Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)

[perdu]

Ayahuasca said:

perdu said:

The Varsity isn't in the top left apron, its over on the right

Top left

Britannia, Comet, Belfast, VC10, C130, Hastings, Beverley

Top right

Wellington, Mosquito, Lancaster, Canberra, Dominie, Gnat, Jet Provost, Piston Provost, Varsity

Foreground left

Gazelle, Devon, Pembroke, Devon, Auster, Lysander, Tiger Moth, Magister, Lightning T4, Javelin, Hunter, Whirlwind (over head) Vampire, Meteor, Tempest, Beaufighter, Defiant, Spitfire


I am not sure if there's supposed to be a Chipmunk behind the Pembroke, is that a dH tail back there on the corner?

edit for mistyped Tiger Moth

Good effort but no banana. I believe you missed the Hurricane next to the Spitfire.

Aha you missed my addenda when GG and I were adding to it

perdu


Tuesday 27th January
And in other news

Another Canberra (A T.11 I think) and the Hurricane

My screeen is set to suit my eyes so I had to scroll right a tad

oops

but you are right, I didn't scroll right enough at first

I use 800? x whatever for my eye's sake

sometimes too small a screen area but easy to see

mea culpa

[mybrainhurts]

iiyama said:

That was one hungry dog...

[Ayahuasca]

Being auctioned. Goodly number of bullet holes in it, but I understand this aircraft was brought down by a P-47 Thunderbolt, but the holes don't look big enough for 0.50 rounds, and the bullets seems to have entered at right angles, maybe target practice at the wreckage?

[irocfan]

quite a few victories there... what was it off?

[2013BRM]

looks like a Bf110

Edited by 2013BRM on Tuesday 17th March 21:23

[RUNAMOK]

[RUNAMOK]

Both taken in summer 2013

[gwm]

RUNAMOK said:

Both taken in summer 2013

That Osprey just looks unreal. Great pics

[Ayahuasca]

irocfan said:

quite a few victories there... what was it off?

Sorry should have posted a link.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2996894/Bu...

Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer, said to be history's deadliest ace, must admit I had not heard of him until this story. Yes, a Me110.

[irocfan]

typically sloppy piece of journalism... said dude is no-where near the top Luftwaffe ace. He is however the top night-fighter ace

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_...

[yellowjack]

irocfan said:

typically sloppy piece of journalism... said dude is no-where near the top Luftwaffe ace. He is however the top night-fighter ace

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_...

More evidence of the sloppiness of the journalism...

Daily Mail article said:

Marked each 'kill' by printing icon of the target on the tail fin of his jet

...this despite there being a photograph further down the page, clearly showing the '110 to have two piston engines driving propellers

[onyx39]

[mcdjl]

yellowjack said:

irocfan said:

typically sloppy piece of journalism... said dude is no-where near the top Luftwaffe ace. He is however the top night-fighter ace

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_...

More evidence of the sloppiness of the journalism...

Daily Mail article said:

Marked each 'kill' by printing icon of the target on the tail fin of his jet

...this despite there being a photograph further down the page, clearly showing the '110 to have two piston engines driving propellers

Well it is the "The tail fin of a German plan that was flown during the Second World War" and thats in the first line.

[irocfan]

yellowjack said:

irocfan said:

typically sloppy piece of journalism... said dude is no-where near the top Luftwaffe ace. He is however the top night-fighter ace

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_...

More evidence of the sloppiness of the journalism...

Daily Mail article said:

Marked each 'kill' by printing icon of the target on the tail fin of his jet

...this despite there being a photograph further down the page, clearly showing the '110 to have two piston engines driving propellers

truth be told I switched off after the first 'point'

[yellowjack]

onyx39 said:

From the filming of the Gene Hackman/Tommy Lee Jones film 'The Package'?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098051/?ref_=fn_al_tt...
http://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/494536-exp...

[onyx39]

yellowjack said:

onyx39 said:

From the filming of the Gene Hackman/Tommy Lee Jones film 'The Package'?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098051/?ref_=fn_al_tt...
http://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/494536-exp...

Damn... I thought I was going to open up a debate there!

[RUNAMOK]

One more - CH47 downwash

[Dr Jekyll]

onyx39 said:

yellowjack said:

onyx39 said:

From the filming of the Gene Hackman/Tommy Lee Jones film 'The Package'?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098051/?ref_=fn_al_tt...
http://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/494536-exp...

Damn... I thought I was going to open up a debate there!

That aircraft was the very last VC10 to fly and is now at Bruntingthorpe being dismantled ready for a move to Cosford.

[onyx39]

A few I am pleased with from Lakenheath, a couple of weeks ago:






https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimpritchard67/sets/...

[Dr Jekyll]

Another unusual colour scheme for the type.