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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #460 on: December 21, 2014, 06:34:12 PM »
Feels like a Tornado to me...
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #461 on: December 21, 2014, 08:01:43 PM »
 :censored: :battle: Absolutely correct!  What led you to the correct conclusion?  I couldn't figure it out until I saw the front of the aircraft.
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #462 on: December 21, 2014, 09:55:16 PM »
The hemispherical wing roots led me to believe that it might be a variable sweep wing aircraft.  So I compared it to the F-111, and the F-111 has a completely different landing gear and intake configuration.

I then compared it to the F-14, but again the landing gear and inlets didn't look quite right.

The angled engine inlets next led me to the F-15 (very similar inlets to the one in the pic), but again the landing gear didn't look right.

I briefly considered the Flanker, but I didn't dig very far in that direction.  Again very similar inlets, although the wing roots are different.

So that led me back to variable sweep wings, and the only other aircraft I could find with similar inlets on short notice (note how the angled inlets bend to 'vertical' at the bottom' was the Tornado.  I couldn't find a 'clear' view of the rear landing gear, but the wing and tail roots were in about the right place, and also the landing gear bay looked about right, hence my guess that it was a Tornado.

Gotta luv google for aircraft pics!
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #463 on: December 22, 2014, 03:30:19 AM »
:censored: :battle: Absolutely correct!  What led you to the correct conclusion?  I couldn't figure it out until I saw the front of the aircraft.

Jim's clues are the first 3 pictures the rest are FYI



 

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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #464 on: December 22, 2014, 03:33:49 AM »
The hemispherical wing roots led me to believe that it might be a variable sweep wing aircraft.  So I compared it to the F-111, and the F-111 has a completely different landing gear and intake configuration.

I then compared it to the F-14, but again the landing gear and inlets didn't look quite right.

The angled engine inlets next led me to the F-15 (very similar inlets to the one in the pic), but again the landing gear didn't look right.

I briefly considered the Flanker, but I didn't dig very far in that direction.  Again very similar inlets, although the wing roots are different.

So that led me back to variable sweep wings, and the only other aircraft I could find with similar inlets on short notice (note how the angled inlets bend to 'vertical' at the bottom' was the Tornado.  I couldn't find a 'clear' view of the rear landing gear, but the wing and tail roots were in about the right place, and also the landing gear bay looked about right, hence my guess that it was a Tornado.

Gotta luv google for aircraft pics!

Love that thought process on this one and a winner on 1st picture  :chugbeer: :chugbeer: :goodpost:

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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #465 on: December 22, 2014, 04:13:15 AM »
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #466 on: December 22, 2014, 12:59:26 PM »
Identify this aircraft...
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #467 on: December 22, 2014, 01:52:20 PM »
 Lightning XS894

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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #468 on: December 22, 2014, 02:29:23 PM »
Too  :censored: easy!  :yikes:   Of course I realized this searching the image with Google image and it came up with a BAZILLION hits....well....maybe two pages.  I've got to make this more difficult.
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #469 on: December 22, 2014, 02:33:10 PM »
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #470 on: December 22, 2014, 07:03:09 PM »
OK, in the spirit of 'guess the jet'... what is this?

(note - I removed/blurred the aircraft ID numbers and such, but the photo is otherwise unmodified by me - didn't want to make it too easy).

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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #471 on: December 22, 2014, 07:21:18 PM »
I love it!
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #472 on: December 22, 2014, 07:41:04 PM »
Going to have to dig deeper to get past google image search.  :)

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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #473 on: December 22, 2014, 08:02:39 PM »
This is the daily double...got one in the background as well.
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #474 on: December 22, 2014, 08:10:35 PM »
This is the daily double...got one in the background as well.

Yeah, I have no clue what the one in the background is.  It just kinda piggybacked...

That being said, I like your suggestion to ID it as well!
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #475 on: December 23, 2014, 04:18:30 AM »
As Gary mentioned...in this game Google is not your friend in that if it's an image hosted on the 'Net, it can be fairly easy to find the answer.  In this case...

EWR VJ (nice touch) 101

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EWR_VJ_101

Maybe I should require an essay on the aircraft....not starting with me.
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #476 on: December 23, 2014, 04:32:54 AM »
The prop airliner in the background may be a Convair-440 Metropolitan or at the very least one of the CV-240 family of aircraft.  As the other aircraft was a VSTOL made in Germany, it could very well be a CV-440.  These aircraft were used by Lufthansa and were around until about the mid-60s.  It was a DC-3 replacement.
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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #477 on: December 23, 2014, 04:54:41 AM »
From.... http://www.airliners.net/photo/Dornier-VJ-101-X1/1230006/M/

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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #478 on: December 23, 2014, 08:51:47 AM »
The prop airliner in the background may be a Convair-440 Metropolitan or at the very least one of the CV-240 family of aircraft.  As the other aircraft was a VSTOL made in Germany, it could very well be a CV-440.  These aircraft were used by Lufthansa and were around until about the mid-60s.  It was a DC-3 replacement.

In the Civil Air Patrol in the 70's, at Cannon AFB, I got a ride in an Air Force transport that I know was a 2 engine Convair of some sort. Sure looked like that.

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Re: Aircraft we like..
« Reply #479 on: December 23, 2014, 08:57:39 AM »
In the Civil Air Patrol in the 70's, at Cannon AFB, I got a ride in an Air Force transport that I know was a 2 engine Convair of some sort. Sure looked like that.
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