Screenshots: Real World/Simulation

Asid · October 08, 2018, 01:48:09 PM

Wings Over The Reich

Asid · October 08, 2018, 04:56:57 PM

A Boeing B-47 Stratojet blasting skywards with full JATO assist
Courtesy of Classic Wings Magazine

Beef · October 08, 2018, 06:47:54 PM

Quote from: Asid on October 08, 2018, 04:56:57 PM
A Boeing B-47 Stratojet blasting skywards with full JATO assist
Courtesy of Classic Wings Magazine

Great picture! Take note of the three B-36 bombers parked on the tarmac in the background. This B-47 is actually using RATO (Rocket Assisted Take Off); wheres JATO uses jet engines that stay with the plane, in the case the RATO bottles are ejected after takeoff. Read more about it here.

Asid · October 09, 2018, 02:15:20 AM

Asid · October 09, 2018, 02:15:58 AM

Quote from: Beef on October 08, 2018, 06:47:54 PM

Great picture! Take note of the three B-36 bombers parked on the tarmac in the background. This B-47 is actually using RATO (Rocket Assisted Take Off); wheres JATO uses jet engines that stay with the plane, in the case the RATO bottles are ejected after takeoff. Read more about it here.

Asid · October 22, 2018, 04:31:25 PM

A USAF F-15C flanked by Luftwaffe and RAF Tornados in 1987

camera operator: SSgt. David Nolan, USAF - U.S. defenseimagery photo no. DF-ST-89-01717

A Boeing F-15C Eagle flying over Germany with two Panavia Tornado IDS on 6 Apr 1987. The U.S. Air Force F-15C-27-MC (s/n 80-0005) was assigned to the 36th Tactical Fighter Wing at Bitburg Air Base, Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany). The right-hand Tornado belonged to No. 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Germany, based at RAF Brüggen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany), the left-hand Tornado (s/n 44+37) was from the (then West-) German Luftwaffe Jagdbombergeschwader 32 (JaboG 32) (32nd Fighter-Bomber Wing) at Lechfeld, Bayern (Germany). These aircraft were part of a larger, 15-aircraft formation taking part in an aerial review for departing General Charles L. Donnelly Jr., commander in chief, U.S. Air Force, Europe (USAFE) and commander, Allied Air Forces Central Europe.