Just some nice photos I've found

[beowulf]

[Ed S]

Nice work if you can get it, although the operator isn't forced to be there!  Anyone know what the range of the datalink is on these things, just how far can the operator be away?

Basically, they use satellite links and the operator can be anywhere on the planet. 

Ed

[nebnoswal]

Have satelite, will travel.  Just can't justify the zoom suit and ray ban sunnies.   

Guess what i do for a living?

[Mossie]

I guess satelites have their plus sides, just jolly boys trips to Seychelles isn't one of them!

Great, you a UAV driver neb?  Be good to get some insight into the real world of UAV's, if you can.

[anthonyp]

Nice pics!!!

Hey, guys, a reminder, please don't link to Airliners.net pics.  There was some tiff about it a few years back I don't want to revisit.

[Mossie]

What's the problem with adding links?  Posting photo's brings up copyright problems but I can't see that the links break any legalities?

[Stargazer]

What's the problem with adding links?  Posting photo's brings up copyright problems but I can't see that the links break any legalities?

I think what he means by "linking to" Airliners.Net is to include their images directly in the forum's pages. It is considered as intrusive because it steals some bandwidth without generating any activity on the pages. Of course there is no problem with placing a proper URL to the image on the forum (or any forum or site for that matter...).

[Jschmus]

VX-30's Centennial S-3B is out of the paint shop:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Navy/Lockheed-S-3B-Viking/1815413/L/

[lenny100]

now that one nice paint job

[philp]

More on the Viking.
http://www.navair.navy.mil/press_releases/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.view&id=4445

[PR19_Kit]

That does look good, but I'm sure the later triple-blue S-3 will look even better. 

[Jschmus]

Saw this one on the a.net homepage and thought, "What a funky-looking F-16".  Didn't realize until I read the caption that it's actually the JF-17.  I think this is the first time I've seen one from this angle.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Pakistan---Air/Pakistan-JF-17-Thunder/1816170/L/

[Jschmus]

Another Centennial of Naval Aviation bird, this time a TC-12B.  According to the Nav Air FB page, the next aircraft going into paint will be a legacy F/A-18, painted in a 1950s midnight blue scheme.

[Stargazer]

Another Centennial of Naval Aviation bird, this time a TC-12B.  According to the Nav Air FB page, the next aircraft going into paint will be a legacy F/A-18, painted in a 1950s midnight blue scheme.

Ooooh! Can't wait to see that one! These guys are whiffing FOR REAL and I love it!

[Jschmus]

I saw this posted on the X Planes blog, which has been on a Soviet giants kick of late.  It's the back page of something called "Юный моделист-конструктор", which apparently translates as "Young Modeler-Builder", from 1962.