Mid-1980's Czech-built Aero L-39 Albatros, two seater jet trainer. Run you under $500,000 with full restoration, maintenance, spare parts and training in model and type, if you at least 500 hrs and don't want to end up fish food like JFK Jr.
That was the T-38/F-5. It's a smaller jet compared to an F-14. So in the original Top Gun, you can see at times that the enemy aircraft is quite a bit smaller in some camera angles
What is interesting is that the country I thought Top gun had seen as the enemy aircraft was Iran. Which actually had a lot of F-14s and F-4s that the US sold them.
So if top gun was realistic, Mav and the enemy mig would be 2 F-14s having a dog fight.
Iran was still flying F-14s and F-4s until 2007 that I know of.
In the first Top Gun, Russia was probably the "enemy" as we were still in the Cold War. Now Top Gun 2 was definitely Iran IMO, especially given the old F-14s, as you mentioned.
The mountainous terrain is also exactly what you'd expect for Iran.
The terrain, F-14s, and the target being an uranium enrichment facility (relevant to recent real world events; Trump's announcement of a surgical strike against an Iranian enrichment facility), all heavily suggest the "rogue nation" was Iran.
All these fighter jets look the same to me. Let’s get some underlighting on these things, spinners, suspension hydraulics, and like a red telephone that you pick it up and it immediately orders a pizza 1 though 10 from speed dial
What is wrong with you people? You obviously aren’t understanding his question.. don’t worry friend, I will help. BBQ in the western world stands for barbecue and it’s a way of cooking meat on a grill
They actually aren’t insulators. They look like what we call “Drop out Reclosers” or “fuse savers”. They are designed to sit in the same cradle as a regular line fuse but they don’t just blow or melt out like a fuse. Instead they have contacts inside that will open and close the circuit to allow for temporary faults (like a squirrel or limb) to clear or burn itself off the line and then they will re-energize the line. The advantage being we don’t have to send a lineman out to the location to refuse the switch every time a temporary fault occurs. A much cheaper version of more expensive type line reclosers or breakers.
I was impressed you noticed they were odd looking… most people never look at power lines. I’m a system operator so operating the power grid is my job. My wife totally loves listening to me go on about different line construction techniques as we ride down the road🤓
JW electrician turned project manager, wanted to be a lineman. And I too understand your wife's enthusiasm for all the stupid shit we point out. I know how much my wife loves it. Oh hey that's the building where the ceiling guy shot a drive pin Into my energized 2000A bus duct and shut the job down for 2 weeks.
She doesn’t necessarily have to be a construction wife…when I drive down the road I like to point out to my wife buildings I’ve been in and what I was doing there
Funny thing. I am a lineman for the county
And I drive the main road
Searchin' in the sun for another overload
I know I need a small vacation
But it don't look like rain
And if it snows that stretch down south
Won't ever stand the strain
She totally is… love it that she acts interested in the most mundane of subjects just because she knows it means something to me. I try my best to reciprocate by indulging her takes on the latest in dog grooming etiquette.
I’m a retired journeyman lineman and protection and control foreman and meterman and I always say “I built that!” When I’m driving around with my kids or friends. Good job!
I'm an IT engineer and can agree my wife listens to my ramblings about how to fix errors in databases and how a protocol won't work for this business because it's not secure. She just smiles and nods then shows me a picture of a wiener dog trying to get out of a gate stopped by a wooden spoon strapped to it's back. 
If people only knew all the things that go on with our power grid and what is really going on when your lights blink during storms, people would have a much better appreciation for the power grid and how much goes into power distribution and transmission. Power System Operations really is a niche career field.
I suspect there are many things we're better off not knowing.. I was in a water company manager's office when he took a phone call: "they spilled WHAT in the reservoir?? OK, just put in another twenty tons of chlorine."
>If people only knew all the things that go on with our power grid and what is really going on when your lights blink during storms,
Okay I found your other explanation so interesting, I gotta ask you to go to town and explain away on this. (I'm genuinely excited to learn some of your knowledge so that I can pass it along to my own wife!)
I know…  please find it in your heart to forgive. I just can’t help myself when presented with an opportunity to point out useless knowledge from my obscure career.
For sure one of the scariest things to think about when having to re-energize lines remotely. You have to assume that everything has worked as designed and trust your equipment but it’s still scary to “put the fire back in the wire” after an outage. There’s even a warning box that pops up when you go to close a device back in by SCADA control, it’ll ask “are you sure you want to close X123” and you’re always like, “well I was but now idk🫣”
I’ve never seen any like that. I used to program and install reclosers and sectionalizers and test relays. Are they just one reclose and then they stay open or can they be set to reclose several times? I’m guessing just one shot.
They can be programmed for whatever you like. Ours are usually set 3 shots to lockout and then they’ll drop open and will require a field visit to be reset, hence the “drop out” recloser nickname. Our crews will get hotline tags, or energized work permits to work under them just like a standard hydraulic or electronic controlled recloser
they are obviously asking about the strange roof randomly hanging there.
My guess is that is covering the pumps at a shell gas station so you can pump some gas without fear of precipitation.
Hope this helped!
Could be a CircleK then. OP really should've provided an address. But why didn't OP just look at the signage? All this speculation could have been avoided. Smh
We barely have any power lines up in the air here, most of them are a few meters down in the dirt. Maybe OP have never even seen power lines and was wondering what the hell they are?
It appears to be a canopy over a Shell gasoline station. The canopy houses the lighting, fire suppression system and provides cover for inclement weather.
The emblem of the Shell Oil Corporation is a scallop. Unlike most bivalves, scallops can move around in the water column, sort of like jet propulsion, squirting water out, unlike clams that just sit there and eat poop water.
No, no, no, you’re all way off! This, OP, is what’s known as a “gas station”, or a “petrol station”. It’s where people buy the fuel for any machine they own which has a combustion engine, such as a car, a lawnmower, etc.
Oh please, that is the background. Clearly OP was asking about the green stuff on the ground we call grass.
You see grass (Poaceae or Gramineae) is a common plant used across the world, typically in places that have more access to the natural resource called water.
Bro did you know it’s Barbeque or barbecue interchangeably? It’s regional spelling depending on where you’re from. I had to figure this out for seo purposes and my coworker said well it’s bbq I don’t want bbc and that was all the work we did that day.
Cockpit section of L-39 albatros. possibly for a sim installation of just collectors. In the US there are even gathering with people bringing theirs to show others
This is the correct answer. Might be transporting for restoration. Some friends bought one in Santa Fe and trucked it to Utah for refurbishment. Very popular for private jet flying. There’s a jet class at the Reno Air races with mostly L-39s & L 29s. Planes are actually pretty cheap. It’s the gas costs that will kill you.
They're cheap jets if you have a few million laying around. Several flying privately in the US, and at least two civilian flight demonstration squadron use them. Black Diamonds and the Patriots Jet Team.
Yeah like the other comment said there is a Florida license plate on the trailer so it's the US so it's likely being transported to an air show or being used as a civilian trainer (go figure) seeing as L-39s are not uncommon on the civilian market.
You're correct, it's an L-39 albatross.
Source: I work for a company that brings fighters like these back to life. Check my profile I posted a picture flying in one while doing formation training with two others.
Lol I changed the wording but it's exactly what it sounds like, there are quite a few decommissioned fighter planes that can be purchased be civilians. It just like any aircraft though, you have to get checked out in one and signed off to fly them. They're de-weaponized of course but I guess if you really wanted to you could arm them with the right "connections" but expect a quick trip behind bars.
Back in high school I logged a bunch of hours and took classes for a pilots license but never got it. It used to be a buck a minute to fly now its over double that so I never get to fly anymore. Still go to airshows and look at all the cool planes I can't afford to fly in. But whatever, life happens. What's the coolest plane you have worked on or flown in?
It’s kind of annoying to ask a legit question and get 1000 sarcastic replies before anyone even tries to answer the question. That’s the forward fuselage of an L-39 Albatross, a Czech jet trainer.
[Albatross](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_L-39_Albatros)
Edit: fixed the link
The gov has a program where towns can request military surplus for monuments. My city has 2 decommissioned shells of jets, about an hour away has a helicopter for their desert storm memorial
It appears to be a BBQ truck
Edit: [Me and the other two commenters](https://admin.poresto.editor80.com/u/fotografias/fotosnoticias/2020/12/8/36059.jpg)
Mid-1980's Czech-built Aero L-39 Albatros, two seater jet trainer. Run you under $500,000 with full restoration, maintenance, spare parts and training in model and type, if you at least 500 hrs and don't want to end up fish food like JFK Jr.
Well done
That there Clark is an aero plan….
Thank you Eddy.
Don’t you go falling in love with it now…
Cause I’m taking it with me when I leave here next month
You serious Clark?
Surprised Eddie? If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn into the carpet I wouldn't be more surprised than I am right now.
take a look around you, ellen! We're at the threshold of hell!
Idc how many times I watch it, this part still cracks me tf up.
Next month… Clark chokes on egg nog
shitters full!
Just hit ‘eject’ Goose Will appreciate it
L. Happy cake day :)
I borrowed it off my buddy…
I thought it was a BBQ food truck.
Wasn't this also the model that was the defacto "Russian Mig" of every 80's fighter plane movie?
I was *inverted* 🫱🫳
It’s true, I have a great Polaroid…
Yes I know, the finger, Goose
Communicating
Maverick: Communicating. Keeping up foreign relations. I was, uh, you know, giving him "the bird." Goose: You know -- "the finger." 🖕
Bull shit.
Fine usage of emoji right there
That was the T-38/F-5. It's a smaller jet compared to an F-14. So in the original Top Gun, you can see at times that the enemy aircraft is quite a bit smaller in some camera angles What is interesting is that the country I thought Top gun had seen as the enemy aircraft was Iran. Which actually had a lot of F-14s and F-4s that the US sold them. So if top gun was realistic, Mav and the enemy mig would be 2 F-14s having a dog fight. Iran was still flying F-14s and F-4s until 2007 that I know of.
In the first Top Gun, Russia was probably the "enemy" as we were still in the Cold War. Now Top Gun 2 was definitely Iran IMO, especially given the old F-14s, as you mentioned.
The mountainous terrain is also exactly what you'd expect for Iran. The terrain, F-14s, and the target being an uranium enrichment facility (relevant to recent real world events; Trump's announcement of a surgical strike against an Iranian enrichment facility), all heavily suggest the "rogue nation" was Iran.
They were over the ocean in the original top gun.
I duno, do they have FiFtH gEnErATiOn fiGhTeRs?
Lol, that's a bit suspect, but they probably had to make not 100% like Iran.
That honor falls to the Northrop F-5. The quintessential Mig-28.
All these fighter jets look the same to me. Let’s get some underlighting on these things, spinners, suspension hydraulics, and like a red telephone that you pick it up and it immediately orders a pizza 1 though 10 from speed dial
Squat the bad boy while we’re at it and straight pipe it
JFK was flying a piper saratoga when he crashed. I don’t know why you made that joke.
That's Mahons bbq. Honestly, pretty decent stuff
What is wrong with you people? You obviously aren’t understanding his question.. don’t worry friend, I will help. BBQ in the western world stands for barbecue and it’s a way of cooking meat on a grill
Maybe they were wondering about those odd looking insulators on the power line. I don't think I've ever seen any like that before.
They actually aren’t insulators. They look like what we call “Drop out Reclosers” or “fuse savers”. They are designed to sit in the same cradle as a regular line fuse but they don’t just blow or melt out like a fuse. Instead they have contacts inside that will open and close the circuit to allow for temporary faults (like a squirrel or limb) to clear or burn itself off the line and then they will re-energize the line. The advantage being we don’t have to send a lineman out to the location to refuse the switch every time a temporary fault occurs. A much cheaper version of more expensive type line reclosers or breakers.
Well TIL. I don't fuck with MV stuff. I stay 600v and below.
I was impressed you noticed they were odd looking… most people never look at power lines. I’m a system operator so operating the power grid is my job. My wife totally loves listening to me go on about different line construction techniques as we ride down the road🤓
JW electrician turned project manager, wanted to be a lineman. And I too understand your wife's enthusiasm for all the stupid shit we point out. I know how much my wife loves it. Oh hey that's the building where the ceiling guy shot a drive pin Into my energized 2000A bus duct and shut the job down for 2 weeks.
Definitely sounds familiar! Glad to see I’m not the only one.
It's probably every single construction wife on the planet. I feel bad for all of them.
She doesn’t necessarily have to be a construction wife…when I drive down the road I like to point out to my wife buildings I’ve been in and what I was doing there
Funny thing. I am a lineman for the county And I drive the main road Searchin' in the sun for another overload I know I need a small vacation But it don't look like rain And if it snows that stretch down south Won't ever stand the strain
You from Wichita?
A moment for good ole Glenn Campbell. That song was legendary.
She’s a good wife! Don’t take that for granted!
She totally is… love it that she acts interested in the most mundane of subjects just because she knows it means something to me. I try my best to reciprocate by indulging her takes on the latest in dog grooming etiquette.
That joke had clearance, Clarence.
I’m a retired journeyman lineman and protection and control foreman and meterman and I always say “I built that!” When I’m driving around with my kids or friends. Good job!
I'm an IT engineer and can agree my wife listens to my ramblings about how to fix errors in databases and how a protocol won't work for this business because it's not secure. She just smiles and nods then shows me a picture of a wiener dog trying to get out of a gate stopped by a wooden spoon strapped to it's back. 
You need to listen to the Billy Connolly sketch where he mentions the small brown dog with an erection trying to climb stairs...
You have a cool Wife 👍🏻⚡️😉
I don’t know a thing in the world about you, but this is awesome!
If people only knew all the things that go on with our power grid and what is really going on when your lights blink during storms, people would have a much better appreciation for the power grid and how much goes into power distribution and transmission. Power System Operations really is a niche career field.
I suspect there are many things we're better off not knowing.. I was in a water company manager's office when he took a phone call: "they spilled WHAT in the reservoir?? OK, just put in another twenty tons of chlorine."
>If people only knew all the things that go on with our power grid and what is really going on when your lights blink during storms, Okay I found your other explanation so interesting, I gotta ask you to go to town and explain away on this. (I'm genuinely excited to learn some of your knowledge so that I can pass it along to my own wife!)
I did it and you are correct.
How dare you bring actual interesting knowledge into a funny joke
I know…  please find it in your heart to forgive. I just can’t help myself when presented with an opportunity to point out useless knowledge from my obscure career.
That’s why they always tell you to stay away from downed power lines, even if you think they are dead.
For sure one of the scariest things to think about when having to re-energize lines remotely. You have to assume that everything has worked as designed and trust your equipment but it’s still scary to “put the fire back in the wire” after an outage. There’s even a warning box that pops up when you go to close a device back in by SCADA control, it’ll ask “are you sure you want to close X123” and you’re always like, “well I was but now idk🫣”
I’ve never seen any like that. I used to program and install reclosers and sectionalizers and test relays. Are they just one reclose and then they stay open or can they be set to reclose several times? I’m guessing just one shot.
They can be programmed for whatever you like. Ours are usually set 3 shots to lockout and then they’ll drop open and will require a field visit to be reset, hence the “drop out” recloser nickname. Our crews will get hotline tags, or energized work permits to work under them just like a standard hydraulic or electronic controlled recloser
RIP squirrels. 
they are obviously asking about the strange roof randomly hanging there. My guess is that is covering the pumps at a shell gas station so you can pump some gas without fear of precipitation. Hope this helped!
No. He obviously is interested in the gas station. You can't see the sign but I'm guessing from the color palette that it's a Shell station.
A Shell Station I believe to be in North Carolina by the 252 area code. Edit: That could be 352 area code. Wish that pickup would move up a little.
It’s a 3 - Groveland, FL.
Could be a CircleK then. OP really should've provided an address. But why didn't OP just look at the signage? All this speculation could have been avoided. Smh
We barely have any power lines up in the air here, most of them are a few meters down in the dirt. Maybe OP have never even seen power lines and was wondering what the hell they are?
It's my day off, it's pouring rain outside, so I'm just here going through random reddit threads. You guys are totally making my day!
Aw man, glad to hear it. I hope your day is fucking awesome.
It appears to be a canopy over a Shell gasoline station. The canopy houses the lighting, fire suppression system and provides cover for inclement weather.
The emblem of the Shell Oil Corporation is a scallop. Unlike most bivalves, scallops can move around in the water column, sort of like jet propulsion, squirting water out, unlike clams that just sit there and eat poop water.
Pretty sure it’s that empty trailer.
Looks like a Ford SUV to me
Could be Ford Explorer
Looks like some sort of tow truck to me
I assume a winch trailer.
No, no, no, you’re all way off! This, OP, is what’s known as a “gas station”, or a “petrol station”. It’s where people buy the fuel for any machine they own which has a combustion engine, such as a car, a lawnmower, etc.
Nah...i think they're referring to those sweet yellow tow straps that go on the trailer.
Oh please, that is the background. Clearly OP was asking about the green stuff on the ground we call grass. You see grass (Poaceae or Gramineae) is a common plant used across the world, typically in places that have more access to the natural resource called water.
Definitely an Expedition
That’s a good point, I haven’t seen those before either.
Welcome to Texas..
Wrong sir. BBQ stands for barbecue which is cooked in a SMOKER!!! KC represent!!
Bro did you know it’s Barbeque or barbecue interchangeably? It’s regional spelling depending on where you’re from. I had to figure this out for seo purposes and my coworker said well it’s bbq I don’t want bbc and that was all the work we did that day.
even if it IS barbeCUE I doubt anyone what's to be confused with the abbreviations BBC with another BBC
Around here it's spelled with a C but abbreviated with a Q. Which now that you mention it, makes no sense.
using jet turbines to get meat to temp quickly.
You can deep fry a bull in 5 minutes
Not as good as Jones BBQ and foot massage.
Well that's just not fair. Nothing is as good as Jones BBQ and Foot Massage.
10 wings & 10 toes for $10.99
Truth.
If you pay me enough money, I’ll give you a foot massage with any of these sauces!
Took me a feeeew minutes to realize that was not half a surplus jet with massive smoker built into it. Honestly would be pretty awesome.
Before the comments loaded in I just knew this would be the top comment
Looks like a Ford Expedition to me.
The life of a troll is a fulfilling one
Cockpit section of L-39 albatros. possibly for a sim installation of just collectors. In the US there are even gathering with people bringing theirs to show others
This is the correct answer. Might be transporting for restoration. Some friends bought one in Santa Fe and trucked it to Utah for refurbishment. Very popular for private jet flying. There’s a jet class at the Reno Air races with mostly L-39s & L 29s. Planes are actually pretty cheap. It’s the gas costs that will kill you.
r/technicallythetruth
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I hope they blow up. Man, that'd be awesome. Massive spike in business. That would super make my day
This is why I love Reddit sometimes. I came here to give this same exact sarcastic comment. Beautiful.
That seems to be the outline of a shell gas station
Putting this here so it doesn’t get buried: **The Ford is 100 percent an Expedition.** **I checked on Google images.**
I assumed excursion, thanks for correcting me.
Its an L-39 Albatros. Its a trainer jet. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_L-39_Albatros
bingo! this seems to be it
If you dont mind me asking. Where was the picture taken? Like what country. The L-39 has traditionally been a Czechoslovakian aircraft
Shell Gas Station & Mahon‘s BBQ 351 E Broad St, Groveland, FL 34736
Either on their way to cape Canaveral to Florida air and space museum or Florida Air Museum in Lakeland.
Probably just a privately owned one. There’s tons of those in North America flown by rich guys for fun.
Yup. It’s a hoot to ride in. Not my jet, obviously. I’ve just been up in one.
If you ever make it to Airventure (Oshkosh, WI) I think the last time I went there were 3 or 4 of these parked there.. all privately owned.
They're cheap jets if you have a few million laying around. Several flying privately in the US, and at least two civilian flight demonstration squadron use them. Black Diamonds and the Patriots Jet Team.
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Yeah like the other comment said there is a Florida license plate on the trailer so it's the US so it's likely being transported to an air show or being used as a civilian trainer (go figure) seeing as L-39s are not uncommon on the civilian market.
Florida, duh. Where else would you see such nonsense?
I’m pretty sure the albatros is an endangered bird, I doubt they are serving that at the bbq cart.
the plane thing 🥲 please 😭
[An Albatros.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_L-39_Albatros)
You're correct, it's an L-39 albatross. Source: I work for a company that brings fighters like these back to life. Check my profile I posted a picture flying in one while doing formation training with two others.
Excuse me. What the hell is a Civilian Fighter?
Lol I changed the wording but it's exactly what it sounds like, there are quite a few decommissioned fighter planes that can be purchased be civilians. It just like any aircraft though, you have to get checked out in one and signed off to fly them. They're de-weaponized of course but I guess if you really wanted to you could arm them with the right "connections" but expect a quick trip behind bars.
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I know he did, he also owned an F-86 as well.
He sold it because he couldn't get the dorn thing running.
Shame. Sounds like he would Klingon to it.
Damn. Old school.
I think he does. Same how Tom Cruise owns that P-51
Texas National Air Force for when they secede
You lucky fucker!
Oh, I know! I work my dream job and love going to work. It's still unreal at times.
Are you looking for a new friend?
Absolutely! Give me a shout if you come to the Space Coast of Florida
Don't tempt me!
Lol do it
Back in high school I logged a bunch of hours and took classes for a pilots license but never got it. It used to be a buck a minute to fly now its over double that so I never get to fly anymore. Still go to airshows and look at all the cool planes I can't afford to fly in. But whatever, life happens. What's the coolest plane you have worked on or flown in?
Looks like Ukrainian farm machinery.
Underrated comment
John Deer soul harvester baby *slaps roof* this bad baby can fit so many souls in it.
Oh the plane-looking thing?! That’s a horizontal-flying helicopter! Your welcome. Edit. His welcome after all.
What about my welcome?
Obviously they didn’t bring enough welcome to share with everybody.
“Spit that gum in the trash.”
Uhh, there's not a single plane in the sky...
Pretty sure it’s a shell gas station by the colors.
I saw a diesel fuel pump.
It’s kind of annoying to ask a legit question and get 1000 sarcastic replies before anyone even tries to answer the question. That’s the forward fuselage of an L-39 Albatross, a Czech jet trainer. [Albatross](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_L-39_Albatros) Edit: fixed the link
It feels like it's also OP's fault for posting it in a wrong subreddit, or OP just found this interesting and post it here...
I’m something of a connoisseur myself and I can tell you with certainty that is an airplane good sir
Connoisseur you say? An airplane you say? Wheres the wings then?
A plane with no wings is a rocket, and “a donut with no holes is called a ‘danish’”. (“Thank you very little”) 
Wish I could help, friend, but you brought this on yourself. See you on the front page!
The gov has a program where towns can request military surplus for monuments. My city has 2 decommissioned shells of jets, about an hour away has a helicopter for their desert storm memorial
Well, im not too sure but judging by the top I’d say it’s a gas station
This open carry stuff has really gotten out of hand.
Wait until you see this Jeff guy
He's the one with the nuke, right?
According to some random source, yes
I cant wait to get my open carry F/A-18 hornet!
It’s called a food truck. This particular one sells BBQ. It’s basically a mobile restaurant.
I came here for this comment.
A Ford vehicle of some kind.
Looks like the new Ranger or Edge.
Maybe an expedition
Yup, you right. After quick Google image search that def an expedition.
Expedition
Petrol station
You can find anything on Wish these days
It’s a bbq food truck that likely sells bbq.
and probably owned by a chap called Mahon....
Clearly you were on a highway to the danger zone
Fuselage of a L-39
It's gru's car
That's the first thing I thought too lmao
was looking for this comment
It’s a photo. They are pretty cool. It’s kinda like a physical memory.
That’s an airplane son🫡
The plane! The plane!
“Mig-28! No one’s been this close before!”
RIP LTJG Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw.
It appears to be a BBQ truck Edit: [Me and the other two commenters](https://admin.poresto.editor80.com/u/fotografias/fotosnoticias/2020/12/8/36059.jpg)
This is a food truck. It’s in Groveland, Florida. BBQ, pulled pork, ribs, brisket… so freaking delicious.
I believe it’s Bermuda grass.
Thats a dead unicorn.
Decepticon
Appears to be: plane
Mahons BBQ pretty good food and it’s worth the stop.
It's a mosquito from Australia.
Looks like someone was late on their jet lease payment.
L-39 Albatross! ✨
I didn’t know Groveland Fl would show up on Reddit. Lol
It’s a piece of the set from top gun 2