Aviation Geeks unite?! Anybody else care about planes here?

[publiusr]

I liked the Phantom too, though here most were reengined with the Spey as mentioned above. (The only exceptions I'm aware of were the F4-Js we picked up later)?

I seem to remember that a Mach 3 version was looked at...

 

[Santaman]

This one isn't going to do Mach 3 but it is an interesting aircraft anyway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_York

 

[Marc]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_York

to think the Lancaster, York, Lancastrian and Lincoln all trace their roots back to an utter balls of aircraft known as the Manchester

Although the first commercial jetliner as the the Comet, it wasn't actually the first passenger aircraft to make an all jet flight.

Reading on the York lead to the Lancastrian, one of which made the first passenger flight under jet power in November 1946 (the aircraft had 2 x RR Nene and 2x RR Merlin so assume the latter weren't used in the flight).

 

[Santaman]

Lots of strange engine combinations have flown around at the beginning of the jet age.

 

[J.T.B.]

Lots of strange engine combinations have flown around at the beginning of the jet age.

True. The first carrier atom-bomber, the AJ Savage, had jet in the tail, not noticeable from most angles.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

The F-35.. not going to call it Lightning, this pudgy little flying Bradley doesn't deserve that name.. it is one of the few aircraft I don't like.

The pedant in me is twitching.

The F-35 is the Lightning II.

The Lightning was the P-38.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II

@Santaman The aviators will probably stick the F-35 with it's own unofficial moniker anyway. Like Warthog for the A-10 or Viper for the F-16.

According to the Wikipedia article, a nickname in use for the F-35 in the USAF is "Panthner."

 

[J.T.B.]

The pedant in me is twitching.

The F-35 is the Lightning II.

The Lightning was the P-38.

I don't think any of us in this thread have said Phantom II, though.

According to the Wikipedia article, a nickname in use for the F-35 in the USAF is "Panthner."

 

[CorporalCaptain]

I don't think any of us in this thread have said Phantom II, though.

I didn't!

The Phantom was fugly.

 

[Santaman]

The pedant in me is twitching.

The F-35 is the Lightning II.

The Lightning was the P-38.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II



According to the Wikipedia article, a nickname in use for the F-35 in the USAF is "Panthner."

To me there's only one Lightning and it's this one: the English Electric Lightning.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Electric_Lightning

 

[BK613]

^^ And I prefer the "fork-tailed devil" that is called Lightning.

 

[StarCruiser]

And was named that quite some years before English Electric built theirs...

 

[Santaman]

Why, yes I am aware of that but considering that the English Electric Lightning can out accelerate and outclimb a much newer F-15 and is capable of intercepting a U2 makes it (tadaa) lightning fast..

 

[BK613]

^^Which just means it was good at what it was designed to do, intercepting and shooting down nuclear bombers. Air combat isn't about that anymore.

 

[Santaman]

And in a while air combat is going to be without pilots and use swarms of drones and anti drones and anti anti drones.. all controlled by pimply 14 year olds with a gaming addiction..

 

[CorporalCaptain]

And in a while air combat is going to be without pilots and use swarms of drones and anti drones and anti anti drones.. all controlled by pimply 14 year olds with a gaming addiction..

Perhaps until jamming tech catches up and severs the link with the remote pilots. Then (and even otherwise), wholly onboard AI is a plausible next step, or at least partial AI integration for rapid decision loops. But also, in a highly jammed environment, some measure of at least nearby pilot presence could still be a thing.

 

[Santaman]

Hmm.. killer A.I. what shall we call it? Oh! I know, since it's up in the air we'll call it "Skynet"

 

[StarCruiser]

Ah yes! Skynet! I wonder if it wants to be friends?

 

[Santaman]

No idea but when it comes to names this aircraft is one of the coolest ever.. The F6U Pirate.. shiver me timber! Avast ye landlubbers!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F6U_Pirate

 

[J.T.B.]

Vought/LTV liked names with a swashbuckling and swords ring. The Corsair II should really have been the Corsair IV. For some reason some old timers in the fleet called LTV "Ling Toyota Varoom."

 

[Santaman]

Maybe they were as reliable as a Toyota?

We've seen and talked about the Phantom II so I thought I'd throw in the first one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_FH_Phantom