Picture of the day

[AP]

^^ Barnes Wallis?

pretty good guess... it is Fred Sutherland -- a Canadian "Dam Buster" and last living (I believe still alive) apparently half the crew on his aircraft got decorated ... AND the other half did not -- wonder how they figure those things out?!?!?

http://dambustersblog.com/category/fred-sutherland/

http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en...eration-chastise-the-dambusters-raid/hv9861zq

http://www.cbc.ca/calgary/features/dambusters/

 

[RRCo.]

Back to earth - what the hell am I looking at here?

Made for observing V1 or V2 rocket tests I believe. Sometimes Werner hit very close to home.

 

[Hoakster]

Am I the only one that thinks this looks like a 'screen capture' from a video game?

 

[AP]

Am I the only one that thinks this looks like a 'screen capture' from a video game?

Me too! Otoh...I think that the controls of most of these aircraft look like a video game.....

 

[Silfield]

Anyone know what type of aircraft this is? (I'm guessing Tornado).

Could be a Hawk trainer.
Whatever it is its in the A5 pass,Llyn Ogwen in Wales.

 

[diopter]

Hawk T2

Tornado GR4

Harrier

Mig21

 

[t-star]

man is there a lot of junk blocking the forward view on the mig

 

[Gibbs505]

Look at the canopy. See how the metal runs.

 

[diopter]

British Harrier GR7

British Harrier GR3

US Marines AV-8BII+ Harrier

 

[Bendeco]

Harriers are still cool does anybody still use them? Very 80's like a Delorean.

 

[Gibbs505]

Some V2's having a bad day!

 

[bearhunter]

1 2 3 4 US Marine Corp still use Harriers.

 

[grelmar]

1 2 3 4 US Marine Corp still use Harriers.

Do the Marines still make their airmen do a month a year on the ground with the infantry, to remind them who their supporting and what they're up against? I remember reading about that a while back and thought it was a great idea.

 

[diopter]

Am I the only one that thinks this looks like a 'screen capture' from a video game?

We are not alone.

Is based on the Hawk T2. Good work. Even got the overhead compass, two rear view mirrors and the ejection serrations correct.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Back to ww2...

http://2.bp.########.com/-IL88ue6UIFU/Tk1F4iCFLAI/AAAAAAAADOw/dbTybw8g3Fs/s1600/h8.jpg

Flying greenhouse. Probably made der lads feel pretty vulnerable.

"OK, let's see, That's Frau Schpinkleheimer's house und der old barn to the north, so that puts us about here..."

 

[dryfire]

Heinkel 111 - too easy with the offset mg cupola. Controls and gauges always struck me as being an after thought - almost unteutonic.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Can't argue with the visibility, though, Must have been a sweet bird to land.

 

[dryfire]

The ultimate piston engine development from Sir Geoffrey

 

[dryfire]

And another one that never made it.

 

[MarkCNP]

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