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Re: Aviation Thread
« Reply #105 on: September 16, 2021, 01:18:50 PM »
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42395/it-looks-like-a-c-130-seaplane-is-finally-happening

I'll believe it when I see it.  Hard to believe something like this could be approved in government controlled entirely by the Democrats.

Perfect for long range SAR into the depths of the Pacific and Indian oceans where choppers do not have the range. Plus dropping guys and equipment off on little atolls.

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Re: Aviation Thread
« Reply #106 on: September 24, 2021, 06:51:47 AM »

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Re: Aviation Thread
« Reply #107 on: September 24, 2021, 07:59:45 AM »

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Re: Aviation Thread
« Reply #108 on: September 25, 2021, 09:47:12 AM »

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Re: Aviation Thread
« Reply #109 on: September 25, 2021, 11:23:50 AM »
What is going on in this world @Walks_At_Night  :o

https://twitter.com/MoNDefense/status/1441764823256080385

Analyzing the ROC's response I guess @FISH   Seeing what they can learn and maybe even trigger an incident.  They can't be too worried about the ROC's submarines. They only have four and two of those are former US Navy boats built during World War Two. Nothing wrong with diesel-electric boats but at almost 80 years old I am sure the crews worry aout ever surfacing again once they pop under.

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Re: Aviation Thread
« Reply #110 on: September 26, 2021, 08:23:21 AM »
Analyzing the ROC's response I guess @FISH   Seeing what they can learn and maybe even trigger an incident.  They can't be too worried about the ROC's submarines. They only have four and two of those are former US Navy boats built during World War Two. Nothing wrong with diesel-electric boats but at almost 80 years old I am sure the crews worry aout ever surfacing again once they pop under.
A good read.
Meanwhile the People’s Republic of China is building the world’s largest submarine factory, a facility to build four subs at a time.6 Russia has built 13 submarines in the past decade.
 "I worry" about the future. The China Syndrome in 2021.  :'(

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Re: Aviation Thread
« Reply #111 on: September 26, 2021, 09:50:19 AM »
Model for testing I'd guess.

https://twitter.com/TheDEWLine/status/1440806852560707587

I would bet that's not a real a/c, or even a model representing a real or developmental a/c.  I think it's calibration shape used for radar cross section testing, or "pole cat" as the RCS guys call them.  If this was an actual classified a/c, there's no way it would have been that accessible.

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Re: Aviation Thread
« Reply #112 on: September 26, 2021, 10:01:19 AM »
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42395/it-looks-like-a-c-130-seaplane-is-finally-happening

I'll believe it when I see it.  Hard to believe something like this could be approved in government controlled entirely by the Democrats.
Some dim outfit makes the floats.
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Re: Aviation Thread
« Reply #113 on: September 26, 2021, 10:56:08 AM »
Some dim outfit makes the floats.

I wondered about that as well.  Going back almost a hundred years, floats for US military floatplanes were made by a company called EDO. They were based in NY, near various east coast aircraft manufacturers (Grumman, Martin, Vought, Curtis, etc.) that built seaplanes.  They continued making floats after the military got out of the seaplane business, but eventually got swallowed up in the aerospace industry mergers post Cold War.  When I first saw that article  a few weeks ago, I tried to find out if, under new ownership, they were still in the float business.  I had no luck.

There are a handful of float manufacturers in the US, but they are primarily involved in light/civil aviation.  Lockheed, as a company, has no experience in the design, manufacture, and test of floats, so I would guess they would try to form at least an associate with some company with that experience. 


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Re: Aviation Thread
« Reply #114 on: October 03, 2021, 07:26:46 PM »

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Re: Aviation Thread
« Reply #115 on: October 05, 2021, 08:18:53 PM »
Sucks that there are no air worthy B-36's  Would love to here those big, slow turning props churning away.


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Re: Aviation Thread
« Reply #116 on: October 09, 2021, 01:16:44 PM »

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Re: Aviation Thread
« Reply #117 on: October 10, 2021, 01:57:11 PM »

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Re: Aviation Thread
« Reply #118 on: October 11, 2021, 04:15:14 PM »
Well that woud suck. Out working for the Big Brown Army on a nice day in San Diego.  Delivering some packages and then Boom! Death from Above.

https://twitter.com/IntelDoge/status/1447670889798115333

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Re: Aviation Thread
« Reply #119 on: October 12, 2021, 04:03:47 PM »
Well that woud suck. Out working for the Big Brown Army on a nice day in San Diego.  Delivering some packages and then Boom! Death from Above.

https://twitter.com/IntelDoge/status/1447670889798115333


Dude went in like a Kamikaze.  Wonder if the pilot vapor locked and was dead before he hit the ground?