Saturday, 29 March 2008
Friday, 28 March 2008
F-22 Raptor
A F-22 Raptor "hovering" vertically at the "Arctic Thunder" air show at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
Luftwaffe boneyard
Germany, 1945, in Unter Biberg, near Munich Luftwaffe squadrons on the Eastern Front, had been landing regularly in mass fly-ins to surrender to the British and Americans, rather than the Russians, for obvious reasons.
The once mighty Luftwaffe aircraft were left to rot...
Hungarian Air Force wrecked Me109 on a dead lufwaffe Me262
The once mighty Luftwaffe aircraft were left to rot...
Hungarian Air Force wrecked Me109 on a dead lufwaffe Me262
AMAZING HAWKER HURRICANE RECOVERY
A Russian Air Force Hawker Hurricane, shot down in WW2, found with sonar by recovery expert Jim Pearce and his dedicated team.
http://www.warbirdfinders.co.uk/home.htm
http://www.warbirdfinders.co.uk/home.htm
Amazing Messerschmidt ME109 Recovery
1942, Russia, the Eastern Front. Four Hawker Hurricanes of the Soviet Air Force 5880-engage four ME109’s and one BF110 of the Luftwaffe in combat.
One bullet riddled ME109 makes a near perfect wheels up landing on the ice of a frozen lake. It later sinks through the melting ice and lays on the lakebed, untouched until it was recovered in August 2003.
More of this terrific story and other exciting recoveries at:-
http://www.warbirdfinders.co.uk/home.htm
One bullet riddled ME109 makes a near perfect wheels up landing on the ice of a frozen lake. It later sinks through the melting ice and lays on the lakebed, untouched until it was recovered in August 2003.
More of this terrific story and other exciting recoveries at:-
http://www.warbirdfinders.co.uk/home.htm
Classic line up
UK and US warpalnes, early 1960s Top-bottom: Chance-Vought RF8, Not sure what the turboprop tanker is (anyone like to tell me, please?), De Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen, Douglas A3D Skywarrior , Douglas A4D Skyhawk, Chance-Vought F8, Supermarine Scimitar, McDonnell Douglas F4 Phantom
Japanese Messerchmitt Bf 109
No, not really.
It is in fact a Kawasaki Ki.61 "Hien" (Japanese for swallow), allied code name: "Tony"
Uniquely for Japanese WW2 fighter planes it used an inline engine instead of a radial, which gave it a distinct European look. The engines were actually German in origin, a license-built version of the Daimler-Benz DB-601A, which in fact, powered the real the Messerchmitt Bf 109. (below)
Aircraft overboard!
A faulty cat launch aboard the U.S.S. Shangri La plunges a Crusader F8 into the sea.
Thankfully, the pilot escaped with just a cut elbow!
Thankfully, the pilot escaped with just a cut elbow!
ACE AIRCRAFT RESPRAYS ( 9 ) Sea Vixen
Redbull Sea Vixen and Hawker Hunter
Sea Vixen, Canberra and Hunter
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