Planes!

[GDS_Starfury]

they should keep it grounded so nothing happens to it.

[bob48]

To see one in flight is awesome, and they have very unique sound - the Vulcan 'howl'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhckJ9SkNbU

Edit. As I was typing that, I heard aircraft engines and looking out of the window, across the Tyne Valley, was the Red Arrows in a perfect 'V' formation. They whole formation went into a half roll before flying back towards the coast. This is the opening of the airshow, so I hope to see more stuff over the next couple of days.

[GDS_Starfury]

sweet!

driving to an airshow once in Miami I almost crashed when the highway was overflown by a B-1 at about 1000 feet.  it was in a right hand bank and as I watched it I started drifting to the right.  good thing I caught myself as I was on a rather high overpass at the time.

[Staggerwing]

how trhe ol PBY snuck up on anything during patrol is beyond me... those suckers are louder than GDS in an airport washroom

Everything with a pair of radial engines is loud and ,besides, the The PBY wasn't conducting attacks on IJN battlewagons. It was used for ASW and could carry both small torps and depth charges when armed. The subs could often hear them but a crash dive could take long enough that the PBY might still be able to get a hit. As far as surface ships go, the most lethal PBY attacks were conducted by the 'Black Cats', PBYs painted all black and used for night attacks against Japanese ships from just above wave top level.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina#Night_attack_and_naval_interdiction

[LongBlade]

Thanks, Stagger. I didn't know about the night attacks. That's cool.

[Windigo]

Thanks, Stagger. I didn't know about the night attacks. That's cool.

yes.... very

they make good fire suppression bombers too

[bob48]

This is a nice little story;

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/sunderland-international-airshow-gets-underway-5373064

[bob48]

So far, just flying over the house on the way to/from from Newcastle Airport I've seen the Lancaster and Spifire twice, and an AH64. This afternoon, oh joy-of-joys, flying very low and slow was a Fairy Swordfish - sadly I did not have the presents of mind to have a camera handy.

[GDS_Starfury]

the F-35  now without test markings:



Two U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircrafts with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), conduct a training flight from Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Ariz. to MCAS Miramar, San Diego, Calif., Aug. 7, 2013.

[GDS_Starfury]

[GDS_Starfury]

[bayonetbrant]

[bob48]

Looks like the 2 seater trainer and not a Schwalbe.

[W8taminute]

[TheCommandTent]

There is alot of awesomeness happening in this picture.