Tanks make nice targets :-P

"Hey, doesn't that hole look just like a T-62?"

Definatly like

B-52 STRATOFORTRESS

sounds so epic, plus delivers a world of hurt!

Tu-95 BEAR!! You know with a name "Bear" attached, it has to be Russian. lol

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia...r/tu-95d_2.jpg

OEH! isen't that aircraft who makes that much sound that it could be picked up by a submerged Submarine? :-P

Great name though the plane itself doesn't look as intimidating as it sounds: North American A-5 Vigilante

vig·i·lan·te (vĭj'ə-lān'tē) n.
One who takes or advocates the taking of law enforcement into one's own hands, violently and summarily.

I'm assuming you have a death wish? :P

Heres one of those buggers being shadowed by the RAF eurofighter

'Putin' the crafty man

http://www.air-attack.com/MIL/eurofi...r_20070822.jpg

i was looknig for that pic earlier to post :D glad you found it.

It was good co operation between europe to intercept the "bear"


Norwegian and finnish planes were shadowing it for a while seeing what it was upto and informing us, who then sent up the typhoon to seek it out over the north sea. Now if it were me....

i dont know actually. Ive no idea what id do haha.

There's plenty of pictures, and stories as well about EU Eurofighters etc. shadowing "Bears" while they fly around the north. Kinda reminds me of the Cold War when I was a kid, even though I was only around for the last few years of it.

But there have been stories where American planes were shadowed by Soviet fighters, to see what they were all about.

B-36 "Peacemaker" sounds like it means what it says.

"Stormovik" translates as "Storm Bringer", which seems fitting for the most heavily armed ground attack aircraft of the war.

Yea, ive still got the newspaper cutout of it somewhere around here,

But i remember the title saying "moment the RAF saw off putins bomber"

Surprised with no mention of the Tornado...
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...rgensen_lg.jpg

Or perhaps the most apt name for a fighter the F-22 "Raptor"

http://freewebpromotion.net/wp-conte...raptor-f22.jpg

Damn thats a nice picture of the Tornado *Thumbs up*

Can't stay long. Apparently I have a party to attend. *Surprises SUCK!*

Anyway, here's some MiG-29 Fulcrum pics, aka "Falcon Killer". It's true, look it up.

http://quicklink.all.googlepages.com...Fulcrum_01.jpg
http://www.airforce-technology.com/p...s/fulcrum7.jpg

fulcrum in czech markings ;) maybe soviet doesnt have so much pride in the way russian pilots fly :P

lol.

Not sure if anyone mentioned this, since this thread is a frakkin' long but the...

F-4 Phantom and also the Wild Weasel, always thought that was the perfect name as far as imagery for it's mission.

I just grabbed what I could find. lol And even Germany uses the MiG-29. Last I heard anyway.

http://www.militaryartgallery.com/im...rike_force.jpg
Yarh the Blackburn Buccaneer me heartys

How about the F-117 'NightHawk'?

http://newwars.files.wordpress.com/2...hawk_front.jpg

Or hey what about the B-2 'Spirit'

Not the BEST name but hey, she a beauty ;)

http://lh5.ggpht.com/TolipM/RwNUkFeN...b-2+spirit.jpg

Nah sorry mate its just your screens to small to show all the awsomnes of that picture at once.

Haha, like it

Beauty? No no no looks like someone stepped on one of these
http://www.military-aircraft.org.uk/...vulcan-b-2.jpg

God i love that thing, always had a soft spot for her.

Amen brother Amen.
God bless that tin triangle

Indeed.

I still haven't gotten over the fact that i missed her perform at Cosford Airshow (my local Airshow) after they restored her to flying condition :(

Im annoyed cause it flew over my house to Southport but i couldnt see it.
Still heard those olympuses though. mmm

Id still class that as being one lucky son of a bitch.

ill see her next year

Yeah i suppose
and same ive got to get back into going to airshows.

http://www.raf.mod.uk/downloads/wall...rlandv1024.jpg
shorts sunderland or porqupine as jerry called it.

errh a pink spitfire wtf!!! bet it looks like a flying dildo :grin:

liking the sunderland oh and on the subject of flying boats anyone got pics of the spruce goose ??? not too sure if it got compleated by it was supposed to by the largest flying boat ever built ??

pink is the best cammo for the met flight.

Beautiful aircraft. Was lucky enough to see her at RAF Fairford RIAT this year, certainly my favourite display there since the last B-2 flyover (BBMF don't count, they have a head-start on awesome ^_^).

Soviet is right that Germany uses, or at least used MiG-29 - the East German MiG-29Gs were bought up by the newly unified Germany and fitted with some Western avionics systems.

I saw her (vulcan bomber) twice this year. She is one loud plane!

had one here at blackpool as a gate guardian until a couple of years ago, it was good to se one actually flying and hear that raw power...

though as nice as it was......

its just not a merlin :)

6 merlins all flying over at once is a nice sound that cant be beaten!! (BBMF, lanc x4 spit x1 hurrican x1)

Rolls Royces all the same though, alot better (dare i face the wrath) than those Soviet ones.
But no the Olympus went on to power Concorde.

Back on topic I think Nimrod is a good name.

Ohh the "Caspian Sea Monster"
a big Ekranoplan
http://mcarlock.net/pic/km-ekranoplan.jpg
not stricktly a plane but.

Hey now. Let's not go crazy with what we say, alright? We don't want anyone's feelings getting hurt, with me having to show them up with a VK-105PF-2 Engine. lol

Now I'm not sure where this is shot, but the paint job is definitely Normandie-Niemen. Who were French pilots flying for the Soviets in WW2. This is the only Yak-3 I know of, that is actually flying with a reproduction VK-105PF-2 engine. Unlike the more familiar Airshow Yak-3 "White 100" which is powered by an Allison. Anyway, enjoy. :D

VK-105PF-2 Engine

sorry some one seems to have overlayed the noise of a sewing matchine over that vidio.

Jealousy and hidden love for that sound, will get you no where in life. :-P

But the Merlin!

Has a nice sound when it's bursting into flames. lol

Those are the exhausts mate!:grin:
I know which id rather use

Yeah, I don't recall Yak or La pilots complaining about their planes getting hit with some rounds, and gasoline spilling into the cockpit. :P But it was all to common for the Hurricanes and Spitfires, which were prone to that because of a fuel tank being right there in front of them.

So I know which I'd rather use. lol

Werent they still using radial engines?

Yak's used straight inline engines, except the Yak-11 which was a Yak-3 with a radial, but they were used as trainers; rather than fighters. La's used radials, but they were fuel injected. So that's why they don't cut out when you nose them down like the I-16 and I-153.

But radials were outdated technology.
oh course folk this is all in the name of fun

Well there are really just one Radial engine, that the La's used. But there are two makers. First there was the La-5 with just a plain old M-82 Radial engine, fuel injected (this is 42' so it was more common than in the 30s.) After the La-5F which was just a higher RPM M-82, named the M-82 Engine. The La-5FN came out, which was a M-82FN radial engine. Once again the RPM was just increased, and the engine was lightened for better performance.

Once the La-7 came out, a new developer took charge and it became the ASh-82 radial engine. Which once more was just a M-82FN lightened even more, and higher RPMs. (history less over. :P)

And everyone knows Russia in general likes keeping things simple. And Radial engines are probably one of the simplest engines out there. lol

Thats all fine and dandy but its still not a rolls royce.

f6f hellcat is a cool name

Vickers Valient has a ring to it.

hmm cool aircraft name

f86 sabre
or F4 phantom

Both the Hurricane and Spitfire had something that the Yak and the LaGG didn't have..... armour plating behind the pilot's seat and a firewall between the cockpit and the fuel tank.

The I-i53 ahd a terrible reputation for the airflow blowing through the undercarriage well turning the cockpit into a blast furnace when the non-self sealing or armoured fuel tanks caught fire. It is because of this that Soviet pilots never felw with the canopy cover ftted, as they needed to escape in a hurry when hit.

I take it this continues from mine and soviets discussion.

Most of Panzergranate's posts involve randomly spewing historical info. Not always relevant.

Thats not neccisarily a bad thing.

Actually, later LaGG-3s did have armor plating, but only experimental versions did, but the pilots didn't like it because it restricted their view. Second, the Yaks didn't need armor plating behind the pilot because they had bullet proof glass behind them. Which the La's also had, and LaGG-3s of later types.

And that's not the only reason I-153 Chaika pilots had their canopy open. But also because it gave them a better view, and they weren't restricted by the canopy. And it was only a a couple of types of I-153s that had canopies. Most were open cockpit like the I-16s.

That was a good discussion. :D

Yeah i would have called it an argument but it was more freindly.
more of a gentlemans disagreement.

Well I don't know about you. But I wasn't arguing. More like you said a gentleman's disagreement. But it was like me an FOZ, no real anger or anything. Just friendly rivalry. :D

Oh and Yak-3 wins every time. :P

as you say with the first part but i fear that the soviet winter has messed with your brain, you dont know what your saying."Oh and Yak-3 wins every time"

Panzer, yet again you confuse me with completely random talk lol.

I dunno if its the Soviet Winter, continuous work hours, or was Panzer's sudden ramble? But I think your right. lol

Reeto im steering a course for backontopic...
Avro Arrow!

I was refering to this misguided comment, but what with the pace of replies, it seems to have been forgotten.

The "Yak" is a large slow witted herbivore, an unusual choice for an aircraft name.

It didn't fair at all well against that other fighter named after a even larger slow witted herbivore, the "Buffalo" either.

If you want to see some weird names for aircraft, just check out the Royal Australian Airforce's name choices..... "Boomeriang", "Kangaroo", Wapitty", etc.

Yak is short for Yakovlev, the Soviet bureau that designed it. I have no idea how the Brewster Buffalo got its name LoL.

Yeah, what Flynlion said. It's not named after the creature, Yak.

Yakovlev

I reckon the Buffalo was so named because you could fit one inside the fuselage.

Actually, like all American planes. It was the British who started calling them the Buffalo first. And so is the same with the Wildcat, Warhawk/Tomahawk/Kittyhawk, and some others I can't think of right away. The Americans, just adopted the names given, and then gradually started giving names to their planes on their own.

The "buffalo" was called the buffalo because it was fat/ugly and was pretty damn horrible, and a good game target :P

Ok thats bullsh*t but its good bullsh*t lol. :D

you could have at least changed it to Buffalo!

Yah, I wasn't being entirely serious with that one... :rolleyes: