pretty planes

[spacekowboy]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/An_F-A-18E_Super_Hornet_participates_in_an_air_power_demonstration_near_the_aircraft_carrier_USS_John_C._Stennis_%28CVN_74%29_as_the_ship_operates_in_the_Pacific_Ocean_on_April_24%2C_2013_130424-N-TC437-190.jpg/800px-thumbnail.jpg

I've got family flying one of these.

Nice!!

 

[ryan8558]

Do it, Sandy.

Do it now.

I'd do it for you.

http://i.imgur.com/7E9j7iS.jpg

 

[spacekowboy]

PBY Catalina

http://41.media.tumblr.com/6ea78dec2d67dbce394780abd40ae1ff/tumblr_mmydgwfdC91soo68zo1_1280.jpg

Is it a boat? Is it a plane?

It's both!

 

[Zeb_Carter]

P-38 Lightening

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/lockheed/us/100years/stories/p-38/_jcr_content/center_content/image.img.jpg/1418140188897.jpg

I love planes...of all kinds.

 

[ryan8558]

Spit Mk I

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/05/article-2125276-127764EB000005DC-257_634x362.jpg

 

[spacekowboy]

SBD Dauntless the plane that brought down the Japanese fleet at Midway.

http://40.media.tumblr.com/3894b17a7c89d9da59eb9f46dfeb2db9/tumblr_nuvsysUUkD1u7ngfoo1_1280.jpg

 

[spacekowboy]

TBF Avenger

http://www.vg-photo.com/airshow/2014/chino/tbm/EVG_7412.jpg

 

[ryan8558]

TBF Avenger

http://www.vg-photo.com/airshow/2014/chino/tbm/EVG_7412.jpg

My dad flew a few missions as a gunner on one of those.

 

[thør]

TBF Avenger

http://www.vg-photo.com/airshow/2014/chino/tbm/EVG_7412.jpg

Is that "Skin" in the pilot's seat?

 

[spacekowboy]

F-86 and the MIG-15

http://40.media.tumblr.com/dea9d4fa582624995e0957083f26d160/tumblr_mn2teiCL4L1r5bk8qo1_1280.jpg

 

[trysail]

I am told that trying to land one of these babies wasn't a whole lot of fun.



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The F-4U Corsair

http://40.media.tumblr.com/6fca5c5e6643717336dcf2ed8b95be38/tumblr_nnr8ntyg4X1qgggino1_1280.jpg

 

[spacekowboy]

Trying to land anything on a flat top isn't a while lot of fun. Even on flat land with the shape of that wing and the placement of the wheels I'm betting was tricky at best.

 

[Dreamer110]

Trying to land anything on a flat top isn't a while lot of fun. Even on flat land with the shape of that wing and the placement of the wheels I'm betting was tricky at best.

The Brits figured it out. Coming in straight with that long nose was hard. They came in on a gentle turn and flared out just before landing.

 

[Super-Surprise]

http://www.lowbird.com/data/images/2016/02/1453899824546.jpg

 

[ryan8558]

P51c Makes Belly Landing at Dallas Executive Airport

 

[spacekowboy]

P51c Makes Belly Landing at Dallas Executive Airport

That is a goddamn shame. At least the pilot made it out okay.

 

[imalickin]

P-40 Warhawk

http://www.174ahc.org/images/p40-48-.jpg

Flying under the Chinese flag.

 

[imalickin]

P-39 Aircobra

http://wallpaperstock.net/bell-p-39-airacobra-wallpapers_35409_1024x768.jpg

 

[imalickin]

Northrop XB-35

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--XyL-Htgl--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/18ca57wt6dd6ljpg.jpg

 

[spacekowboy]

Hughes H-4 Hercules

http://www.history.com/s3static/video-thumbnails/AETN-History_VMS/21/150/History_Hughes_on_Spruce_Goose_Speech_SF_still_624x352.jpg

 

[spacekowboy]

Hughes H-1 Racer

http://www.wattflyer.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3826&d=1131925364

I'll bet s she was a kick in the pants to fly.

 

[spacekowboy]

The world's first functional jet fighter the Messrschmitt ME 262 alongside the world's most famous fighter the P 51 Mustang.

http://41.media.tumblr.com/6ae5e6aa12f14cc19f4f9107365bd425/tumblr_mzvo1pwFIg1shi3h4o1_1280.jpg

 

[Super-Surprise]

http://www.lowbird.com/data/images/2016/02/1453963415605.jpg

 

[Snip2]

P-51d

And then there's this:

http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-news/84847183-story

If it's the same Jeffery Pino, he was the former CEO(?) of Sikorsky.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Hawker Hurricane

http://www.airmuseumsuk.org/airshow/2004/Rougham2004/800/images/316%20Hawker%20Hurricane%20XIIa%20Z5140%20G-HURI%20HAC.jpg