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Compared to most fighters this thing is a monster, which is good 'cause it's got lots of weird angles that probably wouldn't have been possible if it had to be much smaller.
I kinda wonder now if it would look better with all plates on the spine rather than tiles. I may have to give that a shot.
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Yağdır mevlam su...
Çatlayan dudaklara sararan yapraklara
Kuruyan topraklara yağdır mevlam su
Alev saracak kadar yandım yanacak kadar
Suya kanacak kadar yağdır mevlam su
Toz duman savrulurken gül çimen kavrulurken
Can tenden ayrılırken yağdır mevlam su
Suya hasret güllere sana açık ellere
Tutuşan gönüllere yağdır mevlam su
Çeşitli inançlardan hatta inançsız insanlar bile duanın, istemenin, teşekkür etmenin önemi üzerine kitaplar yazıyor. Bizde ise yağmursuzluk ortamında bir yandan çaba sarf ederken bir yandan da dua ettiği için insanlar eleştiriliyor. Duayla bu işler olur muymuş gibi. Çaresiz hastalıkların bile yeri gelip dua, iyi niyet, mücadele azmi ile iyileştiği bir dünyada hala istemenin (dua etmek istemekten başka nedir ki) önemini kavrayamamış olanlara Sezen Aksu'nun kelimelerini hatırlatayım. Belki kavruk zihinler, isteksiz iradeler, bir kuru bedenin içine kilitlenmiş dimağlar için bir damla su olur, hayat olur, can olur...
Amasya ziyaret beldesi göleti beğenilerinize....
SU-APD - Boeing B-707-366C - Egypt Air
at Zuerich-Kloten Airport (ZRH) in 1983
c/n 20.341 - built in 1970 for Egypt Air -
later converted to freighter and operated until 2004 -
registered to Tristar Air,
derelict at Cairo
scanned from Kodachrome-slide
Kafe Antzokia (Bilbao), Tom Hagen Rock Photography 2014
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Moscow Zhukovesky (Ramenskaye) - UUBW
August 2001.
Sukhoi Design Bureau,
Su-47 Berkut.
Only one Berkut was built and it served as a research platform. Its most striking feature, not shown here, were its swept forward wings. Much of the data found has been incorporated in to the new Sukhoi PAK-FA.
The Sukhoi Su-25 (NATO reporting name: Frogfoot) is a single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by the Sukhoi Design Bureau. It was designed to provide close air support for the Soviet Ground Forces. The first prototype made its maiden flight on 22 February 1975. After testing, the aircraft went into series production in 1978 at Tbilisi in the Soviet Republic of Georgia. Russian air and ground forces nicknamed it "Grach" ("Rook").
Early variants included the Su-25UB two-seat trainer, the Su-25BM for target-towing, and the Su-25K for export customers. Upgraded variants developed by Sukhoi include the Su-25T and the further improved Su-25TM (also known as Su-39). By year 2007, the Su-25 is the only armoured airplane still in production except the Su-34 whose production just started. It is currently in service with Russia and various other CIS states as well as export customers.
During its more than twenty-five years in service, the Su-25 has seen combat with several air forces. It was heavily involved in the Soviet war in Afghanistan, flying counter-insurgency missions against the Mujahideen. The Iraqi Air Force employed Su-25s against Iran during the 1980–89 Iran–Iraq War. Most of them were later destroyed or fled to Iran in the 1991 Persian Gulf War. In 1993, Abkhazian separatists used Su-25s against Georgians during the Abkhazian War. Eight years later, the Macedonian Air Force employed Su-25s against Albanian insurgents in the 2001 Macedonia conflict, and in 2008, Georgia and Russia reportedly used Su-25s in the South Ossetian conflict.
In early 1968, the Soviet Ministry of Defence decided to develop a specialised shturmovik armoured assault aircraft in order to provide close air support for the Soviet Ground Forces. The idea of creating a ground-support aircraft came about after analysing the experience of shturmovaya (attack) aviation during World War II, and in local wars during the 1950s and 1960s.[4] The Soviet fighter-bombers in service or under development at this time (Su-7, Su-17, MiG-21 and MiG-23) did not meet the requirements for close air support of the army.[4] They lacked essential armour plating to protect the pilot and vital equipment from ground fire and missile hits, and their high flight speeds made it difficult for the pilot to maintain visual contact with a target. Having taken into account these problems, Pavel Sukhoi and a group of leading specialists in the Sukhoi Design Bureau started preliminary design work in a comparatively short period of time, with the assistance of leading institutes of the Ministry of the Aviation Industry and the Ministry of Defence
In March 1969, a competition was announced by the Soviet Air Force that called for designs for a new battlefield close-support aircraft. Participants in the competition were the Sukhoi Design Bureau and the Design Bureaus of Yakovlev, Ilyushin and Mikoyan. Sukhoi finalised its "T-8" design in late 1968, and began in work on the first two prototypes (T8-1 and T8-2) in January 1972. The T8-1, the first airframe to be assembled, was completed just before a major national holiday on 9 May 1974. However, it did not make its first flight until 22 February 1975, after a long series of test flights by Vladimir Ilyushin. The Su-25 surpassed its main competitor in the Soviet Air Force competition, the Ilyushin Il-102, and series production was announced by the Ministry of Defence.
During flight-testing phases of the T8-1 and T8-2 prototypes' development, the Sukhoi Design Bureau's management proposed that the series production of the Su-25 should start at Factory No. 31 in Tbilisi, Soviet Republic of Georgia, which at that time was the major manufacturing base for the MiG-21UM "Mongol-B" trainer. After negotiations and completion of all stages of the state trials, the Soviet Ministry of Aircraft Production authorised manufacture of the Su-25 at Tbilisi, allowing series production to start in 1978.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, several Su-25 variants appeared, including modernised versions, and variants for specialised roles. The most significant designs were the Su-25UB dual-seat trainer, the Su-25BM target-towing variant, and the Su-25T for antitank missions. In addition, an Su-25KM prototype was developed by Georgia in co-operation with Israeli company Elbit Systems in 2001, but so far this variant has not achieved much commercial success. The Su-25 is the only armoured airplane still in production in 2007.
The Russian Air Force operates the largest number of Su-25s, and has plans to upgrade older aircraft to the Su-25SM variant. However, this process has been slowed due to a funding shortfall, by early 2007 only seven aircraft had been modified.
General characteristics
* Crew: one pilot
* Length: 15.33 m (50 ft 11)
* Wingspan: 14.36 m (47 ft 1 in)
* Height: 4.80 m (15 ft 9 in)
* Wing area: 30.1 m² (324 ft²)
* Empty weight: 10,740 kg (23,677 lb)
* Loaded weight: 16,990 kg (37,456 lb)
* Max takeoff weight: 20,500 kg (45,194 lb)
* Powerplant: 2× Tumansky R-195 turbojets, 44.18 kN (9,480 lbf) each
Performance
* Maximum speed: 950 km/h (590 mph, Mach 0.82)
* Combat radius: 375 km (235 mi)
* Ferry range: 2,500 km (1,553 mi)
* Service ceiling: 10,000 m (22,200 ft)
* Rate of climb: 58 m/s (11,400 ft/min)
* Wing loading: 584 kg/m² (119 lb/ft²)
* Thrust/weight: 0.51
Armament
* 1 × GSh-30-2 30mm cannon with 250 rounds
* 11 hardpoints for up to 4,400 kg (9,700 lb) of disposable ordnance, including rails for 2 × R-60 (AA-8 'Aphid') or other air-to-air missiles for self-defence and a wide variety of general-purpose bombs, cluster bombs, gun pods, rocket pods, laser-guided bombs, and air-to-surface missiles such as the Kh-25ML or Kh-29L
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For a while, this was the fourth most interesting photo of February 2, 2005 on Flickr. Su Lin exploring is still my most viewed photo, but in the process she beat out Will Smith, whom I photographed at a movie set in my neighborhood. It was quite a competition to see who was most popular, but Su Lin won hands down.
Information given at MAKS 2013:
SU-27LL Flying Test-Bed / In-flight Simulator with variable-in-flight dynamics
Applications:
•Future aircraft characteristics assessment and FCS research
•In-flight simulation and assessment of aircraft
•Development of flight safety enhancing systems
•Elaboration of adaptive flight control laws for perspective flying vehicles
Experimental equipment:
•Experimental digital FBW
•Autothrottle
•Experimental hand controllers
•Reprogrammable-in-flight HDD/HUD
•SNS
•Telemetry system
(photo 233-1)
Luminosos a gran formato que lucen desde el jueves en la Iglesia de la Madeleine, en París.
Hoy se inaugura en París, en la Iglesia de La Madeleine, la cuarta edición de la exposición fotográfica Plenilunio de Primavera, tras su periplo por Roma, en 2011, Oporto en 2012, y Alburquerque, Santa Fe y Nuevo Mexico en 2014, y en la que tengo el honor de participar con más de 30 fotografías, en compañía de trabajos de Luis Laforga y Pedro J. Muñoz, en la parte correspondiente a la Semana Santa de Valladolid.
La muestra está organizada por el Centro Internacional de Religiosidad Popular, la Universidad de Valladolid, la Embajada de España en Francia, y los Ayuntamientos de Valladolid y Medina de Rioseco.
+++ DISCLAIMER +++
Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
The Su-18 was the final evolutionary step in the long journey of the Su-7 fighter bomber. Seeking to improve low-speed and take-off/landing performance of the Su-7B fighter-bomber, in 1963 the Sukhoi OKB with input from TsAGI created a variable-sweep wing technology demonstrator. The Su-7IG (internal designation S-22I, NATO designation "Fitter-B"), converted from a production Su-7BM, had fixed inner portions of the wing with movable outer segments which could be swept to 28°, 45°, or 62°.
A fixed inner wing simplified construction, allowing the manufacturer to retain the Su-7 landing gear and avoiding the need for complex pivoting underwing hardpoints, and it minimized the shift in the center of pressure relative to the center of mass with change in wing sweep. The new wing also had extensive leading-edge slats and trailing-edge flaps. Su-7IG first flew on 2 August 1966 with V. S. Ilyushin at the controls, becoming the first Soviet variable geometry aircraft. Testing revealed that take-off and landing speeds had decreased by 50–60 km/h (31–37 mph) compared to the conventional Su-7.
The production aircraft was named Su-17 (NATO designation "Fitter-C", factory designation S-32) and was unofficially dubbed Strizh (Стриж, martlet) in service. Aside from the new wing, it differed from its predecessor Su-7 in having a new canopy and a dorsal fuselage spine for additional fuel and avionics. The Su-17 first flew on 1 July 1969.
The Su-17 saw several development steps, ending with the capable Su-17/22M3 and Su-17/22M4; the latter made its maiden flight in 1980 and the last variants were produced until 1990.
The Su-22M4 was also operated by the Soviet Naval Aviation (Авиация военно-морского флота in Russian, or Aviatsiya Voenno-Morskogo Flota, literally "aviation of the military maritime fleet") in the attack role, and from the beginning it was clear that the type had no sufficient capability for tactical strikes, esp. against sea targets. The Su-24 tactical bomber was an option, but it was complex and expensive, so that an upgrade of the Su-17 was considered. Primary requirement was a more capable radar/attack suite, tailored to a naval environment, and a better/more modern engine, esp. with a better fuel efficiency.
OKB Sukhoi started to take on the task in 1982. Effectively the design team tried to create a "Su-24 light" on the basis of as many proven Su-17/22 elements as possible. The project received the internal designation S-54D. Mission avionics were to comprise the ‘котёнок‘ (= ‘Kitten’) suite, a slimmed-down 'Puma' nav/attack system optimized for naval environment. This system complex consisted of two Orion-A superimposed radar scanners for nav/attack, a dedicated Relyef terrain clearance radar to provide automatic control of flights at low and extremely low altitudes, and an Orbita-10-58 onboard computer.
It soon became clear that the original Su-17/22 airframe with nose air intake and its central shock cone did not offer sufficient space for the radar scanners, so OKB Sukhoi had to modify the complete nose section in order to fit a large radome. This radically modified aircraft was designated T-54DM and presented as a mock-up in 1984.
To create sufficient room, the box-shaped air intakes were moved to the flanks and into the wing roots, what meant that the original NR-30 cannons were omitted. As a positive side effect, top speed at height and supersonic performance were reinstated since the Su-17M4's fixed nose cone was replaced by effective, adjustable splitter plates (not unlike the design on the Su-15 interceptor) in the new air intakes - getting the new aircraft's top speed back to more than 2.000 km/h at height. On the other side, the space for the original air duct around the cockpit could be used for avionics and other mission equipment, including a pair of more modern GSh-30-1 30 mm cannons in the lower front fuselage with a 150-round magazine each, which were more effective against ground and air targets alike.
Concerning the engine, the Su-17's Lyulka AL-21F-3 afterburning turbojet was to be replaced by the new and promising Soyuz R-79F-100 turbofan that yielded about 15% more thrust than the original AL-21F, even though fuel consumption was not much better and reliability remained a serious problem throughout the Su-18's career, how the type was officially called in service when it was delivered in early 1987 to the Baltic and Black Sea fleet.
When the aircraft was discovered on NATO’s satellite pictures, it was erroneously interpreted as a Su-22 export version for China (since the new nose arrangement reminded a lot of the Q-5 modification of the MiG-19 fighter), and some ‘experts’ even considered the Su-18 to be an interceptor version of the swing-wing fighter bomber. Anyway, since the Su-18 was still seen as part of the huge Su-7 family it kept its ‘Fitter’ ASCC code, with the ‘N’ suffix.
The Su-18’s service was short and ambivalent, though. The type was only introduced to the Soviet Naval Aviation, since its котёнок avionics suite was rather limited in scope and could not match up with the Su-24’s ‘Puma’ system. Additionally, the Su-27 multi-role fighter had become a more versatile option for the Soviet Air Force, which had begun to face a severe re-structuring program.
Positive asset was the fact that the Su-18 did not require much flight training – no trainer version was ever built and training was done on Su-17M3 two-seaters. On the other side the single crew layout coupled with the complex weapon system made flying and weapon operations at the same time rather demanding, so that the Su-18 could hardly play out its full potential.
Only about 120 Su-18s were produced until 1990, and in a move to eliminate single engine strike aircraft from its inventory the Russian Air Force already retired its last Su-17M4 along with its fleet of MiG-23/27s in 1998, while the Su-18 in Naval Aviation service soldiered on until 2000. Some countries like Peru and Indonesia showed interest in these aircraft, but all were destroyed in the course of the bilateral START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) treaty.
General characteristics:
Crew: 1
Length: 19.02 m (62 ft 5 in)
Wingspan:
Spread: 13.68 m (44 ft 11 in)
Swept: 10.02 m (32 ft 10 in)
Height: 5.12 m (16 ft 10 in)
Wing area: 38.5 m² (415 ft²) spread, 34.5 m² (370 ft²) swept
Empty weight: 12,160 kg(12.2t) (26,810 lb)
Loaded weight: 16,400 kg(16.5t) (36,155 lb)
Fuel capacity: 3,770 kg (8,310 lb)
Powerplant:
1× Soyuz R-79F-100 turbofan, rated at 99 kN (22.275 lbf) dry thrust and 130 kN (29.250 lbf) with afterburner
Performance:
Maximum speed:
1.400 km/h (755 knots, 870 mph) at sea level, 1,860 km/h (1,005 knots, 1,156 mph, Mach 1.7) at altitude
Range:
1,150 km (620 nmi, 715 mi) combat range in hi-lo-hi attack with 2.000 kg (4.409 lb) warload; ferry range: 2.300 km (1.240 nmi, 1.430 mi)
Service ceiling: 14,200 m (46,590 ft)
Rate of climb: 230 m/s (45,275 ft/min)
Wing loading: 443 kg/m² (90.77 lb/ft²
Thrust/weight: 0.68
G-force limit: 7
Airframe lifespan: 2,000 flying hours, 20 years
Armament:
2 × 30 mm GSh-30-1 cannons, 150 RPG in the lower forward fuselage
Up to 4000 kg (8,820 lb) on ten hardpoints (three under the fixed portion of each wing, four on the fuselage sides), including Kh-23 (AS-7 'Kerry'), Kh-25 (AS-10 'Karen'), Kh-29 (AS-14 'Kedge'), Kh-31A & P (AS-17 ‘Krypton) anti-shipping/anti-radiation missiles and Kh-58 (AS-11 'Kilter') guided missiles, as well as electro-optical and laser-guided bombs, free-fall bombs, rocket pods, cluster bombs, SPPU-22-01 cannon pods with traversable barrels, ECM pods, napalm tanks, and nuclear weapons.
The kit and its assembly:
This whif creation was triggered by a discussion at whatifmodelers.com, circling around an updated/improved Su-17/22. I remembered a photoshop creation of a Su-17 with side air intakes (from an A-4) and a nose radome (probably from an F-14) in USAF-markings – a potential way to go, even though the graphic design had some flaws like the subsonic air intake design or the guns’ position right in front of the intakes. Well, “Let’s tackle that, and do it better”, and the Su-18 is my interpretation of that idea.
The kit the Su-17M4 from Smer, a kit that has nice proportions and good detail, but nothing really fits together – expect lots of putty work! From that basis only few things were actually changed or added:
• Nose intake replaced by a F-15 radome
• Side air intakes with splitter plates come from a PM Model Su-15
• The following ducts are a halved part from an Art Model Bv 155 underwing radiator
• A new seat had to be used in the cockpit
• Main wheels from a Me 262 replace the OOB parts
• New twin front wheel which retracts backwards now
• For the anti-shipping role, a pair of Kh-31 missiles and the launch rails from an ICM weapon set
My biggest concern were the air intakes and the wide ducts, since these had to be blended into the round Su-17 fuselage. For the intakes, the wing roots were cut open and the Su-15 parts inserted. The Bv 155 parts were a lucky find, as they matched perfectly in size and shape – otherwise I had had to sculpt the ducts from 2c Putty. The arrangement still looks a little brutal, but the side intakes look plausible.
The nose radome posed little problems, even though I worried for a long time that the nose section could look too bulbous for the rest of the aircraft. But finally, when the stabilizers were in place, everything looked more balanced than expected.
Changing the front wheel from the original, forward-retracting single-wheel arrangement to a rearward-retracting twin wheel creation also helped selling the new proportions.
Painting and markings:
Very early I had the idea to keep the Su-18 in Soviet/Russian service, but it should feature an unusual, yet plausible paint scheme. The Soviet/Russian Navy actually used the Su-17, but only in tactical camouflage, with green and brown upper surfaces and light blue undersides. While browsing for alternatives I came across the Su-24 (also flown by the Navy regiments), and their typical light grey/white livery was what perfectly fit my story for the aircraft.
Said and done, the model was painted in Humbrol 167 (RAF Barley Grey) from above and painted with the rattle can in a vintage VW car tone called “Grauweiß”, a very dull white. Later, panels were emphasized through dry-brushing (Humbrol 127 and 130), plus a light black ink wash and more overall dry-brushing with light grey tones. Also, some panels were painted all over the fuselage, as well as an overpainted Red Star on the fin which was replaced by a Russian Flag decal – a common experimental practice in the early 90ies, but the idea did not catch on.
Speaking of decals, these mostly come from the very complete Smer decal sheet. Personal additions are only the flags on the fin and the Russian Navy emblem on the nose.
The cockpit was painted in typical psychedelic cockpit interior turquoise, while the landing gear and the wells were painted in blue-grey (Humbrol 87); the wheel discs were kept in bright green (Humbrol 2) – a nice contrast to the rest.
The drop tanks were painted in Aluminum, for some overall contrast, and the Kh-31 missiles according to real-life pics; the launch rails were painted in Russian Underside Blue, again for variety and contrast.
While the finish of the model is far from perfect, I am satisfied with the convincing result. You could certainly place this aircraft in line with other, typical Suchoj types like the Su-7, -15, -17 and -24, and it would not look out of place! A highly effective whif, IMHO. ^^
Con su color rojo intenso y su frágil estampa, la Guzzi-65 marcó una época y fue el vehículo con el que muchos de nuestros antepasados descubrieron la gasolina. Su motor de dos tiempos con válvula rotativa no se rompía y sus suspensiones se tragaban los baches por arte de magia. Sencilla y dura, era la moyo del agricultor y el fontanero, del viajante y el veterinario, de hecho fue la más vendida durante una década.
Su precio inicial de 9.600 pta. subió en 1954 a 11.900 ptas. justo cuando ya se habían vendido 20.000 unidades. Se dejó de fabricar tras 13 años, pero con su proverbial resistencia siguió dando servicio durante muchos años más y hoy ws un preciado vehículo de colección cargado de buenos recuerdos.
MOTO GUZZI HISPANIA S.A. Barcelona (España).
Motor - Monocilíndrico a 2 tiempos
Cilindrada - 64cc.
Potencia - 2 CV/5.000rpm.
Neumáticos - 2,25 x 20.
Peso en vacío - 55 KG.
Consumo medio - 2 litros/100Km.
Velocidad máxima - 50 Km/h.
Periodo de producción - 1949 - 1963.
Unidades fabricadas - Aprox. 100.000.
Malacky, 17 August 1994.
A former Czechoslovak Fitter that went to the Slovak Air Force after the countries parted in 1993. 6802 is now in the museum of Piestany airbase.
Disculpa su, y a quien tomo la foto... pero creo que me gusto tanto la foto y tu color nuevo de pelo que le quise meter una pequeña manita a la fotografia.. xD !! cuidate waxita ;)