Canada Day: Planelopnik Edition

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 07/01/2017 at 16:03 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Happy Birthday to America’s hat.

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 07/01/2017 at 16:10

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B O M B A R D I B O I S

f86sabre > ttyymmnn 07/01/2017 at 16:35

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ttyymmnn > f86sabre 07/01/2017 at 16:37

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facw > ttyymmnn 07/01/2017 at 16:39

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ttyymmnn > facw 07/01/2017 at 16:42

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Forgot about the Snowbirds. Good call.

AfromanGTO > ttyymmnn 07/01/2017 at 16:42

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I came for this one, and was happy.

ttyymmnn > AfromanGTO 07/01/2017 at 16:43

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It’s the quintessential Canadian plane.

chaozbandit > ttyymmnn 07/01/2017 at 17:35

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facw > chaozbandit 07/01/2017 at 19:03

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Always amused by the false canopy on the CF-18s:

AfromanGTO > ttyymmnn 07/01/2017 at 19:12

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That and bush planes for the wilderness.

ttyymmnn > facw 07/01/2017 at 20:24

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What is that VTOL bird in the second picture?

ttyymmnn > facw 07/01/2017 at 20:26

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I think it’s pretty clever. I wonder who thought of it first.

facw > ttyymmnn 07/01/2017 at 20:34

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadair_CL-84

Canadair Cl-84 Dynavert. Never made it past the prototype stage, but obviously with multiple ship trials, there was at least some interest and progress.

facw > ttyymmnn 07/01/2017 at 20:44

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I don’t know, but even the Hungarians are in on the action (granted it doesn’t really create the same illusion on the extremely flat bottomed section of the MiG-29):

facw > ttyymmnn 07/02/2017 at 07:44

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Wikipedia gives the following attribution:

In the 1970s, US aviation artist Keith Ferris invented a false canopy to paint on the underside of military aircraft, directly underneath the front of the plane, the purpose of which was to confuse an enemy so they do not know in what direction the aircraft is headed . This ruse was inspired by animals and fishes that have similar markings on the head and tail, so they can confuse other creatures.

There are actual patents to back that up:

https://www.google.com/patents/US4089491

https://www.google.com/patents/US4448371

Most people seem to omit that helmet dot, though the Spanish used it on their F1s:

ttyymmnn > facw 07/02/2017 at 10:48

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Interesting. Thanks. Not sure that the helmet dot helps all that much.