>>4362134Post 5 if you create a thread.
>>4362144I'm a newfag thanks I'll remember this next time.
>>4362146you have had two days to rectify your error
>>4363330The Vulcan is so beautiful.
Nice pic for a background, V-22 on the pad
>>4363832The F-15 is such a beautiful aircraft.
my bae
>>4367158looks like a christmas tree
>>4374921 mmmmmmmm DCS...
>>4377352
>>4377353
>>4377353Ah, good ol NASA photo EC94-42531-3, taken in 1994. This shows SR-71 BuNo 61-7971 on the runway at Dryden. After NASA use, this SR-71A was the first SR-71 reactivated for the USAF in 1995. That SR-71 is now on display at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon.picrel, it's the exact same plane in its current home.
One of the coolest images in my aviation folder.
>>4381788Le Chevalier Du Ciel > Top Gun. Fight me.
>>4379336OK. Now name them all.
>>4381965tomcat>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>mirage
>>4382454Sure, hard to beat the 'cat (except maybe the Draken). But the F-14s did fuck-all in Top Gun beyond flying in a straight line and snapping some photos of an F-5. Even The Final Countdown gave them more play! The Mirages at least actually got to strut their stuff.
>>4381984
>>4382718
>>4382454>>4382718I don't know what kind of world you live in, but in friendly confrontations, the Mirage 2000 has proven to be superior to many aircraft, including the F-14 Tomcat.Especially when you know that in combat, Tomcats have been shot down in dogfight by old Mirage F1...That's why dozens of Mirage F1 have been bought by a private company in the USA, for the training of American pilots....Mirage 2000 is not as powerful as a Rafale, of course. But it is regularly updated like this one, and is still able to perform its missions with great ease.In addition to being reliable, and cheap to fly.
>>4383178the nickname of the Mirage F1 is Tomcat killer
>>4383178This is also why Greece wants to buy used Mirage 2000. (Saudi Arabia...)They are really efficient against the Turkish F-16.A heavy plane, not so maneuverable, even with the variable geometry, moderately powered, especially at the beginning. A plane from another time.
>>4383178The F-14 was not built to dogfight. The F-14 was built as a flying launch and tracking/command/telemetry platform for the AIM-54. An 'arsenal plane' basically. Besides, we're talking about visual appeal, not combat effectiveness. The F-14 being many years retired speaks to that point better than any 4chan neckbeard could.
>>4383178>ackshually it's the superior airplaneget fucked nerdnothing is cooler than f-14s
Bump
>>4385240why that paint?
>>4386158tacticool
>>4364079last of the muscle jets
ah, the Douglas F5D-1 Skylancer. Truly an underappreciated aircraft.
Are the cameramen flying or how do they take the pictures
>>4379336>>4382729Lol! Good job anon. Now I'll save it.
>>4392984Government bird drones.
>>4392984Someone in a higher up plane jumps out and falls past the lower plane as they take a picture of it.
>>4392984Birds with friggin' cameras mounted on their heads. What'd ya think?
>>4396777No you idiot, the birds guide the bombs!
>>4396802I thought they threw rocks with a string attached to guide bombs?
>>4400791>"Hey Ridley, you got any Beemans?"
Anyone got shots of the EE Lightning, IAI Kfir or Saab Viggen/Tunnan?Also looking for something like Wheelsage but for aircraft.
good 'ol F-101s
>>4407181
>>4407281
>>4407181>EE Lightning
Anyone have any good PLANAF J-15 and PLAAF J-20 images. Su-33’s as well. On a side note, I wish the F-15 STOL/MTD went into full production.
Who else /SwingWing/ F-14TornadoMiG-23F-111Su-24
>>4408493based
>>4408519
>>4362134got nothing to contribute OP, but i enjoyed this thread,Thanks!
>>4364101RAF Tornado painted for Saudi AF?
>>4408709Gotta love the Ol’ Double Ugly
>>4408493Don't forget the B-1
>>4377354Weeping Widow
>>4408519The F-111 is such an elegant aircraft
>>4386947Bruh I heard you like planes, so we put a plane on your plane
>>4408493
>>4383178The Mirage F1 and Tomcat where introduced within 1 year of eachother.Iraqis also lost over 30 Mirages, shot down by Tomcats while shooting down mostly F4 and F5s and a few Tomcats.
>>4382729Nicely done
>>4413496nice gripen picture
>>4369112>research plane that made the f22 and f35 avionics possible
>>4413496saw two of these swoop in over an airfield and up through the low cloudlayer a few weeks agoonly time ive seen a jet "upclose"was cool
>>4413900I wish airshows were a bigger thing
>>4414497I was there the day they died in bongistan
>>4414582>>4414592There used to be a pub in Woking (near to where they had the Hawker Hunter on a pole) that had a Buccaneer over the bar
>>4414555F
>>4362134
>>4416530You focus on the tanker and wait for the basket to find you.
>>4420736For two planes with so similar design, how comes the eurofighter is so disgusting while the rafale is pure sexyness?
>>4421002I've often wondered that myself.My headcanon is that some frog looked at kraut autism and was like "non non non sacre bleu la derniere pommes de terre merde" and invoked some chanel fashion powers to produce the sexier brother of the typhoon.
>>4421002rafale has some stealth characteristics build in, thats why it has those sleek curves, meanwhile EF was initially built as pure air superiority fighter, thats why it has relatively simple shapes engineered around extracting maximum performance
>>4383227reddit tier garbage. F-14 was precisely engineered to win a dogfight with Mig-21>being many years retiredyeah using single platform F-18/SuperF-18 makes sense...
>>4410256Man, that thing is ugly. The 35 isn't pretty either, but this one looks like they were trying to make a boat first.
>>4413307Phoenix from safe distance probably had a lot to do with that. Dogfighting doesn't really happen anymore, everything is long range.
>>4427193The Iraqis also probably weren't familiar with the idea of Fox 3 missiles so didn't defend properly. Watch Growling Sidewinder's BVR videos to see how different BVR is. Basically: if locked on, defend by trying to be perpendicular to the enemy radar while chaffing and going away from the threat to lower alt so the missile loses energy trying to follow these turns and loses you to the notch. Of course, the closer you are, the less time you have to defend.
>>4363683>>4408814best looking plane ever
>>4363625Hitler would be proudly looking from heaven.
>>4377343Wow!
>>4413279Imagine the smell.
>>4429172>Flonker
>>4363615The B-52 is a looker too.
>>4429480Fullback
>>4429172Platypus. On a side note, I'd buy a naked airframe and put American engines in it, Israeli avionics and pad the cockpit with shag carpet, a mini bar and, last but not least, felt dice in the center.
>>4429480lol>>4429648sounds comfy
>>4428630>Growling SidewinderThanks for the tip, anon. Been bingewatching his videos. They're fun. Made me reinstall DCS. Need to get myself a better flightstick though.
>>4431913>non-symmetrical loadoutPlease delete this.
>>4369112If they made the body flexible it could fly like a chinese dragon.
>>4434776No, that's mean. Maybe another one will balance it out again.
>>4429648and a british in-flight tea machine
>>4436876F-14 is still my all time favorite and it's not even because Top Gun, this thing is amazing.
>>4438045Excellent taste.
>>4438045The Tomcat is the only Teen series to fight in a proper war. Also, the first user of a proper microprocessor. Man I wish Iran and the West mend their relations...
>>4438045I never liked the Hornet, even before I knew it was the Tomcat's replacement. Now that I know it has taken the Super Tomcat from us, I like it even less.
guess the plane
guess the plane 2
>>4439562I wanna say MiG-21
>>4439562MIG 29
>>4367068why the long face
>>4439774>MiG-21njet, picrel>>4439801correct
>>4362221Why do the Irish have an Su-30?
>>4439499gripen>>4439915some flanker variant
>>44408241 second after posting I realised the pic says mig21, duh.
>>4440824>gripenno, but close
>weed all chicks from hr>111 hidden threadsand some say 4chan hates women
>>4439499Eurofighter
