Aviation Photo and BS thread

[Rrpilot]

For those that don't k

Awesome plane! Know a few FACs from Vietnam with some cool stories.

Here is a good friend that volunteers on our restoration, also was a Bronco pilot in Vietnam. Posing with the same plane he flew in Nam, just after his flight 50 years later.

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[Wings2Wheels]

Was kind of hoping I could order our Bronco with the equivalent horsepower of this...

 

[BR0NCO]

Maintenance supervisor for 3 of these

 

[Bulletbill]

She’s a beast.

 

[Mustang Mike]

 

[Wings2Wheels]

Maintenance supervisor for 3 of these

I'm typed in the CL-600 & CL-604. Flew them extensively including Europe...great airplanes but Bombardier is a headache when it comes to maintenance support.

 

[NachoMama]

Former airline pilot here and still licensed. Flew for the best airline ever MESA! lol and have 3,400hrs. Favorite planes are the Mooney (any of them actually) M20J, and Mudry CAP-10 that my college had. Next favorite was a Pitts S-2B that I did my CFI spin training in and got to do a bunch of other fun stuff in it too!

 

[Justjoe]

My personal rides:

 

[kodiakisland]

This guy flew in today while I was getting some super cub time. Would like to see it out in the water.

 

[Neps]

 

[Tacnav#1]

Herks and P-51's

 

[kodiakisland]

Hmmmm…….

 

[North7]

WOW, after decades of false starts the Air Force finally awarded a contract to re-engine the mighty B-52. The fuel and maintenance savings alone will pay for the program.

Rolls Royce Will Provide Long-Awaited New Jet Engines For The B-52 Bomber Fleet

 

[Wings2Wheels]

WOW, after decades of false starts the Air Force finally awarded a contract to re-engine the mighty B-52. The fuel and maintenance savings alone will pay for the program.

Rolls Royce Will Provide Long-Awaited New Jet Engines For The B-52 Bomber Fleet

They missed out on a huge opportunity to buy GE CF-34s and re-engine the A-10 fleet as well in one big swoop.

But with the way things are going in today's military, why do something smart when you can spend a lot more taxpayer money on two separate programs...

 

[North7]

They missed out on a huge opportunity to buy GE CF-34s and re-engine the A-10 fleet as well in one big swoop.

But with the way things are going in today's military, why do something smart when you can spend a lot more taxpayer money on two separate programs...

I've not followed the proposed A-10 re-engine that closely but from this article it sounds like they have a solution for the A-10 engines.

A long-held ambition to re-engine the A-10s isn’t included in current plans. New parts suppliers with modern techniques may help restore the original engine thrust of the General Electric TF34 engines rather than the slight de-tune that the aircraft currently operates with.

Another consideration, we all know many have tried to kill off the A-10, perhaps this contributed to the decision or knowing budgets are hard to get approved they broke loose enough money for the B-52 and no more so they took the money an ran. Also, my personal speculation, the green-new-deal people could not stand the trail of black smoke the B-52 leaves.

Besides, the B-52 has been fighting for new engines since the 1950's:

In early 1956, Major General Al Boyd, Deputy Commander for Systems, Air Re-search & Development Command (ARDC), requested the feasibility of replacing the pair of J57’s with a single afterburning J75 engine

In a study for the USAF in the mid-1970s, Boeing investigated replacing the engines, changing to a new wing, and other improvements to upgrade B-52G/H aircraft as an alternative to the B-1A, then in development.[123]

The USAF's 1997 rejection of re-engining was subsequently disputed in a Defense Science Board (DSB) report in 2003. The DSB urged the USAF to re-engine the aircraft without delay,[125]

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