RAF Fairford 2011 by Lee Hathaway, on Flickr
RAF Fairford 2011 by Lee Hathaway, on Flickr
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RAF Fairford - 6th October 2011
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RAF Fairford - 6th October 2011
Hello all, here are images of a U-2 arrival at RAF Fairford last week during a routine air frame swap over...
RAF Fairford 2011 by Lee Hathaway, on Flickr
RAF Fairford 2011 by Lee Hathaway, on Flickr
Cheers,
Lee.
RAF Fairford 2011 by Lee Hathaway, on Flickr
RAF Fairford 2011 by Lee Hathaway, on Flickr
Cheers,
Lee.
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Re: RAF Fairford - 6th October 2011
Woow, now that is something you don't see on Scramble every day.
Very nice and thanks for sharing.
Very nice and thanks for sharing.
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Re: RAF Fairford - 6th October 2011
Nowadays a rare sight in Europe...
Are those yellow panels underneath the wings something new or did I never notice it before?
Are those yellow panels underneath the wings something new or did I never notice it before?
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Re: RAF Fairford - 6th October 2011
Ah...again a nice Skunkwork project:-) Thanx for sharing Lee, excellent!
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Re: RAF Fairford - 6th October 2011
Nice dark Dragon Lady... 
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Re: RAF Fairford - 6th October 2011
What i understood it is some ICE... so no panelsSquAdmin wrote:Are those yellow panels underneath the wings something new or did I never notice it before?
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Re: RAF Fairford - 6th October 2011
You understood correctly. The skin of the wing is as thin as possible. The fuel in the fuel cell is very cold due to the high altitude flown, and as such, condensation will take place on the wing skin when the aircraft descends into warmer and more moist air.dinovandoorn wrote:What i understood it is some ICE... so no panels
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Re: RAF Fairford - 6th October 2011
pjotrtje wrote:You understood correctly. The skin of the wing is as thin as possible. The fuel in the fuel cell is very cold due to the high altitude flown, and as such, condensation will take place on the wing skin when the aircraft descends into warmer and more moist air.dinovandoorn wrote:What i understood it is some ICE... so no panels
Correct, its a "wet" surface reflecting the green green grass..