Picture of the day. (61 Viewers)

[Viking1066]

Northrop XBT-1 dive bomber BuNo 9745 in-flight, August 1935 FLIK

 

[Viking1066]

USAAF 41-28360 Bell P 39D Airacobra white 253 used as trainer based out of Dale Mabry Field FL ASBIZ

 

[Viking1066]

USS Saratoga (CV-3), circa 1928 HISN

 

[Viking1066]

Martlet fighter warming up on the flight deck of HMS Formidable DEST

 

[Viking1066]

Walrus MkI RAF 276 Sqn ASBIZ

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Viking1066]

CV 6 USS Enterprise forward flight deck packed with SBD Dauntless and F4F Wildcats 4th Apr 1942 ASBIZ

 

[Viking1066]

Jadwiga Pilsudska, Polish ATA Pilot INHG

 

[Viking1066]

FG-1D Corsair NAS C55 NAS Columbus May 1949 REDD

 

[Checkertail20]

 

[hal bregg]

Jadwiga Pilsudska in colorized photo. Daughter of Poland's Chief of State and Marshal. Advanced ferry pilot. FCBK

 

[CATCH 22]

I had this photo for years but didn't know a very high resolution copy existed as well:

Check this link and you can zoom-in as far as you want.
Here's a sample:

For modellers and for all enthusiasts: one can see how the insignia blue was retouched with a darker (new) paint, how the yellow ring was painted around (and not over!) the black number 8, how the hinge of the hatch cover is new and unpainted, how some part at the bottom of the rear canopy, under the gun, was repaired/replaced and is unpainted etc.etc.
Enjoy!

 

[MIflyer]

If you are going to build a J-3 from scratch, why not build an L-4? And if you are going to build an L-4 why not build the most famous one, armed with bazookas?

 

[MIflyer]

Mustang Ace George Preddy's airplane and ground crew on 6 Aug 1944. From Flight Journal.

 

[Greg Boeser]

Preddy nice!

 

[Viking1066]

P-39 from the 354th Fighter Group while the unit was working up at Portland, Oregon during the Summer of 1943 INHG

 

[Viking1066]

Curtiss P-40N Warhawk 10AF 80FG88FS Burma Banshee Lineup ASBIZ

 

[Viking1066]

Walrus MkI Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment K5775 Felixstowe ASBIZ

 

[Viking1066]

Fairey Albacore of No. 820 NAS on board HMS Formidable DEST

 

[Viking1066]

Walrus MkI Royal Navy Black WV L2169 during landing trials HMS Eagle Med 1937 ASBIZ