RAF Fairford - 6th October 2011

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RAF Fairford - 6th October 2011

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Hello all, here are images of a U-2 arrival at RAF Fairford last week during a routine air frame swap over...

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RAF Fairford 2011 by Lee Hathaway, on Flickr

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RAF Fairford 2011 by Lee Hathaway, on Flickr

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Re: RAF Fairford - 6th October 2011

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Woow, now that is something you don't see on Scramble every day.
Very nice and thanks for sharing.
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Re: RAF Fairford - 6th October 2011

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Nowadays a rare sight in Europe...

Are those yellow panels underneath the wings something new or did I never notice it before?
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Re: RAF Fairford - 6th October 2011

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Ah...again a nice Skunkwork project:-) Thanx for sharing Lee, excellent!
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Re: RAF Fairford - 6th October 2011

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Nice dark Dragon Lady... 8)
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Re: RAF Fairford - 6th October 2011

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SquAdmin wrote:Are those yellow panels underneath the wings something new or did I never notice it before?
What i understood it is some ICE... so no panels :-)
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Re: RAF Fairford - 6th October 2011

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dinovandoorn wrote:What i understood it is some ICE... so no panels :-)
You understood correctly. The skin of the wing is as thin as possible. The fuel in the fuel cell is very cold due to the high altitude flown, and as such, condensation will take place on the wing skin when the aircraft descends into warmer and more moist air.
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Re: RAF Fairford - 6th October 2011

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pjotrtje wrote:
dinovandoorn wrote:What i understood it is some ICE... so no panels :-)
You understood correctly. The skin of the wing is as thin as possible. The fuel in the fuel cell is very cold due to the high altitude flown, and as such, condensation will take place on the wing skin when the aircraft descends into warmer and more moist air.

Correct, its a "wet" surface reflecting the green green grass..
Groet,

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