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An F-35 Lightning II flying with P-51 Mustang Val-Halla during the USAF Heritage Flyover at the 2023 Abbotsford Airshow.
The RCAF Snowbirds fly over downtown Winnipeg, MB during Operation Inspiration. The goal is to lift the spirits of kids and families during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Supermarine Spitfire Mk 8 (Ex RAAF). Owned and operated by the Temora Aviation Museum. Rego: VH-HET S/N: A58-758. Seen here on the runway at the Avalon Air show 2011.
I spent an amazing afternoon on 13 Nov with the team at Stallion 51, flying, performing and learning to fly & perform aerobatics in a drop dead gorgeous dual cockpit P-51 / TF-51 D Mustang named Crazy Horse 2.
I am still wearing an ear-to-ear grin. Great fun.
Title: Greetings from Camp Howze, Texas
Creator: United States. Army; United States. Marine Corps
Date: ca. 1942-1946
Part of: George W. Cook Dallas/Texas Image Collection
Place: Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas
Physical Description: 1 photomechanical print (postcard); 9 x 14 cm
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2007-05-08 Victoria International Airport: Ex Trident Fury is underway in the waters surrounding Vancouver Island. F15 Fighter jets from Oregon take part in the exercise. American Pilot stands by his fighter jet.
PYRO is a 1982 International Transtar 4300 powered by a Westinghouse J34-WE-48 Turbojet engine with afterburner from a T-2 Buckeye. The engine has a single spool, 11 stage axial flow compressor and a 2 stage axial flow turbine. The J34 produces 10,000 HP with 6,000 lbs of thrust. PYRO is capable of reaching speeds of over 250 mph, and burns 40 gallons of fuel per run! PYRO proves that the lack of aerodynamics can be offset with intense thrust.
If PYRO’s flaming afterburner isn’t enough, it has been equipped with flame throwing exhaust stacks. These stacks operate both on propane and nitrogen propelled diesel. This high octane combination allows PYRO to boast one of the most impressive fire displays in the world.
PYRO brings the heat! Fire breathing, flame farting, PYRO jet truck, the hottest ticket in town, both show and go!
description taken from www.facebook.com/pages/Rocketbilly-Racing-LLC
Val-Halla, a restored P51 Mustang, flying at the 2025 Abbotsford International Airshow. It was supposed to be taking part in the USAF Heritage Flyover alongside the F35 Lightning II but the F35 hand to land due to technical problems so Val-Halla flew on it's own while the RCAF Snowbirds prepared for their performance. Val-Halla was named for both it's pilots Bill Anders wife Valerie and for the Black Knights P51 squadron that was stationed at Keflavik, Iceland during the Cold War.
Gulf war era plane...F15
TRIVIA: Royal Saudi Air Force F-15C pilots shot down two F-4E Phantom IIs flown by the Iranian Air Force in a skirmish in June 1984, and shot down two Iraqi Mirage F1s during the Gulf War
A tornado had to make an emergency landing in Gibraltar Airport (LXGB). This Tornado was part of a group of four which had flown from their base in Lossiemouth, North of Scotland.
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Spitfire MK XIV at the Palm Springs Air Museum.
"This single seat pursuit-fighter aircraft is from the Robert J. Pond collection. It was a combat veteran during WWII with the 414 Squadron, 2nd Tactical AF and shot down a V1 Buzz bomb heading for England. Post war, in 1950, the aircraft went to Belgium as a trainer and target tug and was retired in 1957"
"Detroit Miss", flown by First Lieutenant Urban L. Drew, in which he scored six aerial victories and one strafing kill in a single tour of duty. On October 7, 1944, Lieutenant Drew became the first Allied pilot to shoot down two Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe aircraft. This feat earned him a much belated Air Force Cross, awarded on May 12, 1983. He is one of only two men to receive the Air Force Cross for actions performed during World War II.
Discovery SSTO V8.2 - Single Stage to Orbit Heavy Lift, Hypersonic Aircraft - 70 TON Payload - IO Aircraft
IO Aircraft: www.ioaircraft.com/hypersonic/discovery-218.php
Discovery SSTO V8.2 Specs
Length: 218FT/ Span: 102.58FT / Palyload Bay: 60' L X 16' 7" W X 16' 7" H / Span: 70 Ton (140,000 LBS)
Engines: U-TBCC (Unified Turbined Based Combined Cycle) Inc/Zero Atmosphere
Inlets: Adaptive REST, Originally Hapb/Larc NASA
Fuel: 140,000 Gallons 12,000+ PSI H2 / 90,000 Gallons 12,000+ PSI O2
Fuel Weight: Apx 72,000 LBS Total / *If liquid, would be 1.4 Million LBS
Weight: Apx 250,000 LBS EOW/Dry Weight / Apx 510,000 T/O Weight, Max Payload
Airframe: 75+% Proprietary Advanced Composites, 400,000 PSI Tensile Strength Airframe / *NO Ceramic Tiles
Thermals: 6,000F Thermal Resistance
Estimated Cost: $1.2 Billion Each (Fly Away Price) or $900 million in batches of 5
Estimated Launch Cost: Apx $30 Million at 140,000 LBS, Including Maintenance Costs / Under $250 per pound at Maximum Paylaod Wieght *Could Drop to Below $50 per LBS
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Unified Turbine Based Combined Cycle. Current technologies and what Lockheed is trying to force on the Dept of Defense, for that low speed Mach 5 plane DOD gave them $1 billion to build and would disintegrate above Mach 5, is TBCC. 2 separate propulsion systems in the same airframe, which requires TWICE the airframe space to use.
Unified Turbine Based Combined Cycle is 1 propulsion system cutting that airframe deficit in half, and also able to operate above Mach 10 up to Mach 15 in atmosphere, and a simple nozzle modification allows for outside atmosphere rocket mode, ie orbital capable.
Additionally, Reaction Engines maximum air breather mode is Mach 4.5, above that it will explode in flight from internal pressures are too high to operate. Thus, must switch to non air breather rocket mode to operate in atmosphere in hypersonic velocities. Which as a result, makes it not feasible for anything practical. It also takes an immense amount of fuel to function.