Classic warbirds and other aviation vids.

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SMOKE OVER WATER

 

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A LITTLE PIG IN YOUR BACKYARD (A-10 Thunderbolt - Warthog)

 

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P40

 

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F35

 

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F/A 18C (USS NIMITZ)

 

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Dassault Rafale.

 

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McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle

 

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A bomber’s ball turret position is often looked at with fear in ones eyes, being suspended underneath a bomber with 30,000 ft between you and the ground. The turret was a small, cramped place to be, often operated by the smallest men available.

 

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The Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe is a twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter designed by Sikorsky Aircraft for the United States Army. It is named after Tarhe (whose nickname was "The Crane"), an 18th-century chief of the Wyandot Indian tribe. The civil version is the S-64 Skycrane.

 

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Captain Reino Turkki (5 victories on Morane-Saulnier 406) got to the receiving end against the Airacobras in aerial combat. Normally a 37 mm shell would have disintegrated any aircraft, but the flimsy construction of MS saved him - the shells merely tore the fabric off the rear fuselage.

 

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When you ask the Fisher Body Division of General Motors, a car company, to design a fighter (eh?), this is what happens.

 

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A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle departs after receiving fuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker

 

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We've got ya surrounded, now come on out with yer hands up!

 

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And there just happened to be a camera pointing at a farmer on his tractor????

 

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Early days of Social Media.