Aviation BS and Photo Thread

Biggest jet on the Signature ramp. I asked for the TailWins points, they said no. Bummer!

 

You can find the subs better if you're in the water........

 

Well at least it was the Navy this time, they are used to the water...

 

If you want to catch the submarine, you have to think like a submarine...

 

Does it come with special trading cards?

 

Most beautiful aerial shot

G650 dropping into the half pipe cut by the wake of Paul Bowens B-25 Mitchell as he looked backwards and took photos of us < 200 feet above the pacific ocean cutting thru the early morning marine layer .....and oh yeah, thats Catalina island above us in the background .... thats how low we were


wanna see the cockpit footage of us chasing him when he took this shot? see next post (if it will let me attach a .mov)

 

Sorry, it wont let me post a .mov but here are a few still frames from my iphone taken from the copilot seat ignore the hopland, 30 minutes earlier we were over the wineries up there and the Clay Lacy lear was taking imax video of us and my iphone was holding the last known cell location once we went feet wet and turned south over the channel islands, decending to just off catalina

 

That’s super cool

ha, no

 

https://www.flyingmag.com/collings-foundation-grounds-wwii-aircraft/


I understand why they are doing it and that this is probably a fast approaching eventuality for all warbirds out there but doesn't make it any less sad.

 

Did they discuss anything about the energy density of hydrogen? Cool stuff but I don't get it. No fueling infrastructure and heavy, large storage on the aircraft.

 

What a monster…
https://x.com/webflite/status/1731116117777686672?s=46

 

Ah, Hawthorne Airport! No, I don't believe they mentioned energy density.

 

Hydrogen packs a punch. Just very difficult to get there.

 

I was at that show last year. It's a damn good air show and had some really nice aircraft. The P-51 "Quicksilver" and two other Mustangs were there last year as well as the P-40N "American Dream", plus a bunch of other planes, including a C54 transport used during the Berlin Airlift.

 

It is huge, it's always fun to see them birth a 767 nose section out of it. Although there is so much room left inside of it with just that it almost seems like a waste of space.

 

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/b...-stealth-fighter-fly-aircraft-carriers-207731

Cool once they actually have some decent planes and more then one carrier, they can begin the long long long long long process of learning how to fly planes off of ships. Ships that aren't 500 miles from shore.

Good luck China.

I actually love they are trying. Our domination in sea based warfare could use some innovative disruption.... long winded way of saying we have CV on lockdown. It will be interesting to see what our Navy does when China has 4 to 8 operational CVs

Are they going to go blue water with those ships? They clearly have the global infrastructure and sea based ports to support a blue water navy. But why would you build it? Will "ships" be relevant in 50 years? The battleships were retired, the cruisers are being retired, endless innovation

 

https://youtu.be/b0QFjijhq28?si=hFZMsBG0TzUpfwT2