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Combat Warplanes / Re: Quizzzzz

« on: January 29, 2008, 06:39:09 PM »

Guess this please

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Quizzzzz

« on: January 29, 2008, 01:07:45 AM »

Santy you have something new for us?

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Soviet fighters

« on: January 29, 2008, 01:03:20 AM »

It will better fit here and i like the music

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Combat Warplanes / Re: F-18 Movie

« on: January 28, 2008, 09:18:34 PM »

I guess thats a promo video from the aircraft companies.

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Combat Warplanes / Re: First overseas Raptor's

« on: January 28, 2008, 12:04:25 PM »

Interesting with the moon

What is AK unit? I suppose this Raptor is from 354th FW, Eielson AFB, Fairbanks
18th FS; Block 40; Blue Fox
Tailcode: AK (Alaska)
PACAF
?

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Warplanes in Movies

« on: January 28, 2008, 02:21:45 AM »

Found some of my fav movie "The Final Countdown", typical 80s propaganda but i like it

-Original Trailer-

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Combat Warplanes / Re: First overseas Raptor's

« on: January 27, 2008, 11:29:19 PM »

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a87_1192340411

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Combat Warplanes / Re: A-4 Skyhawk

« on: January 27, 2008, 03:41:41 PM »

The A-4 Skyhawk

The A-4 Skyhawk was developed by the design team of Mr Edward Henry Heinemann of Douglas Aircraft Company. He was in charge to create an aircraft that would replace the propeller driven and for the time a bit outdated navy machine A-1 Skyraider that had their maiden flight in 1945. The A-4 was designed to serve for interdiction and close air support. Its flexibility and low weight made it a perfect multi-purpose aircraft for the navy. It could serve as tanker, interceptor, light attack airplane or bomber that was capable of carrying nuclear weapons. The A-4 Skyhawk can look back on a very long service history in the US Navy. Starting with the first pre-design studies in July 1952 and ending with the delivery of the last A-4 on 27 February 1979. The A-4 was involved in many military conflicts, among others in the Vietnam War, in the Falkland War for Argentina, Yom Kippur Wars for Israel and in the Gulf Wars for Kuwait. In total 2960 of this aircraft were produced over the years, 555 of these were 2 seated trainer versions.
As we have seen in the video, the aircraft is still in Service in other Naval airforces today. The machines still in use by Brazil are 20 A-4KU und 3 TA-4KU bought from Kuwait in 1997.

by Kilian Weimann

References:
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Photos:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/A-4_Skyhawk

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-4
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-4_Skyhawk
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/a-4-var.htm
Kilduff, Peter: Douglas A-4 Skyhawk. -(Osprey air combat)/Osprey Publishing Ltd, London:1983

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All rights reserved © 2008 Kilian Weimann for LetLetLet Warplanes

[to be extended]

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Combat Warplanes / A-4 Skyhawk

« on: January 27, 2008, 01:05:13 AM »

To start with this Airplane , one of my favourite navy airplane, another video

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=440_1178156502

Still in use in brazilian navy it seems.
I will post more tomorrow.

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Combat Warplanes / Re: F-18 Movie

« on: January 27, 2008, 12:55:44 AM »

Yeah that video reminded me strongly about the many summers i spent in France lying in my hammock at my uncles farm and suddenly one or two Mirage 2000 5F from Dijon Air base thundering at very low altitude over our heads

You never hear them coming until they are there. Happens sometimes 2-3 times a day. In Germany it would never be allowed to make such low level flights even in sparsely populated areas.

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Combat Warplanes / Re: F-18 Movie

« on: January 26, 2008, 08:57:40 PM »

The caption here was "We had a swim call in the Gulf of Thailand on deployment and an F-18 from the Abe Lincoln flew right over us. You cannot see it with the embed script.