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Warplane Art / Re: Hellcat drones

« on: September 04, 2009, 09:28:02 PM »

very interesting, the Hellcat F6F-5k 
I found this on the web
"A handful of explosive-laden Hellcat drones were used for "bridge-busting" during the Korean War. Apparently some Hellcats were also used as target tugs."
and
"numerous Hellcat drones were utilized as missile targets at China Lake and Point Mugu, the final drone lasting until the early 1960s"

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Jedenastka

« on: August 31, 2009, 11:15:52 AM »

Coming along great No.1 

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Focke Wulf FW-190!!!!!!

« on: August 30, 2009, 12:37:58 AM »

What an excellent shot  

Sorry Nico she is a PR XIX, here is some history on her:-

Delivered to the PRU unit at RAF Benson in April 1945, PS890 served with 542 and 81 Squadrons RAF, before being sold to the Thailand Air Force in 1954.
It was put on show at a museum in Bankopk, until being sold again in 1999 to the Air Museum in Chino. As part of the rebuild, she was fitted with an ex-Shackleton Griffon engine and the contra-rotating props retained
This had never been done before in the PR XIXs. The fact is, there was not any spare Griffon engines at the time.
She is owned by Christophe Jacquard, in Dijon, France.  
The Shackleton engine was removed and she was fitted with a conventional single propeller and painted in South-East Asia Command camouflage.

Attached image is how she looked with her contra-rotating props, I have also add an image of a Mk.XVI

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Let Let Let Announcment / Re: Welcome to new LetLetLet Forum!

« on: August 30, 2009, 12:18:59 AM »

Welcome Tim, as No.1 said, you are among friends here 

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Jedenastka

« on: August 28, 2009, 07:54:14 PM »

12 Polish fighter squadrons were equipped with this fighter at the out break of WW2 in September 1939.
The P.11 fighters suffered heavy losses. Nevertheless, they scored 125 Kills against the Luftwaffe, and lost 114 in the process.
Later, when the Soviet Union over run Poland, some fighters were evacuated to Rumania and entered service.
When Germany launched it's offensive against the Soviet Union in July 1941, Rumanian forces fought on the Axis side. 5 Squadrons of Rumania were still equipped with the P.11, but they never saw action, they were used for home defense and fighter training until 1942.

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Warplane Art / Re: supermarine Spitfire Mk1

« on: August 25, 2009, 08:16:37 PM »

Two great profiles No.1

I so love this aircraft 

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Aircraft carriers

« on: August 16, 2009, 01:39:39 PM »

To regret- no

I had to ask my friend, images of this carrier are very hard to find.

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Aircraft carriers

« on: August 16, 2009, 12:48:47 PM »

Great images No.1, here's a "shot in the dark" any images of the Graf Zeppelin 

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Warplane Art / Re: Focke Wulf Fw190 BMW801 powered

« on: August 13, 2009, 07:01:26 PM »

Pilot from this unit and Eisen Kreutz holder, Artur Pipan has signed one of my profile  Better version is in preparation!

Excellent well done

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Aircraft carriers

« on: August 13, 2009, 06:58:27 PM »

What an excellent collection No.1, have you had them long? 

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Aircraft photos

« on: August 06, 2009, 11:29:04 AM »

Not truly about aircraft but about airfields, this site shows MS Virtual Earth imagery of UK Active & Disused Airports, Airfields, Heliports, Landing Sites &  Aviation Museums 

http://www.content-delivery.co.uk/aviation/airfields/

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Warplane Art / Re: Miles Magister

« on: August 06, 2009, 11:22:40 AM »

Great work 

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Warplane Art / Re: Wellington

« on: August 01, 2009, 07:30:08 PM »

I only have this one for the time being, I will do some more research.

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Warplane Art / Re: Wellington

« on: July 31, 2009, 06:53:16 PM »

Great set of profiles No.1 as always.

Did you know that the Wellington IC was used for night photographic reconnaissance? Two were part of 'B' Flight No.3 Photohraphic Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) formed at RAF Oakington in November 1940.
This PRU had a very short life  - Nov 1940 until Jul 1941 and they undertook there reconnaissance for Bomber Command and their function was "to obtain photographs of bombing targets at a scale suitable for assessment of damage". What we would call now Bomb Damage Assessment (BDA).

The first Wellingtons were:-
T2706 which failed to return from ops in 16 Apr 1941
T2707 Which forced landed at Binsey 17 Mat 1941

They were replaced by R1523 & X3171

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Warplane Art / Re: F/A-18E Super Hornet

« on: July 25, 2009, 12:08:47 AM »

Thank you problem is that video can not be embed so I change it into the code. Just copy it and open it in your browser.

Thank you