by "f86sabre" (f86sabre)
Published 08/17/2017 at 21:48
by "f86sabre" (f86sabre)
Published 08/17/2017 at 21:48
Tags: Planelopnik
; Nasa
STARS: 8
NASA isn’t afraid of putting some color on a plane.
"d15b" (d15b7)
08/17/2017 at 22:05, STARS: 0
What am I looking at and why do I think it is awesome?
Edit: I can’t read.
"Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever" (rustanddust)
08/17/2017 at 22:07, STARS: 1
Grumman X-something? I had a Matchbox sized diecast with a similar paint scheme as a kid.
Edit: I’m old and senile. Im thinking of the X29. Had similar paint, but entirely different wings.
"d15b" (d15b7)
08/17/2017 at 22:17, STARS: 1
S’Okay. I hear they have chocolate, vanilla AND strawberry ice cream because we have been really good! That is ON TOP of the pudding we get!
"facw" (facw)
08/17/2017 at 22:17, STARS: 2
Yep, X-29 also got a red, white, and blue scheme:
as did F-16XL ship 2:
"facw" (facw)
08/17/2017 at 22:20, STARS: 1
The Air Force had a much more boring scheme on that aircraft:
The 2D vectoring engines do look cool though, more obviously something special than the later 3D engines it was fitted with.
"user314" (user314)
08/17/2017 at 22:22, STARS: 1
The NF-15B STOL/MTD/ACTIVE , a joint USAF/NASA test - bed for lots of late 70s/early 80s cutting edge tech. It also wore camo for a time.
The plane (as the XF-15F) was featured in Dale Brown‘s Day of the Cheetah .
"someassemblyrequired" (someassemblyrequired)
08/17/2017 at 22:23, STARS: 1
Well they couldn’t be bothered to paint this one for like 5 years after they got it..
NASA photo
"facw" (facw)
08/17/2017 at 22:29, STARS: 1
They got there eventually. Similarly:
to
"someassemblyrequired" (someassemblyrequired)
08/17/2017 at 22:33, STARS: 5
Short bus 747 is cutest 747.
"facw" (facw)
08/17/2017 at 22:35, STARS: 1
The ACTIVE is the best one, but not the only one:
I like that orange!
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
08/17/2017 at 23:01, STARS: 7
They look like USB plugs. I bet they assemble them upside down 2/3 of the time.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
08/17/2017 at 23:01, STARS: 0
Damn, that is gorgeous.
"Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen" (distraxi)
08/18/2017 at 01:28, STARS: 2
S’ok, Nasa’s got a procedure for that.
"f86sabre" (f86sabre)
08/18/2017 at 10:01, STARS: 1
Clean F-15 is sexy F-15.
"d15b" (d15b7)
08/18/2017 at 12:20, STARS: 0
Pretty bird!
"user314" (user314)
08/18/2017 at 12:23, STARS: 2
But wait, a challenger appears!
"user314" (user314)
08/18/2017 at 12:25, STARS: 1
USB cables exist in 4D space:
"user314" (user314)
08/18/2017 at 12:26, STARS: 1
Yo dawg, I heard you like pitot tubes...
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
08/18/2017 at 12:26, STARS: 0
Awesome.
"facw" (facw)
08/18/2017 at 12:38, STARS: 0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiet_Spike
https://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/improvingflight/supersonic_jousting.html
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
08/18/2017 at 12:40, STARS: 1
And we would be teaching this to our kids if our STEM curriculum was up to par.
"user314" (user314)
08/18/2017 at 12:48, STARS: 0
Huh, I don’t remember hearing about this program before. Neat.
"someassemblyrequired" (someassemblyrequired)
08/18/2017 at 12:49, STARS: 1
Ha ha I think you win. Official Orbiter attachment instructions are your prize.
Photo by Rob Elliott (Zeeeter at en.wikipedia) Public Domain.