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[[JiF]Pvt. Harrick]

oops miscounted

[[JiF]zougathefist]

Obiekt 279
4 Tracked Soviet Tank C1957

http://www.preservedtanks.com/Locations ... 0&Select=4

[[JiF]Djsmg]

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GeForce GTX 280 in 3way SLI

[[JiF]Sgt Shellshocked]

[[JiF]Blind Trooper]

[[JiF]Blind Trooper]

[[JiF]zougathefist]

http://jalopnik.com/334350/

[Sir Die-a-lot]

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[[JiF]zougathefist]

[[JiF]zougathefist]

starting to notice a pattern....



Same bird but after flying too near Chernobyl

[[JiF]War Trophy]

JU 287

[[JiF]corn]

What the heck kinda plane is that WarTrophy?
Must have been a prototype

[[JiF]War Trophy]

Heheh, yeah, I should have included some info with that pic, the development of this aircraft makes for some good reading

One of the strangest Luftwaffe aircraft to ever claw it's way into the air was the Junkers Ju 287. Begun in early 1943, the Ju 287 incorporated many advanced aerodynamic concepts, the most striking being the swept forward wings. This design feature was deemed radical enough to warrant the construction of a testbed aircraft. --pictured below -- This testbed flew on August 16, 1944. The aircraft was a Frankenstein's monster, pieced together from several different aircraft. Included were the nosewheels from two B-24 Liberators, the fuselage of an He 177, mainwheels off a Ju 352, and the tail was constructed of Ju 388 parts.
17 test flights proved the concept to have excellent handling characteristics and would have proven a problem had not the allies overrun the testing airfield, capturing the the V1 and the nearly complete V2. The V2 was flown by the Soviet Union in 1947. The V3 failed to get off the drawing board and would have had several improvements.

Another pic of the JU287:

[Graham Cracka]

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