The Soviets are invading!

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Charl @ Jan 21 2008, 11:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

So happens I have a capsim KC somewhere, whyn't I think of that???
Picture, Ian?

Little embrassed , famed photo on the missing list , this the same original photo from 1965 publication

[Charl]

OK this amounts to a thread highjack, but this is a lotta FUN.
One Herkie Bird, coming up:



Get that first chick in to roost:



Now, #2, easy...EASY



Now for THAT SHOT:



Mmm wrong Albert, wait a minute "Dax" Sweetman's the man:



That's the one...deserves a special home over here.

[Ian Warren]

Hey , I found that lost colour photo urrr ! ... it was on this page all the time

QUOTE (Charl @ Jan 21 2008, 05:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Charl ABSOULTLY BRILLIANT & DOUBLE TROUBLE! X2 ....... jezz Now thats killing 2 birds with one stone !

MMMM let s see ya do that with a couple of CH53s

[ardypilot]

AMAZING Charl, really really impressive!

How on earth does that refueller cable work- such precision to line those three up, is it just trial and error or does it automatically lock on to the skyhawk noses?

[Charl]

QUOTE (Trolly @ Jan 21 2008, 07:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

... is it just trial and error or does it automatically lock on to the skyhawk noses?...

Aw shucks, y'all know 'bout Naval AVI-ATORS...
No problem gettin' the prod in the basket yes SIR

[Ian Warren]

CANBERRA, The first post war jet bomber that created so much interest , even America licence built it , they fought against each other , the English Electric versa the US Martin build during indo/pakistan war , the aircraft used in every role - strike, ground tactical /coin , photo recon, testbed , trainer , weather , target tug ......

Above Rassberry Ripple has to take the NUMBER 1 , The nose off this aircraft lives in New Zealand , at the ASHBURTON Aircraft Historical Trust Museum , and is open to the public , this is well worth a visit , to look and crawl through it , and imagine what it would be like to go into combat scary !

4 pack 20mm Gun pack in the Bomb-bay

To the RED BARON

SHssss .. 1982 Falklands

Weather reporting , amazing ceiling

Airbrakes ! .....welll they seem to work

Your 2D cockpit - 6 views , No VC as yet , latest release that works for all FS8(2002)-FS9(2004) and Works fine in FSX

Your 2 seat pilot trainer /SAAF

RAAF Vietnam Bomber , Wigram Museum has this in their display hanger , they flew it in from Australia , to were it sits today .

to the Fighter type cockpit version , gun-pack on ....low level strike 1970s look out

Sleek with fighter type cockpit , this SAAF aircraft so similar to our

RNZAF type s


http://www.simviation.com/fs2004military166.htm

[Naki]

Nice shots guys - being away on hols so a lot of catching up to do.

Ian I have being inside that nose section - I know what you mean - seemed rather cramped and rather awkward to get in! Amazing to think the RAF has just retired the Canberra (in the recce role - bombers long gone).

[Charl]

Ian you blighter ... Sending me off on a wild helo quest while you downloaded the whole Canberra population!
Excellent presentation, Paul Foster has done a massive job on these, never mind no VC.
I had started my bombing run on Nelson, through the Sounds, when your lot popped up, so I'll just drop these as a tailpiece:





I only got as far as downloading the RNZAF & SAAF package, great to see what the others look like
Oh, and there's one more you have to show, the weird offset single cockpit:

[Ian Warren]

STEALTH CHARL ..... Hey ! What is with the British Designers "the weird offset single cockpit" they did the same with the Sea Vixen , the worst ... the PR9 Canberra , the whole nose swung open to one side , the WSO/NAV/Camera guy jumps in , and clunk !they shut it on him

[Ian Warren]

UMMM ... GUYS ! ... not to sure about this

Arr ! you be ok chap ..... JUST BLOCK YA NOSE close your eyes , put ya finger in your ears and yell , lallallalalalalalalalalal

[ardypilot]

Love the Canberra, I think it was one of the first addons I installed once I knew there were aircraft available to download for fs2004.

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RAAF Vietnam Bomber , Wigram Museum has this in their display hanger , they flew it in from Australia , to were it sits today .[/quote]
I too have seen a RAAF B-57 at Queensland Air Museum, Caloundra- although she was far from airworthy condition:

If I remember correctly, it was in the process of being restored. The picture above is from January last year.

[Ian Warren]

Andrew ! great photo ... in the background .. a Sea Vixen

[K5054NZ]

QUOTE (Charl @ Jan 22 2008, 10:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Now THAT has to be the single best jet screenie of any kind I've seen on this forum. Charl, magnificent!

So, hang on, you lot better not tell me this amazing package/s is payware, or else I may just need a new pair of boardies ...


EDIT: Just visited Ian's Simviation link. I need to get changed......

[Charl]

They are nice these Canberras, you can play and play!
A footnote (They've got me doing this too now, these W/T Encyclopaedia fellas):

A84-307 is the oldest surviving Canberra, a Vietnam vet.
Oz gummint has given a grant for it to be transported to Philip Island, where it will be restored by the Canberra nuts.

[Charl]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jan 21 2008, 07:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

MMMM let s see ya do that with a couple of CH53s

OK you know what's coming



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The MONEY SHOT





"Wingman"'s challenge could not go unanswered - I would lie if I said it was easy, see a tiny fraction of the zillion or so attempts here:


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[Ian Warren]

Charl THAT HAS TO BE A WORLDS FLIGHTSIM FIRST with a brilliant little gallery of shots to show how its done

Guess its time for me to showcase my very favourite Helicopter !

[ardypilot]

Ok Charl, now you are just blatantly showing off!

That moneyshot really did make me grin though, fantastic effort

[Charl]

QUOTE (Trolly @ Jan 24 2008, 12:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Ok Charl, now you are just blatantly showing off!

Haha you are quite right, all in good fun though!
The CH-53 is a massive helicopter, and the sight of 2 of them sledding across the sky behind a C130 would be quite something in RL.
One of the slideshow pics gives some sense of this, hang on...
This one:


My model was the freeware MH-53J so the rotor blades got lost in the cloud, but that must be a major issue when flying in close proximity.
I suspect they would not drink in pairs.
This one shows it better:


There is a video somewhere of one of these lopping off the refuelling hose.

I do believe WIngman would have a better rotary show in the pipeline.

[Ian Warren]

Ladies and Gentleman ,...in the dust! ELVIS , Fire Fighter Extreme .. and an old Cold War Warrior SIKORSKY

Before we go any further , this aircraft can be picked up at Hover-Control for you 2002 /2004 users for all and me , if your not sure were go to the sales department as you switch off

Using the same rotor head as the CH/S-64 , it share same common parts with earlier S-61- built using titanium the S65 series evolved , after watching its display , put different light to and my ideal Helicopter !

The fame of this Frame is on TV nearly every day during the Fire-storms in Australia and the United States , one wicked machine ! , she displayed during the 2001 Avalon Airshow ..
SIKORSKY CH-53E / MH-53J ..... this beats any western helio hands down !

I have never had a chance to see one REAL .. they are just Mean ! in low hugging the ground shear 'GUTS"


Pop up and deliver and extract ! in any terrain !


A lot off people would say Chinook?
....................................................Theres your Brouchure BUY ONE me .......... CH-53E the 3 engine variant

hiding again

Mean

Internals ... this the NEMETH CH-53 .. sorta the LD767 of Helicopters




I believe its HueyTeam to Show-Case Deane,B,s UH-1H or Huey super cold war WHOOPER!

[Charl]

"Sikorsky"...you have to catch yourself a moment to think which side of the Cold War are we talking about here??
Russians seem to have a knack for Rotary it seems.
Nice pick of subject Ian, heavy metal indeed. Doesn't the CH-53 look like a steam loco from the front 3/4? Look at the #5 shot, you could bolt a railway sleeper on there & it wouldn't look out of place. And so big, if you need another engine you just stick it up on top and it hardly looks any different!
And a [color=#800080]7-bladed [/color]main rotor

Wonder why they sold Ericksen the Air Crane, lock stock and nameplate, to the extent it has to be painted on the tailboom?
I have flown this beast, from the rear-facing hoist operator's station, and earned a gold star in my rotary winged logbook as a result...
Time to dust it off again, I have an urge to lift something Large and Heavy