Aleutians_Mar_1943.jpg

Damn, you beat me to it. My grandfather was a gunner in one of those during WWII. He was part of a "black cat" squadron. They painted the plane flat back and ran night raids on Japanese shipping.

http://www.history.com/images/media/slideshow/inventions-transportation/howard-hughes-flying-boat.jpg

The Spruce Goose, by Howard Huges. Record holder largest wing span

And you guys beat me to the other one. Well, here are some pictures I took of it anyway:

And since I couldn't get the entire thing in frame, here are some aircraft that were parked under it:

North American F-100 Super Sabre

Lockheed P-38 Lightning

North American B-25J Mitchell

Republic F-105 Thunderchief

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II (my uncle flew one of these during the war in Vietnam).

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15

Grumman OV-1D Mohawk

And the massive tail.

[Darren9]

I'm a bit of a sucker for the stealth jets myself, this is KSP though, it seems wrong not to have the Noviplano feature.

[Arugela]

I like the weird more creative over sized older aircraft. There was so much more adventure back then!

That sounds like I'm trying to say I'm in to older large women from yesteryear. I guess that is an analogy for being into old large planes so... The older, more wooden, and spindly the better!! 8D

[CelticCossack51]

I also like the Black Widow. I took a picture of the one in China. I am sorry if the picture is blurry, my camera is terrible at taking museum photos.

I also saw the wreckage of a U2 spy plane in China.

[sal_vager]

Great thread Segaprophet, it stands to reason that people interested in space flight would also be interested in aircraft, so I've stickied this for Feb

[Newt]

Hypothetical Mars Airplane Mission

[Redjoker]

I have always liked the Icon A5

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Edited February 2, 2015 by Redjoker

[Kinglet]

I have always liked the Icon A5

http://imgur.com/a/09UQi

I love this plane so much. It has upper wings, is cute, is a flying boat, can be carried on a trailer AND has the cockpit of a Toyota! What else could you possibly want?

[Kar]

Someone already beat me with my favorite civilian airplane, the Concorde, but with so many cool aircrafts here, I cannot believe no one remembered this beauty of engineering, style and badass looks!

The

Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk

[CelticCossack51]

I think someone beat me to it, but my favourite civilian aircraft is the An-225 with it's original Soviet paint.

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My favourite helicopter is the WZ-10. Just to note you may think it is copying the Hind, but I compared the two and they are completely different.

Also I don't think anybody did the B2 Spirit as it is my favourite American bomber. I have a Russian bomber in mind, but I want to give other people a chance.

Edited July 7, 2015 by KasperVld

[segaprophet]

Great thread Segaprophet, it stands to reason that people interested in space flight would also be interested in aircraft, so I've stickied this for Feb

Sweet!

Here's another classic heli, the Sikorsky H-34 -

Of course, you might remember the S-58T variant "Screaming Mimi" from the TV show Riptide!

I even had the toy as a kid -

Man, the 80s were so radicool.

[kookoo_gr]

C-130 Hercules

C-27J Spartan

DC3 Dakota

B-29 Super Fortress

North American B-25 Mitchell

CL-215 Canadair

PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader

Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane

Edited February 4, 2015 by kookoo_gr

[Red Iron Crown]

The AH-1Z:

Based on the original AH-1, the first helicopter designed from the ground up for the attack role to enter service. Updated with modern weaponry and electronics, it is one of the more formidable weapons in the USMC arsenal.