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Warplane Art / Re: Lockheed F-117

« on: October 02, 2014, 05:10:45 PM »

Another interesting book on the F-117 ('Lockheed Martin F-117 Nighthawk') was written by Dennis R. Jenkins.
It was published in 1999 as Vol. 25 in the Warbird Tech series of Specialty Press, U.S.A. ISBN no. 1-58007-020-5.
In the UK and Europe is was distributed byAirlife Publishing. The book contains 100 pages with many rare photographs including some nice shots of the Have Blue demonstrators.

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Market / Re: The Bf 109 is coming...

« on: October 01, 2014, 07:18:19 PM »

We really would appreciate to receive a review copy!

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Warplane Art / Re: Lockheed F-117

« on: September 30, 2014, 08:48:39 AM »

The F-117 is definitely not an invisible aircraft.
It only has a very low radar profile; that's all!
Many years ago I have seen at the Paris Airshow a flight demonstration of the F-117.
It did not impress me at all and the plane can only fly thanks to its on-board computer.
Without this device it will not fly at all.
The strange facetted shape of the plane was used since computers of that time could not calculate with blended surfaces!
If designed today it would look quite different; much more like the JSF F-35 Lightning II.

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Ilyushin Il-2- Илью́шин Ил-2

« on: August 20, 2014, 02:26:42 PM »

Il-2 was also flown by Yugoslavian air force!

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: SAAB 91 Safir

« on: August 18, 2014, 09:13:41 AM »

The State Aviation School (Rijksluchtvaartschool or RLS) operated the Safir for a long period.
This one is privately owned.
Took this picture this weekend during the Plane and Truck event at Aviodrome, Lelystad airport.

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: SAAB 91 Safir

« on: August 18, 2014, 08:46:21 AM »

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: What-if: Focke-Wulf Ta183 Huckebein

« on: August 17, 2014, 05:15:19 PM »

This plane was more or less realized after the war by Kurt Tank in Argentina as the Pulqui II.
The Pulqui II was much closer in resemblence of the original Ta-183 design than other types like the MiG-15.
Post war publications even mentioned a 'MiG-19' that looked very strongly like the Ta 1-83 but this was in fact 'designed' by Russian Aviation Experts in the West!

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Sopwith F.1 Camel, 1/48

« on: July 29, 2014, 11:53:28 PM »

This Revell kit is old Monogram!!

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Warplane Art / Re: F/A-18 Hornet

« on: July 23, 2014, 09:24:25 PM »

Here is a Blue Angels machine!

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Warplane Art / Re: Grumman F-14 Tomcat

« on: July 17, 2014, 12:50:11 AM »

Question: did the Iranians use the Phoenix AAM??

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Albatros DIII Oeffag

« on: July 13, 2014, 11:54:23 AM »

Wing-strut mounted airspeed indicator was also used on other German types.
Here is the one as fitted on a Fokker D-VII replica under construction by Dick Funcke at Berkhout, the Netherlands.

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Blohm und Voss BV 141 B

« on: July 12, 2014, 08:53:21 PM »

BV 141B has been many years ago subject of an Airfix 1/72 kit.
Also here propeller is made to turn in the incorrect way.
I Built it some 30 years ago straight from the box without being too critical on the points mentioned above.
Think the model builder of today is much more fanatical on correct details than 30 years ago!
Since the V-series were quite different machines I hope to see also here in the future model kits!

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Combat Warplanes / Re: WACO Fly In and Classic Sailplane Regatta

« on: June 25, 2014, 09:57:06 AM »

Interesting to see even a Dutch Sagitta glider still flying (zMG_9439.jpg)!

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Warplane Art / Re: B-45 Tornado

« on: June 22, 2014, 07:04:10 PM »

Machine did NOT have any RAF serial!! Missions it made were classified!

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Warplane Art / Re: Polikarpov R-5

« on: June 18, 2014, 11:37:09 PM »

There is photographic evidence that at least one R-5 was fitted with an enclosed cabin!