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sidslotm
10-05-11, 03:08 PM
http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/9007/40862631.jpg

Interesting pictures I found.

http://englishrussia.com/2009/01/25/russian-flying-fortresses/
Oberon
10-05-11, 03:24 PM
Hate to see that in IL2, the TB-3 is bad enough...
Jimbuna
10-05-11, 03:25 PM
Really :hmmm:
Reece
10-05-11, 06:38 PM
This is Bigboy:
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/bigboy/4004.jpg
kiwi_2005
10-05-11, 07:17 PM
http://englishrussia.com/2009/01/25/russian-flying-fortresses/

That site has some interesting stuff to read. :up:
Platapus
10-05-11, 07:39 PM
"In many ways, Bob's Big Boy never left. He's always offered the same high-quality meals at competitive prices."

:D
TLAM Strike
10-05-11, 07:47 PM
Anyone can think up and build a giant plane. It takes skill and vision to build them small...
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/1715/79033996.jpg
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frau kaleun
10-05-11, 07:59 PM
"In many ways, Bob's Big Boy never left. He's always offered the same high-quality meals at competitive prices."

:D

http://s1.hubimg.com/u/434348_f260.jpg

Known as Frisch's Big Boy around these parts, and very much a part of the local consciousness. Or at least it is for those of us who grew up with one nearby. :yep:
Sailor Steve
10-05-11, 08:03 PM
Anyone can think up and build a giant plane. It takes skill and vision to build them small...
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/1715/79033996.jpg
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XF-85 Goblin. Originally designed to work this this big boy.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/B-36.jpg
Sailor Steve
10-05-11, 08:04 PM
http://s1.hubimg.com/u/434348_f260.jpg

Known as Frisch's Big Boy around these parts, and very much a part of the local consciousness. Or at least it is for those of us who grew up with one nearby. :yep:
I grew up with Bob's in Cantafordya. When I moved to Utah it was JB's Big Boy. Interesting.
frau kaleun
10-05-11, 09:21 PM
I grew up with Bob's in Cantafordya. When I moved to Utah it was JB's Big Boy. Interesting.

The whole Big Boy thing including menu & mascot was originally franchised out to a bunch of regional franchisees which is why people in one part of the country remember "Bob's Big Boy" and others remember "Frisch's Big Boy." I also remember it as "Shoney's Big Boy" and it's probably because that's what it was in a lot of states we either visited or traveled through on a regular basis when I was growing up. I seem to remember being very confused as a child over the whole Shoney's/Frisch's thing, because where I came from the Big Boy "belonged" to Frisch's and I couldn't understand why these people with the funny accents kept calling him "Shoney." :haha:

What I didn't know until just now is that, according to Wikipedia, Frisch's was not only the first regional franchisee but is also the only one still holding franchise rights. Man, I haven't eaten inside a Frisch's in years, but I had some of their vegetable soup last week when someone at work picked up stuff there for lunch. Still tastes just like I remember and definitely makes the all-time Comfort Food list. Plus they always had the best Cherry Cokes, some people used to (and still do) go there just for that. And IIRC the onion rings... oh and this grilled ham and cheese sandwich on dark rye bread... and the pumpkin pies, a local tradition this time of year.

Dammit you guys now I want Frisch's. :wah:

Maybe I'll get some carryout from there this weekend. I wonder if they have online ordering?
GoldenRivet
10-05-11, 09:28 PM
I completely despise that picture.

its a total hoax, it never existed, was never built.... and being somewhat of an aviation expert people email me that pic at least 3 times a year wanting an explanation.

its just as bad as the video of the stunt plane landing with one wing. :doh:



but... if they ever built it... i would be in the long line of volunteers asking to drive it:rock:
August
10-05-11, 10:59 PM
This is Bigboy:

That's the Real McCoy BigBoy... :yep:

4-8-8-4 I hope to see one in RL some day.
http://www.rocousa.com/BigBoy/bigboy1.jpg
Sledgehammer427
10-06-11, 12:23 AM
but... if they ever built it... i would be in the long line of volunteers asking to drive it:rock:

Drive it?! Heck, as the captain you would probably have to give orders, since flying that monstrosity would require a man for every axis of control you have. It would look right at home in Sky Captain though.

I prefer race planes though.
http://airpigz.com/storage/2010-april/Strega-In-Flight.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=127121282838 0
Love those lines!
JU_88
10-06-11, 03:32 AM
http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/9007/40862631.jpg

Interesting pictures I found.

http://englishrussia.com/2009/01/25/russian-flying-fortresses/


:o Of all the aircraft Ive ever seen that looks like the least likely to fly! (maybe it doesnt? I havent read up on it.... yet.)
Oberon
10-06-11, 06:37 AM
:o Of all the aircraft Ive ever seen that looks like the least likely to fly! (maybe it doesnt? I havent read up on it.... yet.)

To quote the Chrono-troopers from Red Alert 2

"Never existed."

And even if it had, I think it would need a nuclear explosion to get off the ground. Don't get me wrong, it looks like something the Russians would build, they're into that sort of thing, and they probably would have made it fly somehow, and then it probably would have crashed and been abandoned or been too expensive to fly and abandoned left to rust in a hangar somewhere.

In regards to the real Big Boy, the 4-8-8-4, yeah...even though I'm not a big a fan of US locos as I am of UK locos...I'd still love to see one at full bore working a steep gradient with a max load...what a sight and sound that would be! :yeah:
sidslotm
10-06-11, 10:05 AM
This is Bigboy:
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/bigboy/4004.jpg

Dam, I love this loco, but look at the soot.
Jimbuna
10-06-11, 06:18 PM
Would blend in well in one of the Chinese industrial regions :hmmm:
Reece
10-06-11, 06:51 PM
Looks like they run out of coal and used old tyres!!:yep:
TLAM Strike
10-06-11, 07:05 PM
Would blend in well in one of the Chinese industrial regions :hmmm:
Or in their Navy:
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/917/130892190949720.jpg
Jimbuna
10-06-11, 07:09 PM
Looks like they've got the latest smoke mod :DL

What's that vessel in the background?
TLAM Strike
10-06-11, 07:28 PM
What's that vessel in the background?

JMSDF Kongo class DDG. :salute:
August
10-06-11, 09:52 PM
Looks like they run out of coal and used old tyres!!:yep:

Sure looks like the Engineer is giving it the boot eh?

Not surprising I guess considering that loco is probably pulling a mile (or more) long string of loaded boxcars up a typical Rocky Mountain grade.
Sailor Steve
10-07-11, 12:36 AM
Well, here's a big boy for its time,

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Bomber3.jpg

and it flew...barely.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Bomber4.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witteman-Lewis_XNBL-1

What the article doesn't say is that the XNBL-1 had a minimum speed of 65 mph, which meant that the range between maximum and stall was only 31 mph.

Also it had the support of General Billy Mitchell, and was informally nicknamed "Mitchell's Folly".
Jimbuna
10-07-11, 04:29 AM
JMSDF Kongo class DDG. :salute:

Ah, right...thought she looked to good to be of Chinese origin :)
TLAM Strike
10-07-11, 10:11 AM
Ah, right...thought she looked to good to be of Chinese origin :)
This is what China's version looks like:
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/3232/170ag.jpg
Pisces
10-07-11, 11:30 AM
Are there any (guesstimated) specs of this Russian 'flying wing'? The pictures on that link seem outrageous, I mean .... 3 barrel heavy guns as if it is a BB?

I wonder how it compares to the 'Spruce Goose', ... which did fly! But only once.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_H-4_Hercules
krashkart
10-07-11, 12:55 PM
Looks like a flying cathedral.