AFSil80

Not sure how I've never seen this thread until now...

I know I've got pics of the Nellis F-16 aggressors, but I'll have to dig em up. Anyways, post-AF career led to F-22 production.



I'm not at Lockheed anymore, but there are some interesting leftovers in the woods off the flightline...like the remains of the P-3 that was downed over Hainan back in the early 2000's. Contrary to what pics you may find of it after landing on Hainan, that aircraft was NOT returned to us in one piece. The pieces ended up being delivered back to Dobbins AFB inside a Russian Antonov.

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BOROSUN

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did they ever fixed that oxygen problem on the f22? i heard the just add bunch of stuff to bandaid the problem, like a secondary backup and such.

AFSil80

Being that I was final assembly at the time, I had nothing to do with fixing it, as that would've gone to the folks working the mod contracts. I do recall some of what they told us from the crash in Alaska and I believe that it was resolved properly by replacing components.

As for the Chengdu J-20 and Shenyang J-31...no thrust vectoring. They won't be able to out maneuver the Raptor, and having the exhaust sticking so far out of the tail section is going to give off an incredible heat signature compared to the F-22 and F-117.

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Brian

A sileighty next to a craptor. lol!


Waiting for airshow season to start up.
Need some jet noise!

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fyneyoungstunna

Wow, never seen this thread.
Nice birds in here though.
If I can find the pics from when I was a little guy Ill post some of my favs.
I'm not in service but most of the males in my family are.
Because of my uncle, when I lived in D.C. I got to board the sr71 and the B2 stealth. That might be my most memorable moment of my life.
Got to ride in a p38 which was awesome as well.
I live in CO now and I get to see jets galore. A few years back there was a flock of B2's passing through. You look up and it was like 6 giant kites speeding by.
When I'm at work in Denver I get to see a bunch of hornets some A-10's and what looks to be f16's chasing each other at random lol. Ill take pics when I get my camera next week.

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HyperTek

The Last Zero Fighter
The Last Zero Fighter: Firsthand Accounts from WWII Japanese Naval Pilots: Dan King: 9781468178807: Amazon.com: Books

Fairly new book came out mid 2012. I am currently half way through it. Very good book from the Japanese point of view. American history tends to paint them as savages (as most of America's war opponents). The author went and interviewed a few remaining pilots, and got their stories. about how they all joined the japanese navy, to avoid getting drafted into the japanese army since they feared it would be harder, etc etc. First hand pilot stories from Pearl Harbor etc.

There seem to be a few typos and grammar mistakes in the kindle version though, but doesn't bother me much.

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Teddy

So upon doing some random research on the Tustin airship hangar, I fell upon this project that I'd never heard of. A company called Aeroscraft is in the process of constructing a prototype airship that would revolutionize freight transportation.

The current prototype is at 75 meters in length and is only half the projected size of the full scale production model which can carry an estimated 66 tons of freight and requires no airfield nor ground crews!

I've always been pretty fascinated with airships so to say I'm hopeful and excited to see a production model of this is an understatement!





It would not only be military as they also hope to have commercial buyers.









More info here or google Aeroscraft ML866

Company - Aeroscraft

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LoneStarSilvia

Interesting, but it kind of looks like it could be shot down with a high grade slingshot.

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Teddy

That's what I think plus the service ceiling is 12,000, cruise speed 100kts and max speed 120kts.

But it would be so cool!

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