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"Yikes" isn't enough:Brother, you have got the story of a LIFETIME right there!!
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"Yikes" isn't enough:Brother, you have got the story of a LIFETIME right there!!
Yikes
.F15 Low Pass - YouTube Here is an F-15 making a couple of real low passes.
In its own ugly way, that's a pretty airframe.вылет Ту-95 RF-94123 Кубинка 2020 - YouTube Probably one of the most unique, yet noisy aircraft ever built. TU-95 RF. Listen to the car alarms after takeoff.
.вылет Ту-95 RF-94123 Кубинка 2020 - YouTube Probably one of the most unique, yet noisy aircraft ever built. TU-95 RF. Listen to the car alarms after takeoff.
.C-130 Low Pass Compilation - YouTube Here are 5 Low Passes by assorted C-130 Aircraft.
C-130 Low Pass Compilation - YouTube Here are 5 Low Passes by assorted C-130 Aircraft.
Never noticed before but a turbo-prop (the P-3), with the intake and exhaust ABOVE the wing:
Oh, to answer your question, I Don't know why the engine intake and exhaust are above the wing center line. I do know the aircraft spent a lot of time in the wind tunnel. So, the engine location on the wing was probably the result of the wind tunnel tests. There are a number of the L-188 commercial variant still flying today.Ahab, the Lockheed P-3 Orion was a Subchaser version of the commercial Lockheed L-188 Electra Jet. View attachment 857933
.Never noticed before but a turbo-prop (the P-3), with the intake and exhaust ABOVE the wing:
- Wonder what the design idea was behind that?
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