The Aircraft Image Posting Contest

[Trantor]

The Messerschmidt 262 definitely was a game-breaker in air warfare because of its speed and some other flying aspects. And the first in reliable operation.
But only a few years later jets from other nations surpassed it.

No wonder, without continuing development.

So what I mean to ask is, is there a German term for a cutting-edge system/object, that only shines for a short term before it is surpassed by others?

Ah, now i get it.
But no, there is no special genuine or slang word for those things.

We call forerunners or trailblazers like this "Wegbereiter", but this word can be applied to a lot of things, cars e.g., the Audi Quattro was a "Wegbereiter".
"Weg" means "way" and "Bereiter" in this sense/translation can roughly be translated as the first who were where no one was before; like a pioneer, but a bit different, a bit better, or say: in a more abstract way in the sense that a pioneer or scout just finds a way and reports about it, while a "Wegbereiter" furthermore is a source of inspiration (Jeez, i´m struggling with words...).
But you can also use this word for non-tech related things like music, e.g. Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Motörhead were the forerunners/Wegbereiter for the NWOBHM.

HTH.

[Boris Norris]

Can someone tell me how to post pictures from the web here?

[halftea]

Use image tags:
{img}http://webaddress.com/filename.jpg{/img}

Of course change the brackets to the solid instead of the squiggly ones I used. Hope that helps.

[Boris Norris]

OK, let's see if this works.
The world's real greatest aircraft

[Boris Norris]

Thank you Halftea

[halftea]

It was my pleasure.

[Karst45]

sooo pretty sooo shiney!!

[Trantor]

sooo pretty sooo shiney!!

...sooo ... clumsy? scnr.


You want an elegant seaplane?


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(P*ssing contests r us... )

[Absalom]

sooo pretty sooo shiney!!

...sooo ... clumsy? scnr.


You want an elegant seaplane?

No, no, you misunderstand, that isn't a seaplane, it's a firetruck that someone duct-taped some wings to .

[Ktrain]

I believe you are all mistaken about the world's most magnificent aircraft. Northrop's Tacit Blue is nothing short of amazing...

BEHOLD A STEALTH FLYING PLATYPUS DEFYING THE LAWS OF NATURE AND ALL THAT IS HOLY!



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I remember seeing this in person... it's one of the ugliest things I have ever seen. I know a guy who worked on the B2 and the sight of this thing just sickens him/

[bunnyboy]

BEHOLD A STEALTH FLYING PLATYPUS DEFYING THE LAWS OF NATURE AND ALL THAT IS HOLY!

I have never seen anything so scifi looking airship!

[Turrosh Mak]

I have never seen anything so scifi looking airship!

Visitors Shuttle!!!

Even 25 years later the theme to the miniseries still gives me chills.

[Trantor]

I believe you are all mistaken about the world's most magnificent aircraft. Northrop's Tacit Blue is nothing short of amazing...

BEHOLD A STEALTH FLYING PLATYPUS DEFYING THE LAWS OF NATURE AND ALL THAT IS HOLY!

Two bathtubs glued together.
Elegance, ... well, is different, so:

Now again for our popular category "P*ssing contests ´r us":

MBB Lampyridae



http://www.rp-one.net/lampyridae/lampy.html
http://www.hitechweb.genezis.eu/stealth4e.htm




http://home.xmsnet.nl/hdejong/curious/Lampyridae.htm

Lower RCS than F-117.
Capable of Mach-speeds (est. 1,6) and supercruise.

Project was sadly cancelled by force due to pressure "from above", which led to the resignation of several high-profile engineers.

[GeoModder]

So what I mean to ask is, is there a German term for a cutting-edge system/object, that only shines for a short term before it is surpassed by others?

Ah, now i get it.
But no, there is no special genuine or slang word for those things.

We call forerunners or trailblazers like this "Wegbereiter", but this word can be applied to a lot of things, cars e.g., the Audi Quattro was a "Wegbereiter".
"Weg" means "way" and "Bereiter" in this sense/translation can roughly be translated as the first who were where no one was before; like a pioneer, but a bit different, a bit better, or say: in a more abstract way in the sense that a pioneer or scout just finds a way and reports about it, while a "Wegbereiter" furthermore is a source of inspiration (Jeez, i´m struggling with words...).
But you can also use this word for non-tech related things like music, e.g. Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Motörhead were the forerunners/Wegbereiter for the NWOBHM.

HTH.

I'm Dutch speaking, so often German terms are pretty obvious to me ("Wegbereiter" is an example). "Ersatz" OTOH, doesn't have a near-identical comparison in Dutch.

[Michael]

OTOH?

you all obviously need some schooling in real all school awesome jet fighters



the Supermarine Swift

[junk]

The Messerschmidt 262 definitely was a game-breaker in air warfare because of its speed and some other flying aspects. And the first in reliable operation.
But only a few years later jets from other nations surpassed it.

No wonder, without continuing development.

So what I mean to ask is, is there a German term for a cutting-edge system/object, that only shines for a short term before it is surpassed by others?

Ah, now i get it.
But no, there is no special genuine or slang word for those things.

We call forerunners or trailblazers like this "Wegbereiter", but this word can be applied to a lot of things, cars e.g., the Audi Quattro was a "Wegbereiter".
"Weg" means "way" and "Bereiter" in this sense/translation can roughly be translated as the first who were where no one was before; like a pioneer, but a bit different, a bit better, or say: in a more abstract way in the sense that a pioneer or scout just finds a way and reports about it, while a "Wegbereiter" furthermore is a source of inspiration (Jeez, i´m struggling with words...).
But you can also use this word for non-tech related things like music, e.g. Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Motörhead were the forerunners/Wegbereiter for the NWOBHM.

HTH.

Wegbereiter is more of a trailblazer than anything else. But yeah I've never heard of a similar word in german either. A piece of technology that stays on the peak only for a short time.

You know, kinda sad I can't anything to this pissing contest. The only thing we have good is artillery these days and even though we had a "good" airforce and tank army prior to ww2 the whole thing got eaten up by our german neighbors and given the deathknell by soviet centralisation.

I guess these birds used to be decent


I believe they were able to go outmaneuver bf109s in some areas.

[Absalom]

I believe you are all mistaken about the world's most magnificent aircraft. Northrop's Tacit Blue is nothing short of amazing...

BEHOLD A STEALTH FLYING PLATYPUS DEFYING THE LAWS OF NATURE AND ALL THAT IS HOLY!

Two bathtubs glued together.

Why would you say that, were you attacked by a feral bathtub as a child or something ? If I didn't know better, this would make me think you were French :p !


At any rate, I'm afraid that I've got all of you beat. THIS is the perfect aircraft:

[bunnyboy]

At any rate, I'm afraid that I've got all of you beat. THIS is the perfect aircraft:

Actually I have heard something else.
Pro: It fly high and is almost invisible for radar.
Con: Terrible to fly, terrible to maintain, can't be used in bad weather and it has pricetag of 1 and 1/2 of spaceshuttle. Also, if radar receivers use noise triangulating (principle used in WWII when the radars didn't have power to emit signals), it should glow more than typical nonstealth aircraft.

[Michael]

did you also know they leak on the ground? the design tolerances were made so that all the pieces would only fit together when at running temperature, otherwise they wouldn't be able to get it to fly properly

[GeoModder]

did you also know they leak on the ground? the design tolerances were made so that all the pieces would only fit together when at running temperature, otherwise they wouldn't be able to get it to fly properly

Yeah, I heard about leakage on this craft.

"Quick! Give us permission for lift-off! Fuel pressure is down by 3 percent already!!!"