Aviation Thread

[GravitySucks]

Lost another Osprey
https://breaking911.com/breaking-u-s-coast-guard-responding-to-plane-crash-off-virginia/

[GravitySucks]

Someone is going to be in the shitter

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-c-130-marthas-vineyard

[Up All Night]

White-booted racket-tailed hummingbirds in flight!

https://twitter.com/BanginTweets_/status/1509603329596342279

[Uncle Duke]

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/usaf-to-start-operating-single-seat-amphibious-aircraft-with-an-open-cockpit-186056.html

From the article:

"The Army is interested in adding a capability that had not been available before...."

Not quite true as a few different "personal rotor craft" were developed for the Army in the mid/late 1950s. Of course these were not electrically powered, but the concept was the same.

[whoozit]

[Uncle Duke]

Flight data from China Eastern jet points to intentional nosedive -WSJ

https://share.smartnews.com/NJYtx

It was an obvious conclusion this was not a malfunction or pilot error considering neither Boeing or any air safety regulatory agency issued air safety bulletins/directives.

[Walks_At_Night]

Crazy mother here. Cranked up to 17,500 feet.

[Uncle Duke]

Flypast for the Queen's Jubilee.

[Uncle Duke]

https://us.bolnews.com/world/2022/06/mystery-plane-puts-east-europe-air-forces-on-alert/

Similar profile to drug running aircraft in this part of the world.  Since this occured in Eastern Europe, something to do with the unpleasantness in Ukraine, perhaps?

[ItsOver]

“Mirror/ chrome” F-22.  Interesting.

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https://www.f-16.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58403&p=467948

[Uncle Duke]

“Mirror/ chrome” F-22.  Interesting.

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https://www.f-16.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58403&p=467948

If I had to guess, I'd say this is an experimental surface designed to spoof infrared sighting and tracking (IRST) systems.  With aircraft becoming so stealthy, tracking an enemy by infrared (vice radar) is becoming more important.

[Walks_At_Night]

This one is entertaining

[damon]

https://video.valleypbs.org/video/byyou-exploration-castle-air-museum/

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