Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)

[Caruso]

Having seen some great Mach Loop photos on this thread I thought I'd share this pilot's eye video that I found.



And I learned a new flying phrase - overbanking.

Edited by Caruso on Friday 3rd March 23:05

[TomJackUK]

Purchased a slide scanner from Amazon and spent a fair but of time at the weekend going through my Dad's collection from his RAF days. Plenty more to go but a few below to get started. Not great quality but adds to the charm of some of them I think.

Edited by TomJackUK on Monday 6th March 08:14

[Eric Mc]

Interesting, especially the Breguet Alizés with the Gannets.
Were the Alizés visiting Yeovilton?

It does look like you have scanned the slides in back to front though.

[TomJackUK]

Eric Mc said:

Interesting, especially the Breguet Alizés with the Gannets.
Were the Alizés visiting Yeovilton?

It does look like you have scanned the slides in back to front though.

Yup. I forgot to press the mirror button on some of them :-(

Assume it was Yeovilton as that is where he spent a lot of time when seconded to the Navy. He was responsible for the training of take off/landed on Ark Royal.

[TomJackUK]

A few more.

[MartG]

[TomJackUK]

[MartG]

Interesting way to recycle a Bell 47 cockpit bubble

[AlexC1981]

TomJackUK said:

Purchased a slide scanner from Amazon and spent a fair but of time at the weekend going through my Dad's collection from his RAF days. Plenty more to go but a few below to get started. Not great quality but adds to the charm of some of them I think.

Edited by TomJackUK on Monday 6th March 08:14

Nice photos, thanks for sharing them with us.

Can anyone identify the aeroplanes in the photo above?

[FourWheelDrift]

A lot of Canberra T.17/T.17A types

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

360 Sqn RAF Wyton I should think (although it could be Watton or Cottesmore).

Edit: With the high ground in the background I'm guessing it's overseas.

Edited by Ginetta G15 Girl on Monday 6th March 21:34

[AlexC1981]

Thanks. Interesting nosejob on that variant.

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

It was used for ECM (Electronic Counter Measures) training.

That is to say the Canberra T17 was a jammer.

360 Sqn was a joint RAF / RN Sqn. The Sqn badge was a moth of the species Melese laodamia - this particular moth has the capability of jamming predatory bats' sonar transmissions.

[TomJackUK]

[Eric Mc]

Very interesting selection. Getting a picture of the SR-71 would have been a bit of a coup for him back then.

[MartG]

Eric Mc said:

Getting a picture of the SR-71 would have been a bit of a coup for him back then.

Errr - The only SR-71 is the one I posted, unless you're mistaking the one of a pair of F-104s taking off side by side...

[Eric Mc]

Sorry, I didn't spot it wasn't in the batch of 60s RAF stuff.

[JeremyH5]

MartG said:

Eric Mc said:

Getting a picture of the SR-71 would have been a bit of a coup for him back then.

Errr - The only SR-71 is the one I posted, unless you're mistaking the one of a pair of F-104s taking off side by side...

Ha! Got me too. I must remember to "read the question, boy!"

[JeremyH5]

Sorry for an off topic diversion, but I'm interested to know which scanner you are using OP. I bought one a few years ago and sent back as the results were so awful. Got a lot of slides to convert.

[MartG]

Thermal image of a hovering Harrier