What is it?

B-58 Hustler escape pod. Very few aircraft have used escape pods. The FB-111 iirc the whole nose/cockpit separated as a type of escape pod.

Yep

rharshberger said:

B-58 Hustler escape pod. Very few aircraft have used escape pods. The FB-111 iirc the whole nose/cockpit separated as a type of escape pod.

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The B-1A also had the escape capsule, but only the first three aircraft had it, and it was not incorporated into the redesign that resulted in the B-1B.

The XB-70 also had individual capsules, and a design issue with the capsule resulted in the death of one pilot, and nearly killed Al White when the second XB-70 crashed after being hit by a F-104 in the now famous incident near Barstow.

Tough crowd. How about this--

hornet driver said:

Tough crowd. How about this--View attachment 329239

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That was tough, but after enough digging, its the M61 Vulcan on a AMX International AMX.

very good--

Winston said:

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51T6 Gorgon. The particular one in the photo is located in Priozersk, Kazakhstan, outside the Sary Shagan missile range

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51T6 Gorgon. The particular one in the photo is located in Priozersk, Kazakhstan, outside the Sary Shagan missile range

krislhull said:

51T6 Gorgon. The particular one in the photo is located in Priozersk, Kazakhstan, outside the Sary Shagan missile range

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Yep. Using Google image search:

https://www.google.com/search?tbs=s...JAoi8QH8IkzDoEcpdVmY4VQ7itg3ZOv8UMrdMAA&hl=en

Winston said:

Yep. Using Google image search:

https://www.google.com/search?tbs=s...JAoi8QH8IkzDoEcpdVmY4VQ7itg3ZOv8UMrdMAA&hl=en

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I actually didn't need to use google to know what that was, as Ive seen plenty of photos of that exact missile over the past several months. I'm actually in the process of planning a trip to Priozersk as part of a larger trip to Baikonur next year.

krislhull said:

I actually didn't need to use google to know what that was, as Ive seen plenty of photos of that exact missile over the past several months. I'm actually in the process of planning a trip to Priozersk as part of a larger trip to Baikonur next year.

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It's a handy Google function that not that many know about. Please take lots of photos during your visit and start a Flickr page to post them if you don't already have one.

Here's the web page where those images came from. He has a lot of interesting photo albums.:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/martintrolle/albums/72157646222753004

My interest in it is due to the fact that it's a Soviet ABM:





51T6:

https://translate.google.com/transl...=http://militaryrussia.ru/blog/topic-345.html

The 53T6 is very Sprint-like because of it's endoatmospheric intercept mission:

https://translate.google.com/transl...sia.ru/blog/topic-875.html&edit-text=&act=url

krislhull said:

51T6 Gorgon. The particular one in the photo is located in Priozersk, Kazakhstan, outside the Sary Shagan missile range

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I challenge you to build one!

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hornet driver said:

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Searchlight simulator on something like a Spooky gunship aka AC-47?

Second guess is the wingtip mounted tank/bomb on the early models of the P-80 Shooting star (and no the internet image search wont work on this one).

https://tailhooktopics.blogspot.com/2017/06/lockheed-pf-80-shooting-star-tip-tanks.html

It looks like the tip tank on a Martin B-57 Canberra. But Rich could easily be right with the P-80 guess

krislhull said:

It looks like the tip tank on a Martin B-57 Canberra. But Rich could easily be right with the P-80 guess

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DING DING DING B-57 tip tank

how about--

Looks similar to a C-121 (Lockheed Constellation) tip tank, but I'm not too sure.

I initially thought T33, but it's too small and probes.

I agree Constellation.

krislhull said:

Looks similar to a C-121 (Lockheed Constellation) tip tank, but I'm not too sure.

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Yep , that would be it!

here's a strange one--

hornet driver said:

here's a strange one--View attachment 329431

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CAC CA-15 Kangaroo

NO STUMP'N YOU GUYS. Yep!

hornet driver said:

NO STUMP'N YOU GUYS. Yep!

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My excuse is that I am a total Aviation nut... I love, breath, sleep Aviation. and the fact that I participated in competitive aircraft ID competitions years ago helps!

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Douglas A-3 Skywarrior. Another great from one of the greatest designers of naval aircraft

Look Ma! No wings!

At least this one has wings!