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[Richard Cranium]

Saab Viggen

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Is their engine mounted backwards like their cars are?

 

[Photon440]

The last Lockheed Constellation series was the L-1649 Starliner, which was supposed to be built with Pratt & Whitney turboprops. Those engines never reached production and so were built with Wright 3350 turbo-compound engines instead. They had a completely new wing design compared to the previous Super Constellations, and the engines were further out to make the cabin quieter. With a 6500 mile range, they could fly from California to Europe non-stop.

But there were some turboprop L-1249 versions built, at least four of them went to the Navy and air force, scooting along at a maximum of 479 mph. with their 5,000 hp. engines.

 

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[Auggie56]

One memorable display of thunderous noise I saw and heard was a tight 4x4 diamond formation of Lockheed F-104 aircraft flown by Taiwan (ROCAF); and flying just under the cloud deck. Glorious! lol

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She had a nick name, "Man in a missile".

 

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Northrop F-89 Scorpion

 

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a few more

 

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Another weird design (Heinkel Lerche) that came too late to be of any help. But the Germans never got past the design stage; the Russians built one with captured plans. If that photo was the Russian version (as some sites claim), why the German cross on it? It was designed for 500 mph. level flight.

 

[Richard Cranium]

This one might be Thrush equipped.