Six Turnin' Four Burnin'

26| He/him | Airplane Geek | Icon by @planeyboys

[chloroformcurry]

Meet Balls 8, Grandma BUFF’s twin sister who works at NASA

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Everyone's Friend

[6turnin4burnin]

Picked up two new planes while I was in Poland, and wouldn't ya know it, they where some planes missing from my LOT fleet!

Embraer ERJ-190 and Antonov AN-24, two regional powerhouses of two eras.

And I went home yesterday and guess what?

I GOT ON A LOT ERJ-190 AAAAA

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(appears out of nowhere) (posts a plane) (doesn't elaborate) (disappears again)

[planeyboys]

wrong leverrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!

[airplaner]

Happy pride month from Airplanes

So what do the terms mean to these Aeromorphs (as a unisex species)?

Lesbian- while planes in the English-speaking world are typically gendered as feminine by default, not all of them identify with womanhood or femininity (considering it a human concept). Some of them do, though, and prefer partners who feel that same strong connection to female identity. Otherwise, most planes fall under the lesbian label anyways, but dont find it necessary to label it because it’s so common.

Gay- similarly, planes who have a strong connection/attraction to manhood or masculinity (in other aircraft, or in humans). Many of them, including this Gulfstream, would also be trans.

Bisexual- aircraft don’t have distinct sexes but it can be used to encompass attraction that’s ambivalent to gender/presentation, or even whether the partner is an aircraft or a human.

Transgender- again, a plane’s assigned gender depends on language. The Tupolev is a Russian plane, and afaik the Russian language genders airplanes as neutral/masculine. So this plane being a woman means she would be trans, while the opposite would be true with male planes in the USA.

Also I know English is the standard language of aviation, but I think local culture/views would have a stronger influence on the aircraft’s perception.

[6turnin4burnin]

Ilyushin, Airbus?

[airplaner]

Happy pride month from Airplanes

So what do the terms mean to these Aeromorphs (as a unisex species)?

Lesbian- while planes in the English-speaking world are typically gendered as feminine by default, not all of them identify with womanhood or femininity (considering it a human concept). Some of them do, though, and prefer partners who feel that same strong connection to female identity. Otherwise, most planes fall under the lesbian label anyways, but dont find it necessary to label it because it’s so common.

Gay- similarly, planes who have a strong connection/attraction to manhood or masculinity (in other aircraft, or in humans). Many of them, including this Gulfstream, would also be trans.

Bisexual- aircraft don’t have distinct sexes but it can be used to encompass attraction that’s ambivalent to gender/presentation, or even whether the partner is an aircraft or a human.

Transgender- again, a plane’s assigned gender depends on language. The Tupolev is a Russian plane, and afaik the Russian language genders airplanes as neutral/masculine. So this plane being a woman means she would be trans, while the opposite would be true with male planes in the USA.

Also I know English is the standard language of aviation, but I think local culture/views would have a stronger influence on the aircraft’s perception.

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Happy fat fuck Friday

[jerrer]

heavy the bear(i drew before but upload now lol

[touteytout]

sneep snorp

[chloroformcurry]

YAL-1 airborne laser testbed

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You have no idea how much I adore this design and the little details added to YAL's personification here. The eye being the standout feature of course, I mean how could you NOT incorporate it so prominently? The laser turret was not only huge, it was right on the nose of the plane and the whole reason it existed.

But the arrows around the eye, showing the centering position for the laser also being there just elevates it, if you didn't know what the actual testbed looked like, you would just think it's to simply draw attention to the eye but no, the plane had that on the laser turret.

And just how they are a clinical patient, like a scared little kid that's had such a horrific modification done to them; you can just see how they are so unsure of it all but somehow, still, underneath it all wants to please whoever did this to them. The fact that you can show a plane that was experimental and a one-off like the classic trope of a traumatized child in an extremely morally bankrupt government super soldier program and it make perfect sense is just fantastic, honestly.

It tells you so much if you didn't know anything about the aircraft, but so much more if you do.

I should just do some posts on the main oddball variants of the 747, I really should.

[airplaner]

alright piper be cool

genuinely such a beautiful model. Way heavier than I expected too, its solid metal

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Art nouveau desk 1902 by Carlo Bugatti (Italy, 1855–1940)

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[abbiistabbii]

The Germans really cooked making "Hobbyless behaviour" an insult. It is both devastating, applicable to a wide range of people and behaviours, and doesn't resort to swearing.

Man ranting on the internet about the Superbowl halftime show or complaining that something is "woke"? Hobbyless Behaviour. Girls mocking another girl for not looking right? Hobbyless Behaviour. Mindless vandalism? Hobbyless Behaviour.

It is more powerful than "get a life" or the English "You're Sad" because it gets to the central point of the matter, and that is wonderful. Danke, Deutsch.

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Did someone undercook their Torchic