The Airplane Pictures Thread

[Kira]

We have one for videos, here's one for pictures.

[Kira]

23 really nice pictures of the FW-190.

http://www.warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/focke-wulf_190.html

[rox]

I was in the Russian Armed Forces museum in Moscow today, great museum full of stuff from the middle ages to today, spent more than 3 hours there. Some very unique things too, like parts of Gary Powers' U2, artifacts and a porthole from the Kursk submarine, an entire tail section of a Heinkel 111 downed over Moscow, and overall a massive WW2 collection of weapons and other things - and on top of that, they have an even bigger museum actually dedicated to WW2 that I haven't visited yet, this is the Armed Forces-in-general museum. (and a dedicated tank museum....and a dedicated aircraft museum...both on huge grounds outside of Moscow, there were no WW2 planes here)

First of all, I finally got to see my love up close. She wasn't looking her best, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Look at those curves! Even worn with age she shines with elegance!

The iconic Kamov Ka-25

Tail section of the He-111, this is the underside

Gary Powers' U2 wreckage with ejection seat

Since we're already here, some other things I found pretty interesting or very unique:

US pilot letter to would be hosts in case of ejection (Vietnam era)

Japanese Nambu pistol, very rare, never thought I'd see one of these for real.

Reichstag eagle. I'd say as far as one-of-a-kind exhibits are concerned, this takes the cake for today. From the looks of it, it seems that it fell on its head

 

[Kira]

Only picture of the Concord in flight at Mach 2.

Full (short) story below:

http://luxurylaunches.com/travel/the-only-picture-of-the-concorde-flying-at-mach-2.php