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May 31 • 4 tweets • 3 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
Sometimes the nose radome of a Panther would be separated from the aircraft during arrested landing.

"VF-91 F9F-2 lands aboard the USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) in 1953."

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Same incident.

"Lt(JG) Hugh N. Batten lands his damaged Grumman F9F-2 Panther after it was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire. Photo dated 12 July 1953. This plane's nose covering has been entirely torn away.…"

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"VF-781 F9F-2B (tail code D) lands aboard the USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) in 1951."

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Of course, sometimes, other parts broke loose too…

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"“Black Crow” sensor on Thor, an AC-130A. This sensor detected and tracked vehicles by the electrical impulses of their spark plugs. Thor was shot down by antiaircraft fire in December 1972, […] (U.S. Air Force photo)"
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This was the AN/ASD-5 "Black Crow" Direction Finder (Truck Ignition Sensor)

It was designed to detect the electronic "noise" generated by the ignition system of a spark-ignition gasoline engine.

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The ignition system of a spark-ignition engine uses an ignition coil to transform battery voltage to much higher voltage required to operate the spark plugs. The spark plugs use this burst of high-voltage electricity to ignite the air-fuel mixture.

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May 31
Under Project Pave Gat one B-57G Tropic Moon III was turned into a gunship. The main change was replacing its revolving bomb bay door with a pallet equipped with an Emerson TAT-161 (or TAT-157) turret armed with a M61 Vulcan 20mm Guttling gun.

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The AN/AQX-5 weapon delivery system of this B-57G Tropic Moon III was modified by Westinghouse to aim the gun.

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"The first aircraft arrived at Eglin Air Force Base in January 1971 and began conducting testing and evaluation. »

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May 31
Emerson Aero X17A Roll-Traverse Nose Turret tested on F9F-3 Panther, BuNo 122562.

Initial contract to Emerson in 1949, ground tested in 1950, flight tested starting 1951, terminated in 1954.

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The X17A turret had four .50-inch heavy machine guns and could rotate along the centerline a full 360 degrees clockwise/conterclockwise at speeds of up to 100 degrees per second.

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The guns could traverse from forward to 20-30 degrees aft at speeds of up to 200 degrees per second.
1,400 rounds of ammunition were included.

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May 30
Lockheed WV-2 airborne early warning radar with "flying saucer" radome.

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A nice photo (copyrighted material) can be found at books.google.gr/books?id=I3NDP…
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Apr 13
The next photos show the Concorde 001 prototype as it was slowly moved towards a specially crafted barricade. Toulouse. 1968.

All information comes from histaero.blogspot.com/2014/10/le-fil…

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"During the development of Concorde, one of Aerospatiale's fears was that given the aircraft's high approach speeds, if ever its brakes failed, it would end up in the background at the end of the runway : »

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» to avoid it was necessary to lengthen the runway, but Aérospatiale decided to play it safe and also sponsor the developmpent a barricade capable of stopping Concorde at the end of the runway before it left the runway."

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Apr 12
Anyone recognize the airplane?

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Supposedly, it is a depiction of a German airplane captured in 1916 and having the unusual feature of the gunner/observer being able to depress the machine gun and fire it *through* the fuselage (tunnel is visible in drawing).

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There is also a 1916 reproduction of a New York Times article, using the same lithograph here:

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…
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