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Not new but a nice compilation nevertheless.

It's a training bomb that's not actually dropped.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI3mTjJeHO0

Since vanveken started it, I'll use the opportunity. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Airbus/Airbus-A350-941/2396565/L/

http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK---Air/Boeing-E-3D-Sentry/2396982/L/&sid=b3137530a8f5f655d67fee7d81960aaf http://www.airliners.net/photo/Aero-L-29-Delfin/2397019/L/&sid=b3137530a8f5f655d67fee7d81960aaf http://www.airliners.net/photo/Aero-L-29-Delfin/2397018/L/&sid=b3137530a8f5f655d67fee7d81960aaf

What is that thing?

Sweden in the lead, followed by Norway. Finland closely behind passing overhead Keflavik air base during #IAM2014 pic.twitter.com/K2DGyOMx5m pic.twitter.com/W1wCoNVkZc pic.twitter.com/kxx3aNPSou

I see three videos there. :huh:

I tried to search this thread but didn't find this so here goes. I found it pretty interesting. History of the F-35 by Skunk Works inventor

Two separate lightning strikes into Finnish Air Force Pilatus PC-12's cost over 1 million euros to repair http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/a1392003069586?jako=cabeb8636f480287f13454b500413f65&ref=tw-share The news site is in Finnish so I'll summarize: "Two Finnish Air Force Pilatus PC-12 aircraft were struck by lightning on two separate occasions in 2011 and 2013. There were no malfunctions caused by the strikes. The lightnings struck the aircraft's propellers and exited from the rear fuselage. There was lot's of damage throughout the fuselage but the biggest cost was caused by the need to demagnetize the engine. The aircraft had to be transported to Switzerland by road."

Algerian C-130 Hercules crashes killing over 100 people http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_military_transport_crash

Live fire trials against the Swedish S-tank Starting at 8:50 the tank is being shot at by a Saab Lansen with 20mm cannons and Draken with 30mm. Starting at 18:40 a Lansen fighter drops a 500 kg napalm bomb on the tank. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7ec_1391534588#eHWbxppqbvsElvrq.99

My favorite warbird! No other plane wears the shark mouth so well. All other planes trying are just bad attempts to look as cool as the P-40!

That's impossible both in practice and theory. There is a constant airflow in the right direction, you can count on it.

Russkies know somethin about AB porn! http://russianplanes.net/id129085 ' http://russianplanes.net/id129083 http://russianplanes.net/id129021

According to Wiki, it's a weather phenomenon so I guess aircraft static electricity discharge is not. St. Elmo's Fire does happen on aircraft though: http://www.airliners.net/photo/VietJet-Air/Airbus-A320-214/2283467/M/&sid=3f9bbe69ac6f58607e271e2a2f21d422 In this picture, you can see two grounding wicks under main landing gear: http://sitelife.aviationweek.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/14/11/3eaab8f1-8a8c-48d3-bbb4-b276be9e958f.Full.jpg In this picture you can see two on the fin: http://www.b-domke.de/AviationImages/NH90/Images/NH90_NFH_N-110_31666.jpg

__________o.O _____o.o O.O http://russianplanes.net/id129006

Just go to Youtube and search for "boat grenade". It looks like a movie making scene with a defective fuse.

Does anyone know where I could find a certain video from an Apache squadron in Iraq or Afghanistan? It was like a TV-series intro with intro music from the seventies where each person was introduced in a funny way and every once in a while there were close ups of some dude's ass in really short shorts. I would really appreciate if someone knows where to find it!

Your videos are truly superb! France has an awesome war machine and some of the most beautiful aircraft. May I ask about your involvement in these videos? Do you compile videos from different pilots/aircraft or do you fly yourself too? I'm ok if you're not comfortable saying. :)

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Israel---Air/Boeing-F-15I-Ra'am/2383693/L/

Unfortunately I'm not seeing 2014 calendars on mil.ru.

http://russianplanes.net/id128315 http://russianplanes.net/id128258

Ok, it's been a while since I have been close to avionics despite that I'm supposed to be an avionics technician. VOR is not a smart instrument containing complex computer for calculating angles. VOR shows the deviation of an aircraft from the selected radial and it's simply determined by the phase differences in two signals. I don't know exactly how a TACAN operates but it's not too much different IIRC. HSI combines the functionality of a VOR indicator, an ADF indicator and a compass. ADF is also a very simple using only radio signals to determine the direction. To know how it works you need to know how each of those systems work. HSI is an excellent instrument that combines all of them into one clear display.

Just popped here by chance and funnily enough I remember M. Pavlov saying on Russian forum that in mountainous area they couldn't use the laser. They used airspeed, angle and the grid sight instead. I have no idea if what you are experiencing is modeled on purpose or is it a bug but it could happen in real life.