Classic warbirds and other aviation vids.

[Rruuff Day]

Apparently an SR71 costs $34,000 per hour to fly, including maintenance and pilot costs. (Makes ya quit worrying about Corvette costs don't it?)

For us Dave but the C8 guys might disagree...

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Not a plane but seemingly wanting to gain altitude at high banked Winchester, Indiana speedway. Place made me nervous standing in the infield taking pictures, very fast racetrack.

#3403 - "During a USAC Sprint Car race at Winchester in 1978, Dana Carter (foreground) and Billy Casella tangled as they exited the fourth turn. Their flipping cars disintegrated as they tumbled down the full length of the main straight and came to rest under the first turn bridge. It was one of the most spectacular crashes in sprint racing history. In spite of the violence of the crash, continually improving safety measures permitted both drivers to survive and continue their careers

 

[OL Yeller]

Not a plane but seemingly wanting to gain altitude at high banked Winchester, Indiana speedway. Place made me nervous standing in the infield taking pictures, very fast racetrack.

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#3403 - "During a USAC Sprint Car race at Winchester in 1978, Dana Carter (foreground) and Billy Casella tangled as they exited the fourth turn. Their flipping cars disintegrated as they tumbled down the full length of the main straight and came to rest under the first turn bridge. It was one of the most spectacular crashes in sprint racing history. In spite of the violence of the crash, continually improving safety measures permitted both drivers to survive and continue their careers

Well, they were KINDA flying.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

 

[Black 03 Z06]

 

[Rruuff Day]

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Note to co-pilot. "Keep your finger off that red button until we get this thing back to upright...."

 

[Murray20c8]

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SEE! Obviously the world IS flat!!

 

[OL Yeller]

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Nothing like showing your hand huh?

 

[Black 03 Z06]

 

[Black 03 Z06]

 

[Dave91TM]

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Seagulls ruin everything.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Seen this before?

 

[Pep]

Seen this before?

"Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me climb this ladder?"

 

[Black 03 Z06]

 

[Black 03 Z06]

 

[Black 03 Z06]

 

[1st Vette]

Dash of a C8?

Well , that’s a Mustang in the top left.

 

[LE BARON]

Convair B-36 Peacemaker: America’s Massive 10-Engine Strategic Bomber
This photo gives you an idea how big the B-36 peacemaker really is

 

[LE BARON]

Swedish Air Force SAAB Sk 37E Viggen.

 

[LE BARON]

The tiltrotor or ‘convertible’ aircraft experienced such a convoluted development path with the first production aircraft entering front-line service only fairly recently, after a long design and prototyping process that began in the 1950s. This era of aviation history saw an explosion of conceptual thinking on experimental aviation theories such as the ‘convertible’ aircraft, and the first successful technology demonstrator was built during the 1950s by Bell, as the XV-3