Those Magnificent Men and their Flying Machines

[Peetabix]

The Fuzz, yesterday.

[BrigitDoon]

Found in HMV yesterday.

[BrigitDoon]

Fighter Pilot: Afghanistan

Sunday 12 April
8:00pm - 9:00pm
ITV4

Revealing documentary following the pilots of Naval Strike Wing and IV Squadron RAF, during their operations in Afghanistan as they provide close air support for troops on the ground. Featuring in-cockpit footage of the pilots attacking and bombing enemy positions, plus their training in the UK prior to their deployment to Kandahar.

[Robbo]

Heres a few photos I took whilst down in Lincolnshire a couple of years ago.

It is the Douglas C47 (DC3) Dakota ZA947 of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight of which more details can be found here http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/theaircraft/dakota.cfm

[BrigitDoon]

Inside a Navy Hawk fighter jet >>

[Lone Groover]

WWII Memorial in Braemar.








More on flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davetrott/

[BrigitDoon]

Haven't bought this since I was in my teens:



It's got a feature in it about a 1:32 scale Lightning:



TSR2 and how it might have looked in service:



But best of all, the Sea Vixen:





*drool*

...which is very useful, because I've got one of these waiting to be built:

[Lucky Poet]

Various things at Leuchars in the late 60s...

A flock of Lightnings, I believe:


More Lightnings:


Not sure. A Starfighter? If so, a Starfighter caught in a rare moment of not crashing:


Vulcan with some auld bloke in a bunnet:


Another Vulcan (at least I think it is):


Phantom, w/ Lightning lurking behind:


Umm... not sure. Mirage, maybe?:


Buccaneer?:


Haven't got the foggiest:


(Taken by my auld man. I need to invest in a slide scanner, as he left hundreds of the things. These were 'scanned' by hand with a macro lens, so apologies for the not perfect quality.)

[Vinegar Tom]

Thanks for those LP , get a scanner and get the rest of your auld man's stuff up there

[BrigitDoon]

A flock of Lightnings, I believe:

Yes, and a Hercules on the ground below.

More Lightnings:

Terrific shot. That'd make my hair stand on end standing at the end of the runway with those tearing towards me.

Not sure. A Starfighter? If so, a Starfighter caught in a rare moment of not crashing:

Lockheed F-104 Starfighter of the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Dutch Air Force)

Another Vulcan (at least I think it is):

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Indeed.

Phantom, w/ Lightning lurking behind:

McDonnel Douglas RF-4E Phantom II, the photo-reconnaissance version. I spy a Hunter in the background.

Umm... not sure. Mirage, maybe?:

Dassault Mirage III of the Armée de l'Air (French air force).

Buccaneer?:

Yes, in Royal Navy colours. Note Handley Page Hastings in the background.

Haven't got the foggiest:

Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter of the Royal Norwegian Air Force.

(Taken by my auld man. I need to invest in a slide scanner, as he left hundreds of the things. These were 'scanned' by hand with a macro lens, so apologies for the not perfect quality.)

I'd love to see the rest. It's an impressive archive.

[BrigitDoon]

That Northrop had me going for a while and I'm still not 100% certain about it, although it appears to be an example delivered to the USAF in 1965 in subsequently transferred to the Norwegian air force.

To confuse the issue, one source lists these F-5As as F-5G, others as F-5A(G). The F-5G was the original designation for the Tigershark, a single-engined derivative that was redesignated F-20 in the early EIghties.

This in turn was derived from the F-5E Tiger II which had been introduced in 1972 to replace the F-5A and supply export markets.

In all, they made about 2,000 of them and supplied every bugger and his dog. Further developments include the YF-17 Cobra which lost out to the YF-16 as a replacement for the F-104 Starfighter, but was developed as the F-18 Hornet by McDonnel Douglas.

[BrigitDoon]

Two seater version in Norwegian markings >>

[Lone Groover]

Buccaneer ?

Under yer Buccan hat

[Lucky Poet]

I'll see how the pennies look next month - holding 35mm slides up to the window in front of the camera's a bit hit and miss...

And cheers Brigit, your plane-fu is strong

[metal_meg]

Taken by a friend of mine last week while flying a small Cessna from Cumbernauld!

You need to click the link below the image to see the actual interactive image!

meg


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