Interesting Aircraft Photos and Videos
Photos
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One snowbird a little late leaving for Florida
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One VERY clean hangar
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Water condensation around a B-2 Stealth Bomber
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Vortices from the wing strakes on a Navy Blue
Angels F-18 at high angle of attack
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Another picture of the vortices from the strakes
on an F-18 at high alpha
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Anybody got a cigarette?
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Overpressurizing a fuselage can have very
bad effects
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An Air Force Thunderbird pilot ejects after
nearly realizing the lethal consequences of miscalibrating his
altimeter at an air show in Idaho. Note the fully deflected elevators
and leading edge control surfaces as the pilot was desperately
trying to pull up. See video of the crash below.
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An F-18 lands with very damaged wing and tail
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The brakes may be malfunctioning on this 747
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Shock wave induced condensation around an
F-18
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A sidewinder air-to-air missile accidentally
launched from an F-18 on the deck of an aircraft carrier creates
some excitement
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The missile clears the deck, amazingly without
hitting anything
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These lions have found a unique place to cool
off
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Somebody's going to get fired |
Slideshows
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Videos
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Video
of the Air Force Thunderbird crash at an airshow near Mountain
Home, Idaho in September 2003. The crash occurred when "the pilot
incorrectly climbed to 1,670 feet above ground level instead of
2,500 feet before initiating the pull down to the Split S maneuver"
according to the crash
report.
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