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I live just outside of Ellsworth AFB, so this thread is all sorts of awesome. Not the best picture (in fact it's pretty terrible) , but I do love it when things like this happen.  I really need to get out to the local Air and Space museum and get some decent pictures, it's small but there's some interesting planes there.
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Also, B-1's basically are the best. If you're ever by Ellsworth you should try golfing at the golf course. It's not the best course at all, but it's amazing teeing off as a B-1 comes in for a landing or some A-10's circle around. I also got to use the B-1 simulator they have on base, which was great. Apart from the fact that I got the controls second, and the person before me managed to screw up the plane getting his angle of attack too high. It's a real bitch trying to fly one of those 200 feet off the ground at mach 1 when it's impossible to trim at all.  And here's another picture.  Click here for the full 1680x1049 image.
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Dec 16, 2010 09:52
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I love my golf course.  Click here for the full 1600x1200 image.
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Dec 21, 2010 08:56
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Sunday Punch posted:
My guess is that they were just trying to see how unfeasible it was so that they had the data on file somewhere when a big wig decided to ask. Especially since it looks like someone just glued some LGB's onto the conformal cruise missiles in that picture.
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Jan 21, 2011 18:31
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The best part about being in South Dakota is being next to a whole bunch of B-1B's. Was always great when my high school would host a golf tournament and a B1 would take off, since the course is probably a mile away from the runway, if not less. Cell Phone pic to give you an idea of how close this golf course is to the runway.  And some older pictures that I think I've posted before and decided to put on imgur in case the old ones in the thread die. The view from my back porch:  Wheeee  I've gotten to fly in the B1 simulator that they have on the base as well. Flying one of those 50-100 feet above the ground going at speed is a wild ride.
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Apr 21, 2011 19:46
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Plinkey posted:Did the Sim let you run the controls at that altitude? It did. It also simulated the broken controls that happened when the guy who had the stick before me flew. 100 feet off the ground without the ability to trim for level flight was wild, but didn't last long.
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Apr 23, 2011 17:29
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So there's an air show at Ellsworth this weekend. Going to have to leave for work before all the performances are done, but there's going to be a B-2, F-22, and these guys http://www.migfuryfighters.com/ . Hopefully they fly before I have to leave for work, but times haven't been posted for the performances yet. Probably going miss the Viper West demo too, which is a real shame. They were awesome last time they were out here. 600mph passes from an F-16 never get old. Hopefully I'll get some good pictures this time though.
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Jun 2, 2011 00:54
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Vatek posted:Did somebody say low pass? Yeah, this guy did. B4Ctom1 posted:http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=68f_1306880662 On another note, I found out today that the last flying FJ-4 will be at the airshow tomorrow  e. Just had 2 migs and the fj-4 fly right over my house but my phones sd card filled up right before that, so my video got nothing  e2. watching an old Mig fly right over your house, then bank over into a turn with fire coming out the tailpipe is amazing. Dr. Despair fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Jun 3, 2011 |
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Jun 3, 2011 20:51
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Slo-Tek posted:Is this the one they belly-landed the other year? I'm surprised they got it back up and going. Yeah, that looks like the same one. Seemed to be flying fine today, hopefully I get a chance to see it again tomorrow.
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Jun 4, 2011 07:53
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Got some good pictures today, but it's going to take me forever to sort through them. Here's an FJ-4 and a MiG-17 though, both are clicky for full size.  
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Jun 5, 2011 08:03
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Not nose art, but the South Dakota F-16's have some nifty tail art, at least compared to most planes I see. (click on any of them for giant size) Also, some more Mig and Fury action.     
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Jun 5, 2011 17:13
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drat, he put that plane down perfectly it looks like, they just couldn't put the fire out in time to save it.   Edit: Got some more pictures from the air show I went to processed here. Click for original size. B-2 Stealth Bomber, I was pretty surprised how close they let us get. I remember last time they brought one in they kept it parked practically on the runway.  TC-135, if I remember right.  A cruise missile of some kind.  B-1 panorama.  B-25 and a TBF Avenger, I believe.  Front shot of the B-25  Another shot of the Avenger with the Mig-17 in the background.  They were cool planes, ok?  Those L-39's like flying low.  Seriously. Made it hard to see at times they were so low.  And flying in formation. While low (taking off now, but they did a lot of great low level formation flying). Some good footage of their stuff here, my favorite is probably about 7 minutes in when the solo jet does a slow barrel roll around the diamond flight. Really good for an all civilian team (of mostly retired military pilots). Video didn't seem to do justice to how low they were going when I saw them.  C-31s' are weird looking. In a good way.  Big shot of the B-1's bomb bay. One of them, at least, with a rotary launcher mounted.  Even the Coast Guard showed up, in the middle of South Dakota that's not something you see every day. Dwarfed by the Galaxy though.  To be fair the Galaxy dwarfed everything.  The C-17 had it beat for shear amount of... stuff sticking out.  Dr. Despair fucked around with this message at 00:59 on Jun 14, 2011 |
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Jun 13, 2011 23:53
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durtan posted:I was wondering if any of you guys would be interested in some pics I took of the B-17 AluminumOvercast when it came to town a couple months back. I know it's technically not Cold War material, so I thought I'd ask first. It is airpower though! I'd be interested in them at least.
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Jun 15, 2011 20:37
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That's awesome.
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Jun 21, 2011 19:06
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Propagandalf posted:You've never heard a B-1, have you? My high school golf tournaments were always the best because of this. The kids from other schools would be bitching about the wind (who needs trees on top of this hill that always has 30mph winds psh) and then a B-1 would start doing flyovers right over the 2nd hole. Or that tourney where some A-10's buzzed us. Nothing beat the time when I went golfing the afternoon after they had used the course for some first aid training on the base though, but hadn't cleaned it up yet. Teeing off onto a fairway that has fake injured bodies scattered about is pretty eerie, especially with B-1's still flying around. Also my house is covered in random cracks from the stress the noise puts on the house. It's worthless painting over them or putting putty down to cover them up either. You get used to the noise though. e. F-16's are more annoying though, it's that high pitched whine that always confuses me when I hear it.
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Jul 3, 2011 22:19
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Execu-speak posted:This thread is great, maybe someone in here can answer something I was pondering the other day. Pretty sure it's been dumped, with the focus being on the PAK.FA. e. The T-50, this sexy guy. 
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Jul 5, 2011 17:02
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Shoot, I live about as close to Ellsworth as you can get without being on base (literally less than a mile from the runway, closer to the runway than most of the base housing is, especially after they removed some of the unused buildings).
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Jul 24, 2011 18:04
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iyaayas01 posted:With the rest of the family: Every time I see an Su-34 I'm amazed that they took a Flanker and somehow wound up with a plane that could sit 2 people with room to lay down AND have a toilet for the crew to use. It's mind boggling. e. Seriously, look how roomy that cockpit is  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htZNLezBG60&feature=player_detailpage#t=40s, and on top of that it seems that you can move around above the landing gear area while you're in the air too.
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Aug 17, 2011 06:54
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What's this about minutemen? DSC_0012.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr This one is on display at the air and space museum outside of Ellsworth, wasn't a great time of day for pictures so everything came out a bit... I dunno. Old looking? Here's an F-84F.  DSC_0159.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr This guy was an EC-135, specifically one of the Looking Glass aircraft based out of Ellsworth to act as an airborne CnC point.  DSC_0018.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr They also had an F-86 that was in the process of being restored. Happy looking guy.  DSC_0088.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr And they also had one of these tucked away in the back. A B-26K Counter Invader (or A-26K, if you're in Thailand) that was used during Vietnam. Only 40 or so of these were made in the first place.  DSC_0097.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr This was an EB-57 Canberra.  DSC_0100.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr And this was a bit older than Cold War, but it happens to be a B-25 that was converted to act as Eisenhower's personal transport. They lowered the bomb bay to make more room inside, and what was left of the bay was fitted with a fuel tank, behind that there were some folding seats and a table as big as they could fit (it folded), and the rear entry hatch was made easier to get in and out of. On top of that the whole thing was insulated and soundproofed to current commercial aircraft standards. Or so the card in front of the plane says.  DSC_0072.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr In other news I haven't heard a B-1 take off in a few weeks (the runway is being repaved or something). I'm starting to notice commercial planes flying overhead and other quiet noises. It's starting to weird me out.
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Aug 23, 2011 07:18
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thesurlyspringKAA posted:Why do you think we still need huge intercontinental bombers? Because it's quicker to get a B-52 or B-1 or B-2 loaded with cruise missiles in range of some place than it is to move a sub into position. fake e. Also because B-1's sound awesome taking off and it's weird as gently caress not hearing them.
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Aug 24, 2011 03:10
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If we're talking about writers that went insane you could talk about Dale Brown. Why yes, Russia just nuked nearly every military site in the US and then convinced the president to not retaliate. Better call in the remote controlled b-52's to invade russia on their ow- gently caress why did I read those books.
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Nov 8, 2011 01:35
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mlmp08 posted:WWII bombers are just so little.... Yeah, it's only 2 feet longer than an Su-35. I've got a B-17 model and an su-35 model and it's confusing as hell seeing them right next to each other, they don't look like they should be the same scale.
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Nov 19, 2011 22:22
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ming-the-mazdaless posted:I think the APKWS relies on an avionics package though I can't see why it couldn't be integrated. It reminds me of a backwards OV-10. Without all the cool factor. (click for big) 
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Nov 24, 2011 03:10
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jwoven posted:The Sukhoi was ugly the second they put canards on it. Look at how wrong you are. So sad that they pulled the canards from the production version of the -35 though. 
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Jan 25, 2012 01:17
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jwoven posted:Only looks good from that angle because you can't see the canards They're both awesome. 
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Jan 25, 2012 04:00
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Party Plane Jones posted:Aren't most of the F-111 problems mainly in the carrier/B variants? Yeah. 
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Jan 28, 2012 04:40
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FrozenVent posted:How do you keep the laser pointed at a fast moving target? Like say an angry A-10? One other thing is that the laser you're shooting out doesn't necessarily have to be focused on a single point. You could have a wider angle beam so that instead of keeping a pencil sized dot on a target you're dealing with keeping part of a large circle on top of the target.
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Feb 27, 2012 05:49
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TheNakedJimbo posted:It's time for a Kfir Post. Didn't the US buy a few Kfirs to use in aggressor training? I could swear I've seen pics of Kfir's in marine or air force markings. e. A quick googling says that 25 were leased from 85-89, some to the Navy and some to the Marines.
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Mar 30, 2012 00:16
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Did someone say Sensor Fuzed Weapons? This is a pretty cool video talking about the sub-munition, it's pretty awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKdFCsycYm8
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Mar 30, 2012 15:42
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Frozen Horse posted:To repurpose an old joke about waiters, bartenders, lovers, pop singers, and cops: And in purgatory everything is made by Lockheed-Martin.
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Mar 31, 2012 06:41
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priznat posted:The question is, if they did detect it what could they do about it? Can standard missiles intercept stuff that low? Can harpoons hit a target moving that quickly? It was made to launch this guy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moskit , which has a 120km range and travels at mach 3. Still, a Hawkeye I would imagine could spot one from further than 120km out, at least nowadays. Would still probably be hard to intercept one that far out though. e. The other thing is that I'm pretty sure the ekranoplane was meant more for operating in the black sea, so it probably wouldn't be tasked for attacking carrier groups, but more for smaller surface ships, and then making it enough of a threat that we wouldn't try sailing a carrier group into the black sea. Against smaller groups of ships I bet it could have been fairly effective. Dr. Despair fucked around with this message at 20:41 on Apr 3, 2012 |
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Apr 3, 2012 20:39
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FrozenVent posted:We had Macs when I grew up, so after Chuck Yeager, it was A-10 Attack! all the way for me. Maybe a microprose game? I know they liked having nukes in their flight sims. Pretty sure every campaign in F-22 Lightning 3 ended with you nuking something. 
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Apr 10, 2012 03:51
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grover posted:Why is Yuri Gagarin on that list? And others killed in plane or car crashes unrelated to spaceflight? It's a list of people killed while involved with spaceflight, whether or not they died in space or in training or other ways, so you got your name on there if you died while flying in space, flying your t-38, or just flying down the road in your car. If I remember right there was a big issue with that memorial because they tried selling copies of the figurines after the fact too.
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Crossposting from the AI airplane thread, cause most of this is cold war stuff. I went back to the local air and space museum, and had the time to go inside today. 2 things I noticed: the interior displays were vastly improved since the last time I was there and they were doing poo poo tons of restoration/preservation to the planes outside. First, look at this plane as seen in August 2011.  DSC_0088.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr And today:  DSC_0692.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr Before:  DSC_0100.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr After:  DSC_0694.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr Before:  DSC_0097.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr During (they were working on stripping this guy down and building it back up)  DSC_0698.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr And tons more than that. Basically everything was having the cockpits and other parts sealed off from the elements, all new paint on the landing gears, holes patched up. It was wonderful. Now onto other stuff. BONE  DSC_0587.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr DAT rear end  DSC_0597.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr This was one of the engines used in the B-1A program. Only 23 built (this isn't a replica).  DSC_0631.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr F-111 porn.  DSC_0717.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr  DSC_0713.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr Forget the model.  DSC_0599.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr b83 nuclear weapon. The sign claimed that you can fit one of these on an F-22, but I dunno how. It was big. Would be hilarious to see though.  DSC_0602.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr Genie Air to Air nuclear weapon.  DSC_0603.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr BDU-38 practice bomb, designed to mimic the flightpath of a nuke.  DSC_0604.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr I imagine an F-22 carrying that B83 from earlier would look something like a B-52 carrying a pair of these. AGM-28 Hound Dog. Thing was massive.  DSC_0627.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr Finally, a Texan (I think) parked in front of the prop off of a B-36. B-36 were loving huge.  DSC_0628.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr
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Memento1979 posted:Air to air nuclear weapon, huh. Anti massed bomber formations? Because we can? Because we can. Boomerjinks posted:Is this air museum at Ellsworth? I seem to recall seeing all those nukes on display inside their main building, and the fake B-2 from a 90s car commercial out front. That's the right one. The fake B-2's gone though,j it was in horrible condition and wasn't worth restoring (especially since it cleared up space to fit the B-1B there. ) Now they just need to get a B-36 somehow. Here's something they are restoring though, a Delta Dagger http://www.ellsworth.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070130-141.pdf
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mlmp08 posted:Somehow seeing one in person doesn't make it seem more real. There is so much concentrated insanity in that picture.
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Jul 14, 2012 07:44
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1) What's wrong with saitek's midrange gear? 2) http://riseofflight.com/en Rise of Flight is supposed to be quite good for ww1 flight.
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Oct 22, 2012 17:10
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I think the x52 is still around the $100 mark. Thrustmaster does make a $40 hotas setup http://www.amazon.com/Thrustmaster-...ords=saitek+x52 though I can't vouch for the quality. Those seem to be the two main options for cheap hotas setups, although there's plenty of single joysticks out there if you don't a throttle. It is definetly still an expensive gadget though, most of the really cool stuff out there is in the 200 dollar and up range. I use an x52 myself, and it's been ok. Cyrano4747 posted:Yeah, I looked at these guys a while ago. Off the top of my head: Pretty sure rise of flight has a career mode now, I don't know how in depth it is as far as choices or unlocks, but it'll let you be a pilot on day to day missions. Dr. Despair fucked around with this message at 17:25 on Oct 22, 2012 |
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Oct 22, 2012 17:21
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grover posted:Su-37 is a ton bigger than the Mig-29. 72x48' vs 57x27' and weighs about 50% more, too. F-14 is kinda in the middle between them, 64x38'. It never ceases to amaze me that single seat fighters nowadays are as long as a b-17.
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movax posted:Any handy photos of a 4.5 gen fighter next to a B-17 on the ground or in the air? I can see on wiki that: I'll have to look for some, but I know an su-35 is 74 feet long as well. Don't think I"m going to find a pic of a flanker and a b-17 flying together though.
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