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Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
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SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I loved the VC-10. I grew up near JFK (and NASNY). I would watch those beautiful VC-10s soar overhead. And they did seem to soar so I nicknamed them "dynasoars". Sort of a 13 year old's inside aviation joke.
Tony Kambic
Airman 1st Class
TF-9J BuNo 147381 (H&MS-13) was hit by ground fire on Dec 25, 1967 on a mission over A Shau valley. Headed back towards Da Nang, but both aviators had to eject south of Hue and were rescued by a USAF Helicopter. Maj. G W Fritschi and Capt A D Smiley survived.
Thumpalumpacus
Lieutenant Colonel
I flew on BOAC VC-10s in the mid-70s. A little cramped but not too different from a 707.
I flew on RAF VC-10s with aft-facing seats, which used to be the norm, and was supposedly safer. The VC-10 was the fastest airliner in the world when Concorde was retired.
Thumpalumpacus
Lieutenant Colonel
Our civilian versions had the front-facing seat, five-abreast seating, and yeah, could do nonstop from Mehrabad to Heathrow in seven or so hours.
Viking1066
Major
F9F Panther lands on USS Valley Forge (CV-45) 1952 PASW
GreenKnight121
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GreenKnight121
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No comment on the Colonial Navy aircraft on the bow?
GreenKnight121
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One of my favorite cross-deck photos - 3 Sea Hawks on the bow of Ark Royal - along with 5 F4D-1s from CV-60 Saratoga.
Side-by-side launch from the waist catapults of CV-62 Independence - F-4J & F-4K.
Here's the reference for my comment in the prior post:
Side-by-side launch from the waist catapults of CV-62 Independence - F-4J & F-4K.
Here's the reference for my comment in the prior post:
Viking1066
Major
No. I let you tell me more. I enjoy learning from you. I see the photo. If if passes the cool factor, I post it. Any additional information is knowledge for me and our fellow cold war fans. Thank you for the expertise. It is appreciated.No comment on the Colonial Navy aircraft on the bow?
This is an illusion caused by either a shadow from the gun barrel or a film/printing defect. This photo is shown in almost every source about the Tu-4 - at least, known to me, but none of them contain any confusion about the number of barrels of the dorsal turret.
Moreover, some Tu-4s were armed with 20-mm B-20 cannons.
Donivanp
Lieutenant Colonel
I thought they were 23mm cannons?
Glider
Major
Thank you
"B-20 cannons were installed on airplanes up to #223201"
Source: ("Technical description of the Tu-4 airplane. Volume 1. General information.", 1953)
Donivanp
Lieutenant Colonel
Informative. I can't read cyrillic but if you say so, I believe my comet was more to standard armament but I haven't looked at a Tu-4 for a long time.
From "Tupolev Tu-4: Soviet Superfortress", 2002 by Yefim Gordon and Vladimir Rigmant:
Different serial numbers correspond to different plants in Kazan, Kuibyshev (now Samara) and Moscow.
Viking1066
Major
F9F-2 Panthers of VF-71 and a F9F-5P Photo Panther of VC-61 (PP) of CVG-101 on the USS Bon Homme Richard in 1952 PASW
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