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May 22nd, 2012 at 6:33am

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Salutations Screenshot aficionados!

Ive been sniffing round the flying stations web site wondering just how good there Buccaneer is...anybody got it yet? Anyhoo, had to use this UKMIL one for a flyabout. Its actualy pretty good.

So, i presente - 'Banana Jet'


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Banana Jet flys!


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Originally a naval aircraft, the RAF 'reluctantly' ended up with it after the TSR-2 cancellation and the F-111 debacle..


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The Tornado eventually replaced the Buccaneer, but in many ways the Buc was superior...


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Some of the advanced features included the area-ruling, extra-strong wings and spars and boundary layer control.


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The unrivalled low-level stability of the Buccaneer meant that RAF Buccaneer squadrons consistently outperformed other low-level strike aircraft and did particularly well at the annual 'Red Flag' exercises in Nevada.



Me hope you likey Wink

The UKMIL Buccaneer is freeware but some other things in the shots are not - thanks for looking, C+C welcomed Cool
 
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Reply #1 - May 22nd, 2012 at 7:28am

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me likey very much, especially that last shot is a stunner!
and the one before that too...
 
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Reply #2 - May 22nd, 2012 at 8:33am

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Great shots, Todayshorse Cool
 
"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"
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Reply #3 - May 22nd, 2012 at 10:14am

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Lovely piece of kit. Great shots  Smiley

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Reply #4 - May 22nd, 2012 at 11:12am

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Fantastic shots, especially #2 and the last one! Good job!
 
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Reply #5 - May 22nd, 2012 at 11:18am

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Who's that plane by?
 
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Reply #6 - May 22nd, 2012 at 11:23am

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http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=buccaneer&categoryId=

Top of that page BlackAce Smiley

Thanx for the comments guys : Cool
 
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Reply #7 - May 22nd, 2012 at 12:09pm

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Very well done... Wink
 
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Reply #8 - May 22nd, 2012 at 12:55pm

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I always thought a Banana Jet was a Hughes AirWest DC-9.  Smiley  Gorgeous shots. Particularly like the composition of the last one. The Buck was a legendary aircraft for the FAA/RAF. Awesome airplane!
 
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Reply #9 - May 22nd, 2012 at 1:40pm

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GlobalHobo wrote on May 22nd, 2012 at 12:55pm:
I always thought a Banana Jet was a Hughes AirWest DC-9. 


From thunder and lightnings (http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/buccaneer/index.php)

"July 1953 saw the issuing of Naval Staff Requirement NA.39 (later M.148T), calling for a carrier-borne strike aircraft with a large range capable of carrying a nuclear weapon under enemy radar cover and striking enemy shipping or ports. Blackburn Aircraft won the tender to produce their design (known within Blackburns as the B.103). The NA.39 was an advanced aircraft for its time and the secrecy surrounding the new construction and design techniques being used meant that the project remained top-secret until February 1957. Until then, the great secrecy surrounding the project led to the aircraft being called merely 'BNA' or 'BANA' (for Blackburn Naval Aircraft or Blackburn Advanced Naval Aircraft) in many documents. Inevitably this led to the design being called the 'Banana Jet' by some workers, a name that would persist throughout the jet's service career"

Id known it previously but assumed it was because of its, lets say, unusual shape.... Grin

See also :- http://www.avcollect.com/blackburnbuccaneer.html
 
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Reply #10 - May 22nd, 2012 at 1:53pm

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Cool. Thanks for the reference. I love history.
 
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Reply #11 - May 22nd, 2012 at 2:43pm

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Awesome shots, I love that last one too. Shocked
 
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Reply #12 - May 22nd, 2012 at 5:33pm

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Great shots. Wink
 
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Reply #13 - May 22nd, 2012 at 6:33pm

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me too say very nice.......
 
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Reply #14 - May 26th, 2012 at 3:49pm

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Excellent set of shots here ! The photorealistic background sure helps a lot, but this is also a very nice plane model. I had the UKMIL plane for a while in my hangar. I loved the exterior model as well as the flight model, but I didn't really like the VC for some reason :/
 
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