RAAF Super Hornets

nebnoswal · July 09, 2011, 07:14:36 PM

coops213 · July 09, 2011, 11:41:29 PM

Great shots Ben!

Maverick · July 10, 2011, 12:24:31 AM

Very evocative stuff. Pity they're grey tho...

Thanks for sharing,

Regards,

Mav

nebnoswal · July 13, 2011, 02:00:46 AM

Some more, this time loaded, and empty

Maverick · July 13, 2011, 02:53:43 AM

Brilliant shots. Gotta love the asymetric loadout.

Thanks for sharing.

Regards,

Mav

nebnoswal · July 13, 2011, 03:34:34 AM

Quote from: Maverick on July 10, 2011, 12:24:31 AM
Very evocative stuff. Pity they're grey tho...

I have passed on some of Coops213 camo what-ifs to the respective Sqn CO's, but so far no takers

Maverick · July 13, 2011, 04:04:47 AM

Gotta love that. But then I can't see many armed services considering that beyond maybe Finland.

Regards,

Mav

GTX · July 13, 2011, 02:34:58 PM

Quote from: Maverick on July 13, 2011, 04:04:47 AM
Gotta love that. But then I can't see many armed services considering that beyond maybe Finland.

Regards,

Mav

Do you mean considering the Super Hornet?

GTX · July 13, 2011, 02:36:04 PM

They look good in my opinion - they are noisy though. Have to listen to them just outside my office just about every day...

nebnoswal · July 13, 2011, 02:51:30 PM

Quote from: GTX on July 13, 2011, 02:36:04 PM
They look good in my opinion - they are npoisy though. Have to listen to them just outside my office just about every day...

You used to make that same complaint when the pigs were still flying

I could complain too, with all the M1A1's, ASLAV's, M113's and M777 that drive and fire around my home.

Maverick · July 13, 2011, 04:57:50 PM

Quote from: GTX on July 13, 2011, 02:34:58 PM
Do you mean considering the Super Hornet?

Nope, I mean considering using non-standard colour schemes for their aircraft. Beyond the commemorative schemes we see now & then or aggressor schemes, the idea of doing something other than grey is a foreign concept to many 1st world armed forces.

Regards,

Mav

Aussie747 · July 13, 2011, 07:25:19 PM

Nice shots Ben, PM sent regarding them.

GTX · July 14, 2011, 02:55:24 AM

Quote from: nebnoswal on July 13, 2011, 02:51:30 PM
Quote from: GTX on July 13, 2011, 02:36:04 PM
They look good in my opinion - they are npoisy though. Have to listen to them just outside my office just about every day...

You used to make that same complaint when the pigs were still flying

I could complain too, with all the M1A1's, ASLAV's, M113's and M777 that drive and fire around my home.

Yep it's a noisy place - had to put up with F/A-18F's, BAE Hawk 127s, C-130Js, a USN P-3C and an OMEGA DC-10 tanker today...I suppose at least the C-17s, Eurocopter Tiger's, MRH-90s and E-737 Wedgetails were quiet today

coops213 · July 14, 2011, 05:00:41 AM

Quote from: Maverick on July 13, 2011, 04:57:50 PM
the idea of doing something other than grey is a foreign concept to many 1st world armed forces.

Regards,

Mav

Grey seems to be working quite well for them, a grey aircraft is quite difficult to spot.

Maverick · July 14, 2011, 06:53:16 AM

With all the various doo-dads that festoon aircraft, I wonder why they are so concerned with visual camouflage in the first instance. Whether grey is the be-all and end-all is another matter entirely.

Regards,

Mav