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"Power" C-17 Globemaster III

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"Remove Before Flight" FA-18 Hornet

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"Thunderbolt" P-47D Thunderbolt undergoing maintenance.

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I cannot recall ever seeing a C-131 or T-29 in camouflage, but an official scheme did exist.

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Although hardly a frontline combat aircraft, the USAF's C-140s did see use in forward areas, and some were refinished in camouflage.

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Antares Models makes a 1/48 scale kit of the Focke Wulf Raamjager; this "Luftwaffe 1946" type design was conceptually similar in a way to Heinkel's He 162 - a very simple and cheaply constructed high performance fighter that could be flown by minimally trained pilots. However, the Raamjager would have been far more austere. There would be no armament at all, as the aircraft itself would ram

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Me 109 recognition 3-view, from 1942 USAAF recognition manual "The Messerschmitts swarmed over England during the Battle of Britain, and they have since been in the thick of action on every front where the Luftwaffe has operated. This fighter has maneuverability, climbing ability, and a ceiling higher than some of the Allied fighters it encounters. This aircraft has also seen use as a

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Boeing VC-25 "Air Force One" landing at KPIT, 11-Sept-11 A pair of VH-60s trailed by three CH-46s transporting President Obama and former President Bush from Pittsburgh to Shanksville And later in the day, still from the front yard, we saw the Heavy Metal jet team, with their L-39s and MiG-17:

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Despite some borderline dismal weather condoitions, we got to see some practice flying and arrivals today: High-speed pass by Art Nalls in his Sea Harrier AH-1 Cobra C-17 demonstration - I believe another Globemaster arrived also. Not airshow-related - VH-60N of HMX-1 arrives; no doubt transporation for the President when he arrives on Sunday for 9/11 commemorations at Shanksville. At least

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available in a variety of sizes and framing options at : Black Jet

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During last week's spell of clear nights, I was able to image a couple of "secret" US satellites as they passed over Pittsburgh. I was only able to do 4-second exposures, as light pollution is such that longer exposures would wash everything out, so the streaks are very short. The show "in person" was much better. First up is the USAF's X-37B OTV; I've been seeing this little unmanned

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If you're a fan of naval aviation back in the days when SCB-27 flattops roamed the seas and early jets in high-visibility schemes abounded, this video is a must-see; flight operations from the USS Essex (CVA-9) - launches and traps of F4D Skyrays doing their bat out of hell imitation, North American Furies, A4Ds, and S2Fs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW1JN-qnEHI

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North American's AJ Savage is one of those aircraft that you don't read much about; it was the Navy's first nuclear strike aircraft that could recover aboard carriers (the P2V-3Cs could only launch from Midway class CVs, not make a trap) and was in service for over a decade, but it never fired a shot in anger, and was overshadowed by its A3D successor. Thus, I was delighted to learn of this

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January:  The F-89D Scorpion enters Air Defense Command service with the 18th FIS. Whereas the F-89A/B/C models were all similar to each other, the D-model is revised substantially, replacing the cannon armament of earlier aircraft with wingtip pods for 2.75-inch unguided rockets. January 2:   Piloting an F-86F, WWII triple ace Colonel Willard Millikan establishes a transcontinental speed record

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January 6:  Nine airmen are plucked from the waters off Florida after their B-50 crashes just after departing Eglin AFB. January 11:  An unofficial world speed record is claimed by a trio of F-86 pilots who fly between Tucson, Arizona and Albuquerque, New Mexico at an estimated average speed of 711 mph. January 19:  Lockheed attempts to garner more of the interceptor market by flying the

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January 5:  Captain Yeager makes a ground takeoff in an X-1, in the process unofficially breaking all time to climb records during the 13,000 feet per minute ascent. This flight, which will be the only such attempt, is made only with a partial fuel load, as there are concerns over the strength of the X-1's landing gear. January 7:  A pair of F-80s from the Florida ANG cover the 711 miles between

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1948  USAF Chronology January:  Goodfellow AAF, Texas is renamed Goodfellow AFB. January 13:  The former Maxwell Field is redesignated as an Air Force Base. January 13:  The former Alamagordo AAF, New Mexico is renamed Holloman AFB in honor of Colonel George Holloman. March 1:  Curtiss-Wright's first and only jet fighter, the XP-87 Blackhawk, begins testing at Muroc. A heavy night fighter/

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1947 - Air Force History July 26:  The independent Air Force is created. The National Security Act is passed, separating the Army Air Force from the Army and renaming it the United States Air Force. The USAF, Army, and Navy are now equal components of the new Department of Defense, which is to come under the command of the newly-created office of the Secretary of Defense, who in turn directly

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Some old pics recovered from a CD - IPMS 3 Rivers Show, 2005: images are clickable for larger versions P-47 in NMF finish Although the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm never operated attack-configured Skyraiders, it was supplied with fifty APS-20 equipeed AEW models, which served until replaced by turboprop powered Fairey Gannets, which used the same radar. VF-74 Be-Devilers was the first

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C-123K N22968 Thunder Pig was delivered to the USAF as C-123B 54-0664, and later served with the Royal Thai AF before being returned to US control and eventually retired to Davis Monthan in 1981. There it remained until 1996, when it was acquired by Air Heritage at Beaver County (KBVI) Pennsylvania.  The C-123K conversion entailed fitting General Electric J85 turbojets in underwing pods. C-

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 Fairchild C-82 and C-119 at the USAF Museum, 1998. When compared to the earlier Packet, the C-119 had a repositioned cockpit to allow better crew visibility, and a fuselage that had been widened by fourteen inches. Magazine Articles and Photos: "Fairchild Delivers 40 C-119 Packets" Aviation Week  February 6, 1950  p.15 3-view profile: C-119H   Flight, 6 February 1953  p.169 “STOL Version C-

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Magazine Articles and Photos: "10 Bidders Seek Tri-Service Contract" Aviation Week & Space Technology May 1, 1961 p.32-33 2 photos 1 illustration "Vought, Hiller, Ryan Recommended For Tri-Service VTOL Transport" Aviation Week & Space Technology September 4, 1961 p.36 David A. Anderton "XC-142A Detail Design Effort Hits Peak" AW&ST January 14, 1963 p.60-67 2 illustrations "XC-142A Makes 100-

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A quite useful look at the "Deuce" - the USAF's first true supersonic interceptor, and the first operational USAF delta-wing type.The whole series of Convair's deltas sprang from the XF-92, and the book's introduction details the history of this demonstrator aircraft. There are three photos; one of the original XP-92 design with provision for a prone pilot, and two of the more conventional XF-92

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aircraft art

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Convair R3Y Tradewind from US patent files Tradewind Bibliography Photos (3): XP5Y-1 prototype in dock at San Diego with engines running. Includes close-ups of propellers and exhausts.  Naval Aviation News  May 1950  p.2 Convair R3Y-1 Tradewind 3-view profile  Flight 23 April 1954  p.513 "Convair R3Y Demonstrates Capabilities"  Photo feature shows a Tradewind dismebarking troops, and the

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[Photos (6): "Grumman W2F-1 Hawkeye Design Details Shown"]  AW&ST  December 5, 1960  p.85 [Photo: "Grumman W2F-1 Makes First Flight"] AW&ST October 31, 1960  p.27 "E-2A Goes to East Coast Squadron"  Naval Aviation News July 1966  p.14  Conversion of VAW-12 from the E-1B to the E-2A. [Photo: "First Production Grumman E-2C in Maiden Flight"]  AW&ST  October 2, 1972  p.15 Kenneth J. Stein "E-2C,

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Vought's F7U Cutlass was the company's first jet fighter to be put into service, and when it first appeared, was among the most radical designs in the air, having swept wings and a semi-tailless planform. Planning had actually started before V-J Day, and the prototype Cutlass had flown by 1948, proving capable of speeds well in excess of 600 mph. But the "Gutless Cutlass" was hampered by its

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Plans for  the Fokker E.III monoplane fighter of WWI. A good reference for modelers building the Revell-Germany 1/72 or the Eduard 1/48 scale E.III models Fokker E.III

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Building a model of the legendary Herk? Take a look at this CD-ROM walk-around of the C-130H and the EC-130J Commando Solo special operations broadcasting aircraft. Lots of close-up detail for the rivet-counter! C-130 & EC-130J Commando Solo walk-around

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MiG-29 Fulcrum watercolor

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Grumman A-6 Intruder

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thumbnails are clickable for larger images 1/35 scale models of the A-4/V-2, the world's first operational ballistic missile, have been kitted by Revell, DML/Dragon, and Accurate Armor.      Scott Carpenter's Aurora 7 was the second Mercury capsule to be flown on an orbital mission, being launched by an Atlas booster on May 24, 1962. Gordo Cooper's Faith 7 capsule was used for the last flight

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The Short Seamew was intended as a low-cost short-range ASW machine for auxiliary use, but the program was canceled after production had begun, and most of the aircraft went straight from the assembly line into storage, and eventual scrapping. Short Seamew ad

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FJ-4 Fury 1950s ad   "Titanium speeds the Fury's flight" FJ-4 Bibliography "Workbench Reviews: 1/48 scale FJ-4B Fury from Grand Phoenix"  FineScale Modeler  November 2003  p.103-104

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For the first time in a few years the Pittsburgh-based 3 Rivers IPMS chapter hosted the Region IV convention, and like previous shows, it was quite an enjoyable experience - good turnout, lots of vendors, and had some good discussions. Some highlights of the aircraft models that were there: (note: all the thumbnails should be clickable for larger versions, save for the first, for some reason)

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The largest rocket employed operationally by the US during WWII, Tiny Tim was an 11.7-inch diameter solid propellant weapon with a massive 300lb warhead. First fired in 1944, Tiny Tim proved too powerful to fire from rails, and the weapon had to be dropped and then ignited by a lanyard. Tiny Tim was too late for projected use against German V-1 sites in Europe, and was only able to be employed in

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Always overshadowed by its C-47 stablemate, the C-46 was actually more technically advanced in many ways than the Douglas aircraft, and gave equally sterling service all over the world. The CW-20 airliner design from which the C-46 sprang was intended as a higher-flying more commodius competitor to the DC-3, with a "double bubble" fuselage being used in anticipation of eventually using

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"Maverick enters Flight Test; Improved Display Planned"   Aviation Week & Space Technology  January 5, 1970  p.22-23  2 photos [Photo:  "Maverick Control System Flight Tested"]   Aviation Week & Space Technology  January 26, 1970  p.24 Clarence A. Robinson, Jr.   "Air Force to press Development Of Laser Guidance for Maverick"   AW&ST  November 5, 1973  p.56  1 photo [Photo:  "USAF F-4E

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Hawker Typhoon Mk. IB of No.440 Squadron, RCAF, at Calvados, France in the summer of 1944 Hawker Typhoon poster

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VX-1 P-3C on final, September 2011. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Book Review- P-3 Orion in action by Richard S. Dann Another great naval aviation book by Rich Dann Highlights: Side views of Orion models L-188/YP3V-1 prototype through P-3C AIP, including EP-3E, NP-3D.  Shot of a P-3A with Storm Fury seeding dispensers. All-black P-3A

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Boeing, which had not built an operational fighter for the USN since the F4B biplane, attempted to reenter the field with its Model 400 design, built as the XF8B-1. Similar in concept to the Skyraider and Mauler but much larger, the XF8B was conceived as a "swing role" fighter-bomber with a range of nearly 3,000 miles. Over 3,000lbs of bombs, rockets, or torpedoes could be carried, along with six

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 Douglas Scout Bomber Carrier-based Low-wing monoplane Radial engine (1) One of the most rugged airplanes ever built, the "Dauntless" literally has "nine lives" in combat service. Its exploits in action-such as its many conquests in the Coral Sea battle and at Midway-speak for themselves. A 1,000-pound bomb is carried in a cradle under its center section, and bomb racks are also fitted under the

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M iG I-250 Faced with countering advanced German aircraft without a pure jet fighter of its own available in the short term, the Soviets attempted to develop composite-powered Fighters as an interim measure, one of these designs being the 1-250 from the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau. A low-wing, tail-dragger design, the I-250 had its cockpit set well back on the fuselage, behind a Klimov M-107

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Seafang While land-based jets were coming of age by 1944-45, the learning curve for introducing turbine engined aircraft to naval aviation was considerably steeper. Operating first generation jets, with their low thrust and long throttle response times from war-built carriers was somewhat daunting at first, and thus the idea of operating a final generation of propeller driven aircraft was

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CORVUS In the late 1950s, even as the Polaris program was gaining urgency, the US Navy was still committed to maintaining a nuclear deterrent force built at least partially around carrier-based aircraft. The arrival of the North American A3J/A-5 Vigilante bomber would bring this strike force to the forefront of aviation technology, but even the Mach-2 Vigilantes would have a hard time against

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ATLAS ICBM Although not the war-winning weapon that some in the German high command had hoped for, the A-4/V-2 "vengeance weapon” nonetheless introduced the world at large to the ballistic missile, and the design teams and much of the actual hardware from the program helped form the basis of postwar missile development in both the U.S. and Soviet Union. As a strategic weapon, the A-4 had

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HIBBARD ETAL AIRPLANE Hibbard et al.  

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MGM-31 PERSHING MGM-31A Pershing I Operational from 1964, the Martin Pershing was the Army's second entry into the field of solid fuel ballistic missiles, and like the Sergeant, was considerably more mobile than the missile it would replace, in this case the Redstone. Martin Marietta was awarded the development contract (with the work to be supervised by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency) in

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Redstone ballistic missile The first large ballistic missile to go into operational service with US forces, Redstone was also to play a major role in the early American space program. Work on an American long-range theater missile had begun even as German V-2s were still hitting Allied targets, and the early postwar era saw General Electric designing and launching rockets as part of the Hermes

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Scale Models: A 1/72 scale resin kit of the XP-54 has been available from Planet Models.

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Descended from the original Spencer S-12 Air Car Amphibian prototype, and for a time known as the Thunderbolt Amphibian, the Seabee was Republic Aviation's attempt to enter the anticipated postwar civil aviation market. It was one of the more unorthodox designs put forth for this market, which never materialized to the degree hoped for. The enclosed cabin sat three passengers in addition to the

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One of the more radical developments of the basic C-82/C-119 design, the XC-120 Packplane was basically a C-119 with the lower fuselage removed, allowing for the fitting of detachable cargo or special mission pods that could easily be rolled on and off as needed. A single C-119B was reworked as a testbed for this configuration, first flying in XC-120 guise in August 1950, but no orders for

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Although Minuteman I had signaled the start of a trend towards smaller, lower-yield strategic weapons, there remained a need for a new heavy ICBM with multi-megaton capability, and Martin was contracted to work on just such a weapon in June 1960 using the Titan I as a basis. The missile that emerged from this program, the SM-68B/LGM-25C Titan II was a thoroughly redesigned vehicle, although the

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B-1B 83-0065 Star of Abilene was the second Lancer, the first Block II aircraft, and the first operational example of the type. Seen here at Pittsburgh in 2002, the Star was in its final months of service, as it would be retired the following year to serve as a gate guard at Dyess AFB.

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B-1B 86-0132 Oh Hard Luck seen here at Dayton was the first lancer to exceed 4,000 flight hours, this being achieved in May 1997. In 2006, this aircraft, using callsign SLIP 57, made a wheels-up landing at Diego Garcia. Revell B-1B Uncovering the B-1B Lancer, by Caco Disclaimer: We are a Amazon affiliate

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photo courtesy Paul J. Puglielli, Jr. The Navion was North American's attempt to cash in on an anticipated postwat boom in civil aviation, and a way to keep production lines that suddenly had no P-51 and B-25 orders busy. This boom never fully materialized, but several thousand Navions ended up being built, although North American sold the rights to Ryan. The USAAF did buy the L-17A laison

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USAF exchange pilots had flown Navy A-7s in combat, and their favorable reports helped the Air Force take the unusual step of ordering a version of the Corsair for its own use; despite the interservice rivalry aspects, the USAF needed a near-term replacement for the F-100 Super Sabre in the close-air support role. The A-7D model would be based on the Navy's A-7E, with its liscense-built TF41/

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MGM-134 SMALL ICBM Despite the emphasis placed on Peacekeeper, there were those who believed that the missile was actually too capable, and thus presented a first-strike threat to the USSR that could lead to instability. A smaller, single warhead missile that was mobile would allow for a more survivable force that would not be as threatening, and as part of its work, the Scowcroft Commission

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SM-62 SNARK A product of the USAF's early postwar interest in long-range “unmanned bombers”, Northrop's Snark would be, in terms of warhead yield and range, the most powerful cruise missile ever operationally employed by the US. However, the type was fated to spend far longer in development than it ever did in operational service. The Snark family started out with the N-25 model of 1949-1950;

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RB-66B Destroyer, on display since 1970. Currently, this aircraft is displayed in the Modern Flight Gallery XB-70 & YA-10. It would be some time before the Valkyrie would be put on indoor display

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Although Canada flew thirty Lockheed T-33s as the Silver Star Mk.I, the RCAF's more than 600 CT-133 Silver Star Mk. IIs were more advanced aircraft built under license by Canadair, with the Rolls-Royce Nene engine replacing the T-33's J33. The Silver Star was replaced in the training role by the mid-1970s, but the type would remain in service for decades afterwards in support roles. Like

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Although the USAF's T-39s have long since been retired, the USN continues to fly the Sabreliner. The T-39N is based on the commercial Sabreliner 265-40, and is used for radar navigation and intercept training, using the APG-66NT radar. T-39N N305NT (BuNo 166513) is seen here at Dayton in July 1998. Sabreliner originally supplied the aircraft and pilots to the USN, but the T-39Ns were later

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F-117 86-0821, seen here at Pittsburgh in the early 2000s, was the 37th production Nighthawk, and first flew in June 1986, when the program was still "black" It was nicknamed Sneak Attack. F-117 walk-around

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Decades before the Air Force Museum acquired its restored RB-47 Stratojet, it had on display outside (and later, in the Modern Flight Gallery) a B-47E that had seen use at Wright-Patterson as a testbed. The last time I knew, this aircraft had been moved near the restoration shops. B-47 Stratojet Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions

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T-2C intake for GE J85 engine T-2C canopy The North American Buckeye first flew in January 1958, having been bought to provide the USN with a carrier-capable advanced jet trainer. North American's design had a wing based on that of the company's FJ-1 Fury, and was powered by a Westinghouse J34. The company turned out 217 T2J-1/T-2As, before production shifted to the more powerful T-2B

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Lockheed A-29 Hudson Classic Airframes made a short-run Hudson kit with decals for USN and Australian aircraft. Hal Andrews  "PBO-1 Hudson"  Includes a photo of the XR4O-1 prototype.  Naval Aviation News March-April 1990. "Workbench Review: Hudson Mk. V/VI in 1/72 scale from Italeri"  FineScale Modeler  February 2007  p.62-63 Lockheed C-60 Lodestar The C-60 designation was used for aircraft

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B-25D Gallant Warrior at the Allegheny County Airport circa 1988 (C. Reed) Built in 1943 as a B-25D-35-NC, this aircraft flew seven combat missions, and was transferred to the RCAF as a Mitchell II, serving until the early 1960s and at some point having its original glass nose replaced by a solid unit. It still flies today as the Yankee Warrior. B-25 Mitchell production line article from the

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A pair of Fouga Magisters at an airshow at the Allegheny County (PA) Airport in the late 1980s (C. Reed)

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The KC-130F (originally GV-1 pre 1962) was the first /Marine Corps version of the Hercules, and was a C-130B derivative bought to replace the C-119. Aside from serving as a standard transport, the KC-130F could also be fitted with underwing drogue pods for refueling USMC tactical aircraft and later helicopters. Despite their age, KC-130Fs were given service life extensions in the 1990s, and

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C-130H of the Air Force Reserve's 911th AW, with nose art from the hometown Steelers team The 911th has operated C-130Hs since the spring of 1986, when it took delivery of new-build aircraft to replace its C-130Bs. Prior to the Hercules, the 911th had flown C-123K Providers, and before that, C-124 Globemaster IIs.

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TA-4J BuNo 152850 at the Dayton Airshow, August 1998. this aircraft formerly saw service with VC-12 "Fighting Omars" and NAS Dallas - it was retired to AMARC at Davis-Monthan in 1999.

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if (top.location != self.location) top.location.replace(self.location); As far as I know, only the RF-101s were ever actually given camo finishes...

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Like the F-86H, the swept-wing F-84s survived in service long enough to receive SEA-style camo finishes, although they were never deployed to the fighting in Vietnam. The Thunderstreaks were actually the last pre-Century series fighters to remain in US service, outlasting the last F-86Hs by a year or so.Thunderstreak Ad1/48 Republic F-84F Bundesluftwaffe RVL04526

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No "Sixes" were ever finished in camo as far as I know, but an official pattern was indeed issued. I just may finish that unbuilt Revell kit sitting on my bookshelf in this scheme. Bibliography Magazine Articles and Photos: "First Flights Made By F-106A, FJ-4B" Aviation Week January 7, 1957 p.28 Photo: "Convair F-106" Aviation Week September 9, 1957 front cover "First Production F-106s Are

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DESIGN FOR AN AIRPLANE Frederick I. Steele

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AIRCRAFT P Frank Wiiliam KuxAs Soviet air defenses increased in the early 1950s, overflights by propeller-driven aircraft became increasingly dangerous, and even jets such as the B-45 and Canberra were becoming vulnerable. This led to efforts to design strategic reconnaissance machines that could operate at extreme altitudes above the ceiling of Soviets fighters. Bell offered a machine powered

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AIRPLANE BY Alexander Kartveli The RF-84F was built to replace RF-80s and other aircraft in the tactical reconnaissance role, but like its F-84F fighter counterpart, was not ready in time for Korea. The Thunderstreak had a solid nose for a carrying an array of cameras, and thus, the intakes were moved to the wing roots. USAF RF-84Fs were replaced by RF-101s and RF-4Cs by the early 1960s, but

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BURTON ETAL AIRPLANE Charles G. Brown

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AIRPLANE BY Richard K. Wentz Scale Models: The XB-51 has been kitted in 1/72 scale resin by Anigrand.

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DESIGN FOR AN AIRPLANE Leo J. DevlinThe BTD Destroyer was one of Ed Heinemann's lesser-known designs, originating as the SB2D-1 of 1943, which was intended as a replacement for the Dauntless. The Navy ordered over 350 BTD production aircraft, but the day of the multi-man attack aircraft was coming to a close, and by the time the program was cancelled in 1945, fewer than thirty had actually been

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BAKER AIRPLANE Paker et al.

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NORTHROP ETAL ALL-WING AIRPLANE Northrop et al.: ""

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UH-1 European 1 camo scheme UH-1 leopard scheme tail rotor main rotor engine compartment crappy shot, but a sentimental favorite -3rd airshow photo I ever took, and the 1st Huey I ever saw on the ground, circa September 1986. Sunny evening at Chippewa, PA UH-1B HUEY 1/72 by Italeri Disclaimer: we are an Amazon Affiliate

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nose gear TF33 engine Main Gear Lizard camo scheme pattern for the C-141A. Scale Models Anigrand has issued 1/72 scale Starlifter kits in both C-141A and C-141B versions

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For some reason, every time I encounter an F-22, I either have a crappy camera or am in a bad position for shooting.To wit, the YF-22 prototype, seen at Dayton back in '98 or so:Fixed focus camera and dark building (excuses of the day)and then:May 2008 at Wings over Pittsburgh (well nearby at least. maybe a little better)

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cockpit tail USN Fighter Weapons School insignia. "TOP GUN" was folded into NSAWC two years previous to this image being taken, along with the Naval Strike Warfare Center "Strike U" and the Carrier Airborne Early Warning Weapons School "TOP DOME". main gear main gear - rear view

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An ex-USAF (formerly 74-1558) transferred to the USN, and seen here in August 1998. This aircraft was donated to the OV-10 Bronco Association in 2005. The Navy still flies Tiger IIs, but these "new" aircraft are actually former Swiss F-5Ns.

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KC-135E 59-1507 seen in 1991 with Desert Shield/Storm mission markings. this aircraft was later rebuilt again, this time to KC-135R configuration, and has been seen with "Let's Roll" nose art.KC-135E 57-1423

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XB-19 3-view, from US patent documents Originally designated as the XBL-2, the XB-19 was Douglas Aircraft's response to the US Army Air Corps "project D" requirement for a heavy bomber able to carry a one-ton bombload over a range of 5,000 miles. Substantially larger than the later Boeing Superfortress, the XB-19 was the largest American bomber until the advent of the Convair B-36. First

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The Patriot nose art on a KC-135T of the 171st ARW of the PA ANG. This aircraft, which formerly served as a KC-135Q Blackbird tanker for the 9th SRW, replaced a KC-135E with the same nose art. Related Pages: KC-135E 57-1423 KC-135E Stratotanker walk-around

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B-52H 61-015 The Last Laugh from Barksdale AFB B-52H Global Warrior, also from Barksdale Other B-52H pages: B-52H 61-023 retires More Painted Ladies: Modern Military Aircraft Nose Art & Unusual Markings (Schiffer Military Aviation History) by Randy Walker, and many others, Additional nose art and unusual markings as seen on todays B-52s, and including Desert Storm markings.

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Victor K.2 XL164 "Saucy Sal" Gulf War nose art. Seen at the Cleveland Air Show, 1991 The Handley-Page Victor was the last of the RAF's V-Bombers to see service, bowing out in the early 1990s, although by that time the surviving aircraft had long been converted to drogue tankers.Overshadowed to some degree by the delta-winged Vulcan, the Victor was nevertheless a very advanced machine for the

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AIRCRAFT H Jarchow et al. OV-10 3-view link OV-10 BuNo 155493 this aircraft was delivered to VAL-4 as an OV-10A in early 1969, and is seen here in the early 1990s in OV-10D configuration at Chippewa, PA. It went to AMARC in 1993, but has been reported as being registered as N97854 in early 2008 Scale Models: Testors released the OV-10A in 1/48 scale, while Academy kitted both A- and

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