RIP Tomcat Edition

Now post pictures of planes!

Time for some swept wings

>>63852585
I've touched that exact plane.

Love the party bus

>>63852842
Kinky
>>63852847
I wonder what happened to the NASA Tomcat?

>>63853039(me)
>>63853052
Awesome pic. Where did you find it?

>>63853020
>I wonder what happened to the NASA Tomcat?
Assigned to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, CA, 1979 to 1985. Registered as NASA 991. Used for high-angle-of-attack and spin-control-and-recovery tests. The NASA/Navy program, which included 212 total flights, achieved considerable improvement in the F-14 high-angle-of-attack flying qualities. Delivered back to the Navy on September 6, 1985. Used for testing of thrust vectoring system at NATC. SOC Sep 30, 1990.
https://www.crouze.com/baugher/navy_serials/thirdseries_20.html

>>63853096
I don't remember it was long time ago

>>63853104
>Thrust Vectoring Tomcat
Because the maintenance chiefs aren't homicidal enough as it is.

>>63853221
Dick Cheney gets a lot of flak for retiring the F-14, but it honestly was the right move.

>>63853104
>Delivered back to the Navy on September 6, 1985
Damn I was hoping NASA had one stashed away secretly and one day we'll get the Super Tomcat

>>63852615
cool livery

>>63853444

>>63853639
tummy

>>63853052
Reminds me of the splitter camo from MGSV

>>63853715
I wanna see this puppy fly so bad

>>63853705
shiny and chrome

>How much fuel do you need ?
>Yes

>>63853918
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>>63853948
JASDF has the sickest commerorative liveries I swear.

>>63852476 (OP)
Big brain time

>>63852476 (OP)

>>63854154
Livery looks like it belongs on a F1 car from the 90s.

>>63854160
Anniversary Tornado liveries are always weird imho. The RSV ones are cooler.

rip Tomcats

>>63854118
gorgeous

Okay anons

I know this isn't SUPER related to the thread but help a guy out. About a year ago there was a plane thread and someone randomly linked the dropbox to this story named a-10 and pilot, and it was actually a super fucking good read, but I haven't been able to find jack or shit else about it online. Did the author ever finish it? I'm unironically invested in the plot.

>>63854618
Must resist obvious Israeli Spitfire joke...

>>63853256
Retiring them in one thing, shredding them with a false pretense and
not keeping a few of them for the airshow circuit under lock and key at Groom Lake until needed is another.
>>63853715
Looks like that plane from the Blake and Mortimer series.

>>63854160
Not enough Marlboro ads.

>>63853096
13 character alphanumeric ending in 1 is reddit. You can get the original post back by trying to open the image as a reddit url. This one was

https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWings/comments/1fewq3g/spotted_an_f35a_in_a_striking_new_aggressor_paint/?depth=3

>>63853639
Hey, at least somebody bothers to save the instagram pics I have to stitch back together.

>>63854618
what in the SEVEN HELLS is that??

>>63854012
ITS NAHT AH TOOMAH

>>63855819
Look at that snout!

>>63852476 (OP)

Imagine each plane in this thread now as an anime girl!

>>63856927
Feels bad man

>>63852476 (OP)
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>>63855819
I look like this

>>63857319

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>>63858180
No! Your duty is not done brother!

>>63859146
I'm sorry brøther, but my time has come at last. In truth, I welcome the release of oblivion.

>>63859176
Wake up brother! There are still MiGs to kill!

>>63859260
Heh, I'm gonna miss that voice.

>>63852476 (OP)
Best plane dump inbound

>ywn dump thousands of pounds of water or other fluids onto forrest fires or crowds of rioters

He's just sleeping, right?

Emergency C-section, both the mother and child survived

What if the F-14 wasn't actually destroyed but sent back in time?

>>63863336
As long as it goes back in time far enough that the F-14 is the reason for Dragons existing as mythological creatures.

>>63863823
>The Tomcats weren't destroyed
>They just went back to the days of high adventure to turn all the monsters of old into mythological creatures
>Piloted by Arthurian style Knights laying waste to all these creatures

>>63863862
>F-14s in knightly order liveries

VOTE FOR 2 FAVORITES!

https://strawpoll.com/NMnQNvzN1g6

LIST / RANK FAVORITE PLANES!

> A-10 Thunderbolt

> Su-27 Flanker family generally but especially the advanced versions like the 35/37/30MKI/30MKK/J16

> Mig-31 Foxhound

> Tomcat

> Phantom

> Draken

> Chengdu J-20

> Gripen

> Rafale

> Viggen

> Mitsubishi F-1 (see Godzilla 1985)

> F-89 Scorpion

> Su-15 Flagon

>>63854180
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>>63854180

https://youtu.be/M2_QHdijT7o

https://youtu.be/bVVf3WMXWRE

>>63852476 (OP)
OC from WWII weekend with partial plane. And maybe another if I can find it.

Okay here it is. Not sure if it's an original as my plane knowledge is pretty poor. The one next to it was a copy of an original IIRC and had been in several movies which were listed back near the tail.

>>63863951
Definitely be better than what we got.

>>63854118
F18?

>>63869238
M-346

>>63869266
F18

>>63865423
That's a T-6 Texan. Easiest tells are the gear legs, a Zero would have longer. Or the prop only having two blades, Zeros have three. Overall, the body of a Texan is stubbier and the wings have a different shape.

Question. Why did wing-root integrated engines go out of style? Was it an efficiency / maintenance trade-off?

>>63869625
TY. I didn't get a pic of the other plane but it did have movie credits that I got a pic of. From what I understand, Zeros are pretty fucking rare so I understand no one willing to fly in an original. I highly recommend checking out WWII weekend if you're in the area; easily a multi-day experience. It's at the Reading (PA) airport once a year.

>>63869134
Tug looks like that homemade electric car from that one top gear episode

>>63852867

Macross Plus, the inspiration.

>>63865130
> F-89 Scorpion
Battle of Palmdale!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Palmdale

Contributing OC

due to the recent drone attacks, russia is bringing out these again

>>63871158
forgot picture

>>63869632
More expensive to maintain than podded engines, cannot be used with high bypass turbofan engines(maximum diameter too small), greater chance of the wing root being damaged in an engine failure. The smaller parasite drag tradeoff is often not worth it.

>>63869871
It actually does!
>>63871152
Are you about to go bomb Pearl Harbor anon?
>>63871158
>>63871162
To be honest might not be a bad idea legit. Long loiter time and a relatively stable platform to shoot from. Might be decent for swatting them out the skies.

Anyway pic related might be the most overlooked dive bomber of WW2. It was pretty great in its role despite looking outdated.

wheeeeeeeeeeee