#allianceairshow

[sentinelchicken]

The business end of the M197 20mm Gatling gun in the chin turret of a Marine Corps Bell AH-1J SeaCobra. The M197 was developed in 1968 as a lightened variant of the M61 Vulcan cannon when it was realized the M134 7.62mm Minigun on the early Cobra gunship variants lacked the punch against more difficult targets in Vietnam. Designed specifically for helicopters (as well as for light attack aircraft and naval vessels), the M197 took the M61 Vulcan gun and removed three barrels and shortened the remaining three barrels. This was done primarily to lighten the gun and reduce the recoil forces. As a result, the M197 has an average recoil force of 1300 lbs/5.8 kN while the M61 Vulcan has a recoil force of 2100 lbs/9.4 KN for 4000 rounds/min and 3200 lbs/14.2 kN for 6000 rounds/min. And because I know the question has just popped into your heads, the recoil force for the A-10’s GAU-8/A Avenger is an astounding 10,000 lbs/45 kN! #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KAFW #AFW #FortWorth #AllianceAirShow #airport #Texas #FWAAS2011 #FWAAS11 #avgeekery #avgeekschoolofknowledge #Bell #AH1 #SeaCobra #helicopter #M197 #USMC #mil_aviation_originals #instaaviation #Avgeekery #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge (at Fort Worth Alliance Airport)

[pressxtolive]

#F/A-18A++ #VMFA-112 AM BuNo #163155 at the 2019 Alliance Airshow in Fort Worth, Texas. My pic from October. Cool to see legacy Hornets around. #vmfa112 #allianceairshow #hornet #legacyhornet #marines https://ift.tt/33tRiPr

[davequinn247]

“Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.” #TheodoreRoosevelt #quote #Family learning about the brave men who jumped out of this #airplane to defend our way of life. Thank goodness they stood in the gap. @allianceairshow #2017 #veterans #ww2 #allianceairshow #c47 #aviation (at Fort Worth Alliance Air Show)

[labarkeriadog]

We don't always like each other, but we love @labarkeriadog treats ❤🐶❤ shop our treats today at @fourseasonsmarkets in Watauga #sundayvibes Next weekend is the Fort Worth @allianceairshow ✈ don't forget to stock up on CBD for dogs that are stressed by the by the noise and live near the Alliance Airfield. (at Watauga Artisans Market) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVIxHNklUYo/?utm_medium=tumblr

[saigesoleil-blog]

Thunderbirds at the Alliance Air Show! What a great day! #airshow #allianceairshow #usafthunderbirds #planes #sun #bluesky #aviation #pilots #saigesoleil #jewelrydesigner (at Fort Worth Alliance Air Show)

[gthol]

God Bless America #flightattendantlife #flying #allianceairshow #lovemylife❤️ (at Fort Worth Alliance Air Show)

[carriecap76]

Goin Down! #caposellophotography #canon7dmarkii #canon #canonforlife #texas #instagood #instatexas #lonestarstate #fortworthcamera2900 #allianceairshow #VisitTexas #goprotexas #fwaas15

[adriennegaug]

John with the Big Boy Toys Repo Man Kevin Lacey. #flyitlikeyoustoleit #allianceairshow (at Fort Worth Alliance Air Show)

[cosmicdave84]

#Sasquatch #kdgcosmicdave #allianceairshow (at Fort Worth Alliance Air Show)

[trangialy]

America In World War II Air Show | At The Alliance Air Show in Fort Worth

"where engines rumble and warbirds roar across the sky"

Featuring:

The SkyHawks, the Canadian Forces Parachute Team USAF Thunderbird Performance Reenactment of Pearl Harbor Attack 

and much more...

Just spectacular and breathtaking

[blingblinkyoftexas]

#AllianceAirShow #BlastFromThePast #BlueSky #AllianceAirport #FortWorth #Texas #USA

[sentinelchicken]

This is from the 2012 Fort Worth Alliance Air Show and that’s Major Caroline Jensen heading out, flying as Thunderbird 3 (Right Wing) who that show season. She was the third woman to fly for the USAF Thunderbirds (Nicole Malachowski was the first, then Samantha Weeks). An F-16 pilot with combat time over Iraq, Jensen was the first mother to fly for the Thunderbirds as well as the first USAF Reservist. | October Aviation Photo Challenge | @kjdphoto1971 | #1017planes | “Girls Trip” | Day 11 | #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KAFW #AFW #FortWorth #AllianceAirShow #airport #Texas #FWAAS2012 #FWAAS12 #avgeekery #avgeekschoolofknowledge #Lockheed #F16 #FightingFalcon #Viper #Thunderbirds #USAF #mil_aviation_originals #instaaviation #Avgeekery #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge (at Fort Worth Alliance Airport)

[texasred1878]

Alliance Airshow with my main man Jude was badass. The tricks these fools were pulling off were incredible. #AllianceAirshow #Planes #Tricks #TameImpala

[sentinelchicken]

This USAF Heritage Flight is full of some serious apex predator action. Each of these types were flown by the highest scoring US aces of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Richard Bong scored 40 victories fighting in the Pacific with the Lockheed P-38 Lightning as his mount. Joseph McConnell scored 16 victories in the skies over Korea flying the North American F-86 Sabre as his steed. And in Vietnam Steve Ritchie and his WSO, Charles DeBellevue, flew as a crew on the F-4D and F-4E Phantom with 5 victories. DeBellevue flew as WSO for another pilot who scored a victory, so sometimes DeBellevue is credited with 6 victories. Another USAF pilot, Jeffrey Feinstein, also scored 5 victories but had a different WSO each time. In the Navy, Randy Cunningham and his RIO (Radar Intercept Officer as opposed to the USAF’s Weapons System Officer) Willie Driscoll scored 5 victories flying the F-4J Phantom. | October Aviation Photo Challenge | @kjdphoto1971 | #1017planes | “Aces High” | Day 12 | #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KAFW #AFW #FortWorth #AllianceAirShow #airport #Texas #FWAAS2012 #FWAAS12 #avgeekery #avgeekschoolofknowledge #Lockheed #P38 #Lightning #NorthAmerican #F86 #Sabre #McDonnellDouglas #F4 #Phantom #USAF #HeritageFlight #mil_aviation_originals #instaaviation #Avgeekery #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge (at Fort Worth Alliance Airport)

[sentinelchicken]

One of the problems that always plagued the legacy F/A-18 Hornet (A, B, C, and D variants) was it was relatively short-legged on account of its origins as a light weight fighter competitor to the F-16. Even though the production F/A-18A/B/C/D Hornets are bigger than the original Northrop YF-17 Cobra, the size increase was modest at best. When the Navy decided to go forward with the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, it was their chance to address this weakness with what’s essentially a new aircraft that’s 40% larger than the legacy Hornet. Selective radar cross section reduction features were added but only where they were considered cost-effective- the new intakes help reduce the RCS of the Super Hornet with radar absorbing material lining the intake duct along with some serpentine curves to further shield the engine compressor face from enemy radars. Along with other features, the Super Hornet has a lower RCS than the legacy Hornet as a result. The intakes, however, are not as efficient in the transonic regime as a result. In the Mach 0.85-1.2 range at 35,000 ft, the legacy Hornet is actually faster. But the Navy didn’t specify faster for the Super Hornet- they wanted range, endurance, and payload without sacrificing the Hornet’s legendary maneuverability and high-alpha capability. The intakes and enlarged LERXs provide that same high-alpha maneuverability as the legacy Hornet.  @kjdphoto1971’s May Aviation Photo Challenge | #0516planes | Day 28 | Boring Grey Jet | #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KAFW #AFW #FortWorth #AllianceAirShow #airport #Texas #FWAAS2011 #FWAAS11 #avgeekery #avgeekschoolofknowledge #McDonnellDouglas #Boeing #FA18 #SuperHornet (at Fort Worth Alliance Airport)

[sentinelchicken]

Although the MiG-17 was long out of frontline service with the Soviet Union by the time of the Vietnam War, the agile little fighter proved to be a fearsome adversary to American pilots in the skies over Vietnam. With quick acceleration, a tight turning radius and a hard-hitting set of guns (two 23mm cannon and a 37mm cannon), many American fighter pilots who flew much more advanced jets thought the MiG-17 was a more fearsome opponent in a dogfight than the more capable and supersonic MiG-21. In fact, this obsolete fighter spurred on the development post-Vietnam of two American fighters of unparalleled dogfighting ability in their day- the F-15 Eagle and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. In fact, one of the design criteria for the F-16 was the ability to match or exceed the agility of the MiG-17 in a dogfight. At slow to moderate speeds (300-350 knots), the MiG-17 was a ferocious adversary that could easily pull a 7G turn on a dime to get its 37mm and twin 23mm cannons pointed at you. But as speeds increased, the increased airflow over the elevators increased control loads to the point that over 450 knots, it was impossible to overcome the control loads and the agile MiG became a missile bait lead sled. Hydraulically boosted controls would have solved this issue but the MiG-17 lacked them. The control stick was taller than most aircraft and this was to give the MiG driver more leverage at higher speeds. In the secret US flight tests of the MiG-17, pilots dogfighting the 17 were told to keep the speed up over 400 knots because if you slow down below 350 knots, the 17 *will* kill you. Flight trials showed it was possible for the old MiG-17 to prevail against the F-16 in a low speed dogfight. @kjdphoto1971’s May Aviation Photo Challenge | #0516planes | Day 25 | Top Side Pass | #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KAFW #AFW #FortWorth #AllianceAirShow #AllianceTurns25 #airport #Texas #FWAAS2015 #FWAAS15 #avgeekery #avgeekschoolofknowledge #Mikoyan #MiG17 #Fresco #RandyBall (at Fort Worth Alliance Airport)