Aircraft - Page 46

xoxoxoBruce · 09-02-2018, 09:06 PM

The smallest airplanes...

xoxoxoBruce · 09-10-2018, 08:05 AM

P-61 over the Alps...

Gravdigr · 09-10-2018, 03:34 PM

Took me a sec to determine if I was looking at the top, or the bottom.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-18-2018, 06:20 PM

Cute lake hopper...

xoxoxoBruce · 09-19-2018, 10:22 PM

The Wrights do it right...

xoxoxoBruce · 09-22-2018, 08:33 PM

The first Military Plane...

Gravdigr · 09-23-2018, 02:59 PM

This your Captain speaking:

"Nope."

xoxoxoBruce · 10-02-2018, 12:55 AM

This C-130 was built (modified) to land and take off with a full load of hostages on a 600 ft soccer field in Iran. The hostages were released before it was ready.
TURN THE SOUND DOWN.

Happy Monkey · 10-02-2018, 11:36 AM

Air Force One replica on the Potomac

xoxoxoBruce · 10-02-2018, 11:07 PM

RAF Mustang MK 1A at the Inglewood, California plant of North American Aviation.
Wood wheels were used during manufacturing until it was ready for flight tests.

Carruthers · 10-03-2018, 04:48 AM

I have a vague recollection of a project to re-engine and refurbish Mustang aircraft with the view to selling them to the air forces of developing nations.
That would have been about 1970 (giving my age away) and I have a feeling that nothing came of it beyond a couple of test examples.
It was an American firm behind the project but I can't recall the name or much else!

Griff · 10-03-2018, 06:39 AM

I had a similar memory specifically of Central America.

https://www.airspacemag.com/history-...hts-180956250/

The last dogfights between piston-engine, propeller-driven airplanes weren’t fought in the skies over Germany in the 1940s or even Korea in the 1950s. They occurred in Central America in 1969, and all of the combatants were flying U.S.-built Corsairs and Mustangs.

The dogfights were among the final acts in a brief but bloody four-day conflict between Honduras and El Salvador, commonly (but misleadingly) known as the Football War. Although a pair of soccer games between the two nations sparked the initial riots, the war was the culmination of longstanding tension over immigration and land reform.

Carruthers · 10-03-2018, 07:07 AM

Thanks for that link, Griff!

It led me to the Cavalier Mustang which is the name I couldn't recall.

Quote:

The Cavalier Mustang was a post-World War II civilian-modified version of the North American P-51 Mustang aircraft.
Although originally intended as a high speed personal aircraft, the Cavalier was also exported for use as a fighter and close air support aircraft to third world air forces.

Much more on the military versions in this Wiki article:

Link

Gravdigr · 10-06-2018, 01:47 PM

Nightstalkers! In the daylight, even!

Gravdigr · 10-06-2018, 01:55 PM

Snoopy flies again!!<---Facebook link, sorry.

09-02-2018, 09:06 PM	#676
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The smallest airplanes... __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-10-2018, 08:05 AM	#677
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	P-61 over the Alps... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-10-2018, 03:34 PM	#678
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09-18-2018, 06:20 PM	#679
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Cute lake hopper... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-19-2018, 10:22 PM	#680
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The Wrights do it right... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-22-2018, 08:33 PM	#681
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The first Military Plane... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-23-2018, 02:59 PM	#682
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	This your Captain speaking: "Nope." __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-02-2018, 12:55 AM	#683
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	This C-130 was built (modified) to land and take off with a full load of hostages on a 600 ft soccer field in Iran. The hostages were released before it was ready. TURN THE SOUND DOWN. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-02-2018, 11:36 AM	#684
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Air Force One replica on the Potomac __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

10-02-2018, 11:07 PM	#685
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	RAF Mustang MK 1A at the Inglewood, California plant of North American Aviation. Wood wheels were used during manufacturing until it was ready for flight tests. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-03-2018, 04:48 AM	#686
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	I have a vague recollection of a project to re-engine and refurbish Mustang aircraft with the view to selling them to the air forces of developing nations. That would have been about 1970 (giving my age away) and I have a feeling that nothing came of it beyond a couple of test examples. It was an American firm behind the project but I can't recall the name or much else! __________________

10-03-2018, 06:39 AM	#687
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I had a similar memory specifically of Central America. https://www.airspacemag.com/history-...hts-180956250/ The last dogfights between piston-engine, propeller-driven airplanes weren’t fought in the skies over Germany in the 1940s or even Korea in the 1950s. They occurred in Central America in 1969, and all of the combatants were flying U.S.-built Corsairs and Mustangs. The dogfights were among the final acts in a brief but bloody four-day conflict between Honduras and El Salvador, commonly (but misleadingly) known as the Football War. Although a pair of soccer games between the two nations sparked the initial riots, the war was the culmination of longstanding tension over immigration and land reform. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-06-2018, 01:47 PM	#689
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Nightstalkers! In the daylight, even! __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-06-2018, 01:55 PM	#690
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Snoopy flies again!!<---Facebook link, sorry. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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