Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...

[FAAMAN]

Now that's just cool  Sukhoi with devil horns in the back seat 

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[elmayerle]

*whistles* Those starter cartridges really generate a whole lot of smoke.  It obviously was safe around a predominantly wooden airframe like the Vampire, but you wonder how safe it was.

[M.A.D]

Just looks like a morning on Melbourne roads 😂

M.A.D

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[ChernayaAkula]

Lockheed WP-3D Orion hurricane hunter


SOURCE (with hi-res image)

[kim margosein]

To save foreign exchange, the RAF experiments with diesel powered Vampires.

[finsrin]

To save foreign exchange, the RAF experiments with diesel powered Vampires.

     

[GTX_Admin]

Guys,  to nitpick (sorry):  the aircraft above are actually De Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.9s from RNZAF No.14 Squadron located at Tengah, Singapore. They were on loan from the from RAF for anti-terrorism operations during the Malayan Emergency.  They are using Coffman engine starters.  You can see a video of one here

[The Big Gimper]

Jet Art Aviation @JetArtAviation

Calm before the storm! 51 years ago today Harrier XV741 at St Pancra station, London. Groundcrew sat casually on the Trolley Accumulator having a brew awaiting
@RoyalAirForce  pilot Sqn Ldr Tom Lecky-Thompson to take off vertically on the historic Air Race flight to New York. #history

[The Big Gimper]

RAF Photographer @RafPhotog

Some awesome shots out of  @RAF_Odiham today from a @RoyalAirForce photog capturing @BoeingDefense CH-47 Chinook crews of @18Squadron, @27_Sqn & 7 Sqn's as they conduct essential flying across the UK, inc. flying of a much lower variety though LFA8, Derwent...HelicopterCamera with flash Cpl Laurence

[The Big Gimper]

Aviation Toulouse @Frenchpainter

50th day of confinement in #Toulouse, still on my balcony to see the departure for delivery of the first German Air Force Luftwaffe #Airbus #A350. Flag of Germany #AvGeek

[The Big Gimper]

JetPhotos @JetPhotos

The British Airways BEA heritage livery A319 landing in Milan. https://jetphotos.com/photo/9707753 © Lorenzo Varin

[arkon]

Not sure where to place this but it’s to cool to pass up, admin please move to wher you think it should be.

[The Big Gimper]

Nice find!

[The Big Gimper]

[Volkodav]

Guys,  to nitpick (sorry):  the aircraft above are actually De Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.9s from RNZAF No.14 Squadron located at Tengah, Singapore. They were on loan from the from RAF for anti-terrorism operations during the Malayan Emergency.  They are using Coffman engine starters.  You can see a video of one here

And here I was thinking they were licence built by Nissan......

[ChernayaAkula]

Hmmm. Caption says RAF Chinook. Guy on the right's helmet says Imperial Navy Valkyrie.

 "The Emperor Protects". 

[The Big Gimper]

Your old stomping grounds @kitnut617/Robert

Alex Praglowski Aviation @AlexPraglowski

PHOTOS | Yesterday, I had the privilege of spotting some of YYC’s (Calgary) grounded aircraft from the air, wanting to make the best out of a lousy situation. Huge thank you to the awesome
@navcanada crew at YYC tower for making it happen!

[kitnut617]

Cool, I worked with the contractors in all those locations.

[Kerick]

Between the 737MAX disaster and now airlines taking in the shorts over the pandemic there ought to be plenty of airliners available to convert into fire bombers.

[ChernayaAkula]

F-86 with an IFR probe?  That's a new one to me.



Saw this on another website. Looking for additional information, I came across the source (LINK!) of the image, along with the following caption:

An Australian fighter pilot, O221357 Pilot Officer David N Rogers, stands in front of a Sabre aircraft of 79 Squadron, RAAF at the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) base at Ubon. The 'modified' air-to-air refuelling probe, tied to the Sabre's landing gear, was an inspired joke. RAAF pilots had long aspired to an aerial refuelling capability since at least 1958 and it was not to be realised until 1990. Australia committed these aircraft to the defence of Thailand from 1962 to 1968. Thailand, also a SEATO member country, was experiencing a critical threat from military insurgency backed by communist forces in neighbouring countries.

 

What about the red kill marking, though?

[The Big Gimper]

Freeman Field, Indiana, USA Do 335A-1 (WNr 240161) c. 1946

[GTX_Admin]

F-86 with an IFR probe?  That's a new one to me.



Saw this on another website. Looking for additional information, I came across the source (LINK!) of the image, along with the following caption:

An Australian fighter pilot, O221357 Pilot Officer David N Rogers, stands in front of a Sabre aircraft of 79 Squadron, RAAF at the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) base at Ubon. The 'modified' air-to-air refuelling probe, tied to the Sabre's landing gear, was an inspired joke. RAAF pilots had long aspired to an aerial refuelling capability since at least 1958 and it was not to be realised until 1990. Australia committed these aircraft to the defence of Thailand from 1962 to 1968. Thailand, also a SEATO member country, was experiencing a critical threat from military insurgency backed by communist forces in neighbouring countries.

 

What about the red kill marking, though?

Not sure of the "Kill Marking" but the story of the refuelling probe from the pilot in the picture is here (start page 60) - mind you the name with the AWM photo might be wrong.