Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (1 Viewer)

[SaparotRob]

I really wanted to fly that.

We all did!

 

[Donivanp]

The National Museum of Nuclear Sciences and Technology Albuquerque NM has some great displays, Included is this B-47E and B-52B, this aircraft (B-52) dropped an H- bomb during the Ive series of test in the Bikini atoll area. Under the this aircraft is an AGM-28 Hound Dog missile.

The Museum has many of the casing of US Nuclear weapons on display as well and most of the ICBM's. Also and three of the four casings for the B28 nuclear weapons released over Palomares, Spain in 1966 when a B-52 on chrome dome mission and a KC-135 had a mid air mishap

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[MIflyer]

Y'all see that domed glass piece of equipment in the aft canopy on the F-84? The F-86 had it, too. I saw one reference work describe that as a "light", presumably a rotating beacon. Now, putting the aircraft rotating beacon under the cockpit canopy would quite possibly be the worst idea ever devised. In reality that is the ARN-6 automatic direction finder antenna. In the F-80C it was under that upper black section of the nose, but it needed to be out where it could receive the radio signals and so they put it under the bubble canopy in the other aircraft. I think the cabin outflow valve is located in the rear canopy, also.

 

[Frog]

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The Citroën HY van was nicknamed '' Junkers '' by Armée de l'Air and Aéronavale personnel because of its corrugated body.

 

[special ed]

So... the Renault that is a Citroen is really a Junkers?

 

[Vic Balshaw]

So... the Renault that is a Citroen is really a Junkers?

Today's conundrum!

 

[Frog]

So... the Renault that is a Citroen is really a Junkers?

And the 415 post war Ju 52 made in France were Amiot AAC-1.

 

[BiffF15]

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Note the difference in canopies between this jet and the Thunderbird.

 

[special ed]

T-birds used F-84Gs and had reinforced canopies. I can't remember why, but there were other improvements. The last model of the straight wing F-84s

 

[Donivanp]

E models Early production, had blown canopies, late production went to reinforced canopies. All G models had reinforced canopies and blow in doors for the engine.

 

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[SaparotRob]

Ooooh baby!

 

[cammerjeff]

Nice but Missing a 105 & 106!

 

[GTX]

Nice but Missing a 105 & 106!

Picky, picky...

 

[Snowman]

3 military display teams on one ramp

 

[Donivanp]

Sabers, super sabers and tigers oh my!