Silly aviation pictures.

[facthunter]

It's shopped anyhow. The speed difference is too much by far. The Cessna can't reach the speed the tanker lands at and if the wake turbulence touched it the little one would be tossed to destruction. Nev

[red750]

That's why it's in the silly pictures thread and not the gallery.

[facthunter]

Well I've pointed out that it's silly, too. Nev

[Old Koreelah]

There was a pic of three generations of British fighters; each had a major AoA difference as the jet struggled to not fall out of the sky.

[pylon500]

I had a photo somewhere of an F18 formating with a Sopwith Pup replica at Schofields way back when...

Ah, found a linked version...

[Old Koreelah]

Both of them working flat out at opposite edges of their respective flight envelopes!

[pylon500]

And yet both on the verge of getting flutter😱

(The fins of F-18's are known to flutter at high alfa flight)

[Flightrite]

There’s no difference between the two in some ways, both were designed to kill!

[red750]

The prop stopped midflight, so they had to be towed home.

 

[red750]

I posted this on the other forum, but for those who don't access it, this is aviation related so here it is as well.

 

[Flightrite]

It’s actually called the ‘box office’ when two shielers are at the controls, scary stuff😂😂😉

[red750]

Anyone got a de-clutter button?  Cockpit of an An-12, military version of the An-10.

 

[facthunter]

That's fairly normal for an analogue cockpit with all the engine and fuel etc jiggers, Nev

[pylon500]

Just think, there's a world full of aeroplanes flying around the outside of that mess.

[old man emu]

Wot! No cup holders !!!!

 

I like the double redundant fans to keep the pilot cool if the big fans stop spinning.

[pylon500]

Got this in my Barnstormers feed, couldn't resist the edit...

 

[Flightrite]

A real man’s cockpit there, they don't make ‘em like that anymore, pilots included👍

[facthunter]

Can't see any throttles. Must be overhead, 4 engines the centre panel is mostly relating to them. Pressurised cabin only and  carries a flight engineer. Panel lighting probably controlled by about 8 rheostats. Nev

[Old Koreelah]

Looks like the designers were faced with an oversupply of analogue instruments. Like the Bristol Two Litre, a sleek aluminium car produced after the war; it had a plethora of gauges right across the whole dash.

[facthunter]

I doubt there's much there that isn't necessary. Lots of wheels/brakes antiskid 8 fuel tanks and valves and pumps multiple hydraulic and emergency say air propsynch and torquemeters. Turbine temp, electrical systems Pressurusatin and air conditioning  emergency flap ext,etc etc. Nev

[red750]

[facthunter]

Or LAMBert. the sheepish lion.  Nev

[pmccarthy]

I think it was Kimba.

[facthunter]

The cloud simulates the lion, hence SIMba,  Nev

[Blueadventures]