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Just noticed Craddle for test plane look awfully like that of the German Mistel combo's.
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Modern times Ebay non type specific airplanes
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A day late and a dollar short, but...
This is a NORTHROP YB-35 flying wing being escorted by a Northrop P-61 Black Widow.
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MiG-15UTI and Su-7UM; both two-seat trainers.
Yup, Aero L-29 Delfin. Looks like these were taken at a fast jet training base. The MiG-15 in post #436 looks like a gate guard as its wheels are chocked and tied to concrete pads.
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44-91002 ... 44-91003 (EXACT MATCH)
Republic XF-12A-RE Rainbow
Redesignated XR-12A-RE Jun 11, 1948. Reconnaissance aircraft that incorporated an onboard dark room for development of films.
91002 first flight Feb 4, 1946. Damaged in landing on July 10, 1947. The aircraft was undergoing maximum landing
weight tests. During one particularly hard landing, the right main gear was severed at the engine nacelle. The
aircraft bounced hard, and staggered back into the air. The test pilot was able to maintain control, and climb to
a safe altitude. He continued to fly the aircraft to burn off excess fuel, to both make the aircraft lighter and
lessen the chance of fire. Once excess fuel was burned off, the pilot landed on the left main gear and the nose
wheel. The pilot touched down, and while keeping the right wing up, scrubbed off as much speed as possible before
it touched down. During the incident the aircraft suffered significant damage. The right wing spar was cracked,
and the #3 and #4 engines and props needed to be replaced due to the ground contact. The aircraft was repaired
by Republic, and later returned to service in 1948. In June 1952, the aircraft was retired, stricken from the
U.S. Air Force inventory and ended up as a target on the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
91003 on Sep 1, 1948, the aircraft departed U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center at Muroc, California, and climbed westward
to gain altitude over the Pacific Ocean. Upon reaching its 40,000 ft cruising altitude, the XF-12 headed
eastward and began photographing its entire flight path over the United States. The crew shot a continuous
325 foot-long strip of film composed of 390 individual photos (10 inches per photo) covering a 490-mile-wide
field of vision. The aircraft landed at Mitchel Field at Garden City, Long Island, New York, completing a
flight lasting six hours and 55 minutes at 361 mph average speed.
Crashed in Choctawhatchee Bay 2 miles south of Eglin AFB, FL Nov 7, 1948. 2 of 7-man crew killed. The inner port
engine exploded as the aircraft was returning from a photographic suitability test flight. Pilot was unable to
maintain control and ordered the crew to bail out. 5 of the seven escaped safely, including the pilot.
1940s vintage Republic XF-12 Rainbow photo reconnaissance aircraft USAAF ww2 | eBay
1940s vintage Republic XF-12 Rainbow photo reconnaissance aircraft USAAF ww2 | eBay
1940s vintage Republic XF-12 Rainbow photo reconnaissance aircraft USAAF ww2 | eBay
Republic XF-12A-RE Rainbow
Redesignated XR-12A-RE Jun 11, 1948. Reconnaissance aircraft that incorporated an onboard dark room for development of films.
91002 first flight Feb 4, 1946. Damaged in landing on July 10, 1947. The aircraft was undergoing maximum landing
weight tests. During one particularly hard landing, the right main gear was severed at the engine nacelle. The
aircraft bounced hard, and staggered back into the air. The test pilot was able to maintain control, and climb to
a safe altitude. He continued to fly the aircraft to burn off excess fuel, to both make the aircraft lighter and
lessen the chance of fire. Once excess fuel was burned off, the pilot landed on the left main gear and the nose
wheel. The pilot touched down, and while keeping the right wing up, scrubbed off as much speed as possible before
it touched down. During the incident the aircraft suffered significant damage. The right wing spar was cracked,
and the #3 and #4 engines and props needed to be replaced due to the ground contact. The aircraft was repaired
by Republic, and later returned to service in 1948. In June 1952, the aircraft was retired, stricken from the
U.S. Air Force inventory and ended up as a target on the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
91003 on Sep 1, 1948, the aircraft departed U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center at Muroc, California, and climbed westward
to gain altitude over the Pacific Ocean. Upon reaching its 40,000 ft cruising altitude, the XF-12 headed
eastward and began photographing its entire flight path over the United States. The crew shot a continuous
325 foot-long strip of film composed of 390 individual photos (10 inches per photo) covering a 490-mile-wide
field of vision. The aircraft landed at Mitchel Field at Garden City, Long Island, New York, completing a
flight lasting six hours and 55 minutes at 361 mph average speed.
Crashed in Choctawhatchee Bay 2 miles south of Eglin AFB, FL Nov 7, 1948. 2 of 7-man crew killed. The inner port
engine exploded as the aircraft was returning from a photographic suitability test flight. Pilot was unable to
maintain control and ordered the crew to bail out. 5 of the seven escaped safely, including the pilot.
1940s vintage Republic XF-12 Rainbow photo reconnaissance aircraft USAAF ww2 | eBay
1940s vintage Republic XF-12 Rainbow photo reconnaissance aircraft USAAF ww2 | eBay
1940s vintage Republic XF-12 Rainbow photo reconnaissance aircraft USAAF ww2 | eBay
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1945 WWII Press Photo USAAF P-80 Shooting Star jet airplane pilot Col WH Council | eBay
Look at that ladder, a piece of over engineering
Look at that ladder, a piece of over engineering
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Very rare Pre war orange triangle post war.
Dutch Post Service photo WW2 Slymaster Jet nov 1945 schipol aerodrome 6.75"*5" | eBay
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