Aircraft pics

[njsteve]

It's not pregnant, it's a tooma. (Insert photo of Governor Ahnold here)

[Xplantdad]

[427TJ]

Bruce, do you realize that you have over 6,000 posts in your two-year span on this board? You are a MACHINE! There must be some kind of award for such dedication.

Sorry to see that you got sniped on the Cone frames. I was going to tell you to lay down a max bid of $150 or so just to ward-off what happened.

[Xplantdad]

Hmm...I wonder who told me about this cool site?

[427TJ]

From an old airplane magazine. Clay Lacy, in his DC-7 "Super Snoopy," races a dragster during the 1971 San Diego Cup airshow. In those days there were 1,000-mile air races and some of the guys thought that the prop-liners, with their speed and fuel capacity, were the way to go. Lacy came in 6th at the 1970 Mojave 1000 in this airplane but was not allowed to race at San Diego because the WWII fighter guys complained about the wake turbulence from the DC-7.

[ANDY M]

How about this:
Date:Fri,11 Aug 2006 15:56:01 -0600
Last night circa 2300 our BAX (A B727-200C)aircraft flight 705BX encountered
severe weather over Alberta Canada. The aircraft was cruising at 35,000 feet
when it encountered tennis ball sized hail. The pictures below show some of
the damage. All landing lights were destroyed, as was the radar. The crew was
forced to make a "blind" emergency landing. Upon safe return to the ground, the
first officer and flight engineer quit. It is expected that the aircraft is a
total loss as its structural integrity has been compromised.











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[Ngtflyr]

Wow, that had to be intense, talk about pucker factor!! Nothing worse than being in the air wishing you were on the ground. Lucky they didn't lose an engine or two in the process. Awesome job of the crew to get it back on the ground in one piece, my hat's off to them!

[nuch_ss396]

Last one:

Is this guy asking for directions?

[JChlupsa]

Heres a couple of RAF C-17 pics



One where the same plane drifted a bit to the right

[COPO_Anders]

Steve, the next time I drive by Linköping, where they still build SAAB aircraft, I have to take some pics. They have old fighters on display by the highway, so I just have to sit on the passengerside with my camera ready.