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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1725 on: May 19, 2017, 12:23:29 AM »
Not many passengers   :o

Looks like there may be one less very soon, too! :o
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1726 on: May 30, 2017, 04:53:00 AM »
A volume of Voodoos at CFB Chatham circa 1970s. 410 and 416 SQNs.


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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1727 on: June 10, 2017, 05:03:56 AM »
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1728 on: June 14, 2017, 01:43:20 AM »
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1729 on: June 14, 2017, 06:55:01 AM »
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1730 on: June 20, 2017, 02:30:37 AM »
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« Reply #1731 on: June 21, 2017, 07:48:21 PM »
Erickson Sikorsky S-64Ε Skycrane


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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1732 on: June 22, 2017, 08:33:51 PM »
NASA Snaps A Picture Of Curiosity From Orbit

It’s always good to keep an eye on your robots, so NASA used the incredible resolution of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) to take a shot of Curiosity (blue dot in image) at work on the surface of the Red Planet on June 5, 2017.



Full article here: http://www.iflscience.com/space/nasa-snaps-picture-of-curiosity-from-orbit/
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1733 on: June 22, 2017, 11:12:51 PM »
<...> It’s always good to keep an eye on your robots <...>

Indeed it is.

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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1734 on: June 23, 2017, 01:35:56 AM »
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« Reply #1735 on: July 01, 2017, 02:31:59 AM »
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« Reply #1736 on: July 01, 2017, 10:09:03 PM »
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A ten nacelle super osprey?

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« Reply #1737 on: July 01, 2017, 10:46:27 PM »


B-25 44-30734 known as Panchito.
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« Reply #1738 on: July 01, 2017, 11:00:01 PM »
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« Reply #1739 on: July 03, 2017, 01:11:40 PM »
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Offline Old Wombat

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« Reply #1740 on: July 03, 2017, 10:26:16 PM »
Pity they're not in Aussie markings! :)
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« Reply #1741 on: July 04, 2017, 02:00:12 AM »
Indeed
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« Reply #1742 on: July 07, 2017, 12:50:02 AM »
P-51 'Tang lineup for the Horseman at Flying Legends 2017

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« Reply #1743 on: July 08, 2017, 04:44:46 AM »
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Offline Old Wombat

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« Reply #1744 on: July 08, 2017, 11:03:16 AM »
Someone's day just got seriously messed up! :o
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1745 on: July 09, 2017, 12:53:07 PM »
Someone's day just got seriously messed up! :o

Just an M-1 Abrams doing what it does best!

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« Reply #1746 on: July 09, 2017, 08:09:22 PM »
Exactly! 8)
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« Reply #1747 on: July 13, 2017, 02:24:32 AM »


The first CH-53K arrived at NAS Patuxent River June 30 from West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)
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« Reply #1748 on: July 13, 2017, 06:01:12 AM »
^what a beast!
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1749 on: July 15, 2017, 03:52:40 AM »
Some interesting WWII photos:



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