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Airplane thread?

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>>4338056
what an odd flight vessel. maybe one day we could capture one, and find out what sort of spell they use for the anti-gravity effect.

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Game over guys, thanks for playing. You all did great, but I'm afraid it's time to go home now.

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>> No.4338159

>>4338056
Lockheed guy, I got a sweet internship at Boeing. How does that make you feel?

>> No.4338163

watch?v=dXor2vMSCU8

was at this show in 2010 and lets say it made the day for me. being british i was really looking forward to the euro fighter the most but it didnt hold a candle to the performance of the f22 on the day.

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>>4338159
Nice!

I got an internship at Lockheed last summer.

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>>4338105
The F35 has some amazing technology.

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>>4338164
Sweet! Do you think you'd want to work there full time?

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>>4338105
neat

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>>4338191
Definitely. It was an absolutely wonderful experience.

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>>4338281
holy shit what motor/plane?

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F-22 master race reporting in

>> No.4338303

>>4338298
P&Wf119/F22

>> No.4338304

>>4338093
What a plane, man.

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I FUCKING LOVE AIRPLAINS

Thats funny, I was just using some of my airplain images in another thread when I was giving a military guy a hard time about joining the military.

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I wish I had a C-17

>> No.4338324

>>4338304
I feel old now, knowing my children will see that plane and, knowing so little about 200x and 201x planes, won't be able to recognize the shape instantly, and won't know what it is with one look at that lift fan.

Oh, one other thing before I go - HOLY SHITBALLS, A LIFT FAN.

>> No.4338327

What the hell you guys. No Osprey love? It's a gods' damned transformer!

>> No.4338335

Hey, um, question for y'all planefags.

Ferrari and Shell did a commercial where they connected a refueling hose from an airborne plane with a boom to a F1 racer. Can you tell me what plane it is? My first thought was that it'd be a KC-130 but it has two engines, and I just don't know very many cargo planes by sight.

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>>4338327

I used to have a graph that compared the fuel efficiency and range of the osprey compared to other forms of heavy lift and transportation.

Basically depicted the Osprey as "a chinook but better"

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>>4338327
Where's your picture?

This one may be from Wikipedia, but damn if it isn't cool.

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>>4338338
>Basically depicted the Osprey as "a chinook but better"
So awesome, amirite?

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>>4338350
I must have mistyped the CAPTCHA and forgot to rechoose my Osprey image. D:

No worries though, I posted it here (>>4338354). And now another! :D

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guis, which one would win in a fight? An Osprey or a Globemaster?

>> No.4338367 [DELETED] 

And I can't forget the A-10 Thunderbolt, nicknamed "Warthog" because of how gods damned sexy it is.

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Why is this thread going so slow?

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And I can't forget the A-10 Thunderbolt, nicknamed "Warthog" because of how gods damned sexy it is.

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>>4338365
The Osprey. Globemasters usually don't carry guns.

Oh my god, can you imagine a ground attack version of the Osprey?

>> No.4338395

>>4338385
>any plane
>sexier than f22

>> No.4338397

>>4338395
Hey, 9.5 < 10, but it's still damned sexy.

>> No.4338400

>>4338392
I can't imagine what one would arm it with to make it a usable weapons platform.

>> No.4338403

>>4338395
You linked to the wrong post. I didn't say anything about the fact that the Thunderbolt is sexier than the Raptor.

>> No.4338405

>>4338392
Uhh... The osprey isn't usually equipped with weapons either... Yet.

>> No.4338412

Are you guys even trying?

>> No.4338424

>>4338400
Air-to-ground, for area denial and close infantry support. It's already up there with the Ontos as being scary as balls.

It wouldn't approach the attack helicopter, but after you drop your Marines off, wouldn't it be nice if you could circle the area and provide a little fire support? Gunships move relatively fast, and attack helicopters don't really carry enough cargo if they're effective as attack helicopters, but it wouldn't be for that.

>> No.4338429

>>4338405
No, no, sometimes they put a gun in the back for when the ramp is down. All you gotta do is crack the ramp a bit, fly right in front of the Globemaster, and try to shoot it down before it just smashes through you like so many popsicle stick dioramas.

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>>4338412
forgot the picture, like a dumbass.

>> No.4338473

>>4338429
Yeah, but that's a shitty solution and it's not permanent. There are plans to mount a gun on the osprey but those are sort of halted due to finances. Also, the globemaster goes faster than the osprey. It would be pretty hard for the osprey to get in front of the globemaster to line up a shot like that.

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>>4338459
That thing's practically a spacecraft, and so is this.

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F-111 Master race

>> No.4338484

>>4338473

I bet a globemaster could tackle an osprey and survive.

>>4338475

I heard about that. The least secret secret project.

It can go into orbit and then change orbit. Giving it the potential to launch and retrieve basically any satellite.

>> No.4338488

>>4338479
puke

>> No.4338490

>>4338473
"1× 7.62 mm (.308 in) GAU-17 minigun, belly-mounted, retractable, video remote control in the Remote Guardian System [optional]"
For the sake of this argument, it's not optional. It's got a GAU-17 minigun. What's the Globemaster have? Flares?

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>>4338488
say that to my face cunt not on the internet

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>>4338429
The globemaster only needs to fly ahead and higher of the Osprey (it can easily) and dump pallet after cargo pallet into the Osprey.

Also, AC-130 pwns them both.

>> No.4338499

>>4338484
The X designation doesn't mean secret. Also, NASA needs publicity; I don't know why they'd keep it a secret.

>> No.4338500

>>4338499
Because it's operated by the Airforce, not NASA

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>>4338496
KC-130 beats you out. Shoot me, I dare you. The fireball will be seen from space and you'll be too dead to enjoy it.
So go ahead.

Make my day.

>> No.4338508

>>4338500
Well, NOW it is. The Air Force wants a space plane, and I don't blame them. Fuck, I want a space plane.

>> No.4338512

>>4338499

No it really is a secret project. Just a laughably un-secret secret project:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37

Its purpose and design arent well known. When it was first launched amatuer astronomers tracked it with telescopes, however at some point it simply disappeared, a few days later is reappeared in a different orbit.

>> No.4338517

>>4338512
It's probably docking with the ISS

>> No.4338518

>>4338124
Now those also have stealth capabilities too, right?

>> No.4338521

>>4338512
Oh man, if the Air Force gets the space plane right, will they eventually give it back to NASA and be like, "Yeah, we basically made spaceflight 100x awesomer and did your job for you. You're welcome" or will they just hog the space plane?

>> No.4338523

>>4338521
It was originally NASA's Spaceplane until they dropped its funding. Then the Airforce picked it up

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I thought I was on /k/

>> No.4338536

>>4338518
What, those F-22s? Yes, they're stealth-capable now.

>> No.4338538

>>4338536
Does that help in a dog fight though?

>> No.4338541

>>4338538
Not really, no stealth helps in Air to Air combat

>> No.4338542

>>4338538
When they aren't looking at you, definitely.

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>>4338538
Here's a tip. All modern fighters with ranges of 50km or so, and RADAR that detects the enemy at a far greater distance. Air to Air missiles lock onto to aircraft two ways, infrared sigs, which come from engine exhaust. The other is a RADAR lock.

You can imagine, that stealth for a fighter is a big fucking deal when some of your opponent's weapons, and detection systems are rendered near worthless

>>4338541
read a book on fighters.

>> No.4338548

>>4338544
>All modern fighters with ranges of 50km or so,

I meant "All modern fighters have missiles with ranges of 50km or so"

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>>4338538
Also, if the plane is behind you and you don't realize that, and then the dogfight starts, stealth just won you a dogfight.

To be fair, though, that kinda defeats the point of having stealth.

>> No.4338579

>>4338549
Come on, this was awesome mode. You aren't inspired?