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April 14, 2007 at 8:32 pm in reply to: Aviation firsts and innovations #2541583

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I thought there was a German or Russian delta (prop powered) that flew before the X-92.

The AN-225 is by FAR the heaviest.

The Blackjack really drives home what an accomplishment the B-70 was. Second only to the Blackjack in takeoff weight ( 540,000 lbs) and Mach 3 to boot.

It is interesting believe me i just asked because, number one i am not in the mood for arguments, i am planing more to know the designs that flew before the XF-92, but i can not recall any other aircraft with a pure delta that flew before the XF-92, and at least as a pure jet aircraft the XF-92 was the first.

Of course can you mention those design that flew first?

For example i know that the germans used ejection seats in propeller driven aircraft in WWI but i do not know the model, i guess the Me-109 was it?

While a bungee-assisted escape from an aircraft took place in 1910, the ejector seat as we recognise it today was invented in Germany during World War II. Prior to this, the only means of escape from an incapacitated aircraft was to jump clear, and in many cases this was difficult due to injury, the difficulty of egress from a confined space, the airflow past the aircraft and other factors.

The first ejector seats were developed during the war by Heinkel. Early models were powered by compressed air and the first aircraft to be fitted with such a system was the Heinkel He 280 prototype jet fighter in 1941. One of the He 280 test pilots, Helmut Schenk, became the first person to escape from a stricken aircraft with an ejector seat on January 13, 1942 after his control surfaces iced up and became inoperable. This aircraft never reached production status, and the first operational type to provide ejector seats for the crew was the Heinkel He 219 night fighter in 1942.

In late 1944, the Heinkel He 162 featured a new type of ejector seat, this time fired by an explosive cartridge. In this system the seat rode on wheels set between two pipes running up the back of the cockpit. When lowered into position, caps at the top of the seat fitted over the pipes to close them. Cartridges, basically identical to shotgun shells, were placed in the bottom of the pipes, facing upward. When fired the gases would fill the pipes, “popping” the caps off the end and thereby forcing the seat to ride up the pipes on its wheels, and out of the aircraft.

April 14, 2007 at 10:44 am in reply to: Aviation firsts and innovations #2541786

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Here is the list of the fastest aircraft that have ever flown

Plane Top Speed Max. Altitude
1. X-43 (Unmanned) Mach 9.8 110,000 feet
2. X-15 Mach 6.72 354,200 feet
The X-15 is the fastest manned aircraft in the world.
3. SR-71 Blackbird (YF-12) Mach 3.2+ 85,000+ feet
The SR-71 Blackbird is the fastest airplane in the world.
4. MiG-25R Foxbat-B Mach 3.2 123,524 feet
4. X-2 Mach 3.2 126,200 feet
5. XB-70 Valkyrie Mach 3.1 77,350 feet
6. MiG-31 Foxhound Mach 2.83 67,600 feet
7. MiG-25 Foxbat (Ye-155) Mach 2.8 118,900 feet
8. F-15 Eagle Mach 2.5 60,000 feet
8. F-111 Aardvark Mach 2.5 60,000+ feet
9. X-1 Mach 2.435 90,440 feet
10. Su-24 Fencer Mach 2.4 57,400 feet
11. Tu-144 Charger Mach 2.35 59,055 feet
11. MiG-23 Flogger Mach 2.35 60,700 feet
11. Su-27 Flanker Mach 2.35 59,055 feet
12. F-14A Tomcat Mach 2.34 58,000+ feet
13. F-106 Delta Dart Mach 2.31 57,000 feet
14. IAI Kfir Mach 2.3 75,000 feet
14. English Electric Lightning Mach 2.3 60,000 feet
14. MiG-29 Fulcrum Mach 2.3 59,060 feet
14. F-107 Ultra Sabre Mach 2.3 48,000 feet
15. Tornado ADV Mach 2.2 69,997 feet
15. F-4 Phantom Mach 2.2 62,250 feet
15. Mirage 2000 Mach 2.2 59,055 feet
15. F-104 Starfighter Mach 2.2 58,000 feet
(120,800 feet NF-104A)
15. B-58 Hustler Mach 2.2 64,800 feet
16. F-105 Thunderchief Mach 2.1 52,000 feet
16. A-5 Vigilante Mach 2.1 52,100 feet
17. Su-22 Mach 2.09 59,055 feet
18. Tu-160 Blackjack Mach 2.05 49,200 feet
18. MiG-21 Fishbed Mach 2.05 50,000 feet
18. Concorde Mach 2.05 60,000 feet
19. D558-2 Skyrocket Mach 2.005 83,235 feet
20. YF-23 Black Widow II Mach 2 (AB) 65,000 feet
20. F-20 Tigershark Mach 2+ 55,000 feet
20. YF-17 Cobra Mach 2+ 50,000 feet
21. Saab JAS 39 Gripen Mach 2 50,000 feet
21. F-16 Fighting Falcon Mach 2 50,000+ feet
21. Saab 37 Viggen Mach 2 60,039 feet
21. Saab 35 Draken Mach 2 65,600 feet
22. Tu-22M Backfire Mach 1.88 43,635 feet
22. F-14B/D Tomcat Mach 1.88 53,000+ feet
23. Su-34 Mach 1.8 45,890 feet
23. F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Mach 1.8 50,000+ feet
23. F-22 Raptor Mach 1.8 (AB) 50,000 feet
24. XF-104 Starfighter Mach 1.79 58,000 feet
25. F-8 Crusader Mach 1.72 58,000 feet
26. F-101B Voodoo Mach 1.66 52,100 feet
27. X-29 FSW Mach 1.6 50,000 feet
28. Tu-22 Blinder Mach 1.52 48,228 feet
28. XF8U-1 Crusader Mach 1.52 58,000 feet
29. SEPECAT Jaguar Mach 1.5 45,930 feet
30. F-5 Freedom Fighter Mach 1.4 50,700 feet
31. F-100 Super Sabre Mach 1.3 51,000 feet
32. X-31 EFMI Mach 1.28 40,000 feet
33. B-1b Lancer Mach 1.25 50,000+ feet
34. F-102 Delta Dagger Mach 1.23 55,000 feet
35. T-38 Talon Mach 1.22 55,000+ feet
36. XF-90 Mach 1.1 39,000 feet
37. MiG-17 Fresco Mach 1.05 52,366 feet
38. F-86 Sabre Mach 1.04 50,800 feet
39. F-117 Nighthawk High Subsonic 45,000 feet
40. AV-8B Harrier II Mach 0.98 41,700+ feet
41. F-94 Starfire Mach 0.97 51,800 feet
42. A-6 Intruder Mach 0.94 42,400 feet
43. Saab 32 Lansen Mach 0.93 52,500 feet
44. F-80 Shooting Star Mach 0.88 46,800 feet
45. BAe Nimrod 2000 Mach 0.87 42,000 feet
46. B-52 Stratofortress Mach 0.86 55,000 feet
47. U-2 Dragon Lady Mach 0.8 90,000 feet
48. C-5 Galaxy Mach 0.79 35,750 feet
49. C-141 Starlifter Mach 0.77 41,600 feet
49. C-17 Globemaster III Mach 0.77 45,000 feet
50. B-2 Spirit Mach 0.72 50,000+ feet
50. P-3 Orion Mach 0.72 28,300 feet

Last Updated: October 8, 2006
source:
http://www.globalaircraft.org/top50.htm

April 13, 2007 at 12:09 am in reply to: Aircraft With Weird-Looking Modifications #2542166

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It looks like someone bolted the front of a Tomcat on it just to see what would happen!:D

perhaps looks more like a weiner, it is one of those aircraft that have veen modified and look definitively unusual, even in trainer version

here is another weirdo

the Tu-128UT

April 12, 2007 at 11:53 pm in reply to: Aircraft With Weird-Looking Modifications #2542182

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The extremely UGLY and WEIRD Yak-38U

April 12, 2007 at 11:40 pm in reply to: Aircraft With Weird-Looking Modifications #2542187

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the weird looking Nimrod

the origins of the Nimrod, it was a healthy design

April 12, 2007 at 6:22 am in reply to: Aircraft With Weird-Looking Modifications #2542403

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Except isn’t it a completely new aircraft, not a modification of an An 124?

Fuselage extensions, new wing root sections to extend the wingspan and add 2 more engines, and a completely new aft fuselage end and tail surfaces… I guess it could count as a modification… if you really push the term.

I think that we are well off-track of the original purpose of this thread… modifications to existing designs.

None of the “wierd designs” meet this definition, as they were designed the way they are, not modified from an existing design.

Modification is a very vague term, the Su-27IB is called Su-32 and basicly is a wierd modification of a fighter, you might called weird if you do not like it or cool if you like it, the An-225 is basicly an An-124

same can be applied to the Su-33KUB aka Su-27KUB

Canarded F-1

April 12, 2007 at 1:11 am in reply to: Aircraft With Weird-Looking Modifications #2542500

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A weird modification of the An-124

April 12, 2007 at 1:00 am in reply to: Aircraft With Weird-Looking Modifications #2542505

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from glider to powered plane, any way both aircraft look weird, the Me-323

and the root the Me-321

April 11, 2007 at 12:01 am in reply to: Military Aviation News around the world, news & discussion. #2542884

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Jalisco manufactures unmanned aircraft

2007-04-03

Hydra Technologies, unmanned aircraft manufacturer, requested a US$2
million.support from the Ministry of Economic Promotion to enter the
international market.

The Minister of Economic Promotion, Guillermo Martinez, said that
even the Pentagon is interested in the prototypes.

He said that these products have been developed in Jalisco for two
years now and the company received support for one million in 2006.

An unmanned aircraft is used in agriculture, or to deal with safety
or drug-dealing problems.

Martinez Mora said that electronic industry is a role model for
other production sectors so that Jalisco stands-out among the first
in Mexico.

Source: Grupo Reforma

http://www.maquilaportal.com/cgi-bin/public/board.pl?klie=8

April 10, 2007 at 11:56 pm in reply to: Military Aviation News around the world, news & discussion. #2542889

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9 Apr 2007] /Lenta.ru/
Inter-departmental task team for aviation industry development has approved a task for United Aircraft-building Corporation (UAC). The UAC is to manufacture in 2008-2012 15 Il-96s, 84 Tu-204/214s, 236 Sukhoi Super Jet-100s and 96 An-148s. It is noteworthy here that An-124 is not on that list, while Tu-334 is under consideration for the time being.

Earlier several companies had expressed their willingness to purchase An-124 aircraft from the UAC. For example, Volga-Dnepr wanted to acquire 12 An-124-100s before 2015. And air company Polyot pre-supposed to purchase at least 5 such aircraft until 2012.

It will take 143 billion rubles to build the planned airliners.
The state will allocate 18 billion rubles for this purpose. As for the rest of the funds, it should be taken on credit from markets, but interest on credits will be compensated from budget.

The UAC has been founded in order to sharply increase the production of the domestic civil aircraft. Now Russia builds less than 10 aircraft a year. The UAC incorporates state share holdings of Sukhoi Co., Ilyushin, Finance Leasing Co., Aviaexport and others. The state holds over 90,1% of the UAC shares.

April 10, 2007 at 11:53 pm in reply to: Military Aviation News around the world, news & discussion. #2542894

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Italian Helicopters to Be Assembled in Ulan-Ude

As Kommersant reports, OPK Oboronprom has begun negotiations with the Italian Augusta Westland ((in Latin letters)) on the licensed assembly at the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant of the AW-139 helicopter with a takeoff weight of 6 tonnes.

It is planned to sign a framework agreement in May. In the opinion of industry experts, the realization of this project will allow Augusta Westland to consolidate its positions not so much in the Russian market, as in the worldwide, where the high demand for helicopters of the AW-139 type will last for 10 – 15 years.

Source: 10.04.07, Gazeta.RU

April 10, 2007 at 2:53 pm in reply to: Aircraft With Weird-Looking Modifications #2543101

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Il-82

Il-80

April 10, 2007 at 2:41 pm in reply to: Aircraft With Weird-Looking Modifications #2543111

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A few wierdoes, some extrange derivatives of the Su-9 and Su-11
T-3

T-49

T-5

And some chinese wierdoes

F-7FS

April 10, 2007 at 2:27 pm in reply to: Aircraft With Weird-Looking Modifications #2543121

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A weird modificaton of the F-84 the XF-84H

April 10, 2007 at 12:48 pm in reply to: Aircraft With Weird-Looking Modifications #2543184

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One of the wierdest aircraft i have ever known about, jet and propeller, weird looking machine the Ryan XFR-4

The XF2R-1 turboprop

The XF2R-1 turboprop

another weird looking aircraft the XF15C-1

another weird looking machine the Vought Crusader III
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