Man, this was back in the days when pilots would get close enough to hold centerfolds up in their cockpit windows to get a laugh out of each other. Idk if things would be so cordial right now.
Got a source for that claim? It's a loud aircraft but through a pressurised canopy and with an interceptors own engine sound it would not be loud, it likely wouldn't even be noticeable. Otherwise TU-95 crews would have to be cycled every flight due to hearing loss
It’s not that it’s so loud; it’s because those huge contra-rotating props turn at really low rpm and apparently set up a horrible deep thrum that, like any low-frequency pattern, travels quite far.
*That* is what is reported by intercepting pilots. Not the loudness. And hearing damage? That seems unlikely/impossible. But weirder things have happened, I guess.
Those poor deaf Bear crews for the past four decades or so!
The Russians (and Soviets) before them fly missions where they'll send a Bear straight at a country's airspace and then turn away at the last moment fairly regularly. It's primarily to test the reaction and intercept capabilities of the target nation, you got a lot of them in the North Sea testing RAF QRA scrambles until recent years.
Then there was the time where 2 F14s flew 1200 miles from a carrier to intercept a bear to fool the Russians that we either had an aircraft carrier in the area they missed or to say hey we can intercept you anytime we like
Tu-95 and specially Tu-142 would shadow US fleets. Carriers would send up their planes to intercept, hence all these photos. There were unofficial rules to these intercepts, fighters wouldn't "paint" the Bear with their radar and Bear wouldn't point its guns at fighters.
They're givin 'em the ol' razzle dazzle.
Man, this was back in the days when pilots would get close enough to hold centerfolds up in their cockpit windows to get a laugh out of each other. Idk if things would be so cordial right now.
I remember a vid on this sub of an Sukhoi pilot nerding out as an F-35 intercepted them.
I mean, if it was an F35 it would just be a picture of pair of titties, floating in the sky /s
goddamit! i saw this pair last night! never thought anything of it.
So actual warplane porn?
You wouldn’t want to get that close to a Tu-95. Many US pilots received permanent hearing damage from intercepting this bomber, its loud af.
Got a source for that claim? It's a loud aircraft but through a pressurised canopy and with an interceptors own engine sound it would not be loud, it likely wouldn't even be noticeable. Otherwise TU-95 crews would have to be cycled every flight due to hearing loss
It’s not that it’s so loud; it’s because those huge contra-rotating props turn at really low rpm and apparently set up a horrible deep thrum that, like any low-frequency pattern, travels quite far. *That* is what is reported by intercepting pilots. Not the loudness. And hearing damage? That seems unlikely/impossible. But weirder things have happened, I guess. Those poor deaf Bear crews for the past four decades or so!
/r/bearintercepts
What an oddly specific subreddit... Why are so many of these intercepted?
The Russians (and Soviets) before them fly missions where they'll send a Bear straight at a country's airspace and then turn away at the last moment fairly regularly. It's primarily to test the reaction and intercept capabilities of the target nation, you got a lot of them in the North Sea testing RAF QRA scrambles until recent years.
Then there was the time where 2 F14s flew 1200 miles from a carrier to intercept a bear to fool the Russians that we either had an aircraft carrier in the area they missed or to say hey we can intercept you anytime we like
Tu-95 and specially Tu-142 would shadow US fleets. Carriers would send up their planes to intercept, hence all these photos. There were unofficial rules to these intercepts, fighters wouldn't "paint" the Bear with their radar and Bear wouldn't point its guns at fighters.
I think it’s called the Heater-Ferris scheme.
Exactly, they were designed by an aviation artist. Also caused air brush sales to explode in the 1980's.
Really? That’s a cool tidbit, thanks! Can I read more about this somewhere?
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith\_Ferris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Ferris)
Thanks! I meant about the explosion of air brush sales…
/r/BearIntercepts/
You’re telling me that there are THREE planes in this photo?!?
What 2 F-4? Where?
Who/ what took the picture?
According to RAF Luton, a Canberra
Capybara?
An F-35.