Author Topic: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less... (Read 1204640 times)

perttime · « **Reply #4675 on:** December 13, 2021, 01:36:17 PM »

Quote from: GTX_Admin on December 13, 2021, 02:10:24 AM

(Camel, Spitfire and F-35)

Photo taken in USA, I believe.

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #4676 on:** December 13, 2021, 07:05:44 PM »

Quote from: perttime on December 13, 2021, 01:36:17 PM

Quote from: GTX_Admin on December 13, 2021, 02:10:24 AM
(Camel, Spitfire and F-35)
Photo taken in USA, I believe.

Yes. Probably Arizona. The Spitfire belongs to the Commemorative Air Force.

https://commemorativeairforce.org/aircraft/35

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #4677 on:** December 14, 2021, 08:37:23 AM »

14 December 1924. A Martin MO-1 (shoulder-wing cantilever monoplane with a slab-sided fuselage) was launched using an explosive-driven catapult fitted to a turret on USS Mississippi, requiring less distance for the take-off.

More photos here: http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/41a.htm

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #4678 on:** December 16, 2021, 08:59:12 PM »

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #4679 on:** December 18, 2021, 02:23:55 AM »

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #4680 on:** December 18, 2021, 11:11:35 PM »

Mike Kaehler
Here's a photo of RCAF CP-140117 of 405 Sqn Greenwood on a visit to Comox in 2019.

CFBV

Kerick · « **Reply #4681 on:** December 18, 2021, 11:45:49 PM »

Very nice pic! Interesting paint scheme, lighter on top and dark on the sides.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #4682 on:** December 19, 2021, 01:22:40 AM »

Here's another shot of the same aircraft sporting the same scheme:

CFBV

It looks to me to be a work in progress and possibly the result of maintenance.

kitnut617 · « **Reply #4683 on:** December 19, 2021, 02:05:21 AM »

Is that a case of skin panels coming from another aircraft being used as spare parts donor ?

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #4684 on:** December 19, 2021, 02:06:59 AM »

I wouldn't think so. Perhaps work done on said panels though and paintwork not completed to make it all look 'clean'. A bit of further research on this exact tail number might enlighten us...

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #4685 on:** December 19, 2021, 02:18:14 AM »

Speaking of CP-140s...

CFBV

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #4686 on:** December 19, 2021, 02:22:41 AM »

And one more image of '117:

CFBV

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #4687 on:** December 20, 2021, 08:49:27 PM »

A two tone grey finish on a CP-140 would be interesting.

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #4688 on:** December 20, 2021, 08:53:07 PM »

The attractive Armstrong Whitworth 55 Apollo was an early post-war British airliner project.

Designed to a specification laid down by the Brabazon Committee, it did not enter production. The Vickers Viscount took on the role and proved to be a very successful aircraft indeed.

Replace the wing with one with embedded engines like the Comet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_Apollo

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #4689 on:** December 21, 2021, 02:10:54 AM »

The final F/A-18 Hornet aircraft to fly in Australia, tail number A21-117, arrives at RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales.

CFBV

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #4690 on:** December 21, 2021, 02:26:44 AM »

You better keep it under lock and key as the RCAF still has requirements for some two seaters and this air frame looks to be in really good shape so ......

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #4691 on:** December 22, 2021, 01:41:17 AM »

Former RAF F.8 VH-MBX at the Temora Aviation Museum with Royal Australian Air Force markings as 'A77-851'. Ownership was transferred to the RAAF in July 2019 and it is operated by the Air Force Heritage Squadron (Temora Historic Flight).

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #4692 on:** December 22, 2021, 01:53:14 AM »

apophenia · « **Reply #4693 on:** December 22, 2021, 07:13:48 AM »

Oooo, shiny

Quote from: GTX_Admin on December 19, 2021, 01:22:40 AM

... It looks to me to be a work in progress and possibly the result of maintenance.

The overpainted tailfin was about this aircraft's post-AIMP shift from 407 Long Range Patrol Squadron (19 Wing Comox) to 405 LRPS (14 Wing Greenwood) So, first the 407 Winged Trident was overpainted and then, after a gap, 405's Pathfinder Eagle was applied.

As you say, plenty of evidence of repainted panels and hatches, etc. My puzzle is: Why that great swath of darker paint around the 'RCAF+ARC' markings?

A side query for anyone in the know: Since DND adopted US FS595 c.1989 (when the Canadian Standard book stopped being produced), why do we still see 1-GP-12c colours being listed for RCAF aircraft? Just wonderin'.

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #4694 on:** December 23, 2021, 12:59:43 AM »

B-2A on the starboard side, 3 O'clock low!

CFBV

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #4695 on:** December 23, 2021, 01:16:38 AM »

Obviously a chem trails flight...

finsrin · « **Reply #4696 on:** December 23, 2021, 07:58:07 AM »

What a rare photo-op !

Frank3k · « **Reply #4697 on:** December 23, 2021, 08:47:47 AM »

Must be B-2 day! Someone found one in Google Maps

Kerick · « **Reply #4698 on:** December 23, 2021, 02:33:34 PM »

The stealthiness is working better in this photo than the first one!

Old Wombat · « **Reply #4699 on:** December 23, 2021, 04:18:56 PM »

That's the new cloaking technology activating.


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