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distinguish... And when it comes to Snipers, the Finns will always hold the record I think!

Jay, the rear gunners job was usually filled by convicts. They dont matter so much. But yes, it does have a mean look. It, along with the Hawker Typhoon and the Mosquito 'Tsetse' (like a mosquito but stings harder) were the original Ground Attack aircraft. Nimble dogfighting is fine, but you...

I have picture books like that :) This is one of my other favourite warbirds. The highest production number of any military aircraft ever built - The Ilyushin IL2. The original ground attack tank killer. Firing 37mm cannon Over Berlin Anna Yegorova, who flew 260 combat missions in an IL2

My bad Paul, I was confusing the F-18 Hornet and the newer FA18 superhornet.

Thats very interesting Erik. In both the incidents mentioned, Military forces used radio to try to warn the aircraft before opening fire. (to no avail) Difference between the two incidents was that the US warship was well inside Iranian airspace and territorial waters when it opened fire. The...

Daft thing is, the US Marines dont have any F-18's. The F-18 (superhornet) is only flown by the US Navy and....... The Royal Austrailian Airforce.

That joke has always left a really bad taste in my mouth since the American warship shot down Iran Air Flight 655 whilst it was inside Iranian airspace.

Funny thing, I'm not really that interested in Spitfires. I think they get so much press and attention, that they dont need mine. f'rinstance, Brits never remember awesome planes like the first Typhoon -

Good reminder Stig. No discussion of Delta Wing aircraft should exclude the Saab. Used a Rolls Royce engine though ;) Seriously, I liked Saab Vigen Aircraft so much, It swayed me into buying a Saab road car. One of the best cars I ever owned, and a great shame they were bought out by GM.

The TSR2 was developed in the 1950's. Can you believe that? At one time, Britain was the centre of the aviation universe. And yes, I love the Vulcan. A former cold war soviet General visited Farnborough in the 90's, and said that the only thing the Russians were scared of that NATO had was the...

Its the TSR-2, at the time it would have been the most advanced bomber in the world. Its basically a mini concorde bomber - same olympus engines, same ridiculous speed. It was never put into production, as the stupid government decided we should buy F111's instead :roll:

Any of you aircraft guys ever see one of these? If you dont recognize it, try to guess the age.

'Pipe smoking tea drinking British genius' :D:D

Fabulous plane. Especially the USMC version with Vulcan Cannon.

My father in law worked at British Leyland in the 70's. While he was on night shift, there was a company inspection - 70% of the workforce were caught sneaking back into the plant from the pub.

Yeah, The Comet was a landmark in passenger Jet design. It broke DeHavilland in the end :( Actually, you want to talk about an AWESOME American VTOL aircraft? V-22 Osprey. <iframe frameborder="0" width="480" height="360" src="http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x28tro"></iframe><br /><a...

What I've been told, is that the F-35 is ridiculously expensive (massive developement costs), cannot take off vertically with a fuel and weapons payload, burns holes in the decks of ships, and needs a silly sunroof affair flapping up and down to work. They say that's why the USMC wont relinquish...

Interesting you should say that Erik - is that the aviator or the engineer speaking? I feel the same, but I'm basing my opinion on what some ex RAF pilots have told me. Brevity and smelling errors courtesy of iPhone using Tapatalk

The Harrier never needed a silly pop up sunroof to work :/: And could VTO with a full payload... unlike the F35 Dont take this vid to seriously... But it is funny :D <iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7q_9YfY6hzw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Not an exclusive problem with the Harrier Jay, most helo's are the same. The Harrier just required a lot of skill to fly. Royal Air force shot down a lot of Argentinian Dassault Mirages by using the stall manoeuvre (VIFF or vectoring in forward flight). I think its great that the US marine...