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Combat Warplanes / Re: Aircraft photos
« on: October 10, 2013, 10:43:22 AM »
Nice set of links.
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Warplane Art / Re: Sepecat Jaguar
« on: September 27, 2013, 03:03:12 PM »
Looking forward to seeing this profile as I worked on Jaguar squadron in the mid 80's
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Combat Warplanes / Re: New imagery from my collection
« on: September 26, 2013, 07:51:46 PM »
I think it is the fact that this aircraft had such a short service like unlike later RAF aircraft that I'm drawn to it.
An excellent book about the raise and fall of the Swift is "Swift Justice, the full story of the Supermarine Swift." Pen and Sword Books Ltd. 2004. ISBN 1-84415-070-4. I got a copy a couple of weeks ago and I could not put it down.
An excellent book about the raise and fall of the Swift is "Swift Justice, the full story of the Supermarine Swift." Pen and Sword Books Ltd. 2004. ISBN 1-84415-070-4. I got a copy a couple of weeks ago and I could not put it down.
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Combat Warplanes / Re: New imagery from my collection
« on: September 26, 2013, 07:47:48 PM »
The FR.5 was the last of the Swift variants to enter operational service with the RAF until it was replaced with the Hunter PR.10 in the early 1960's. The fighter variants were quickly replaced in service by Hunters.
Type 510
Prototype
Type 517
Prototype fitted with a variable incidence tailplane.
Type 535
Prototype fitted with a tricycle landing gear.
Swift F 1
Single-seat fighter aircraft, fitted with a fixed variable-incidence tailplane, powered by a Rolls-Royce Avon RA-7/109 turbojet engine without an afterburner, armed with two 30-mm Aden cannons.
Swift F 2
Single-seat fighter aircraft, armed with four 30-mm Aden cannons.
Swift F 3
Single-seat fighter aircraft, powered by an aftherburning Rolls-Royce Avon RA-7A/114 turbojet engine, armed with two 30-mm aden cannons.
Swift F 4
Single-seat fighter aircraft, fitted with a variable-incidence tailplane.
Swift FR 5
Single-seat tactical-reconnaissance aircraft, fitted with a lengthened nose to accommodate three cameras, equipped with a frameless cockpit canopy, powered by a Rolls-Royce Avon 114 turbojet engine, armed with two 30-mm Aden cannons.
Swift F 7
Single-seat fighter aircraft, fitted with a lengthened nose to accommodate a radar, armed with four 30-mm Aden cannons and four Fairey Fireflash air-to-air missiles.
There were plans to have an unarmed PR version but this did not go into production.
The FR variant equipped 2, 4 & 79 Sqns. 79 Sqn passed their aircraft to 4 Sqn and these aircraft carried the markings for both squardons.
Type 510
Prototype
Type 517
Prototype fitted with a variable incidence tailplane.
Type 535
Prototype fitted with a tricycle landing gear.
Swift F 1
Single-seat fighter aircraft, fitted with a fixed variable-incidence tailplane, powered by a Rolls-Royce Avon RA-7/109 turbojet engine without an afterburner, armed with two 30-mm Aden cannons.
Swift F 2
Single-seat fighter aircraft, armed with four 30-mm Aden cannons.
Swift F 3
Single-seat fighter aircraft, powered by an aftherburning Rolls-Royce Avon RA-7A/114 turbojet engine, armed with two 30-mm aden cannons.
Swift F 4
Single-seat fighter aircraft, fitted with a variable-incidence tailplane.
Swift FR 5
Single-seat tactical-reconnaissance aircraft, fitted with a lengthened nose to accommodate three cameras, equipped with a frameless cockpit canopy, powered by a Rolls-Royce Avon 114 turbojet engine, armed with two 30-mm Aden cannons.
Swift F 7
Single-seat fighter aircraft, fitted with a lengthened nose to accommodate a radar, armed with four 30-mm Aden cannons and four Fairey Fireflash air-to-air missiles.
There were plans to have an unarmed PR version but this did not go into production.
The FR variant equipped 2, 4 & 79 Sqns. 79 Sqn passed their aircraft to 4 Sqn and these aircraft carried the markings for both squardons.
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Combat Warplanes / Re: New imagery from my collection
« on: September 26, 2013, 02:16:57 PM »
Here are two more images I have just added to my collection of the Supermarine Swift FR.5's. Both aircraft are from 79 Sqn RAF.
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Combat Warplanes / Re: Interesting movies
« on: September 22, 2013, 08:02:56 PM »
No need for words, just turn up the sound on your computer first
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Warplane Art / Re: Lancaster MK III
« on: September 02, 2013, 04:42:23 PM »Finally completed my first profile of the lanc.Excellent
This one is an example from 57 Squadron, the rear gunner on this aircraft was my father's cousin.
This lanc crashed November 6/7 while returning from a mining operation. It ran out of gas near Cowsden, U.K and
the entire crew was forced to bale out. All of theh crew survived and flew again together, successfully completing
their tour of operations.
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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Eduard Royal Class Spitfire IX
« on: August 27, 2013, 01:12:19 PM »Yes, it's a fun kit to build!
The cockpit is now finished after installing the PE seatbelt harnesses. Next will be to install this and join the fuselage halves.
Excellent!
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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Eduard Royal Class Spitfire IX
« on: August 25, 2013, 09:31:04 PM »
Looking like its going to be a very nice kit 
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Warplane Art / Re: Thunderstrike
« on: August 23, 2013, 01:10:12 PM »
Looking very nice, also a great set of images.
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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Eduard Royal Class Spitfire IX
« on: August 22, 2013, 08:39:41 PM »
Also found the following:
"In the lighter moments of WWII, the Spitfire was used in an unorthodox role: bringing beer kegs to the men in Normandy .
During the war, the Heneger and Constable brewery donated free beer to the troops. After D-Day, supplying the invasion troops in Normandy with vital supplies was already a challenge. Obviously, there was no room in the logistics chain for such luxuries as beer or other types of refreshments. Some men, often called 'sourcers', were able to get wine or other niceties from the land or rather from the locals. RAF Spitfire pilots came up with an even better idea.
The Spitfire Mk IX was an evolved version of the Spitfire, with pylons under the wings for bombs or tanks. It was discovered that the bomb pylons could also be modified to carry beer kegs. According to pictures that can be found, various sizes of kegs were used. Whether the kegs could be jettisoned in case of emergency is unknown. If the Spitfire flew high enough, the cold air at altitude would even refresh the beer, making it ready for consumption upon arrival.
A variation was a long range fuel tank modified to carry beer instead of fuel. The modification even received the official designation Mod. XXX.
Propaganda services were quick to pick up on this, which probably explains the official designation.
A staged shot of the Mod. XXX tank being filled.
As a result, Spitfires equipped with Mod XXX or keg-carrying pylons were often sent back to Great Britain for maintenance or liaison duties. They would then return to Normandy with full beer kegs fitted under the wings.
The Spitfire had very little ground clearance with the larger beer kegs.
Typically, the British Revenue of Ministry and Excise stepped in, notifying the brewery that they were in violation of the law by exporting beer without paying the relevant taxes. It seems that Mod. XXX was terminated then, but various squadrons found different ways to refurbish their stocks, most often done with the unofficial approval of higher echelons.
In his book Dan cing in the Skies, Tony Jonsson, the only Icelander pilot in the RAF, recalled beer runs while he was flying with 65 Squadron. Every week a pilot was sent back to the UK to fill some cleaned-up drop tanks with beer and return to the squadron. Jonsson hated the beer runs as every man on the squadron would be watching you upon arrival. Anyone who made a rough landing and dropped the tanks would be the most hated man on the squadron for an entire week."
"In the lighter moments of WWII, the Spitfire was used in an unorthodox role: bringing beer kegs to the men in Normandy .
During the war, the Heneger and Constable brewery donated free beer to the troops. After D-Day, supplying the invasion troops in Normandy with vital supplies was already a challenge. Obviously, there was no room in the logistics chain for such luxuries as beer or other types of refreshments. Some men, often called 'sourcers', were able to get wine or other niceties from the land or rather from the locals. RAF Spitfire pilots came up with an even better idea.
The Spitfire Mk IX was an evolved version of the Spitfire, with pylons under the wings for bombs or tanks. It was discovered that the bomb pylons could also be modified to carry beer kegs. According to pictures that can be found, various sizes of kegs were used. Whether the kegs could be jettisoned in case of emergency is unknown. If the Spitfire flew high enough, the cold air at altitude would even refresh the beer, making it ready for consumption upon arrival.
A variation was a long range fuel tank modified to carry beer instead of fuel. The modification even received the official designation Mod. XXX.
Propaganda services were quick to pick up on this, which probably explains the official designation.
A staged shot of the Mod. XXX tank being filled.
As a result, Spitfires equipped with Mod XXX or keg-carrying pylons were often sent back to Great Britain for maintenance or liaison duties. They would then return to Normandy with full beer kegs fitted under the wings.
The Spitfire had very little ground clearance with the larger beer kegs.
Typically, the British Revenue of Ministry and Excise stepped in, notifying the brewery that they were in violation of the law by exporting beer without paying the relevant taxes. It seems that Mod. XXX was terminated then, but various squadrons found different ways to refurbish their stocks, most often done with the unofficial approval of higher echelons.
In his book Dan cing in the Skies, Tony Jonsson, the only Icelander pilot in the RAF, recalled beer runs while he was flying with 65 Squadron. Every week a pilot was sent back to the UK to fill some cleaned-up drop tanks with beer and return to the squadron. Jonsson hated the beer runs as every man on the squadron would be watching you upon arrival. Anyone who made a rough landing and dropped the tanks would be the most hated man on the squadron for an entire week."
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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Eduard Royal Class Spitfire IX
« on: August 22, 2013, 08:34:36 PM »
Found this on my system.
