Random aviation photos

a reply to: Zaphod58

is that SAR panels on the wings?

a reply to: penroc3

Which? Where the wing and fuselage join, or the outer wing area?

a reply to: Zaphod58

the outer wing area.

id love to put that helmet on in the air.

it would give you super vision

a reply to: penroc3

No, the wing is pieced together. That's just the lower wing panel. I have a picture somewhere of an F-16 that has a new wing that really shows how it comes apart.

F-16 with a new wing.

a reply to: Zaphod58

oh yeah look at that.

guess I never really saw the underside in good contrast, lots of little 'doors'.

I assume the sar antennas/apertures are on the side and maybe forward facing

a reply to: penroc3

The wing panels are access to fuel tanks, hydraulic lines, control cables, etc.

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a reply to: Zaphod58

all i see when i see that drawing is hydrazine

Those RS 25's are crazy, I don't know how they keep them bolted down. Due to covid it was closed to the public.

While poking around on google earth at Robins AFB i spotted something I'm not sure about

what are we looking at here?

www.google.ca...@32.6275383,-83.5744709,33m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x88f15f55fb1cbf09:0x12504e664a4a766b!8 m2!3d32.6400014!4d-83.591719?hl=en

a reply to: Perfect stranger

www.google.ca...@32.6274755,-83.5744259,38m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x88f15f55fb1cbf09:0x12504e664a4a766b!8 m2!3d32.6400014!4d-83.591719

a reply to: Perfect stranger

having a hard time getting the link right
what I'm looking at makes me think of virgin galactic spaceship one

bottom right of base on the first pad top left

32.62748051696165, -83.5743493746471

a reply to: Perfect stranger

It's a C-5 horizontal stabilizer removed and disassembled.

-15.892005995652916, 54.52252691393197


found this odd little island runway in the Pacific Ocean


any one have a clue what this is from or for? i would assume smuggling of some kind

a reply to: Zaphod58

awesome thanks

a reply to: penroc3

That's Tromelin Island. Both France and Mauritius claim it, although the UN doesn't recognize the Mauritius claim. It's a 3900 foot runway used to fly cargo and people to the Island. Other than the runway, it has a meteorological facility. Scientists use it occasionally for observations and experiments.

a reply to: Zaphod58