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Post by Pest on Aug 25, 2008 17:45:17 GMT 8
Sup dudes! Had the opportunity to witness the RAAF roulettes doing their THang at my base. Was pretty cool, just some pics to share the occasion. They fly the Pilatus PC9, Turboprop with about 900 Horsepower. These pilots are insane. Can anyone ID this one? Just went for a quick flight b4 the show....digital cockpit Extended final runway 22 I don't know what the RAAF was thinking when they put this into service Roulettes 1 through 6 in Wedge Formation Perfection Leaders Benefit The "Roulette" maneuver Mirrored Formation ready for Ripple roll Ripple Roll Vulcan Bomb Blast Finale Wedge formation Breakaway for landing R1-R6 on the runway after rapid military sequenced landing Roulette Taxiing on the ground - WARNING EJECTION SEAT!!!!!
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Post by Arclight on Aug 25, 2008 19:33:32 GMT 8
P47 Thunderbolt
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Post by woozie on Aug 25, 2008 22:25:45 GMT 8
lol, love the steel sheet paper plane.
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Post by malavern on Aug 25, 2008 23:41:26 GMT 8
P47 Thunderbolt damn... u beat me to it!
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Post by Pest on Aug 26, 2008 15:46:56 GMT 8
does the 47 on the side give it away?
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Post by Arclight on Aug 27, 2008 0:03:48 GMT 8
Well now that you mention it, yeah. But I IDed it right off the bat simply cos its one of the most famous planes out of WWII, if not the 20th century overall. It mounted 4x .50 caliber MGs in each wing and fully loaded weighed somthing stupid like 7 tons; it was pretty good at air-to-air but pretty awesome as a ground attack fighter. The later decade equivalent of the same role is the A10 which was originaly named the "Thunderbolt II" as a refference to the earlier aircraft. To me, the most famous of the WWII fighter aircraft where the Spitfire, Messhershmidt, Zero, Mustang, Hawker (many variants), Meteor and Thunderbolt. Others may argue otherwise, but thats what I think of when someone says "WWII Fighters".
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Post by Fightingcock on Sept 3, 2008 21:09:41 GMT 8
P... something... osome pics a bight spark with the paper plane. FC
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