mig-15 scramble

Klunk deserves a medal for services to this thread!

only muttley gets the medals

Are there any V22 Ospreys based/active in this country? Cos one flew over our house in North Yorks yesterday. Bout 2-3000ft.

That pic of the Saabs above – Wow!

Anyway, time for a picture of an old friend. G-OVAN

Another Skyvan. A great skydive truck!

Saab Draken marketing video

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhCSSlfNJk8[/video]

Quite a bad photo of a DHC4 Caribou, which are cool anyway, but this particular one was being used to try and restore and recover a B29 that force landed in Greenland then spent 50 years under snow. So first they basically crashed this thing into Greenland so they could check out the area. Then they flew it back to Thule, put a bulldozer in it, then crashed it back into Greenland to unload the bulldozer. Because why did they need a bulldozer? To build a runway!

It’s basically the builder’s transit of the plane world.

thunderchief promo vid

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqqjrV6kvPQ[/video]

sounds good unfortunately they’ve no SA-2 guideline sams in that video

A3 Skywarrior

Kuwaiti Lightning multi-role

f-15 asat launch

c-5 galaxy air drops icbm

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96A0wb1Ov9k[/video]

English Electric Canberra picture taken today at Folkestone air show, really did steal the show. Was flying with a Hunter as well. Both planes that my Dad worked on.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYa0bI98kWA[/video]

5/6 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is a Lemon.

Oh dear … hope the govt is not buying any for the aircraft carriers.
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhGIglwmFB8[/video]

😆

Vulcan going to be flying at Cosford tomorrow

Some Italian WW2 fighters, the Macchi 200

and the 205

the reassuringly named Convair XFY-1 Pogo

the puffin

some more burnt titanium loveliness Sukhoi su35 vectored thrust engine

you have to love russian tech, the beautifully engineered “state of the art” vectored thrust nozzle in titanium and the pop riveted panels that wouldn’t be out of place in wwII.

In all seriousness, no one builds an airframe like the Russians. Go to the US for the avionics and the weapons systems, but for airframes, you have to go a long way to beat the Mig 29 and Su-35.

Also, one of my favourite planes in airfix as a kid (Purely for the smile!), the Curtis Kittyhawk:

There was a rumor / urban legend that the reason the Russian stuff flies so well is because it’s all hand panel beaten. So the entire surface of the aircraft is covered in tiny dimples like on a golf ball.

I’ve been up close tho Russian aircraft and the are not dimpled. They are very rough and ready.

Cosford today

Are there any V22 Ospreys based/active in this country? Cos one flew over our house in North Yorks yesterday. Bout 2-3000ft.

Not sure but my uncle posted pics of himself sat in one last week, he also lives in N. Yorks

Are there any V22 Ospreys based/active in this country? Cos one flew over our house in North Yorks yesterday. Bout 2-3000ft.
Not sure but my uncle posted pics of himself sat in one last week, he also lives in N. Yorks

I think there are some in East Anglia somewhere, often see them overhead in Cambridgeshire.

Don’t know if they’re permenantly based there but they use lakenheath/mildenhall a lot which appears to be very busy today!

FAO bencooper – Some notes re your found pictures!

The general location of the desert photos is RAF El Adem, in c.’67-’69
Photo 2 – Nearest the camera is a 1 Squadron jet.
Photo 6 – Chap in the flying suit is 43 squadron
Photo 16 – 1 Squadron hangar at West Raynham
Photo 22 – 54 Squadron markings on closest to camera

Will see if I can get more, but you could try the 1 or 54 Sqdn associations for more details.

Klunk goes far beyond the call of duty, for services rendered to this thread and everyone who loves planes, sir, I salute you!

Fantastic “selfie”!

The Dornier Do17 after over 70 years underwater the tyres are still OK, bodywork needs a little attention however.

Seen a vc10 getting an escort out of prestwick airport yesterday, by two tornadoes (I think).

Awesome noise.

Those Italian fighters look in pretty good condition.

Awesome dogfight animation which could belong here, gets a bit odd towards the end but epic beginning :

Dear Santa, please can I have a Subsonex JSX-1 this year……..

The Ospreys are based ar RAF Mildenhall.

5th, that is stunning.

[quoteSeen a vc10 getting an escort out of prestwick airport yesterday, by two tornadoes (I think).

Awesome noise.[/quo
Recently ? As I thought the VC10s got pensioned off a while ago