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Its a Caspian Sea Monster. Once in air only two engines were used. (hence only two engines have that cage-like structure to protect engine against birds). One of the tightest kept secret, not reveled till it was photographed by satellite, being tested in Caspian Sea.anishns wrote:
This one apparently is bigger than the A380
Curtiss XP-55kmc_chacko wrote:
Its a PB2Y Coronado. Started flying in late 1930's. Used mainly in Pacific theater in WWII.kmc_chacko wrote:
It will be a "Old Man's Aircraft Company I" aka OMAC-Ikmc_chacko wrote:
Boreas wrote:Curtiss XP-55kmc_chacko wrote:
The backward flying plane!
It's OT here but, one can get more info on Ekranoplan's in this videoBoreas wrote: Its a Caspian Sea Monster. Once in air only two engines were used. (hence only two engines have that cage-like structure to protect engine against birds). One of the tightest kept secret, not reveled till it was photographed by satellite, being tested in Caspian Sea.
French Rafale perhaps enforcing no-fly over Libya or just taken off from Corsica ?shiv wrote:What kind of sortie is this Spitfire ( )flying?
What munitions?
Manish,ManishH wrote:
French Rafale perhaps enforcing no-fly over Libya or just taken off from Corsica ?
The cigars look like some ALCM perhaps intended to blow Libyan airbases. The AAMs on the wingtip must be MICA. Not sure what's in between.
The sarcasm is appropriate.Marten wrote:^Iran's magnificent 5th Gen fighter.
The first prototype is equipped with many 5th gen features and has been reputed to be flying since 1996. However, owing to its total stealth. it has never been observed in flight.
That's unique texture of Charles De Gaulleshiv wrote:Identify all, including the ship
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/8229/15946228.jpg
If you see only a frog in ice, click on link above
That is what reports say but I am unable to reconcile the photo of the wreck with photos of the tail portion of the Blackhawk.Ambar wrote: Hakimji, it was a MH-60 SpecOps Blackhawk.
Two pointsnegi wrote:Shiv ji the stabilizer has actually kind of snapped from the middle and hence appears to be canted forward.
Thanks for the images Prasad. I enhanced the crash image and I am convinced that I was wrong earlier. It is a Blackhawk all right. The tail wing has turned 180 degrees. The wedge shape of the tip of the rear fuselage is unmistakable. There is no "notch" - What appears to be a "notch" is a little rudder which has broken off,Prasad wrote:
Pliss to compare tail wheel area - Apache - http://www.knowledgerush.com/wiki_image ... 650pix.jpg
Pave-hawk - http://www.aviationspectator.com/files/ ... er-183.jpg
Jaeger wrote:Closer look at Chopper tail rotor
Closer look at Chopper tail rotor 2
Closer look at Chopper tail rotor 2
1. Doesn't remotely look like anything you see open-source - not MH60, not CH47, not OH58 and not vanilla CH53.
2. Looks like like a 5-bladed tail rotor - again, none of the above have a 5-bladed tail rotor.
3. The horizontal tail-plane has an unusual placement - on MH60 it is at the extremity of the tail unit, CH47 has no conventional tail rotor, OH 58 has 2-bladed rotor with the horizontal planes set well ahead on the thin tail boom, and CH53 has a canted plane on the other side of the tail rotor.
4. On the other hand, have a look at the Sikorsky S76, particularly WRT to the placement of tail planes to vertical tail: S76 3-view
6. FWIW, an S76 variant: S75. Look at the shaping.
5: Whatever the base model is, the tail unit and rotor hub has some serious cladding, quite sure will be some radar/IR absorbent material
So... are we seeing for the 1st time an in-service (semi?)stealth assault chopper used only by JSOC? Makes sense for penetration into hostile airspace... Interesting.
Here is another emlarged and enhanced pic. This has got to be teh weirdest Blackhawk tail everSid wrote:Here you go. Much more clear pic of stealth helo that Seals used.
clicky for real pics on Reuters which are allegdly sold by Porki army officer to reporter.
http://www.reuters.com/subjects/bin-laden-compound