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The DC-9 was designed specifically to operate from short runways and on short- to medium-range routes so that the speed, comfort and reliability of jet transportation could be extended to hundreds of communities previously served only by propeller-driven airliners. There are five basic DC-9 versions, designated Series 10, Series 20, Series 30, Series 40 and [...]
The Royal International Air Tattoo is a very large Air Show containing hundreds of military aircraft from a wide variety of countries both in the static park and flying display. RIAT has been held at Fairford since 1985 and one of the themes of this years display was to mark the 60th anniversary of the [...]
North Weald Airfield was established as a military airfield during the First World War. It continued to be used as a military base between the wars and was an important Royal Air Force base in the Second World War. North Weald is also home to Aces High who specialise in providing aircraft for use in [...]
One of the very large air show held in the UK where unique collection of vintage airplanes is presented in airworthy condition. But interesting to see is also some WW1 replicas. Images bellow show following types: Harrier Noorduyn AT-16 Harvard IIB s/n FE788, Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress s/n 124485, Morane Saulnier MS505 Criquet s/n DM+BK, [...]
Here are some photos Robert took of Douglas C-54D Skymaster s/n 56498 taken at North Weald in June 2006 and this is the favorite plane of the author. Douglas Skymaster Airplane show very simple but effective color scheme, typical for the time when it served. The sample on the images served in the United States [...]