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    • 05 Dec `06, 9:07PM

      The 'Spruce Goose', or the 'Flying Boat'. Built by aviation genius and eccentric Howard Hughes. Only flown once, by him.

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      After pouring $7 million of his own money and another $18 million of government funds into the behemoth, Hughes only succeeded in making a single mile-long flight in 1947. The record-setting plane never flew again and is today a tourist attraction at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in Oregon.

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      Edited by polarsnake 05 Dec `06, 9:50PM
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    • 05 Dec `06, 9:38PM

      One of the planes used by the Singapore Youth Flying Club, the Piper Warrior 2. Excuse the bad photoshopping guys, there was a head that was blocking a small part of the plane. Laughing And no, it isn't the reason why the pole is slanted in the pic Laughing

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      A model of the Piper Warrior 2 within the SYFC premises

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      Edited by polarsnake 05 Dec `06, 9:52PM
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    • 06 Dec `06, 7:44AM

      Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird....this is the B model (trainer)

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      Edited by skid 06 Dec `06, 7:57AM
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    • 06 Dec `06, 6:11PM
      Originally posted by skid:
      Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird....this is the B model (trainer)

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      omg i love this Shocked

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    • 07 Dec `06, 4:01PM

      classic..

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      nono, this is no photoshop. Laughing

      SIA did operate the supersonic aircraft together with BA for a while back.

      THe other half of the plane is painted in BA's livery..

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    • 09 Dec `06, 6:22PM
      Originally posted by skid:
      Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird....this is the B model (trainer)

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      this a/c is the one from my secondary sch science textbook Rolling Eyes

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    • 09 Dec `06, 6:22PM
      Originally posted by martin_lim85:
      this a/c is the one from my secondary sch science textbook Rolling Eyes

      wu ya boh?

      its a nice shot leh!

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    • 10 Dec `06, 2:53PM

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      One of our flying club's planes, a Citabria.

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      Yours truly on final approach to Runway 16 at Fleming Field, South St. Paul.

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      Lining up for takeoff, Runway 16, Fleming Field. I'm in the back seat this time.

      More later...

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    • 10 Dec `06, 10:58PM

      Taken at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport in April this year while waiting for my flight to Seattle. Click on the thumbnail for the full-sized image:

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    • 11 Dec `06, 9:25PM
      Originally posted by Pitot:
      ahahaha...
      MG ur here! Mr. Green

      Please don't call the police on me... Crying or Very sad

      (Very interesting pictures in this thread thus far. Let's keep it up. Very Happy )

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    • 13 Dec `06, 1:13AM
      Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:
      Please don't call the police on me... Crying or Very sad

      (Very interesting pictures in this thread thus far. Let's keep it up. Very Happy )

      Hello and welcome MG! We shall work together to push this forum into the top 30, yes? Laughing We shall make our presence known Twisted Evil

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    • 13 Dec `06, 2:18AM
      Originally posted by sand king:
      nice sonic boom

      Not quite. Very Happy

      The cloud above the wing is actually lift-generated condensation, and happens when humid air in the region of low pressure above the wing is at a low enough temperature for the moisture to condense.

      More information about that phenomenon can be found here.

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