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[Viking1066]

Did this plane have stalling issues or problems with its wing span? I vaguely remember reading about it years ago.

Yes sir. The Mitsubishi MU-2B-26A is a high-performance turboprop with a history of safety incidents stemming from its challenging flight characteristics, high pilot workload, and specific structural issues. Known for its, high wing loading and small wing area, it requires precise handling, particularly in icing conditions and during single-engine, low-speed operations.

 

[Lucky13]

English Electric Canberra B2, WH713, was powered by two Bristol Siddeley Olympus turbojets....

 

[Lucky13]

October 1944 footage from the Battle of Leyte Gulf shows Wildcats finding a landing spot after their carrier was bombed,
only to discover the hard way that the airstrip wasn't yet operational.
(The carriers CVL-23, CVE-73, and CVE-63 were all lost at the battle.)

Now, which carrier did this Wildcat call home, USS St. Lo (CVE-63), USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) or USS Princeton (CVL-23)?

 

[Lucky13]

#10 and #13 (third from the right)....

Closest Corsair #313....

A close-up of #313, a F4U-1D of RNZAF and from the 18Sqn, in formation over the ocean near Guadalcanal....

Source: Asisbiz Vought F4U-1A Corsair Royal New Zealand Air Force NNZAF No. 18 Sqn NZ5293 Solomon Islands 1943-44

 

[Lucky13]

Now, if I can get my dirty mittens on these....

 

[Viking1066]

EC-002 Egyptian Air Force CASA C-295M departing runway 13 on delivery flight 2016 PLAS

 

[Viking1066]

F/A-18F '201' '213' Super Hornet (VFA-213 / CVW-8) embarked on USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - February 2017 SEAORG

 

[Donivanp]

Now, if I can get my dirty mittens on these....

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You silly kitten you've lost your mittens and you shall have no decals!

 

[Lucky13]

You silly kitten you've lost your mittens and you shall have no decals!

 

[Lucky13]

F4U-1A Corsair, Bu. 56374, VMF-224, shot down by AAA over Jaluit Atoll, Marshall Islands, 13th of November, 1944. Pilot ditched the plane and was picked up by a PBY.

 

[Lucky13]

Original Slide - ATSF Santa Fe 4013 SD39 & Train in Snow Flagstaff AZ 3-73

 

[Lucky13]

Original Rail Slide - ATSF Santa Fe Railway 513 Chicago IL 4-1973

 

[Lucky13]

R DUPLICATE SLIDE - Union Pacific UP 6913 DD-40 Action at Durkee OR 1976

 

[Lucky13]

J Original Slide - Southern Pacific SP 9213 EMD SD45T-2 Burbank CA 1978

 

[Wurger]

 

[A4K]

Now, if I can get my dirty mittens on these....

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Those tail '313's should be Yellow Jan.

The Corsairs mentioned in the top photo of the previous post are Goodyear FG-1Ds NZ5610 and NZ5613. NZ5607 is also discernable on right. (Photographed at Jack Asplin's yard, Rukuhia)

 

[Lucky13]

A quartet of Southern E8A's, led by #6913, are about to cross under the 10th Street overpass in Anniston, Alabama with
the southbound "Southern Crescent," on October 23, 1977.

Photo: D.A. Woodworth, Jr.

 

[Viking1066]

Vultee BT-13A Valiant '13' AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

Yakovlev Yak-52TW '13' August 2013 AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

Yakovlev Yak-52TW '13' 2010 AIRH