Who Likes Aircraft ?

[snakeyes]

 

[snakeyes]

 

[Bladecutter]

Last time you will hear the largest US built engines running four at a time. These were used in the B-36.

Korn Kobs

 

[snakeyes]

 

[Photon440]

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The big Martin Mars isn't part of this year's firefighting action so far, it's out of service until August due to some hull damage. British Columbia has had a lot of wildfires already this summer (over 220 at a time on some days) with about 40,000 people being evacuated from their towns. Closed highways makes travel harder, the smoke from the fires was reaching Vancouver on Tuesday.
http://globalnews.ca/news/3589169/martin-mars-water-bomber-bc-wildfires/

 

[snakeyes]

alot of very nice looking air craft used in fire fighting ,thanks to all the people involved in fighting the fires , men and women

 

[Photon440]

The Russian Be-200 was designed not only for passengers but also as a water bomber. Its high mounted engines keep them from water spray.

 

[Photon440]

A Canadair CL-415 'Superscooper' touching down for a refill.

 

[snakeyes]

thanks keep em coming

 

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[Photon440]

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Wayne Coulson, owner of both the Hawaii Mars and Philippine Mars had wanted to sell the Philippine Mars to a museum in Florida, going so far as to have it repainted in the old Navy colors. However, he's fighting government problems about the move... It's not a Canadian designed airplane, I really don't see what the problem is.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/can...-rare-airplane-swap-with-u-s-museum-1.3065537

Philippine Mars hasn't been used for local firefighting here since about 2007.

 

[super-bee_ski]

I'm lucky
Some times "We" take a F-22 to a PAD and chain it down (Yeah, they chain it down) and we'll support a Afterburner test.
So freaking awesome....
So DEEP the low frequencies....
So loud the afterburner
Huge flame/burn

 

[super-bee_ski]

California is in full blown wildfire fighting now

 

[oldbee]

Got to F-4's in DaNang in full after-burner takeoff mode a couple times,, but still for me nothing sounds better than a piston engine!

 

[oldbee]

AND the new model Gdyr blimps are too quiet, they don't even get the dogs riled up.

 

[Photon440]

Got to F-4's in DaNang in full after-burner takeoff mode a couple times,, but still for me nothing sounds better than a piston engine!

Ah yes, pistons sound great. The rumble of a radial, the beautiful tuned pitch of a Merlin V-12...but what of the nearly silent steam powered plane that the Besler brothers had in the air in 1933? So quiet that you could hear conversations from the ground, with a prop that could run in reverse for braking after landing, check out this 150 hp. wonder.

http://rexresearch.com/besler/beslerst.htm