Aviation Wreck and Relics
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cóż małe rozczarowanie jak to zwykle w życiu bywa, w filmie był nastrój magia, na żywo gdzieś mi to wszystko umknęło. Nie ten czas, nie ta chwila.
Lt Col Yurii Bulavka from the Ukrainian air force displaying the Su-27 Flanker at the Royal International Air Tattoo 2019, RAF Fairford. Lt Col Yurii Bulavka was awarded the Paul Bowen Trophy for the best solo jet display.
These are the stacks for underground ventilation of the underground portion of this defunct cold war installation. Photo was originally in color, but the color of the sky worked better converted to B&W.
In Cochem wartete noch eine Überraschung: Der alte Bundesbank Bunker in Cochem. Heute ein Museum, wurde einst bis zur Wende streng geheim von der Deutschen Bundesbank eine Währungsreserve an Ersatzgeld von 15 Milliarden DM gehortet für den Fall, dass ein wirtschaftlicher Angriff auf die Deutsche Währung stattfinden würde, der zu Störungen des Wirtschaftssystems geführt und den Austausch gegen eine Ersatzwährung notwendig gemacht hätte. Dieses Ersatzgeld hatte ein anderes Aussehen und nur die Front der Scheine entsprach den noch uns bekannten DM Scheinen. Der Bunker war selbstverständlich für den Fall eines atomaren Schlages ausgerüstet.
In the former bunker of the German Federal Bank, now a museum, 15 billion of a substitue currency once were stored for the case in which the economic system had been attacked during the cold war era. In this case the Bundesbak wanted to substitute the money against this new D-Mark currency. This place was top secret and of course safe against a nuclear attack.
(Vintage Olympus Zuiko OM 2.0 21 mm)
Feel the heat! During the evening display, the pilot threw the aircraft around using generous helpings of reheat. Powered by two Lyulka/Saturn Al-31F afterburning turbofan engines developing 123 kN each. Bucharest International Air Show 2016.
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Sukhoi - Su-27 - Cold War Aircraft - Ukrainian Air Force - BIAS - BIAS 2016
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There have been 2 changes made to the latest installment of what has to be my favorite tank. The first change is the side skirts. Instead of using that piece that leaves a spacing in between the hull and the skirts(I’m not very good with terminology and part names) I used some other kinda technique which y’all will see when I do the breakdown for the hull although for some of y’all it might seem obvious. The second is the back of the tank. In my recent pursuit to beautify the butts of my builds I have rebuilt the back of the tank, making it match the rear of the mark 1 hull. Anyway, hope y’all like it!
-Van
The iconic Flanker roaring into the sky and flying into the sun like Ikarus. I love the heat effect of the exhaust plume of the afterburner turning the air into jelly. Powered by two Lyulka/Saturn Al-31F afterburning turbofan engines developing 123 kN each. I did close my right eye, as the magnifying effect of the SLR camera can cause retinal burns if pointed at the sun. The silhouette of the Flanker is beautiful, elegant and unmistakable. Evening display during Bucharest International Air Show 2016. Explored 8th January 2017.
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Sukhoi - Su-27 - Cold War Aircraft - Ukrainian Air Force - BIAS - BIAS 2016
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A purposefully ominous shot taken at the abandoned Nike missile site in Lorton, Va just a few miles from our home. Here's what the historical marker has to say about this place:
"Located north of here was one of three Nike anti-aircraft missile complexes in Fairfax County operated by the U. S. Army and the Army National Guard between 1954 and 1974. The sites were established during the Cold War to defend Washington from Soviet air attack. This complex, along with those at Great Falls and Fairfax, was among thirteen Nike sites that surrounded Washington and Baltimore. The ring of Nike sites was reminiscent of the perimeter of forts that had protected the capital during the Civil War. This was the only Nike complex in Fairfax County containing missiles armed with nuclear warheads. It served as a model site for visits by foreign dignitaries."
Thankfully those missiles were never used.
MiG-15UTI “RED 18”
This aircraft is a Polish-built SB Lim-2 (MiG-15UTI), produced by WSK-Mielec in 1952. The aircraft is operated by the Norwegian Air Force Historical Squadron as a representative of the Cold War ‘enemy’.
Following its Polish Air Force service ending in 1990, the aircraft was exported to the USA, and based at Quillayute Airport just outside Forks, Washington. It was again returned to Europe in the summer of 2014. Experienced ex. Polish Air Force MiG-15 engineers carried out the maintenance of the aircraft.
Given the shared border between north-eastern Norway and Russia, and the many encounters between Royal Norwegian Air Force and Soviet aircraft during the Cold War, the Polish MiG is an appropriate addition to the Norwegian Air Force Historical Squadron.
The aircraft is painted and marked as “RED 18” to represent Russian-Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s MiG-15. He was the first human to journey into outer space in 1961. Before his cosmonaut training Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was stationed close to the Norwegian boarder and only 40 km from the Norwegian city of Kirkenes as a fighter pilot flying the MiG-15.
Seen at IWM Duxford
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Tatra 603 - a great car for driving in the snow - lots of rear-end traction, you see (Photo courtesy of my Brother Dave)
Low & fast pass by the MiG-21. Flown by general de flotilă aeriană Cătălin Băhneanu in the front seat și comandor Dan Moise in the rear seat. Open Day at Baza 95 Aeriană Erou Căpitan Aviator Alexandru Șerbănescu Bacău.
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Mikoyan - MiG-21 - Cold War Aircraft - Romanian Air Force - Air Base 95 Bacău Open Day 2018 - BCM/LRBC
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The Greenham Cold War Experience
A unique opportunity to explore parts of Greenham Common that played a key role in the Cold War, through scenes presented by professional performers. Three 15-minute scenes and a Q & A with a local historian brought the Cold War of the 1980s to life with a walk across the beautiful Site of Special Scientific Interest, filled with wildlife and the relics of military life.
Decontamination Suite Tour
You have been contaminated. Follow the red arrows on the floor. Follow all instructions. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO LEAVE.
The theatrical guided tour unveiled the fascinating secrets locked away in Greenham’s chemical decontamination suite.
Photographed outside the Wing Headquarters Building, Greenham Common, a Grade II listed building.
The Wing Headquarters building of the former Greenham Common airbase, built circa 1985 as part of the Cold War redevelopment of the base to accommodate cruise missiles, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Political interest: one of a group of buildings at Greenham Common specifically constructed as part of the USAF redevelopment of the base to accommodate cruise missiles in the 1980s: a key component of NATO’s strategy to maintain nuclear parity with the Warsaw Pact countries and one of only two bases nationally (the other being Molesworth in Cambridgeshire) where cruise missiles were deployed; Historic interest: the command and control building for an internationally significant Cold War airbase, designed as a conduit for orders from High Command to deploy Greenham’s cruise missiles. The decontamination suite and Battle Room in particular reflect the building’s central mission to the cruise programme. The briefing room is also part of the disarmament story following the signing by the USSR and the USA of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty. This allowed the Russians to inspect key NATO sites, including this one, until the expiry of the treaty in June 2001;
Architectural interest: a structure which reflects NATO’s policy of hardened and camouflaged specialist buildings during the Second Cold War of the 1980s. Of particular note, given its scale and remarkable completeness, is the decontamination suite, which is one of the two best (the other being within the Avionics Building at Alconbury airfield, Cambridgeshire) nationally in terms of scale and preservation;
Group value: with the 1980s cruise missile shelters and support buildings of the scheduled ground-launched Cruise Missile Alert and Maintenance Area (GAMA), also with the Grade II-listed control tower and the Grade-II listed adjacent Combat Support Building, all of which reflect the nationally significant development of the base to accommodate cruise missiles.
A beautiful Cold War-era Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter aerial refueling tanker on display at Pima Air & Space Museum near Tucson, Arizona
EN - Strassberg Castle is located in the outskirts of the medieval town of Sterzing, in Northern Italy. Under the ruined buildings lies an hidden bunker from the Cold War era.
IT - Il Castello della Strada si trova poco lontano dalla cittadina medievale di Vipiteno, in Alto Adige. Sotto gli edifici ormai in rovina si cela un bunker nascosto risalente alla guerra fredda.
Bairdstown, TX
The font on this tower is reminiscent to the old soviet lettering in my mind The color scheme of an overcast day and warm tones I added in editing really played on the feel to me. Feels like it was ready to take off any moment.
A shot of Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate at night. The gate was commissioned in 1788 by the King of Prussia (for no particular reason), and gained its iconic status through use as a triumphal arch and symbol of power by various controlling forces over the years (Napolean, Prussia and the Nazis). In 1987, Ronald Reason famously told Russia to "tear down this wall" in reference to the Berlin Wall while standing with the Brandenburg Gate as a dramatic backdrop.