Author Topic: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less... (Read 1206938 times)

kitnut617 · « **Reply #4975 on:** July 10, 2022, 05:04:54 AM »

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Quote from: kitnut617 on July 10, 2022, 04:24:42 AM
I was just thinking what if the Chinese were to repeat history ------

Nah, no 'fun' in that.

I meant as in 'really'

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #4976 on:** July 11, 2022, 12:23:58 AM »

Still no fun in that...

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #4977 on:** July 12, 2022, 06:31:57 PM »

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #4978 on:** July 13, 2022, 04:34:23 AM »

RAF Sculthorpe Heritage Centre

Refuel Monday! Spectacular shots taken from a B-66 of the 86th Bomb Squadron being refueled from a KB-50J of the 420th ARS.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #4979 on:** July 14, 2022, 02:01:08 AM »

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #4980 on:** July 16, 2022, 01:58:16 AM »

Royal Air Force Chinooks, Army Air Corps Apaches, and Omani rotary platforms conduct a mass flypast at the end of the joint UK-Oman Exercise Saif Sareea 3 in Oman.

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #4981 on:** July 16, 2022, 01:58:57 AM »

USS Ronald Reagan, USS Theodore Roosevelt, and USS Nimitz in the western Pacific, November 12, 2017 - 300,000 tons of diplomacy - One super-carrier weighs more than all of the ships at Trafalgar combined.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #4982 on:** July 16, 2022, 02:09:36 AM »

And here we are at race 2 of the USN Carrier Racing competition. They are just waiting the starters gun...

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #4983 on:** July 16, 2022, 03:27:20 AM »

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #4984 on:** July 17, 2022, 03:49:51 AM »

No fancy masking here:

Kerick · « **Reply #4985 on:** July 17, 2022, 08:50:27 AM »

Looks like he at least had a chalk line. Nice pic!

ChernayaAkula · « **Reply #4986 on:** July 17, 2022, 02:09:16 PM »

Something similar on a Hurricane being prepared for Operation Rutter (ahead of Operation Jubilee)

SOURCE

Although personally I think they're just deciding where to cut the forward fuselage to install the DB-601-E from that Bf 109F they bagged earlier.

Quote from: The Big Gimper on July 16, 2022, 01:58:16 AM

Royal Air Force Chinooks, Army Air Corps Apaches, and Omani rotary platforms conduct a mass flypast at the end of the joint UK-Oman Exercise Saif Sareea 3 in Oman.

Awesome pic!

Why won't anyone do a new Puma in 1/72? Italeri? Airfix? Special Hobby?

Puh-leesssse!

apophenia · « **Reply #4987 on:** July 18, 2022, 05:08:05 AM »

Quote from: ChernayaAkula on July 17, 2022, 02:09:16 PM

... personally I think they're just deciding where to cut the forward fuselage to install the DB-601-E from that Bf 109F they bagged earlier...

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #4988 on:** July 19, 2022, 09:20:13 PM »

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The Big Gimper · « **Reply #4989 on:** July 19, 2022, 11:42:05 PM »

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apophenia · « **Reply #4990 on:** July 20, 2022, 05:31:31 AM »

Nice! Love those 'vintage' shots

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Thanks for the url ... much appreciated.

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #4991 on:** July 20, 2022, 07:41:08 PM »

Quote from: apophenia on July 20, 2022, 05:31:31 AM

Nice! Love those 'vintage' shots

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Thanks for the url ... much appreciated.

My pleasure. They come from a UK member who scours various archives/sources.

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #4992 on:** July 20, 2022, 07:41:50 PM »

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A great addition to this weekend's American themed Duxford Flying Day; the Curtiss Hawk quartet from The Fighter Collection. P-36C 38-210 / G-CIXJ, Hawk 75A-1 82 / G-CCVH, P-40C 41-13357 / G-CIIO and P-40F G-CGZP / 41-199841.

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #4993 on:** July 23, 2022, 01:45:43 AM »

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ACM Sir Mike Wigston @ChiefofAirStaff

Wonderful scenes at @IrishAirCorps Baldonnel as 103 year old Battle of Britain pilot Group Captain John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway DFC dons his uniform to welcome @RAFBBMF and his beloved Hurricane. Not many dry eyes on this occasion.
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The Big Gimper · « **Reply #4994 on:** July 26, 2022, 04:03:08 AM »

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Text: The sneaky Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) comes along side the Military Sealift Command Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Pecos. 14 July 2022. (MC3 Elisha Smith)

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #4995 on:** July 26, 2022, 04:15:38 AM »

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #4996 on:** July 26, 2022, 08:48:30 PM »

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The Big Gimper · « **Reply #4997 on:** July 27, 2022, 10:43:10 PM »

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Text: Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 29, assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7, exits the well deck of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during well deck operations(Sept. 18, 2012)

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #4998 on:** July 27, 2022, 10:44:25 PM »

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Integrating the #HMT with the 105mm light gun and Soft Recoil Technology, still leaves 2,550kg of spare payload capacity to this means the vehicle can still accommodate crew, ammunition and the fire control system

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #4999 on:** July 27, 2022, 10:45:41 PM »

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Text: #OTD 27/7/1993 #RememberRCN -HMCS ALGONQUIN stops & boards 7 merchant ships in 23 hrs, busiest day for ship’s boarding parties during deployment in OpSHARPGUARD, NATO's naval blockade of the former Yugoslavia. ALG conducted 88 merchant vessel boarding’s from 2 July to 1 October.


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