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A long overdue awesome aeroplanes thread!
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Posted 9 years ago
yak-9
Posted 9 years agopolikarpov i-16
Posted 9 years agogreat shots of a restored IL-2
Posted 9 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 9 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 9 years agoanother mossie pic
Posted 9 years agoTop thread.
North American B-25 Mitchell
Convair B-59 Hustler
Northrop YB-49
Posted 9 years agoMiles Magister
Posted 9 years agohawker demon
Posted 9 years agosupermarine spitful
Posted 9 years agoblackburn firebrand
Posted 9 years agoMesserschmitt Me 323 D
Even more impressive considering that it started life as a glider being pulled by one of these!!
Posted 9 years agoachtung achtung another spitfire vb
Posted 9 years agoThe 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 9 years agodouglas dauntless
Posted 9 years agoF4F Wildcat
Posted 9 years agoOne of our engines is missing
widely used in D Day proceedings
edit: airspeed horsa
Posted 9 years agoThat YB-49 is awesome.
But, not as awesome as the Vulcan.
Here’s an upside down one:
Posted 9 years agoGot to say gents, epic thread 😀
Something from Japan from me
Posted 9 years agoPosted 9 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.
Posted 9 years ago
Posted 9 years agoB52 “BUF”
Posted 9 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 … 😆
Fokker F-27-500M FriendshipPosted 9 years agome-110
Posted 9 years agomore yellow nosed bastards at 12 o’clock
Posted 9 years agoand a proper pic of a Komet
Posted 9 years agoDoes this qualify?
And playing with some big planes:
Posted 9 years agonicely restored zero
Posted 9 years agoSaunders-Roe SR-A1:
A jet-powered flying boat 😉
Posted 9 years agoTime to go for some funny business
An Edgeley Optica.
Posted 9 years agoAnsett Express Fokker 50 PER Wheatley
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv_c6vA8DXE[/video]
Posted 9 years agoSea Hornet.
Judged by Winkle as being the nicest plane he’d ever flown.
And he should know
Posted 9 years agogrumman f3f
Posted 9 years agodevastator
Posted 9 years agoHas a place here by default?
Posted 9 years agohelldiver
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