Amazing how whenever an article appears such as this one, that the same usual “crowd” simply replies… these guys are idiots or just as bad as “kopp” etc….
HOW ABOUT YOU ACTUALLY TELL EVERYONE where you disagree AND WHY!
If you have NO CLUE ON HOW TO DEBATE SOMETHING, THEN DONT POST.
Stop acting in the usual predictable fashion on here, its beginning to bore everyone
Other members have been able to answer the post in manner which shows they are able to think for themselves, not cry like little kids because someone is critical of their “favourite” plane…
Get a grip…. and if you dont understand the fact that when OUR governments spend BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, (OUR MONEY!!!!), then it is EVERYONES RIGHT TO MAKE SURE THEY SPEAK UP AND SAY WE WANT THE BEST VALUE FOR MONEY, not bow down to politics, stock holders, big business and the banks.
In the end you dont want our service men/woman having a billion dollar lemon which ends up getting them killed cause some PR department convinced us to buy it.
Sorry Sam but props do not normally stop instantly,they usually keep turning for a little while and also are bent in more than one direction,neither prop shows any ‘twist’ as it would if it had been under power from the engine.
I have not mentioned this yet but also both props are set at exactly the same angle in true tiddly military fashion,ie as if somebody with a tidy military mind has placed them both at a symmetrical angle.
This also may support the argument that the F5 was parked on an airfield minding its own business.
The ‘sweep back’ of the stbd wing I believe was approx 26 deg.
The “curling” of the blades is typical when an aircraft comes in contact with the ground during forward motion in a gradual type decent… like when landing wheels up.
The blades wouldnt have curled hitting the thin skin of the wellington…. And yes it would stop instantly if it hit an object hard enough, like a wing spar, engine…..
The fact the blades stopped in the same position means nothing…. The light twin i used to fly many years ago would stop both blades in the same position 99% of the time, so i would never have to “park” the blades at night!
If something hit the F5 while on the ground it would unlikely be on its undercarriage anymore….

Looking at the pic a bit closer the right wing is pushed back quite a bit. Look at the gap in the leading edge wing root fairing and the flap and rear wing section pushed downwards. Also note the big hit in the leading edge of the right wing as well. That would appear to be where the other vertical tail hit the aircraft?
The fact that one blade is only bent could be because the engine stopped instantly it was hit?
I wouldnt dispell the picture as some sort of myth or fakery yet……
Those CGI images also appeared on englishrussia.com
They are pure fanciful interpretations of the orginal idea of gigantic bomber which was thought of just after the first world war (?)

Info on this website is sometimes left open to debate though!
Thanks for that. The pictures of the rockets on the Hunter (my fav fighter of all times) made my day.
Have seen this arrangement of rockets on many fighters in the 1960s, but never close ups of how it all worked. The interlocking of the fins and the sliding holder is incredibly simple and clever at the same time.
The picture of the C182 made me laugh, I dont think Cessna had that in mind.
This post would be well received in the “Historic” section of the forum too!
Wow! To look at the extent of the damage and know they made it back is incredible. I have seen plenty of pictures of WW2 bombers with all sorts of damage, somehow make it back.
A mixture of fear and courage?
Representative Peter King, who sits on the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee, said the explosive device was “fairly sophisticated,” and the suspect was a 23-year-old Nigerian.
“When it did go off, he himself was seriously injured. He has third degree burns. … It appears to be different from what we’ve encountered before,” Mr King told Fox News.
Fairly sophisticated….. so much so it didnt work?
When it did go off, he himself was serioulsy injured…. So it either went off or it didnt? If it went off and the most damage that it did was to burn his legs…. how sophisticated can it be?
It appears to be different from what we’ve encountered before…. as opposed to other bombings? or stupidity in general?
Mr King told Fox News……. Fox News???… I rest my case….
Amazing how the song and dance was so soon spreading like wildfire through-out the media…. from firecrackers to a ” sophisticated bomb” strapped to a black nigerians man leg, who confesses immediately once apprehended his links to “al Q”
Im still looking for those Reds under the bed which i never found…..
Representative Peter King, who sits on the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee, said the explosive device was “fairly sophisticated,” and the suspect was a 23-year-old Nigerian.
“When it did go off, he himself was seriously injured. He has third degree burns. … It appears to be different from what we’ve encountered before,” Mr King told Fox News.
Fairly sophisticated….. so much so it didnt work?
When it did go off, he himself was serioulsy injured…. So it either went off or it didnt? If it went off and the most damage that it did was to burn his legs…. how sophisticated can it be?
It appears to be different from what we’ve encountered before…. as opposed to other bombings? or stupidity in general?
Mr King told Fox News……. Fox News???… I rest my case….
Amazing how the song and dance was so soon spreading like wildfire through-out the media…. from firecrackers to a ” sophisticated bomb” strapped to a black nigerians man leg, who confesses immediately once apprehended his links to “al Q”
Im still looking for those Reds under the bed which i never found…..
As opposed to “moderates” ?
And just who are these extremists?
(Oh yea… nice picture to on your avatar, me mate is always amazed to see his coupe show up all over the net. )
As opposed to “moderates” ?
And just who are these extremists?
(Oh yea… nice picture to on your avatar, me mate is always amazed to see his coupe show up all over the net. )
I have to correct my original point. Education is far, far more important 🙂
😀 It is Arthur, it is !!!
which guys?
which guys?
Yes straight away…. from firecrackers to a bomb strapped to his leg….
Leading right back to “al Qaida”….. OMG the humanity.
More sercurity and body cavity searches…. blah blah blah
Yes straight away…. from firecrackers to a bomb strapped to his leg….
Leading right back to “al Qaida”….. OMG the humanity.
More sercurity and body cavity searches…. blah blah blah