Thanks to recent development in the aircraft thread, we decided that it would be a good idea to resurrect the cool aviation pictures thread. Hopefully this time it will stay awake. Please post pictures of air vehicles that yourself didn't draw. If that's the case, upload it in the combat aircraft thread.
The Cool Aviation Picture 2 - Electric Boogaloo
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Cool!
Allow me the honor of making the first post.
Fokker Dr.I's of the Brothers von Richthofen.
Macchi MC.2002
F4 Phantom.
I'm going to start posting the images I posted on the Alternate History Combat Aircraft thread over here.
Lockheed Martin FB-22 Raptor by zephyr164
Mitsubishi F-X by zephyr164
General Dynamics CF-16 Fighting Falcon flying over Niagara Falls
Lockheed Martin FB-22 Raptor by zephyr164
Mitsubishi F-X by zephyr164
General Dynamics CF-16 Fighting Falcon flying over Niagara Falls
North American Rockwell NR-349 Retaliator
F-14B Tomcat of the USAF. The F-14B was one of the entrants in the USAF's Improved Manned Interceptor (IMI) program in the early 1970s alongside the F-106E/F Delta Dart and North American Rockwell NR-349 Retaliator
A pair of Vought V-1600s in flight
F-14B Tomcat of the USAF. The F-14B was one of the entrants in the USAF's Improved Manned Interceptor (IMI) program in the early 1970s alongside the F-106E/F Delta Dart and North American Rockwell NR-349 Retaliator
A pair of Vought V-1600s in flight
The AX-A/F-X was a program in the early to mid 1990s intended to replace the A-6 Intruder and F-14 Tomcat in the all-weather strike and air superiority fighter roles with the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet intended to serve as an interim aircraft. Unfortunately though, it fell prey to the post-Cold War peace dividend like many other programs.
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The MBB Bo125 was a proposed transport helicopter intended to replace the Bell UH-1D Iroquois in German service.
The Short Crusader was a proposal for a British variant of the F-8 Crusader to be produced under license by Short Brothers plc for the Royal Navy. It would have been powered by a Rolls Royce Spey afterburning turbofan.
Here is the abortive Sukhoi S-37.
The Short Crusader was a proposal for a British variant of the F-8 Crusader to be produced under license by Short Brothers plc for the Royal Navy. It would have been powered by a Rolls Royce Spey afterburning turbofan.
Here is the abortive Sukhoi S-37.
PaulMM (Overscan) said:
Triton said:
Venga TG-10 Brushfire
The Venga TG-10 is less known proposal from Canada in the late-1980's as a new cheap multirole fighter and trainer aircraft for the Third World market. The TG-10 looks like a hybrid between the F-5, F/A-18, and the F-20 fighters with the V-tail configuration and were plans for a single seat and two seat models depending on a customer choice. TG-10 showed a lot of potential in which five customers including Malaysia was interested in the aircraft as a replacement for their CT-114 Tutors. However, by the early-1990's, none of the TG-10's were built and the later the project was canned permanently.
McDonnell-Douglas MD-225
The MD-225 was McDonnell Douglas' entry to the US Navy's VFX program which gave birth to the F-14 Tomcat. The MD-225 was one of two designs which met all of the USN's performance requirements (The other entrant was the Grumman G303). Where it fell short is that it barely met the requirements while the Grumman G,303 handily exceeded them.
Beriev S-13
The Beriev S-13 was an attempt by the Soviet Union to produce a reverse engineered copy of the Lockheed U-2C spy plane. Despite no S-13 aircraft being completed, the Soviets gained lots of insights into alloys, materials and processing methods that were subsequently applied to future aircraft.
The Venga TG-10 is less known proposal from Canada in the late-1980's as a new cheap multirole fighter and trainer aircraft for the Third World market. The TG-10 looks like a hybrid between the F-5, F/A-18, and the F-20 fighters with the V-tail configuration and were plans for a single seat and two seat models depending on a customer choice. TG-10 showed a lot of potential in which five customers including Malaysia was interested in the aircraft as a replacement for their CT-114 Tutors. However, by the early-1990's, none of the TG-10's were built and the later the project was canned permanently.
McDonnell-Douglas MD-225
The MD-225 was McDonnell Douglas' entry to the US Navy's VFX program which gave birth to the F-14 Tomcat. The MD-225 was one of two designs which met all of the USN's performance requirements (The other entrant was the Grumman G303). Where it fell short is that it barely met the requirements while the Grumman G,303 handily exceeded them.
Beriev S-13
The Beriev S-13 was an attempt by the Soviet Union to produce a reverse engineered copy of the Lockheed U-2C spy plane. Despite no S-13 aircraft being completed, the Soviets gained lots of insights into alloys, materials and processing methods that were subsequently applied to future aircraft.
That's one sexy looking aircraft. Of course it makes you wonder how many Aircraft Manufactures have a F-16 looking design tucked away in their backrooms because there is only so many ways you could design a single engine multi-role light fighter.
General Dynamics Model 401F circa 1970, this design was one of the preliminary designs in the lead up to what eventually become General Dynamics bid in the Lightweight Fighter Program. It looked similar to the F-35 Lightning II.
It looks a bit like a F-16 and a F-35 had an adorable baby I'm going to call it the F-51
16+35 if anyone's intrested
