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[FeoFUN]

What is its designation in English?

Сhrysanthemum :)

 

[eurofor]

"Red Arrows pilot in hospital after mid-air crash"

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lincolnshire/8583263.stm

[jpm1]

What is its designation in English?

 

Springer

[jpm1]

"Red Arrows pilot in hospital after mid-air crash"

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lincolnshire/8583263.stm

 

now we can see low level flights on Youtube or Dailymotion i don't see much the interest of having national squadrons yes i know i'm a bit radical but they take lot of risks it's not the first time it happens . each time a see a national squadron i have more anxiety than pleasure . the RA pilot is safe and it seems he has only minor injuries it's the most important

[Lucas_From_Hell]

You're alone then, jpm1.

 

YouTube and DailyMotion don't [and never will] replace flight.

 

The roar, the wind in your hair, the sun in your eys, the speed...

 

YouTube videos will only surpass 'the real thing' when flight simulators surpass flying, and it's still a long way to go as far as I'm concerned.

 

And there's also the fact the national aerobatic teams are good advertisement for the Air Force, Army or Navy concerned, and help making people enlist.

[Antartis]

"Red Arrows pilot in hospital after mid-air crash"

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lincolnshire/8583263.stm

 

...and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1260069/Red-Arrows-jets-collide-mid-air-Crete-forcing-RAF-pilot-eject.html

[Airway]

This is what you loose your wings for.

 

 

These two pilots were grounded, because they flew over too low.

[mvsgas]

TORO2222 posted this in the FreeFalcon forums. Switzerland F-18 video part one of six

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fSdJU5vpIE

[jpm1]

cool stuff @ 6:51

Edited March 24, 2010 by jpm1

[Lucas_From_Hell]

Jpm, change the link for the one YouTube provides you to embed instead of the video's URL. It's not showing here :(

[Vekkinho]

hitman, as far as I know, the Sikorsky company we're talking about was founded in the US, and by a Ukranian (at that time, Russian).

 

Didn't you wanna say "at that time Soviet"?!

[Flаnker]

[Lucas_From_Hell]

No, Sikorsky was born in Kiev in 1889 - pre-revolution, still Russian Empire, so it's still "at that time Russian" :)

[zakobi]

 

Isn't there something with each Tu-160 unique from each other due to production problems or something similar?

 

Anyways a nice picture.

[Pilotasso]

The writing behind the cockpit seem to be different on all of them

[Lucas_From_Hell]

These are names.

 

The one presented at MAKS 2009, for example, was No. 10 "Nikolay Kuznetsov".

[Griffin]

Russian jets bomb ice-clogged rivers

A total of 15 Sukhoi fighter planes and Mi-8 combat helicopters have been deployed to bomb ice blocking rivers in Siberia and far Eastern regions to prevent flooding, defence spokesman Vladimir Drik told the state-run Ria Nowosti news agency Wednesday.

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/315634,russian-jets-bomb-ice-clogged-rivers.html

[GGTharos]

Now that's a good use of armament! :)

[hitman]

No, Sikorsky was born in Kiev in 1889 - pre-revolution, still Russian Empire, so it's still "at that time Russian" :)

 

BUT...lol

[EtherealN]

Russia also uses its air force to shoot rain-inducing chemicals into clouds, so that the capital is sun-drenched during important holidays.

 

Oh noes! Chemtrails! :lol:

[EtherealN]

these are just my opinions. true today, toyotas manufactured in the us by americans for americans is still a japanese company.

 

You may want to read up on Sikorsky then: those american-made Toyotas are produced in plants owned by Japanese, so there it's fair to say "Japanese car" in at least some sense.

 

With Sikorsky, he grew up in the Russian Empire, made a few aircraft, emigrated to the USA, and only as a naturalized citizen of the united states did he found the Sikorsky company with american investment money, american staff, american workers, for american clients... The only thing that's non-american about Sikorsky aircraft is that one of the people involved was not born in the USA.

 

Ergo: Sikorsky is american. ;)

[Griffin]

A series of short documentaries about different helicopters in Afghanistan. Some awesome footage there!

 

For the Soldiers on the Ground

 

Pt. I - Kiowa

 

Pt. II - Apache

 

Pt. III a - Chinook

 

Pt. III b - Chinook (Air Assault)

 

Pt. IV - BlackHawk (Medical Evacuation)

 

Pt. V - Epilogue

[hitman]

You may want to read up on Sikorsky then: those american-made Toyotas are produced in plants owned by Japanese, so there it's fair to say "Japanese car" in at least some sense.

 

With Sikorsky, he grew up in the Russian Empire, made a few aircraft, emigrated to the USA, and only as a naturalized citizen of the united states did he found the Sikorsky company with american investment money, american staff, american workers, for american clients... The only thing that's non-american about Sikorsky aircraft is that one of the people involved was not born in the USA.

 

Ergo: Sikorsky is american. ;)

 

i know its a moot point, i dunno why i keep arguing over it..but your not seeing what im trying to say. nicola tesla invented radio. hes serbian iirc, but an american immigrant.

einstein was european, his theory of relativity is american because he finished it here and patented it here. just because its invented here doesn't make it an american invention. to me, respect goes where respect should. ergo, russian helicopter!

Edited March 24, 2010 by hitman

[EtherealN]

So all the american technicians, draftsmen and engineers who worked at sikorsky get no credit and respect? :P

 

And this kind of respect is a completely different type of thing as to whether there is anything new with a russian aircraft manufacturer getting to make a tender for an american military equipment procurement.

[Bucic]

Thanks Griffin!