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A long overdue awesome aeroplanes thread!
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Posted 10 years agoyak-9
Posted 10 years agopolikarpov i-16
Posted 10 years agogreat shots of a restored IL-2
Posted 10 years agoAnother couple of F1 racers, about the smallest airplane you can fit a person in and go racing with.
Midget Mustang (and P51 🙂 ):
Cosmic Wind:
Arnold AR6
Posted 10 years agoThe picture of the Lancaster & Vulcan a few pages ago. That was nice. So here’s another.
They also win the “most awesome noise ever” award.
The Chipmunk & Bulldog brought back memories of my RAF Cadet days. 🙂
Posted 10 years agoanother mossie pic
Posted 10 years agoTop thread.
North American B-25 Mitchell
Convair B-59 Hustler
Northrop YB-49
Posted 10 years agoMiles Magister
Posted 10 years agohawker demon
Posted 10 years agosupermarine spitful
Posted 10 years agoblackburn firebrand
Posted 10 years agoMesserschmitt Me 323 D
Even more impressive considering that it started life as a glider being pulled by one of these!!
Posted 10 years agoachtung achtung another spitfire vb
Posted 10 years ago
The SE5a. Not the most wonderful plane of WW1, but the one my grandfather was rigger on, in the RFC before the RAF was formed. He was in the squadron adopted by WE Johns for the Biggles stories, and as squadron librarian was given signed copies of all Johns’ books then published for them to read.
Posted 10 years agodouglas dauntless
Posted 10 years agoF4F Wildcat
Posted 10 years agoOne of our engines is missing
widely used in D Day proceedings
edit: airspeed horsa
Posted 10 years agoThat YB-49 is awesome.
But, not as awesome as the Vulcan.
Here’s an upside down one:
Posted 10 years agoGot to say gents, epic thread 😀
Something from Japan from me
Posted 10 years ago
Posted 10 years agoLoving this thread to bits!
Love this plane, proved essential for helping the Resistance during the War:The Lysander. And yes it’s got a swastika on it, it’s one flown by the Finnish Air Force.
Then there’s this, one of the most remarkable aircraft from the Germans, the Fi-156, or Storch
Has an astonishing STOL capability, and can almost hover with a good headwind, because of its low stall speed.
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Posted 10 years agoB52 “BUF”
Posted 10 years agoCan’t believe anyone would miss the Fokker F-27-400M Friendship.
Plenty of flying with the earlier model of Fokker F-27 one as a kid. Always thought the propellers were going to break off … 😆
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Posted 10 years agome-110
Posted 10 years agomore yellow nosed bastards at 12 o’clock
Posted 10 years agoand a proper pic of a Komet
Posted 10 years agoDoes this qualify?
And playing with some big planes:
Posted 10 years agonicely restored zero
Posted 10 years agoSaunders-Roe SR-A1:
A jet-powered flying boat 😉
Posted 10 years agoTime to go for some funny business
An Edgeley Optica.
Posted 10 years agoAnsett Express Fokker 50 PER Wheatley
Posted 10 years ago
Sea Hornet.
Judged by Winkle as being the nicest plane he’d ever flown.
And he should know
Posted 10 years agogrumman f3f
Posted 10 years agodevastator
Posted 10 years ago
Has a place here by default?
Posted 10 years agohelldiver
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