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Posted: 8/19/2018 12:46:30 PM EDT
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Read it. Single jet engine world speed record. Still stands today. Every Phantom I've seen had two engines or the pilot was screaming MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY on the radio. Means the F106 was faster in the 1950's (and 1960's) than the F16 is now. Speed was a big thing in those days. The faster they could get form the ADC bases along the Canadian border to the Russian bombers they expected to fly over the North Pole, the more chances they had to knock them down before they got here. They actually developed a nuclear warhead missile (F101 Voodoo could carry it, too) for the idea of taking out multiple Russian bombers if they could get to them before the split up coming across northern Canada. It was called the Genie. Single jet engine speed record. The took two F106's out there for the record attempt. They spent time/effort prepping one for the attempt and then couldn't use it due to some failure or other. The pilot jumped into the back up that didn't have an special prep work done to it and still set a record that stands to this day. Nothing Russia or China (or anyone else) has built with a single jet engine is faster than an airplane the US built in the 1950's. I always thought they were cool planes. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What speed record is that? The Dart's airspeed record (1525MPH) was beaten less than two years later by the F4 (1606MPH). Current record for manned, powered aircraft is still the X-15 at 4,520MPH. Means the F106 was faster in the 1950's (and 1960's) than the F16 is now. Speed was a big thing in those days. The faster they could get form the ADC bases along the Canadian border to the Russian bombers they expected to fly over the North Pole, the more chances they had to knock them down before they got here. They actually developed a nuclear warhead missile (F101 Voodoo could carry it, too) for the idea of taking out multiple Russian bombers if they could get to them before the split up coming across northern Canada. It was called the Genie. Single jet engine speed record. The took two F106's out there for the record attempt. They spent time/effort prepping one for the attempt and then couldn't use it due to some failure or other. The pilot jumped into the back up that didn't have an special prep work done to it and still set a record that stands to this day. Nothing Russia or China (or anyone else) has built with a single jet engine is faster than an airplane the US built in the 1950's. I always thought they were cool planes. |
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Posted: 8/19/2018 10:12:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/19/2018 11:19:13 PM EDT
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Kaman H-2 "Tomahawk" - One built as a gunship variant of the UH-2A for US Army trials. Had a pair of twin-mounted 7.62 machine guns in the nose. 
NUH-2C - Per Wikipedia: "One test and evaluation helicopter. One UH-2C helicopter was modified with stub-wings and pylons for weapons trials, missiles fitted included the AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-7 Sparrow III air-to-air missiles." 
HH-2C - Six Seasprites were converted to this version armed with a minigun in a chin-mounted turret. Had extra armor as well if I recall correctly. All six aircraft were assigned to HC-7 during the Vietnam War. I think the minigun and armor were really too heavy for the aircraft. Would love to see a similar configuration tried today on the SH-2G version. |
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Posted: 8/21/2018 10:26:28 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/21/2018 7:16:42 PM EDT
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The original Blackhawk circa 1970-74, the S-67
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Posted: 8/21/2018 7:35:27 PM EDT
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The airplane that caused Lockheed to bribe half of Western Europe and Japan to beat it, the General Electric J79-powered Grumman F11F-1F (F-11B) Super Tiger.
"The aircraft first flew on 25 May 1956, reaching Mach 1.44 in one of the flights. After the addition of 60-degree wing root fillets, a 13.5 in (35 cm) fuselage extension, and an uprated J79 engine, the F11F-1F reached an impressive Mach 2.04 in 1957, thus becoming the first naval aircraft in the world to exceed Mach 2 (two years before the F4H, the F8U-3 and the A3J). This was a surprise even to Grumman, which had expected a top speed of only Mach 1.4 at altitude." 
Another airframe taken to a wholly different level by the addition of the J79, the Douglas F5D Skylancer. 
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Posted: 8/21/2018 7:50:11 PM EDT
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The airplane that caused Lockheed to bribe half of Western Europe and Japan to beat it, the General Electric J79-powered Grumman F11F-1F (F-11B) Super Tiger. http://www.airwar.ru/image/idop/fighter/f11/f11-12.jpg Another airframe taken to a wholly different level by the addition of the J79, the Douglas F5D Skylancer. https://alchetron.com/cdn/douglas-f5d-skylancer-9d821b26-b4ba-49b5-af29-c830db89388-resize-750.jpeg Quote HistoryQuoted:
The airplane that caused Lockheed to bribe half of Western Europe and Japan to beat it, the General Electric J79-powered Grumman F11F-1F (F-11B) Super Tiger. "The aircraft first flew on 25 May 1956, reaching Mach 1.44 in one of the flights. After the addition of 60-degree wing root fillets, a 13.5 in (35 cm) fuselage extension, and an uprated J79 engine, the F11F-1F reached an impressive Mach 2.04 in 1957, thus becoming the first naval aircraft in the world to exceed Mach 2 (two years before the F4H, the F8U-3 and the A3J). This was a surprise even to Grumman, which had expected a top speed of only Mach 1.4 at altitude." Another airframe taken to a wholly different level by the addition of the J79, the Douglas F5D Skylancer. https://alchetron.com/cdn/douglas-f5d-skylancer-9d821b26-b4ba-49b5-af29-c830db89388-resize-750.jpeg Now they're just GloboBoeing. 
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Posted: 8/21/2018 10:29:06 PM EDT
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What about a US Army submarine hunter?
 Neptune modified to AP-2E standard for Army ELINT/SIGINT use in Vietnam |
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Posted: 8/21/2018 10:53:00 PM EDT
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https://i.imgur.com/5eZERv6.jpg Kaman H-2 "Tomahawk" - One built as a gunship variant of the UH-2A for US Army trials. Had a pair of twin-mounted 7.62 machine guns in the nose. https://i.imgur.com/wsAXquP.jpg NUH-2C - Per Wikipedia: "One test and evaluation helicopter. One UH-2C helicopter was modified with stub-wings and pylons for weapons trials, missiles fitted included the AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-7 Sparrow III air-to-air missiles." https://i.imgur.com/FPwpRor.jpg HH-2C - Six Seasprites were converted to this version armed with a minigun in a chin-mounted turret. Had extra armor as well if I recall correctly. All six aircraft were assigned to HC-7 during the Vietnam War. I think the minigun and armor were really too heavy for the aircraft. Would love to see a similar configuration tried today on the SH-2G version. |
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Posted: 8/21/2018 11:02:41 PM EDT
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Caspian Sea Monster was cool.
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Posted: 8/21/2018 11:05:28 PM EDT
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Just for fun
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Posted: 8/21/2018 11:16:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/21/2018 11:22:00 PM EDT
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Let's see what we got.
 Attached FileHimat drone.  Attached FileThe larval form of the C17 globemaster.  Attached FileF106 proposed modifications.  Attached FileLockheed B2 proposal. Sometimes known as Have Pick.  Attached FileThe Pond Racer. Don't try to build an unlimited air racer on the cheap, kids. |
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Posted: 8/21/2018 11:27:51 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/21/2018 11:44:12 PM EDT
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On the cheap?
 Bob Pond poured a heap of money into that project and he owned a hangar full of warbirds he could have made into unlimited racers but the whole point was to build a production racer so that people would stop racing antiques.
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Posted: 8/21/2018 11:46:51 PM EDT
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https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/383325/image-647413.JPG The Pond Racer. Don't try to build an unlimited air racer on the cheap, kids.  Attached FileI'd love to see Unlimited guys with unlimited budgets. They'd come up with some amazing stuff. |
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Posted: 8/22/2018 12:10:13 AM EDT
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Gee Bee Racer. Jimmy Doolittle tamed her. Others didn't do so well.
All engine. 
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Posted: 8/22/2018 4:17:21 AM EDT
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Look up the Airphibian by Robert Fulton. Three of the planes were stored in a barn very near here for years. Danny Airphibian  I like the XP-67 Bat. Beautiful lines, and maybe had some lending to later stealth designs? 
Another oddity.. Proteus 
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Posted: 8/22/2018 7:25:19 AM EDT
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Lockheed AH-64 Cheyenne Helicopter: Pretty much killed Lockheed's venture into helicopter design and manufacturing. |
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Posted: 8/22/2018 7:52:45 AM EDT
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I can't believe this thread has gone 3 pages without someone posting the H-1 racer.
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Posted: 8/22/2018 8:01:50 AM EDT
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I can't believe this thread has gone 3 pages without someone posting the H-1 racer. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1222/3694/products/Hughes_Racer_-_1_x700.jpg?v=1462905209 |
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Posted: 8/22/2018 8:43:22 AM EDT
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... it's actual designation was AH-56 Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Lockheed AH-64 Cheyenne Helicopter: Pretty much killed Lockheed's venture into helicopter design and manufacturing. 
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Posted: 8/22/2018 12:08:41 PM EDT
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I have always loved the faster-than-damn-near-anything seaplane, the Macchi M.C.72. I never thought I'd see a plane on floats as ded sexy, but this one is! This was the airplane that was faster than the H-1, at 423.5 MPH. That's crazy fast for an amphibian.
 
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Posted: 8/22/2018 12:39:11 PM EDT
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The purpose built Air Racer "Miss Ashley II"
- Mustang "based" fuselage - Lear Jet wings and tail plane - Rolls Royce Griffon engine with contra rotating propeller. Sadly the tail broke off under heavy G-loading on the race course. 
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Posted: 8/22/2018 12:43:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryCame to post this. Damn thing almost looks scary. Imagine seeing that beast out on the water.
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Posted: 8/22/2018 2:39:05 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/22/2018 4:55:46 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/3/2018 11:32:16 AM EDT
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This is a pretty unique paint job
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Posted: 9/3/2018 11:35:36 AM EDT
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This is a pretty unique paint job http://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/large/001/404/001404422.jpg 
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Posted: 9/3/2018 11:39:00 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/3/2018 11:43:24 AM EDT
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This is a pretty unique paint job http://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/large/001/404/001404422.jpg |
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Posted: 9/3/2018 11:47:59 AM EDT
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All your SIGINT belong to us. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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This is a pretty unique paint job http://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/large/001/404/001404422.jpg
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Posted: 9/3/2018 11:48:10 AM EDT
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NASA's WB-57 Canberras http://warbirdsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/NASA-WB-57_-Photo-by-Chris-Ebdon-AV8PIX-8-678x381.jpg 
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Posted: 9/3/2018 11:59:06 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/3/2018 12:05:23 PM EDT
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F4F-3S Wildcatfish.
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Posted: 9/3/2018 12:08:46 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/3/2018 12:15:05 PM EDT
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Belong to who? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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This is a pretty unique paint job http://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/large/001/404/001404422.jpg
The Gulf Arabs do buy nice toys, but they like to contract out the work. |
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Posted: 9/3/2018 12:23:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryIs that thing for real? I'm surprised the little turbo jets can develop enough thrust for the take-off roll.
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Posted: 9/3/2018 12:28:13 PM EDT
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This is a pretty unique paint job http://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/large/001/404/001404422.jpg |
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Posted: 9/3/2018 12:31:14 PM EDT
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Is that thing for real? I'm surprised the little turbo jets can develop enough thrust for the take-off roll. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Posted: 9/3/2018 12:33:23 PM EDT
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https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/181794/paxhelo-659896.JPG Nobody has been able to ID this. |
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Posted: 9/3/2018 12:38:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThe F-107 is one of my favorites at the Pima Air Museum. Of course, the B-58 Hustler is my all-time favorite on display there. |
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Posted: 9/3/2018 12:41:20 PM EDT
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Most of the technology developed and explored with the AFTI F-16 ended up in the F-35.
* Enhanced maneuverability and aerodynamic controls with DFLCS * Voice recognition virtual assistant * Touch screen multi-function displays * Embedded Electro-Optical Targeting and Laser Spot Tracker Pods * Embedded IRST optics integrated with the radar 
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Posted: 9/3/2018 12:41:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryI watched that thing at the MHAFB Airshow back in June.
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Posted: 9/3/2018 12:45:11 PM EDT
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VAAC Harrier technology demonstrator integrated DFLCS with a STOVL aircraft to make take off and landing safer for birds like the harrier.
Most of the coding and groundwork digital flight control system architecture went into the F-35B.  
The pilot on the left was the first test pilot to fly the X-35. He was a British Harrier pilot who did exchange at the USAF Test Pilot School at Edwards, then got into the JSF program. |
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Posted: 9/3/2018 12:53:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/3/2018 1:02:48 PM EDT
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I can't believe this thread has gone 3 pages without someone posting the H-1 racer. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1222/3694/products/Hughes_Racer_-_1_x700.jpg?v=1462905209 |
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Posted: 9/3/2018 1:06:42 PM EDT
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This is a pretty unique paint job http://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/large/001/404/001404422.jpg |
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Posted: 9/3/2018 1:09:18 PM EDT
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SNCASE se.100
One was built. 
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