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KeBul wrote in post #19128640
Nice set Colin, hard to beat a damp sunny morning at the 'heath when they are using rwy 06.

...and they bank while departing. Then all is well in my world.

Thanks

Cygnus wrote in post #19128663
...and they bank while departing. Then all is well in my world.

Oh yeah - not every one but there's plenty of "showmen/women" who give us topside...

Was you there for the Makos in May last year? They were amazing both on departure and when they returned to base after a a sortie - lots of high speed low approaches and topside pull ups past the photographers, really was like an airshow.

Kev

Indeed I was. The difference between reservists and active duty units I suspect.

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TustinMike wrote in post #19032297
Yeah, I recall from a website I used to frequent a few years ago, that was all about the Concorde, that this was a tremendous engineering challenge. IIRC the air would stall at or within the intakes.

thats what made the A-12/SR-71/YF-12 such a great plane...

the now declassified shock cones that moved forward and aft to keep the shock wave out of the compressor blades gave it blistering speed...

should a misalignment occur and the engine get choked by the shock wave, the "unstart" could be rather unsettling...

Cygnus wrote in post #19128832
Indeed I was. The difference between reservists and active duty units I suspect.

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Nice!

Fond memories.

Cheers

Kev

Cygnus wrote in post #19128393
In the spirit of fence line airshows, a day spent shooting eagles, (Fighting) Falcons and "Buzzards" at RAF Lakenheath

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Tremendous.

Sand Point, Alaska airport circa 1973. At that time it was served by Reeve Aleutian Airlines DC-3s, surplus bombers bought from the U.S. Air Force after WW2 and converted to passenger use. I was stuck there in a storm and had to wait for three days until this plane could land and take me out.

Nikkormat 35 mm SLR, digitized from a slide.

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wasn't sure where to post this interesting piece of history
Never thought about how one bought a plane in early days - 1927 to be exact

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A couple more shots of the F35's and F16's working out at Luke AFB from earlier this week

Photo from JayLT's gallery.

Photo from JayLT's gallery.

Photo from JayLT's gallery.

Photo from JayLT's gallery.

Photo from JayLT's gallery.

Photo from JayLT's gallery.

Photo from JayLT's gallery.

Well... getting a bit desperate now! This was taken with my iPhone whilst flying over RAF Fairford in the south of England. A US Air Force B52 sat at a dispersal point. On the same flight I was vectored to avoid a AN-124 taking off from RAF Brize Norton... just too far away to get a decent picture with the iPhone!

Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 departing KMLE

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It always surprises me of how little the general world know about Embraer aircraft.

That's a nice looking kite!

Ah, but they are Brazilian. And we in the North tend to be pretty ignorant of what happens in the South.

I'm not too sure who these Canadair people are either Alaska ?