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May 15, 2006 at 9:55 pm in reply to: bears and badgers #2567972

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its great to see the Badger still going strong…i wish china would have copied the Blinder though… 😀
do enyone have pictures of the ultimate B-29..the Tu-85 Barge.

May 15, 2006 at 9:41 pm in reply to: TU-95 vs B-52 #2568002

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there must be something good about the Tu-95, they have been in service for 50 years… was the Bear used over Afghanistan. I know Backfires, Blinders and Badgers where…

May 15, 2006 at 9:27 pm in reply to: The Future of Aviation Preservation #1284523

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personally i have never seen the point of preserving just the cockpit..its like buying a old classic car and just keeping the dashboard !!!!. i have never looked at a cockpit and thought, thats a fantastic looking aircraft..a aircaft has got wings and a tail… oh **** that one havnt got eny !!!!!!.
i would give my right arm to help preserve a classic. but i cant just admire a aircraft parked with moss growing out of its exhausts.
i own a vintage tractor, and there is nothing better then to hook up to a plough and use her as to what she was made for. i know you cannot compare restoring and running a old tractor to a aircraft. but people like to see them working. i have took my old girl to shows as a static exhibit..noboby is interested.. but when i have taken her to a working day..people take notice and are a lot more interested. i think it is the same with eny preserved machine..be it a model T ford or a vulcan.
personally i love looking round aircraft museums..but i would i love aircraft… aircraft preservation has got to be more interesting for the people sat on the fence…

May 14, 2006 at 11:07 pm in reply to: Buccaneer Difrences #1286029

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apart from the fuel tank and 4 thousand pounders, could or did the buccs carry enything else internally… was there a reccie pack they could carry ????.

May 14, 2006 at 11:01 pm in reply to: Cold war prototypes that didn't make it #2568737

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i do hope that russia continues development on these designs. am i right in saying that these types of machines are unique to the former USSR.
another cold war prototype that didnt make it…the Shorts Sperrin. the first V-bomber !!!!!!. 😉

May 14, 2006 at 10:47 pm in reply to: bears and badgers #2568738

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that is one hell of a Badger set !!!. that one photo, is that 4 underwing pylons, i have never seen a badger with 4 ??.

May 14, 2006 at 8:58 pm in reply to: TU-95 vs B-52 #2568805

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comon people..they named a animal after the Tu-95 didnt they !!!!!!!!. 😀 😀

May 14, 2006 at 8:22 pm in reply to: What's in a name? #1286440

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was there a British city that the RAF never named a aircraft after, i cant think of one. saying that was there a aircraft named the Bristol. there was a Blackburn Blackburn, did Bristol make a Bristol Bristol !!!!.
what did the name Beaufighter mean ???. 🙂

May 14, 2006 at 8:13 pm in reply to: TU-95 vs B-52 #2568854

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i agree that the BUFF is a much more effective conventional bomber, though the Bear is a better all rounder..one thing that suprises me is that they never made a tanker version. saying that with surplus Bison airframes they never needed to. my vote would have to go to the Bear as they just look awesome…

May 14, 2006 at 8:04 pm in reply to: bears and badgers #2568864

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is china the only country to use the badger [in there H-6 version] today. how meny are in service. is the H-6 still in prodution in china ????.

May 14, 2006 at 7:22 pm in reply to: big is beautiful #2568904

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the V-12 is a very very impressive beast. still the largest helicopter ever made even though she flew 40 years ago. the example at monino probabley was the one at paris as only two was built.
talking about giant soviet choppers, kamov also got in with the act with the Ka-22 Vintokryl, Hoop. though she was a sort of half fixed wing half helicopter, interesting though…. 🙂

May 14, 2006 at 1:09 pm in reply to: IMPRESSIVE WEAPON LOADS THREAD #2569042

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very nice indeed…thank you.. 😀

May 14, 2006 at 1:01 pm in reply to: What's in a name? #1286947

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i can see your piont there.. just imagine the trouble that would have been caused if we named the eurofighter, stuka !!!!
i knew a man once who is now sadley passed away. who operated german tanks during WW2, he was captured by the Brits and spent the rest of his life here in the UK. he told me once that his parents had been killed during a bombing raid. so there is things we should feel guilty about as well…

May 14, 2006 at 11:21 am in reply to: Cosford's F111 #1287149

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she looks in great shape dosent she. is she the only 111 left over here these days ??.

May 14, 2006 at 10:45 am in reply to: big is beautiful #2569117

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[QUOTE=Arthur]It’s not the sight of the Mi-6 flying which is most remarkable, it’s the sound of one running up. When the engines spool up, there is a rather deep roar which gets higher and higher, and when the blades are up to speed the machine is whistling like some horny birdie in spring, with the whopping blades giving a nice rhytm track to accompany that. Absolutely gorgeous sight.

WOW….that sounds amazing…i envy you. 🙂
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