Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (1 Viewer)

[GTX]

Swiss de Havilland Venom?

Yes

 

[c1951]

Yes

Great picture thanks for posting

 

[c1951]

USS Ranger (CVA-61) pilots of the US Navy's Seventh Fleet in the South
China sea await briefing on their next mission, South China Sea, March
22, 1965. Pilots are from Task Force which has conducted strikes against
North Vietnamese military bases.

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Dieter Dengler was on the Ranger when he was shot down in 1966-A very brave man

 

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[special ed]

USS Ranger (CVA-61) pilots of the US Navy's Seventh Fleet in the South
China sea await briefing on their next mission, South China Sea, March
22, 1965. Pilots are from Task Force which has conducted strikes against
North Vietnamese military bases.

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Buncha old guys - look at the hair lines.

 

[Donivanp]

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Chili reaction at the wrong time!

 

[syscom3]

USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) steams past USS Ranger (CVA-61) in the South China Sea, 24 March 1965, during the early days
of the air campaign against North Vietnam. Aircraft in the foreground is a North American RA-5C Vigilante reconaissance
plane (BuNo 149313) assigned to RVAH-5 "Savage Sons." Planes parked beyond it include McDonnell F-4B Phantom II
fighters and Douglas A-1 Skyraider attack aircraft.

 

[syscom3]

Crewmen prepare an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft from Strike-Fighter Squadron 113 (VFA-113) for takeoff aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV-64), 24 March 1985.

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Glider]

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Never seen a picture of the American Kestrel before, I had always assumed that they were scrapped. I wonder if the German one is still around somewhere.

 

[SaparotRob]

In an episode of The Saint, the neer-do-wells try to abscond with the Kestrel. Or was it called the Osprey for this episode?

 

[Donivanp]

Never seen a picture of the American Kestrel before, I had always assumed that they were scrapped. I wonder if the German one is still around somewhere.

Got a photo or a dozen of one at Ft Rucker Alabama, US Army Aviation museum. I'll have to look and upload.

 

[syscom3]

VP-23 P-3B over Italian training ship Amerigo Vespucci in 1976.

 

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Kaman "Roto-Chute" prototypes designed for dropping supplies from fast aircraft in the 1950s