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I think I took a dump there on a tech stop one time. It was closer to 2am hosed-Up-Newfie time, so I wouldn't be in this picture.
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Rarely seen babby albino F-14 leaving the nest:
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Neat pictures in here: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/34084/the-mysterious-case-of-the-air-forces-new-strangely-modified-737 
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A Lakenheath F-15 was lost today. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-53051055
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Humphreys posted:Rarely seen babby albino F-14 leaving the nest: Is there a story behind this? Like did somebody in the USS Nimitz discover a false ceiling with a 1970s new F-14A stashed up there?
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Nebakenezzer posted:Is there a story behind this? Like did somebody in the USS Nimitz discover a false ceiling with a 1970s new F-14A stashed up there? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/...ion_(CV_64).jpg
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Mao Zedong Thot posted:Neat pictures in here: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/34084/the-mysterious-case-of-the-air-forces-new-strangely-modified-737 AC-737
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I'm fascinated by the antenna it's trailing off the tip of the vertical stabilizer.
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Safety Dance posted:I'm fascinated by the antenna it's trailing off the tip of the vertical stabilizer. Those cones are usually used to measure static pressure free of interference from the airflow around the fuselage. https://www.aeronewstv.com/en/lifestyle/how-it-works/1218-this-strange-shuttlecock-hanging-off-the-tail.html That'd point to some sort of flight testing for the plane itself, though I have no idea why duck taping some wires around would need that level of flight test program so something fancier is probably going on.
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That's neat! Here I thought it might be a VLF antenna for communicating with submarines.
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Really quick glance at the forward baggage area makes it look like it might have some kind of long range tanks installed too.
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Safety Dance posted:That's neat! Here I thought it might be a VLF antenna for communicating with submarines. those antennas are like 5 miles long. though idk if they actually wind the whole thing out; maybe there's some spare wire in there in case it breaks off
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Here's what it looks like from the inside: You can see the reel for the cable, which is actually just a hollow plastic tube, all the way at the back.
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e.pilot posted:Chemtrails Ballast, chemtrails, whats the difference? HookedOnChthonics posted:Here's what it looks like from the inside: Just to be clear, thats a 747 flight test aircraft not this mystery 737. I would think a USAF aircraft with crazy instrumentation for flight testing would have some sort of wacky airfoil or an extra engine on it or something else like that but maybe thats more of a NASA thing.
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That's really interesting. It was originally bought by a company called Deer Jet as a BBJ, so that's why it delivered unpainted since they usually go somewhere for a custom paint job wherever they get the BBJ interior done. Looks like it's getting a special speed tape makeover, though!
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Clearly they are using it to contact flying saucers.
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hobbesmaster posted:Ballast, chemtrails, whats the difference? Post the wackiest avionics test beds you got   
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NightGyr posted:Post the wackiest avionics test beds you got That plane just graduated, it's wearing a mortarboard hat.
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I assume that wing has a very similar profile to the f22 wings for some kind of comms equipment
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NightGyr posted:Post the wackiest avionics test beds you got More planes should be equipped with hats IMHO, it's a very good look.
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Where's my jet engine upgrade in Bomber Crew?
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  Napier Nomad, as in diesel two-stroke turbo-compound (turbine) engine 
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Thread has really been living up to its name this last half page, Jesus
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The third one just makes me all  that we STILL don't have a new Crimson Skies game.
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I submit the EC-135E ARIA. Biggest nose out there? I first heard about it from a guy I knew that worked on the SATCOM system on it. Crazy stuff.   https://theaviationist.com/2020/03/12/unusual-appearance-but-utmost-importance-the-boeing-ec-135e-aria/
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I like this one as it's like whatever Horton Brother that is has posed himself to say "post-war, I moved to the united states and became dedicated to blowing your mind."     
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