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Thursday, 13 July 2023
Goodyear Corsair FG-D 9 (G-FGID).
Heinkel he111.
Saturday, 8 July 2023
The largest Allied flying boat to enter production, the Martin JRM Mars, first flew on (June 21) 1942. Only seven of these MASSIVE aircraft were produced.
H-46 Sea Knight aerial replenishment helicopter.
Rows and rows of engines and B-17 Flying Fortresses as far as the eye can almost see in the background awaiting their fates from Kingman, AZ
Spitfire tipping a V1 wing to set it off target. WWII 1940.
Sunday, 2 July 2023
On this day in 1959, the first Sea Vixen fighter squadron, 892 NAS commissioned at RNAS Yeovilton. The Vixen followed the Venom and served until 1972. It was the first @RoyalNavy aircraft with guided weapons instead of guns.
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French Navy Dassault Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft. The plane is pictured performing an aerobatic display, likely at a major airshow such as the Royal International Air Tattoo. It is designed for long-range missions, including anti-submarine warfare and anti-shipping roles, sometimes carrying dummy missiles for demonstrations. The French Navy is currently planning to replace this aircraft type with a new platform based on a business jet in the future.
JASDF (Tactical Fighter Training Group, hikoukyoudougu) is the aggressor unit of the Air Tactics Development Wing of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force based at Komatsu Air Base in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
On this day in 1978 the Royal Navy ceased steam catapult launches from Aircraft Carriers, when the last ever Plane, an F4K Phantom was launched from HMS ARK ROYAL. A few hours earlier the last Buccaneer was launched too. Buccaneer and Phantom.
B-17 Flying Fortress serial number (42-97503) nicknamed "Princess Pat" a part of the 381st Bomb Group. Eventually crash landed in 1945 and burned out was salvaged and scraped.