Military Aircraft thread Version 1.3

[Mikoyan]

Okay, i have decided to put together another Aircraft thread.
Here you can post pictures and discuss Military Aviation from 1914-2002.
Hopefully this will all go perfect.

So, get posting!



WARNING: Image intensive thread!
And keep in mind that you can request any picture if you don't have it yourself.

 

[CurtSibling]

WW1 had a certain class,

But the Second round of global smackdown certainly produced
some amazing craft.

From the classic spitfire to the scary Me262 the planes had real
character, You could tell a planes nationality from it's profile.

Who can forget a machine like the P51 Mustang, or the Me 109?

Anyhow here is the first of my fave aircraft, the Ju188!

 

[CurtSibling]

One of the all-time greats, the Fokker Dr. 1!

Flown by me, Enemy Ace!

 

[Mikoyan]

Here's the Japanese F-2. It looks pretty cool!

 

[Mikoyan]

And here's a beutiful picture of a German MiG-29 flying over Greenland.

 

[Ohwell]

I personally prefer the Jet Age planes, they have been forerunners of the modern jets, and are really cool!
Sorry, I have no pics I had a few on my other computer... But those are nice pictures! Nice portable potty in that Fokker pic

 

[Mikoyan]

I like Jet age planes best also.
Name your favorite aircraft and i'll post the pic in your honor.
I have an aircraft library containing pictures from 92 Airforces!

 

[Ohwell]

Anything from the Mikoyan(Pardon your name) line is fine, But I would rather see an Su- 27 right now
I had quite a few Eurofighter pics also, I don't like them at all.

 

[Mikoyan]

Then here is a particularly nice pic of the Su-27!

 

[Ohwell]

Oooohhh.... (Drools)

I love that one! In my opinion the best fighterbomber of that time! That German MiG is a beautiful picture, it is going to be my desktop background once I get my PC back! Come to think of it, I am going to take all of these, and all of the ones that others post! Now that would be good, an endless supply of Jet pics to stare at for hours...

 

[Mikoyan]

Since you seem to enjoy powerful Russian Equipment so much, i'll post another pretty picture.
The Su-37 Terminator, the newest addition to the Flanker series:

 

[Mikoyan]

I have to get some sleep now, so here's my last image for tonight,
this is a classic picture of the Il-2 Sturmovik in action, firing it's 20mm SjVAK cannons :

 

[pavelsu]

nice SU-27 photo, mikoyan

 

[pavelsu]

Here is the new Mig 1.44. what do you think about it?

 

[Apollo]

I voted for WW2. They were still experimenting back then so you got tons of different cool looks.

Can anybody post a P-38? That's my personal favorite. Or maybe the P-49 (?) Thunderbolt.

 

[pavelsu]

Here my favorite plane: a Su-7 (rust enough). The Su-7 could take fuel or weapon but not both at the same time .
Nevertheless you could hang yourself of the pipe pitot without fear of breaking it and in some occasions (in the war India - Pakistan) received Sidewinder's direct impacts in the engine (even the missile managed to exploit inside the jet) and the damages limited to scratches in the painting . Other times on having landed it was not lowering the landing gear: no problem. They were landing on the paunch, a small checkup and to flying again.

 

[Mikoyan]

Originally posted by pavelsu
Here my favorite plane: a Su-7 (rust enough). The Su-7 could take fuel or weapon but not both at the same time .
Nevertheless you could hang yourself of the pipe pitot without fear of breaking it and in some occasions (in the war India - Pakistan) received Sidewinder's direct impacts in the engine (even the missile managed to exploit inside the jet) and the damages limited to scratches in the painting . Other times on having landed it was not lowering the landing gear: no problem. They were landing on the paunch, a small checkup and to flying again.

As always, sturdy russian equipment...
Here's a later version of the same aircraft, SU-22 with DDR markings.

P.S i think the MiG 1.42/4.4 looks too non-russian, it kinda looks like Eurofighter.

 

[Mikoyan]

Someone asked for a P-47 Thunderbolt, here it is.

 

[Ren]

I vote for the modern age, and here is my all time favourite plane:


Mmmm, Lockheed F117A

Damn it, I can't have one!.................. .................. ..................

 

[Mikoyan]

Effective, but Ugly. I would go for one of these:
(Okay, it isnt russian, but i like it anyway)