Never posted here before, but just curious on what everyone's favourite aircraft, old to modern, are.
Post pics of cool/fave aircraft of the ages I guess!
A10, pic related, always loved it as a kid, great workhorse that does the job its built for perfectly. I hope one day, when they do retire them, that somebody soon develops a new A10, just updated, new airframes etc but same design behind it.
>>34563179
Lurk most New fag no gunz.
>>34563190
Barnes!
Lurked for yonks, britfag here, if I could have guns I would.
Now post aircraft.
>>34563209
twin boom never fails to get me off
no one else?
>>34563291
its.......something
>>34563291
that why we couldn't get air-support
what happens when you land on the wrong carrier
>>34563179
>great workhorse that does the job its built for perfectly
Its gun is worthless for destroying tanks and its armor is completely pointless. It's nearly defenseless. The gun isn't even good for counter insurgency because the CEP is bigger than many bombs, is less potent, and is not adaptable. All it's good for is delivering bombs in a permissible environment which drones do much better for far lower risk and lower cost. They will not be designing an "updated" version for the same reason there's no interest in an "updated" zeppelin.
>>34563179
Behold, the most beautiful warplane ever built.
>>34563699
sexy? yes
sexiest? no
>>34563810
wha' did ye say t' me, scallywag?
>>34563873
>fat
>high maintenance
>self absorbed whore
Tomcat is trash
>>34563933
>powerful
>agile
>fast
>navigator to have banter with
>lands on a carrier
>vertical stabilizer art
>more of it to love
come on.
>>34563933
the fat is what makes it good
>>34564051
>agile
kek
>navigator to have banter with
>navy is so gay it needs to have its pilots get extra faggy in the air
>>34563179
>workhorse
How about a real workhorse, and not an overhyped piece of shit.
THUD
>>34563179
>great workhorse that does the job its built for perfectly
Meet George Jetson
>>34563933
This.
>>34564146
Mai Waifu.
OV-10 Bronco
Designed for short take off and landing areas like roads and carriers, can be repaired with ordinary tools and can run on regular gas if need be, can carry 3200 lbs of cargo or 5 paratroopers
>>34563179
>great workhorse that does the job its built for perfectly.
You don't have the slightest idea what you're talking about, do you?
>>34563179
This will be turned into a drone. The canon is a psych weapon to the dune coons and any one else getting exploded by it.
>>34564221
Is that your real opinions of the A-10?
>>34563699
no, that's su-27
not my favorite but imo the best looking plane ever
>>34567740
That's not an SU-27 that the other anon posted. the SU-27 doesn't have variable swept wings.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're saying?
>>34567810
i am saying that tomcat isn't the most beautiful warplane ever built because the most beautiful warplane ever built it's su-27
>>34563179
Any kind of A-6 variant, mostly the EA-6B prowler.
Any aircraft that can cook a chicken at 20m with its jamming pods is ok by me.
Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu is also pretty damn cool.
>>34564258
>>34566579
good choices, +1
>>34563179
When she has those sexy gull wings
I'm also a sucker for the P-38
>>34567866
Ah, gotcha.
>>34563933
>trusting solo wing pixy's shite tier opinion
captcha: toilet
Bf-109 K4
I know it's meme-tier but damn it's beautiful. Too bad Obongo forced production ending.
>>34568588
>>Not posting F4U-1c model
Absolutely disgusting.
>>34563933
>>34563224
shit taste
>>34563287
I always loved the combination of the engine cowlings and the spinner on those. and sexy cockpit.
>>34563179
I'm not sure if I have a favourite.
>>34563231
adorbz.
>>34563179
>>34566579
I second sir!
>>34563376
Poor Banshee.
>>34563582
triggered
>>34570671
this thing even looks indecent
Best plane of all time is either a10 warthog or f86 sabre
>dad was an A-10 pilot
>everyone recognizes A-10 as GOAT
Feels good man
>>34563376
i find this pic to be racist
>>34567311
The thing that will replace the A-10 will be a high altitude aircraft that is effectively a gargantuan flying power bank with a massive fucking laser cannon. It will be able to focus on a tank and within seconds reduce the tank itself to half-melted slag whilst turning the ground under it to glass and ash. This weapon will be called the Eye Of Sauron.
>>34571640
Designations for said plane include Cyclops, Medusa, and Beholder. Medusa and Beholder because of defensive systems and secondary laser arrays and countermeasures.
>>34571664
As a counter to this plane, some country will produce a tank plated entirely in chrome. This will not work.
>>34571505
I dont. It mostly serves as FAC - forward air controller due to its long linger time. It calls in the targets and aircraft like the F-16 actually hit them.
Only the army fags seem to care about the A-10, what with the brrrrrt meme and all.
>>34563582
>They will not be designing an "updated" version for the same reason there's no interest in an "updated" zeppelin.
get fucked
>>34563746
>>34563582
>there's no interest in an "updated" zeppelin.
The zeppelin company still exits, and still builds "updated" zeppelins
>never ever
>>34571876
it looks as a heavier than air aircraft though, slightly heavier for better maneuvrability, not a true dirigible/blimp
>>34571856
i believe even a furry head violates 4chan rules
>>34572064
was for >>34571841, >>34571876 defnitely isn't a zeppelin though, it's a blimp i.e. certainly not rigid
>>34572075
nope, modern zeppelins are rigid. not blimps.
Scroll down you will see images of the rigid frame.
https://zeppelin-nt.de/en/zeppelin-NT/technology.html
>>34572064
>it looks as a heavier than air aircraft though
its not.
See the link in >>34572178
"Non-flammable Helium, contained in a high strength, multi-layered laminate, provides the necessary lift"
Usually airships use their lighter than air properties to fly, otherwise, what's the point?
>>34563231
Is it normal that I want to fuck that A-10?
>>34570671
For it to be an aircraft it must be capable of flight.
That thing is a very loud car.
>>34566579
>BRRRRRRRT-less A-10 with a spoiler
Why?
>>34572444
There was pretty cool version with a 20mm Gatling gun in a movable turret under its belly. It worked and was used like a miniature AC-130 gunship. There is even a video on youtube,
>>34563231
You maybe want to have spoilered that.
>>34563582
The aircraft uses bombs to kill tanks ya fucking dip. The gun is for lighter vehicles, for killing the tank's support.
The only armor on the A-10 is the titanium bathtub surrounding the pilot. The rest of the aircraft gets by on a sturdy frame and redundancy out the ass, shit can fly when missing a wing and an engine, and shot hydraulics.
>>34572548
>The aircraft uses bombs to kill tanks ya fucking dip
not him, but generally hellfire or maverick missiles are the go-to weapon for the anti-armor role. Not bombs.
Brrrt mostly just scares people on the ground. it sounds cool but its not really a precision weapon. Apaches are far more precise in this role, being able to hover in one place and fuck shit up from a distance.
>>34572646
>Brrrt mostly just scares people on the ground
It doesn't only scares them. A hundred of shells at once turn your environment into a cloud of fragments of metal/rock/wood, it's pretty deadly and also very efficient to force the survivors to flee.
>>34570671
I will never understand why the Navy picked that thing over the Convair Model 200. Even Boeing's retarded tailsitter concept was more realistic.