Mark Pelham Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 4 hours ago, Jeff Smith said: I think the fan blade snubbers probably give the RB211 heritage away. More modern large fans have swept snubberless blades.... Indeed, the PW JT9/2000/4000, GE CF6 and CFM56 also had mid span shrouds, probably others as well, but these are the engines I’m more familiar with. Cheers, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Abel Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Thought I'd add this one also, on the way down to Atlanta from Minneapolis, I happened to be on a B737-900, my daughter is assigned the B737/700/800/900 so decided to get an up close and personal at her future office; 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 (edited) There is a private air force in Canada that is hired by the RCAF to act as the enemy for training purposes.. Here is one their fleet of 16 old Dassault-Breguet-Dornier Alpha Jets.. Edited September 19, 2019 by Bill 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 On 05/09/2019 at 15:04, Ian Abel said: Thought I'd add this one also, on the way down to Atlanta from Minneapolis, I happened to be on a B737-900, my daughter is assigned the B737/700/800/900 so decided to get an up close and personal at her future office; Good luck to your daughter with her career. I’ve spent the last 16 years on Boeing’s and loved every minute 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Today the NATO exercises must be over the 'Enemy' appear to be migrating back to base... That sitting duck of a UK aircraft carrier arrived in Halifax a week or two ago to join in.. It's very impressive, but like HMS Hood, does look eminently sinkable.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 On 20/09/2019 at 00:13, Bill said: Today the NATO exercises must be over the 'Enemy' appear to be migrating back to base... That sitting duck of a UK aircraft carrier arrived in Halifax a week or two ago to join in.. It's very impressive, but like HMS Hood, does look eminently sinkable.. Ha, they’d be shredded aluminium before they got within ten miles of the carrier. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Actually is was not these superannuated warplanes that I had in mind to sink HMS aircraft carrier Something more like a stealthy Chinese submarine or two... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 6 hours ago, Bill said: Something more like a stealthy Chinese submarine Or an anti-ship missile. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 14 hours ago, Bill said: Actually is was not these superannuated warplanes that I had in mind to sink HMS aircraft carrier Something more like a stealthy Chinese submarine or two... We’ll do them too... Rule Britannia , Britannia rules the waves .... God save the queen ! ( slight thread creep ) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Here’s some planes BA strike the other week. You wouldn’t have got a spot on a golf course within 100 miles that day.. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgundy Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 A very smart looking little Antonov at Sarajevo airport. I suspect that it belonged to one of the Balkan air forces although I could not get a side view to see the markings clearly. Railway pictures from the trip are here. Best wishes Eric 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted September 22, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2019 October 14, RAF Lossiemouth: 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted September 22, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2019 (edited) 14 hours ago, burgundy said: A very smart looking little Antonov at Sarajevo airport. I suspect that it belonged to one of the Balkan air forces although I could not get a side view to see the markings clearly. Railway pictures from the trip are here. Best wishes Eric The fun fin flash looks like the Bulgarian Hungarian Air Force Insignia https://hu.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fájl:Roundel_of_Hungary.svg best scott Edited September 23, 2019 by scottystitch Correction of typos 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgundy Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 1 hour ago, scottystitch said: The fin flash looks like the Bulgarian Air Force Insignia https://hu.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fájl:Roundel_of_Hungary.svg best scott Scott From the link, I presume that you mean Hungary rather than Bulgaria? Wiki seems to think that the Hungarians have an Antonov, so that looks like a good bet. Best wishes Eric Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted September 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2019 9 hours ago, burgundy said: Scott From the link, I presume that you mean Hungary rather than Bulgaria? Wiki seems to think that the Hungarians have an Antonov, so that looks like a good bet. Best wishes Eric Eric, Yes, apologies, Hungary. When I first saw the shape of the fin flash/(non-round) roundle my first thought was Hungary, however I checked it wasn't Bulgaria, and therefore had Bulgaria on the brain when posting. Ramble over. Best Scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted September 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) Further back to April 10, again Lossie, A 111sq Tornado F.3 goes through the reheat light up: EDIT: I can't get the images to show in the right order. It seems to automatically arrange the images in order of precise size...... Hopefully you get the gist of the correct order..... Edited September 23, 2019 by scottystitch 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Andy7 Posted September 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, scottystitch said: Further back to April 10, again Lossie, A 111sq Tornado F.3 goes through the reheat light up: Good pictures but definitely a GR4. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted September 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2019 RAF Fairford, IAT arrivals, July 10. A pair of F-22As get in just ahead of the heavens opening: 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted September 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Andy7 said: Good pictures but definitely a GR4. Sorry, Andy, it's an F.3. 111sq never flew the GR.4. Here's the preceding shot as it taxied onto the threshold, just for confirmation. Serial is ZE965. Edited September 23, 2019 by scottystitch 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted September 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2019 Last one for today, Hercules C.1 (C-130K), albeit heavily modified. Lossimouth October 12: 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Andy7 Posted September 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2019 20 minutes ago, scottystitch said: Sorry, Andy, it's an F.3. 111sq never flew the GR.4. Here's the preceding shot as it taxied onto the threshold, just for confirmation. Serial is ZE965. My bad. I was thinking it was much recent than 2010. Sorry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted September 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2019 10 minutes ago, Andy7 said: My bad. I was thinking it was much recent than 2010. Sorry. No problem, sir. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Here’s one. Aggressor A4 preserved in the US. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Johann Marsbar Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 On 22/09/2019 at 23:19, burgundy said: Scott From the link, I presume that you mean Hungary rather than Bulgaria? Wiki seems to think that the Hungarians have an Antonov, so that looks like a good bet. Best wishes Eric One I photographed at Szolnok Airbase back in 1997............. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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