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Croatian War of Independence Museum, Karlovac (2015) - Croatia
Mikoyan MiG-21bis, 126 Croatian Air Force
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Thanks to all Flickr members who have "favourited", commented on or otherwise found my old Berlin images of interest. I have selected around 180 of these to appear in this book which was published by Amberley Publishing (UK) in October 2017. In it is the story of how and why I first came to visit divided Berlin in 1959, and my impressions and experiences during this and subsequent visits, together with descriptions and histories of the locations where I took the photographs.
Pulling many Gs after a high speed pass in full dry power. The large wings press condensation out of the humid air of Wittmund. Sunlight is scattered by the resulting droplets and creates a very rare rainbow effect.
The McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom II was retired from Luftwaffe service during an airshow at Wittmund AFB in summer 2013. Depicted here is 37+01, the first airframe delivered in 1973. 40 years later it received a special celebratory paint scheme. #PhantomPharewell #F-4Phantom
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McDonnell Douglas - F-4 Phantom - Cold War Aircraft - Luftwaffe - Bundeswehr - Wittmund 2013
The Hawker Siddeley Nimrod is a retired maritime patrol aircraft developed and operated by the United Kingdom. It was an extensive modification of the de Havilland Comet, the world's first operational jet airliner. It was originally designed by de Havilland's successor firm, Hawker Siddeley; further development and maintenance work was undertaken by Hawker Siddeley's own successor companies, British Aerospace and, later, BAE Systems.
Designed in response to a requirement issued by the Royal Air Force (RAF) to replace its fleet of ageing Avro Shackletons, the Nimrod MR1/MR2s were primarily fixed-wing aerial platforms for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations; secondary roles included maritime surveillance and anti-surface warfare. It served from the early 1970s until March 2010.[2] The intended replacement was to be extensively rebuilt Nimrod MR2s, designated Nimrod MRA4. Due to considerable delays, repeated cost overruns, and financial cutbacks, the development of the MRA4 was abandoned in 2010.
The RAF also operated a small number of the Nimrod R1, an electronic intelligence gathering (ELINT) variant. A dedicated airborne early warning platform, the Nimrod AEW3, was in development from late 1970s to the mid-1980s; however, much like the MRA4, considerable problems were encountered in development and thus the project was cancelled in 1986 in favour of an off-the-shelf solution in the Boeing E-3 Sentry. All Nimrod variants had been retired by mid-2011.
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The Soyuz spacecraft and launch vehicle are installed on the launch pad at the Baikonur complex in Kazakhstan. Baikonur is the world's largest space center. This launch was part of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP), a cooperative space mission between the United States and the USSR. The goals of ASTP were to test the ability of American and Soviet spacecraft to rendezvous and dock in space and to open the doors to possible international rescue missions and future collaboration on manned spaceflights. The Soyuz and Apollo crafts launched from Baikonur and the Kennedy Space Center respectively, on July 15, 1975. The two spacecraft successfully completed the rendezvous and docking on July 17th. While the Soyuz craft returned to Earth on July 21st, the Apollo craft stayed in space another 3 days, landing on July 24th in the Pacific Ocean. ASTP was a success, as not only did crews accomplish the rendezvous and docking, but they also performed in-flight intervehicular crew transfers and various scientific experiments. ASTP proved to be significant step toward improving international cooperation in space during the Cold War.
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Image Number: 75-HC-606
Date: July 1975
I beleive this is a FM2 model with a motor drive fitted. The lens is a 500mm mirror lens from Nikkor. This camera was used by a part of the British Army called BRIXMIS who gathered information in the Soviet zone of control in the former East Germany during the 1980s. There is an exhibition about BRIXMIS in the National Army Museum at Chelsea (as of March 2023).
The actual missile was contained in a launch cannister. It was launched using a cold-launch system, in which high pressure gas, from a gas generator, blew the missile out of the cannister, before its engine ignited in mid air. The front end of the cannister was removed before it was erected. You can see it lying the snow in front of the vehicle.
For short distances or parades, the missiles would sometimes be carried on their transporter fully assembled and with their wings extended. Images of Mace missiles often show them in this configuration.
The old smoker is still going strong. Here she is blowing out my eardrums whilst landing. Can't imagine her noise at take-off! A symphony of four Pratt & Whitney JT3D-8B (TF33-PW-100A by their military designation) low-bypass turbofan engines. Boeing E-3A Sentry at the Hamburg Airport Days 2015. The wing leading edge has slotted Kruger flaps, which deploy from the underside of the wing. On the 707 they are straight, on the subsequent Boeing modes these are curved for better aerodynamics. The leading edge has two sections of double slotted Fowler flaps, an inboard section of single slotted flap and an inboard aileron behind engines 2 and 3.
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Boeing - 707 - E-3 Sentry - AWACS - Cold War Aircraft - Hamburg Airport Days
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CDF Station, Paso Robles (2000)
United States - All USA 2000 visits
North American OV-10A Bronco, N418DF as CDF\340
Former US Navy Bu155428.
Temp. stored at AMARC/Tucson
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North American - OV-10 Bronco and RTAF-5
To get the Mace to fly without using a runway, it used a zero-length launch system in which a solid-propellant rocket booster would lift it into the air from its launch trailer and would bring it up to sufficient speed for the missile's jet engine to take over.
The missile flew a somewhat predictable trajectory at subsonic speeds and it was quite large. This made it vulnerable to being intercepted, so Mace missiles didn't serve for very long. Most were retired in the late sixties, although some were subsequently used as target drones.
Yorkshire air museum UK
XV748 was built as a GR.1 and first flown in April 1969. It served at Wittering with the Conversion Unit and 1 Squadron and had been converted to G.R.3 standard by 1976. It later became a test aircraft with the then Royal Aircraft Establishment at Bedford. By 1991, it had been retired.
Nothing reflects the change in Soviet Air Force requirements and design philosophies better than comparing the Foxbat and the Fulcrum. Where the massive Foxbat was built for outright speed, the tiny Fulcrum was built for maneuverability. Thanks to everyone for commenting on and supporting this long post. Also, thanks to Wikipedia, Global Security, and Military Factory for the information and specifications.
Finland was the first country outside the Warsaw Pact to buy the MiG-21 after it had rejected the MiG-19. The Soviet Union offered the brand-new Fishbed-C, plus the training of Finnish pilots by Soviet air force. Training stopped after the start of the Cuban missile crisis, after which the Finnish Air force decided that it would continue in Finland without Soviet trainers.All aircraft were operated by HävLLv 3
The Teracruzer was developed by the FWD corporation and used unique "pillow tires", that gave the vehicle a smooth ride and that reduced ground pressure, so that the vehicle could move over soft terrain. I found that the hard plastic wheels from older space sets had just about the right size for the 1/43 scale of my model.
Orford Ness in Suffolk on the East Coast of England is a strange old place. Longshore drift has created a spit of land where the Men from the Ministry set up an experimental station, developing what became radar. Later, the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment tested bomb components, necessitating the self-sealing Pagodas seen here in case of accident. In the 1960s Cobra Mist over-the-horizon radar was in place at Orford Ness and by the 1980s the Foreign Office had its powerful medium wave transmitting station here. Nearby is RAF Woodbridge, former home of the USAF and best known for the Rendlesham UFO flap. The land is now owned by the National Trust, a site of special scientific interest and home to rare species.
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On the highest mountain massif in northern Sardinia, a formerly secret US military base is located. This is a place where the ghost of the Cold War is still present today. In the past, locals have told many rumors and stories about this place which have endured to this day. We want to find out the truth! Join us as we travel back in time to declassify the past in this documentary film: youtu.be/sgU77rfRiUQ
The Hawker Siddeley Harrier is a British military aircraft. It was the first of the Harrier series of aircraft and was developed in the 1960s as the first operational ground attack and reconnaissance aircraft with vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) capabilities and the only truly successful V/STOL design of that era. The Harrier was developed directly from the Hawker Siddeley Kestrel prototype aircraft, following the cancellation of a more advanced supersonic aircraft, the Hawker Siddeley P.1154. In the late 1960s, the Harrier GR.1 and GR.3 variants were ordered by the British government for the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was exported to the United States as the AV-8A, for use by the US Marine Corps (USMC), in the 1970s.
During the Harrier's service the RAF positioned the bulk of the aircraft in West Germany to defend against a potential invasion of Western Europe by the Warsaw Pact forces; the unique abilities of the Harrier allowed the RAF to disperse their forces away from vulnerable airbases. The USMC used their Harriers primarily for close air support, operating from amphibious assault ships, and, if needed, forward operating bases. Harrier squadrons saw several deployments overseas. The Harrier's ability to operate with minimal ground facilities and very short runways allowed it to be used at locations unavailable to other fixed-wing aircraft. The Harrier received criticism for having a high accident rate and for a time-consuming maintenance process.
In the 1970s the British Aerospace Sea Harrier was developed from the Harrier for use by the Royal Navy (RN) on Invincible-class aircraft carriers. The Sea Harrier and the Harrier fought in the 1982 Falklands War, in which the aircraft proved to be crucial and versatile. The RN Sea Harriers provided fixed-wing air defence while the RAF Harriers focused on ground-attack missions in support of the advancing British land force. The Harrier was also extensively redesigned as the AV-8B Harrier II and British Aerospace Harrier II by the team of McDonnell Douglas and British Aerospace.
A striking ca. 1960 possible NAA artist’s concept of the B-70 inflight.
Although the signature was removed from this print, it’s present on the identical larger NAA lithographic version, as “L PALENO”. And, thanks to a discussion at the SECRET PROJECTS Forum website, he’s further identified as Lou Paleno. Yesss, a WIN!
XM655 is an Avro Vulcan B Mk2, and the youngest Vulcan in existence (the third to last produced; XM656 and XM657 have both been scrapped). Delivered to 9 squadron at RAF Cottesmore in November 1964, she tranferred to the Waddington Wing in January 1968. She then served with 101 and 44 squadrons, and was with 50 squadron when she was put up for disposal in late 1983. She was bought by businessman Roy Jacobsen who had hopes to fly her on the airshow circuit.
She was the first Vulcan “civilianised” and was flown in to Wellesbourne Mountford about a week after a Cat 3 Check, on the 11th of February 1984. Hundreds of people were there to watch her arrive. She had flown only 5,744 hours, making her a very viable proposition for taking to the air once more. However, the Civil Aviation Authority made it clear that the aircraft would not be flying again without stringent conditions being satisfied. While efforts at funding the work necessary were begun and the aircraft was put on the civil register as G-VULC, little real progress was made. A plan to fly the aircraft in America got as far as registering the aircraft on the American civil register as N655AV but no further. After two years Roy Jacobsen lost interest in XM655 and bought another Vulcan (XL426) which was delivered to Southend. Parking fees were mounting at Wellesbourne and after a number of years the airfield owners took Jacobsen to court to recover them. The result was that the ownership of the aircraft passed to Wellesbourne Airfield.
XM655 had stood without attention for so long that she was in quite poor condition. Ten years of neglect had finally put paid to any lingering hopes of her ever flying again. At one stage she had been broken into, the cockpit instrumentation vandalised and the co-pilot’s control column removed with a hacksaw. The wingtip panels were also damaged at some point. With the transfer of ownership however, the future began looking brighter.
The Delta Engineering Association was formed to look after XM655 and they made it clear from the outset that their intention was to get her into ground running condition only. The aircraft was gradually brought back to life – all the hydraulics were overhauled, the damage to the cockpit was repaired and a number of engine runs undertaken.
Delta moved from Wellesbourne to Kemble in March 1996, and after the brief and unhappy existence and demise of the XM655 Association, the volunteers remaining at Wellesbourne decided that the best way forward would be a properly constituted membership organisation to look after XM655. As a result the 655 Maintenance and Preservation Society (655MaPS) was formed in late 1998.
Thanks to the generosity of Wellesbourne Airfield and with funds provided by the society’s members and other donors, 655MaPS have been able to assemble an impressive collection of workshops, storage units and ground equipment to support and service XM655.
The rear spar has been inspected and found to be in excellent condition. XM655 now has fuel in her tanks at all times to keep the system and the seals ‘wet’. All the aircraft systems are powered up and exercised regularly.
The aircraft has been repainted several times to keep the inevitable corrosion of the more than 50 year old structure under control, the flying control surfaces (elevons and rudder) have been reskinned, the jet pipe end caps have been replaced and the three engines with the longest running hours have been removed, opened, inspected and re-installed.
Engine ground runs (EGRs) are carried out approximately every three months, together with slow taxi runs to ensure the steering and braking systems are functional. Once each year, usually in June, XM655 takes part in Wellesbourne Wings and Wheels, which is our major public event of the year. Reports of past events can be found on the Taxi Runs page, and details of the next event are on the Events page.
XM655 is virtually complete in terms of installed equipment, with the H2S Radar, the Terrain Following Radar (TFR) and Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) systems all still in-place, as well as the complete suite of Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) equipment. The only notable item missing when XM655 left RAF service was the in-flight refuelling probe; not surprising considering the world-wide hunt for serviceable probes which had occurred during the Falklands conflict a couple of years earlier. Eventually, a replacement probe was obtained and installed, and XM655 regained her familiar profile.