Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (6 Viewers)

[c1951]

Where on earth did that come from? Only one F-86 was lost, and that was Ethiopian.

I was researching the UN Sabres and that's what came up. The Philipinos ended up flying the Italian Sabre 4s Here's the accident report on the Dag Hammarskjöld air crash https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/333493. Aircraft photo here Aircraft Photo of N708A | Douglas DC-6B | Aramco | AirHistory.net #458208

 

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Something I took yesterday:

 

[Wurger]

 

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More

 

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One more…for now:

 

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Well, just one more

 

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[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

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Some more

 

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[special ed]

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A real photographer wouldn't let cactus and barbed wire stop him!

 

[Donivanp]

Well, just one more

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You camping on Pima land?

 

[Think Tanker]

Some photos of the French H-34A "Pirates," traditional H-34s modified in a gunship configuration from the Algerian War, circa 1959. These aircraft were typically equipped with a mixture of 20mm MG151 cannon and .50 Caliber M2 machine guns. The more elaborate armaments had one of the former and upwards of three(!) .50 Cals supplementing the cannon.

All of these images were taken from this phenomenal blog. Highly suggest giving it a look over for those curious.

Link: 11 - Sikorsky S.58/H 34 armé "Pirate" - Le blog de Avions de la Guerre d'Algérie

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Digging the Ju-52 in the background.

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Digging the Ju-52 in the background.

Amiot AAC.1 Toucan, mon cheri

 

[Frog]

Some photos of the French H-34A "Pirates," traditional H-34s modified in a gunship configuration from the Algerian War, circa 1959. These aircraft were typically equipped with a mixture of 20mm MG151 cannon and .50 Caliber M2 machine guns. The more elaborate armaments had one of the former and upwards of three(!) .50 Cals supplementing the cannon.

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All of these images were taken from this phenomenal blog. Highly suggest giving it a look over for those curious.

Link: 11 - Sikorsky S.58/H 34 armé "Pirate" - Le blog de Avions de la Guerre d'Algérie

They were used by the Aéronavale Flotilles 31F, 32F, 33F, 35F, 20S.

 

[nuuumannn]

I know, that's weird. But I'm sure there is a good reason.

I can't say exactly why the windows were painted, but it was built with windows in place as it was previously operated by BOAC, but following retirement from BOAC it was operated as a freighter, so the windows were blanked in. It was retired to the Skyfame Museum at Staverton and after that folded it was bought for the RAF Museum in 1972. It was painted up in the markings of an RAF VIP York, so I guess painting the windows was cheaper than replacing the metal inserts with actual windows? I remember visiting Cosford back in the 90s and it served as the shop, so you climbed into the York to buy your books and plastic model kits!

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Amiot AAC.1 Toucan, mon cheri

Right, a Ju-52 knockoff.

 

[GTX]

A real photographer wouldn't let cactus and barbed wire stop him!

Maybe,,,but there were also ominous signs