tigertc

All pictures from post 825 onward are invisible!

wonwinglo

Right it must be that Tripod is not compatible,Tripod became Cute which is a software that I use for all of my updates,so it looks as if anything prior does not work,leave it with me deep into setting up my new wireless connection at the moment,I will revamp the photographs and upload them again in due course.

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All sorted I have redone all of the pictures,my apologies over that little glitch.

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Look a Globemaster C-17

Well outside it is damp and windy so time to look back on the summer months down on the beach,if you are lucky a Globemaster will appear on the horizon and as you grab your throw away camera ( never ever take your best digital anywhere near sand and salt air ) you see the chance for a really great shot like this,sand,sea,aeroplanes and a touch of glamour,what more could you want ?

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duncan

Personally I fancy the one on the left...she looks like a lonely rich widow woman. Oh ....just noticed there is an aeroplane in the picture too, nice.

Bunkerbarge

What aeroplane?

wonwinglo

The Small Air Force

THE PANAVIA TORNADO.
The Tornado IDS is the baseline model that resulted from a 1968 feasibility study undertaken by the Belgian, British, Canadian, Dutch, Italian and West German governments for an advanced warplane to be designed, developed and built as collaborative venture with the object of providing the air forces of the partner nations with a STOL warplane able to undertake the close air support, battlefield interdiction, long-range interdiction, counter-air attack, air-superiority, interception and air defence, reconnaissance and naval strike roles.

Belgium and Canada withdrew at an early date, being followed by the Netherlands at a later date, and this left Italy, the UK and West Germany to persevere with project definition from May 1969 and development from July 1970. The resulting MRCA- 75 (Multi-Role Combat Aircraft for 1975) was designed as a high-performance type with a fly-by-wire control system and advanced avionics for extremely accurate navigation and safe flight at supersonic speeds and very low levels in all weathers, this being deemed the only way to ensure pinpoint day/night first-pass attacks with a heavy (and highly diverse) warload against a variety of well defended targets. Design and development of the MRCA-75 was entrusted to Panavia, which was created in 1969 as a joint venture by Aeritalia (now Alenia), BAC (now BAe) and MBB (now DASA), while the parallel engine consortium was created as Turbo-Union by Fiat, MTU and Rolls-Royce. The two main subcontractors were IWKA-Mauser for the cannon and Elliott for the electronics, and government control was provided by the NAMMA organization established in 1970 to supervise each country's contribution, which was fixed at 42.5% each by the UK and West Germany, and 15% by Italy.

With the new warplane's roles finalized, the task of the design team was to create an airframe/powerplant/electronic combination able to fulfill the resulting requirement. This demanded five core capabilities: the ability to take-off and land in very short distances for continued operational capability even if the main runways were damaged, the ability to fly at high speed at very low level over long ranges without significant degradation of crew performance, the ability to undertake low-level penetrations of hostile air space by day and/or night under all weather conditions, the ability to hit any target with complete accuracy in a first-pass attack, and the ability to attain high supersonic speed at all altitudes. The aerodynamic core of the airframe demanded by these capabilities was a variable-geometry wing: in its minimum-sweep configuration of 25 degrees this would generate high lift at takeoff and landing (thereby reducing lift-off and touch-down speeds and consequently reducing runway requirements), and in its maximum-sweep configuration of 68 degrees it would produce low wave drag for high supersonic speed as well as low gust response for a smooth low-level ride. The wing was also planned with extensive high-lift devices for further enhancement of its take-off and landing performance: these devices included double-slotted flaperons across virtually the full span of the variable-sweep trailing edges, automatically controlled slats across virtually the full span of the variable-sweep leading edges, and Krueger flaps under the leading edges of the fixed inboard wing sections. The primary flight-control surfaces were all powered, and the primary surfaces were the rudder and all-flying tailerons. The latter operated collectively for longitudinal control and differentially for lateral control, being augmented in the latter task by spoilers on the wing upper surfaces: these were designed to become operational only at sweep angles of 45 degrees and less, and to operate collectively as lift dumpers after touch-down.

Flight control was exercised via a fly-by-wire system operating in conjunction with a command stability augmentation system. The airframe was, of course, schemed in association with the powerplant and electronics. The powerplant was to comprise a pair of reheated turbofans of very low specific fuel consumption for long range and high afterburning thrust for maximum acceleration at take-off, and fitted with thrust-reversers for maximum reduction of the landing run. The avionics were based on an extremely advanced nav/attack system with fully automatic terrain-following capability to ensure all-weather penetration capability. Structural design was completed in August 1972, and the first of nine prototypes flew in April 1974, the type being named Tornado later in the same year. The Tornado IDS baseline warplane was ordered into production during July 1976, the first pre-production Tornado IDS flew in February 1977 and the type entered service in July 1980.

ZA325 Tornado GR.3 served with QinetQ in 2003 finished in the well known and highly visible 'Raspberry Ripple' scheme,she was eventually retired at R.A.F St Athan,the aircraft was built in 1980.



Wings extended and low on approach to Warton ZA325 GR.3.


A service GR.3 gets airborne from Coningsby with wings about to swing.

Models in these re-enactment shots are from the old original Airfix kit.

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Workers in the U.S.Air Force have began a three-phase project in November to ensure the viability of the C-130 Hercules fleet through the year 2030 and beyond.
Center wing boxes on C-130s have been showing cracks earlier than expected.
As a result, members of the 402nd Aircraft Maintenance Group have removed the center wing box from aircraft 83-1212 and will replace it with a new center wing box as part of the first step in addressing the problem. The center wing box sits atop the fuselage and forms the attachment point for both wings and all four engines.
During phase two, maintenance crews will replace the center wing boxes on an additional 12 C-130s. Projected completion is by 2009.
The third phase is scheduled to begin in January 2007. By 2020, 155 C-130s will have new center wing boxes.
The replacement program encompasses all C-130 models except the C-130J. The J model is the latest addition to the C-130 fleet and entered the inventory in February 1999.
The new center wing boxes are the same ones being manufactured for the C-130J, so they are brand new.
Center wing boxes are built by Lockheed Martin of Marietta, Ga. Once removed, old center wing boxes will be destroyed.
Accordingly there are 47 aircraft with flying restrictions, plus another 30 completely grounded because of the cracks.
The replacement program is important because of the impact the loss of those aircraft could have to the warfighter, he said, adding that the replacement program will get ahead of the "grounding-restriction curve by 2012.
By that time we will have center wing boxes installed in aircraft before they would be restricted or grounded.
Aircraft 83-1212 already was going through programmed depot maintenance, but this may not be the case for future aircraft.
During the peak production phase, when we ramp up to about 18 aircraft per year, aircraft will be brought in just for center wing box replacement.
The cost of center wing box replacement will be $6.5 million to $7 million per aircraft, depending on the model.
That's a lot of money, but a new aircraft would cost 10 times as much.
The C-130 is the workhorse of the fleet, he continued. It's the primary intra-theater airlifter in the war zone, and a major component of special operations missions. Without this effort, availability of the aircraft would be significantly lower.

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The Small Air Force

PIPER TRI-PACER.

Empty weight 1070 lbs. Gross weight 1950 lbs. Useful load 880 lbs. Seats 4 Maximum speed 132 MPH Max Cruise speed 126 MPH Stall, flaps up 52 MPH Stall, flaps extended 48 MPH Green arc 52 - 126 MPH Yellow arc 126 - 158 MPH White arc 48 - 80 MPH Vne speed 158 MPH Maneuvering 106 MPH Load Factor 3.8 G's Fuel capacity 36 gallons Fuel consumption 8 gallons per hour Engine Lycoming O-290D2, 135 HP Fun factor High


Monogram model of the Piper Tri-Pacer.
This model is now some 48 years old and has been repaired a few times,as you can see the noseleg has been replaced from an item in the spares box,only the red is paint the cream colour is the original plastic,thats the way we used to do it back then because paint was not as reliable as it is today,I had thought about a total strip down and refurbish but on reflection will keep her in the original state that it was made all of those years ago,that way it will remind me of the early days of modelling.

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Bunkerbarge

Barry, I think this model has a character that would be lost if you were to completely refurbish it. It sort of looks like a real one would look with the same number of years wear and tear and so somehow appropriate.

It looks very good for it's age.

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