Sweetest Airplane pic EVER

[MikeMike]

http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/050817-N-3488C-151.jpg

http://www.navy.mil/view_photos.asp?page=6&sort_type=1&sort_row=1

your welcome, i found the links elsewhere, but thats insane.

 

[secretanchitman]

hey, those are pretty cool pictures!

 

[scarpent]

I don't know about the sweetest ever but it's cool.

 

I take it that jet is breaking the sound barrier in that picture.

 

[batmang]

whoa.
very cool

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: SampSon
I take it that jet is breaking the sound barrier in that picture.

050817-N-3488C-151 Pacific Ocean (Aug. 17, 2005) - An F/A-18C Hornet, assigned to the "Golden Dragons" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Nine Two (VFA-192), breaks the sound barrier near the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Kitty Hawk and embarked Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) are currently returning to their homeport after a scheduled deployment in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jonathan Chandler (RELEASED)

 

[jtvang125]

Tomcat still my favorite plane.

 

[thakur]

links not working?

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: jtvang125
Tomcat still my favorite plane.

http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/960717-N-0226M-001.jpg

like that one?

 

[Wapp]

That's no "airplane" that's a jet.

 

[jtvang125]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: jtvang125
Tomcat still my favorite plane.

http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/960717-N-0226M-001.jpg

like that one?

Looks like a D model because of the attack capablities (bombs). Gonna be a sad day when they pull them out of service.

 

[LordUnum]

I often think of Robotech when I see one of those jets.

 

[Blazin Trav]

Originally posted by: Wapp
That's no "airplane" that's a jet.

You sir, are a noob, trying to write a satire. GG.

Good thing those are in our hands, and not another nations. W00t for jets.

 

[sswingle]

Set pic of aircraft carrier as desktop wallpaper. Thanks

 

[MisterJackson]

Originally posted by: SampSon
I take it that jet is breaking the sound barrier in that picture.

Dude, wtf?! It's so obvious it's breaking the smoke barrier :roll:

 

[sandorski]

Looks like it blowed up. Cool pic.

 

[Analog]

Better pic @ high resolution:

http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/images/sightofsound.jpg

Here's a movie of an F14 breaking the sound barrier, which is really neat!

http://faculty.rmwc.edu/tmichalik/movies/F-18.MPEG

 

[DaFinn]

Yup, them F-18s are sweet planes... Only they have soo many buttons!!!

Oops!!!

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: MisterJackson

Originally posted by: SampSon
I take it that jet is breaking the sound barrier in that picture.

Dude, wtf?! It's so obvious it's breaking the smoke barrier :roll:

No it isn't. You can get the consensation around the jet even if it isn't breaking the sound barrier. An aircraft or car can get that around it even if it isn't going near the speed of sound.

The B-52 isn't supersonic.

 

[Jon855]

Originally posted by: DaFinn
Yup, them F-18s are sweet planes... Only they have soo many buttons!!!

Oops!!!

I love the last one, it looks as if it were flying inches above the surface...

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: Wapp
That's no "airplane" that's a jet.

a jet is an airplane

 

[91TTZ]

Here are a couple more pics:

F-18

Another F-18

B-1B

These pics were taken at airshows where the aircraft must remain subsonic.

Here's a B-2, which can't go supersonic:

B-2


Do a search for "Prandtl-Glauert Condensation Cloud"

 

[DaFinn]

Originally posted by: jtvang125

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: jtvang125
Tomcat still my favorite plane.

http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/960717-N-0226M-001.jpg

like that one?

Looks like a D model because of the attack capablities (bombs). Gonna be a sad day when they pull them out of service.

Did you know they made a convertible version aswell...

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: jtvang125

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: jtvang125
Tomcat still my favorite plane.

http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/960717-N-0226M-001.jpg

like that one?

Looks like a D model because of the attack capablities (bombs). Gonna be a sad day when they pull them out of service.

hmm i thought they already did?

 

[DaFinn]

Bleh, smoke is nothing... fire is cool!!! (allthough I think these F-111 pilots didn't think so!)