The amazing and cool photo thread

[Keef]

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The number of things that can go wrong here is immense.

Approximately 60 degrees of bank = 2 G. Obviously those pilots are professionals but most beginners can barely concentrate on maintaining altitude (pulling up quite hard at 60 degree bank) in a 2 G turn, much less do it in formation. Practice, practice, practice. I had no idea they practiced maneuvers like this.

 

[ExigeEvan]

Approximately 60 degrees of bank = 2 G. Obviously those pilots are professionals but most beginners can barely concentrate on maintaining altitude (pulling up quite hard at 60 degree bank) in a 2 G turn, much less do it in formation. Practice, practice, practice. I had no idea they practiced maneuvers like this.

Most air tankers will fly an oval circuit at their station, so obv' if you time your refuel poorly (or miss a couple of attempts) you have to fly it through the turn. Clearly there are dangers but if it's mission critical it's an essential skill.

 

[Beerz]

Roman Civilization on a tooth:

 

[RocZX]

^
That is awesome !

 

[Sprite]

Roman Civilization on a tooth:

I wanted to know if it was photoshop, it looks like it is. It's by a Thai company advertising toothpaste.

 

[SKIDMARX]

I don't always consider a career change when I look at pictures, but when I do, these are the ones responsible...

-Another Picture-

I have the same problem, some pictures just make you want to do that as a job. For me it is helicopters instead of jets.

Although I wouldn't mind doing this either...

 

[Carlos]

My colleague made some cool photos of our new NH90

It replaced the good old Lynx. Here with only 8 flying hours left on it.

 

[Alex.]

The best part of that is what happens next...

"Okay... now JUMP."

"Ok guys, we get it. Red Bull gives you wings!"

He is actually going to jump. Red Bull Stratos. Google it.

 

[Wiegert]

Danxia Landform - China:

A tank sculpture that looks more intimidating that most actual tanks:

 

[Neal]

Cheeeeze

More of that China shizzle

 

[Simple Matt]

Just curious, but would an astronaut smile when they take photos like that.. Or pull a face I DON'T KNOW!!

 

[niky]

Doing it wrong. He should be doing the duckface.

 

[Brett]

Doing it wrong. He should be doing the duckface.

Exactly what I was thinking. 👍

 

[Monatsende]

Just have a deep look on this one... My eyes were pulsing...

 

[Beerz]

Monaco GP, 1965 - Paul Hawkins solved any future overheating problems (he came out of that unhurt, btw)

 

[Pupik]

Never saw a live shot of Hawkins' famous dunk...

 

[Wiegert]

Bloody hell, he was lucky to get out of that unhurt.

Just have a deep look on this one... My eyes were pulsing...

Maybe in here instead:

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=246786

 

[Neal]

Next stop: Ceres. Last week the robotic Dawn spacecraft ended its year-long mission to asteroid Vesta, becoming the first spacecraft ever to visit this far off world located between Mars and Jupiter, in the Solar System's main asteroid belt. Many of the best images taken by Dawn at Vesta have been compiled into the above encompassing view. Vesta shows evidence of being a leftover from the early years of our Solar System, a building block for rocky planets like Earth. Vesta's ancient surface shows heavy cratering and long troughs likely created by huge impacts. The minor planet's low gravity allows for surface features like huge cliffs and a large mountain that reaches twice the height of Earth's Mount Everest, visible at the image bottom. Vesta, however, spanning about 500 kilometers across, is only the second most massive object in the asteroid belt. And so, two weeks ago, Dawn fired its gentle ion rockets and has begun chasing the most massive: Ceres. If everything goes as planned, Dawn will reach Ceres in 2015. Ceres looks quite different to the distant telescope -- but what will Dawn find?

 

[axletramp]

 

[Danoff]

*Dawn Image*

Thanks for posting that. I'm a big fan of the Dawn project.

 

[Keef]

Interlaken:

 

[GregTheStig]

The Space Shuttle Endeavour on its way to California.

 

[daan]

The Space Shuttle Endeavour on its way to California.

Is it odd that my first thought on seeing that photo was, "I didn't realise the 747's wings were swept back that much"?

 

[Carlos]

Is it odd that my first thought on seeing that photo was, "I didn't realise the 747's wings were swept back that much"?

Same thought!

 

[GregTheStig]

Is it odd that my first thought on seeing that photo was, "I didn't realise the 747's wings were swept back that much"?

I thought so too. The proportions of the Shuttle look about right so I don't think it's been skewed at all. I guess it's not every day you get to see a plane from the top down.

 

[PeterJB]

Interlaken:

Tilt shift makes my day every time.

 

[ZohsixGT5]

Must be a highly skilled pilot to land the shuttle on a 747 like that.

 

[zedextreme8177]

It's worth noting that the 747 has 37.5 degrees of wing sweep, which is quite high compared to most other airliners (in fact, it could be the highest among commercial airliners IIRC).

The only other subsonic commercial aircraft I know to have such high wing sweep is the Citation X (excuse to post a photo )

 

[Keef]

 

[AOS-]

A student in class just now did a presentation on Meats Meier who does CAD work and then makes it look like a gorgeous digital painting. Look at this:

Beautiful, isn't it?