Sat Oct 24, 2009 4:34 pm
that board is an aircraft i.d. / silhouette i.d. training board for western warbirds of that era, the other part with depictions of cities looks like bombing trajectory training, probably for nuke delivery, pretty spooky!! i highly recommend hitting the other link provided , you will not believe your eyes!! thanks for this post as it gives real deep insight to the russian aspect of the cold war. the russians could use a good scrap dealer in those other pics, maybe it would help with their financial woes!! wish i could read cirilic letters!!
Sat Oct 24, 2009 5:58 pm
Any idea what the aircraft below the F111 is? looks a bit 105 ish?
Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:12 pm
Found this on there also:
Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:47 pm
One of my favorite websites. Englishrussia is good for hours and hours of browsing in amazement.
Tillerman.
Tillerman.
Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:46 pm
rreis thanks for the language link, but i don't think i have the patient attitude to learn that language, heck i fudged my way through my entire bar mitzvah!!! memorized my piece from a record album by playing it a thousand times, & i can't read a lick of hebrew to this day!! yes that's an f-105 too.
English/russian
Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:19 pm
Check out the russian cheerleaders.Very nice.Does not appear to be any augmentation running rampant amoung the russian youth.Refreshing.
Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:10 am
Looks like it say FB-111 to me.
Mike
Mike
Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:51 am
tom d. friedman wrote:rreis thanks for the language link, but i don't think i have the patient attitude to learn that language, heck i fudged my way through my entire bar mitzvah!!! memorized my piece from a record album by playing it a thousand times, & i can't read a lick of hebrew to this day!! yes that's an f-105 too.
just teasing you
Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:56 am
The diagram (from looking at the website and doing a few google searches) is an interception "cheat sheet" that shows the bombing profile for various aircraft and cruise missiles. My guess is that this was used for training and reference for identifying what radar and GCI operators were seeing on their scopes based on altitude, speed, reflection size, and other factors.
It basically shows the altitudes, speeds, and tactics utilized by the aircraft depicted. The aircraft shown are the B-52, Vulcan, F-111, and FB-111. They also give range and payload. Then, on the first two "missile" profiles, they are showing the one of the primary cruise missiles used by the B-52, F-111, and FB.111 - the SRAM. The first is the "low" profile, and the second is the "semi-ballistic" profile of the SRAM. The bottom chart is the profile for the British "Blue Steel" missile.
It basically shows the altitudes, speeds, and tactics utilized by the aircraft depicted. The aircraft shown are the B-52, Vulcan, F-111, and FB-111. They also give range and payload. Then, on the first two "missile" profiles, they are showing the one of the primary cruise missiles used by the B-52, F-111, and FB.111 - the SRAM. The first is the "low" profile, and the second is the "semi-ballistic" profile of the SRAM. The bottom chart is the profile for the British "Blue Steel" missile.