I know this has been posted before, but I love this video:

I love the F-14 too. I think Top Gun did a lot to popularize fighter jets.

That's a beautiful shot. Did you take it?

I've always been a big fan of a lot of the WW2 planes. Some of my favourites:

P38 Lightning
http://www.threedonia.com/wp-content...ombat-1280.jpg

P51 Mustang
http://www.allfordmustangs.com/artic...oads/1/p51.jpg

A6M Zero
http://www.aviation-history.com/mitsubishi/a6m-7a.jpg

Supermarine Spitifre
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._XVI_edit4.jpg

does anyone know where I find the torrent for the full film?

I love the Zeros! I have this kit sitting at home that I started building like 5 years ago, but never got around to finishing it:

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4177/proddet404.jpg

That a ju-87? Wicked dive bomber, but shitty at everything else. And fucking ugly as hell too. :lol

God, the French make fantastically beautiful planes. Delta wings are sexy!

I just love the way the Rafale and the Mirage series looks. :D

dive bombing = A+
everything else = FAIL

Go on piratebay, search "Les chevaliers du ciel".

Yup, here's another from the same day. Summer '09

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_jft8cHtyPSs/TR...2/IMG_1049.jpg

This one's better than the first! Would make a great wallpaper.

You got high res. Those are some sweet pics man.

canada has modernized from the hurc

http://media.defenseindustrydaily.co...Airport_lg.jpg

Damn, that just got me wet^^ We got those from time to time sitting at yyx

edit: and where was that pic taken?

im just glad we're getting rid of the sea kings....2013 can't come any sooner.

Inuvik.

Wow the C-17 makes the other two planes in the foreground look like toys! :D

CC117 is still pretty small compared to the antonov that landed in kelowna last fall, and that was just the small antonov

http://media.defenseindustrydaily.co...nd_C-17_lg.jpg
http://www.wingweb.co.uk/wingweb/img...ilhouettes.png
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviatio.../8/1353887.jpg

That is one fucking sexy ass.

fuck ya, i found a small shit version of it and then spent the next 15 minutes looking for a high res to post up here for you guys.


youre welcome.

On the SU-37 and performing moves like the Cobra, perhaps someone knows the answer to this.

I remember reading (don't know where) that the SU-37 doing the Cobra had a specific amount of fuel on-board to allow it to perform the move (something to do with weight/distribution).

Don't know if it's fact or a rumor, but it would seem pretty useless to me to have a plane that could only perform its most aggressive manuevers if you had the right amount of gas in the tank. ;)

Where's the hi-res version?

I don't know if what you said is a fact or a rumor, but regardless, I just don't see how a Cobra maneuver would ever be used. Maybe it worked in the 60s but it certainly won't work on the more advanced fighters. If the opponent fighter is equipped with a HMD, and can actually see the SU-37 (assuming they can since the cobra requires a hella slow speed) the opponent pilot can just deliver an ASRAAM and finish the job...done deal!