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A USAF F-15 Eagle and an RCAF CF-18 Hornet flying together for a NORAD Flyover during the evening show of the 2022 Abbotsford Airshow.
ZEROMAN - 1st of the DOGFIGHTERS series by Jan Calleja. DOGFIGHTERS is inspired by WWII's fighterplanes. All are one of a kind 7 inch CELSIUS customs. ZEROMAN is inspired by the Japanese Mitsubishi Zero and will be paired with it's nemesis the MAD HELLCAT (coming soon).
Photos: Ian Pedarse - ANG LITRATISTA
Off-Airport - Valdosta
Pendleton Park
Valdosta, GA
North American F-86L-50-NA Sabre (NA-190) c/n 190-782, 52-10057 / FU-057 / MY, United States Air Force
Pictured here where she stood for fifty years, looking a little faded, but still presentable. On April 24, 2012, this old Sabre was removed from her plinths, and transported back to nearby Moody AFB to be prepared for a new display there. Newly repainted, the aircraft was dedicated in a ceremony on April 27, 2013, at the "George W Bush Airpark" at Moody AFB.
Originally built as an F-86D-50-NA, modified as an F-86L under Project Follow-On, with modifications notably including the ability to use the SAGE datalink network for ground controlled interception.
Part of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) this Hurricane was seen on VE Day 8th May 2010 at a remembrance event at the former RAF Hibaldstow in Lincolnshire, UK.
In my photostream there are images from the past few years at this event showcasing the Spitfire and Lancaster Bomber.
Hornet J-5011 of fighter squadron 11, "Tigers" of the Swiss Air Force.
This model in scale 1:32 is based on the excellent Canadian CF-18 by Ryan Harris, whose building instructions I bought to create my Swiss version of a Hornet.
Like the Canadian CF-18s, the Swiss F/A-18s feature a search light on the left side of the fuselage in front of the cockpit. All the working features of Ryan's model can be found on my Hornet as well:
- Opening canopy
- Movable flaps, ailerons and elevators
- Deployable airbrake
- Lowering arrestor hook
- Stowable landing gear with working doors
After I built an initial version following the building instructions, I made quite some changes to Ryan's design to incorporate some more features and better represent the Swiss version of the F/A-18C. Changes I made include:
- All grey color scheme
- Complete redesign of the wings to incorporate folding wing tips
- Section in front of the cockpit features IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) antennae and a deployable refuelling probe
- Radar warning antennas behind the cockpit
- More detailed engine nozzles
- Extended starter rails and different armament
- Smaller details all around
My model represents the plane of the squadron leader of "Fliegerstaffel 11" or fighter squadron 11 with the immatriculation J-5011. The latter one is shortened to 011 on the forward fuselage.
Squadron 11 call themselves "Tigers" and so it is quite obvious that they regularly participate in the NATO Tiger Meet. The livery on the model shows the design of the 2011 edition of the Tiger Meet. The decals are from a supplier of waterslide decals for plastic models and are perfect to scale in 1:32.
The Hornet is shown in a typical configuration for air police service. The armament consists of a 20 mm M61A1 gatling gun, 2 AIM-9X Sidewinders on the wing tips and 2 AIM-120B AMRAAMs on the fuselage hardpoints. Furthermore a centerline fuel tank is carried which shows the standby frequency of 121.50 MHz.
The display base represents a section of taxi way, leading to runway 28 of the Meiringen air base, which is homebase to squadron 11.
Old & New Fighter Planes ✈️
Practicing for 2019 Airshow
Tucson’s Davis-Monthan AFB
Seen from my backyard.
Central Tucson
Tucson, Arizona
Tags:
"United States Air Force" "Old And New" "Fighter Planes" Practicing "Flying Together" "Precision Flying" "Pattern Flying" Flight "Davis-Monthan AFB" "My Backyard" "Central Tucson" Tucson Arizona USA "Southwestern USA" "American Southwest" "North America" "Western Hemisphere" "My Backyard" Exciting Thrilling Dramatic "Partial Overcast" Sky Clouds "Aircraft Spotting"
McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle
Nellis Capabilities Demonstration
Nellis Air Force Base
Las Vegas Valley, NV
The wing and fuselage insignia of the MIG-19 flown by North Korean pilot Captain Lee Woong-pyung when he defected to South Korea on February 25, 1983. The plane is on exhibit at the War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea.
Hornet J-5011 of fighter squadron 11, "Tigers" of the Swiss Air Force.
This model in scale 1:32 is based on the excellent Canadian CF-18 by Ryan Harris, whose building instructions I bought to create my Swiss version of a Hornet.
Like the Canadian CF-18s, the Swiss F/A-18s feature a search light on the left side of the fuselage in front of the cockpit. All the working features of Ryan's model can be found on my Hornet as well:
- Opening canopy
- Movable flaps, ailerons and elevators
- Deployable airbrake
- Lowering arrestor hook
- Stowable landing gear with working doors
After I built an initial version following the building instructions, I made quite some changes to Ryan's design to incorporate some more features and better represent the Swiss version of the F/A-18C. Changes I made include:
- All grey color scheme
- Complete redesign of the wings to incorporate folding wing tips
- Section in front of the cockpit features IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) antennae and a deployable refuelling probe
- Radar warning antennas behind the cockpit
- More detailed engine nozzles
- Extended starter rails and different armament
- Smaller details all around
My model represents the plane of the squadron leader of "Fliegerstaffel 11" or fighter squadron 11 with the immatriculation J-5011. The latter one is shortened to 011 on the forward fuselage.
Squadron 11 call themselves "Tigers" and so it is quite obvious that they regularly participate in the NATO Tiger Meet. The livery on the model shows the design of the 2011 edition of the Tiger Meet. The decals are from a supplier of waterslide decals for plastic models and are perfect to scale in 1:32.
The Hornet is shown in a typical configuration for air police service. The armament consists of a 20 mm M61A1 gatling gun, 2 AIM-9X Sidewinders on the wing tips and 2 AIM-120B AMRAAMs on the fuselage hardpoints. Furthermore a centerline fuel tank is carried which shows the standby frequency of 121.50 MHz.
The display base represents a section of taxi way, leading to runway 28 of the Meiringen air base, which is homebase to squadron 11.
Not a particularly pretty aircraft, true. But pretty fast for its time. The Wikipedia page gives a pilot's quote, "being saddled to a skyrocket". Sounds like fun.
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A USAF F-15 Eagle and an RCAF CF-18 Hornet flying together for a NORAD Flyover during the evening show of the 2022 Abbotsford Airshow.
A USAF F-15 Eagle flying during the evening show of the 2022 Abbotsford Airshow. Thanks to it being an evening show, I got some good shots of the Eagle's afterburners.
VF-13a Pteranodon & the drone, VF-13b Sordes can be separated if needed. This is the 13th addition to my new Victory Squadron. I build this as my entry for "Fly Me To The Moon - Battle Royale" MOC Competition at Bhinneka LUG FB group.
The Fokker DVII was for many people the best German fighter plane of the Great War. The Fokker DVII was produced from 1918 to 1928. 3200 of these planes where produced.
Another important building in Buffalo goes down ro make things "Shovel Ready" for developers. Over 1 million square feet of factory space. Imagine apartments surrounding a giant atrium...sound stages... so many other ways to do things other than filling the landfill with hundreds of thousands of tons of debris,
Recently this building was a suit and clothing factory (M Wile). But historically this building helped win WWI and WWII. The Curtis Jenny was built here. In WWII the P40 Warhawk and C40 (I think) were built here. In its industrial heyday Buffalo and vicinity was a center of aircraft design and building. The Bell X-1 was produced in Niagara Falls for example, but we cant find a way to re-use these old buildings and not exacerbate climate change, as well as honor the work so many people did in winning 2 world wars....besides I've never seen a developer jump on a site because it was "shovel ready". If "shovel ready" was such a lure then Buffalo would be crowded to capacity with development. This is some myth needed to justify waste such as this.
The F/A-18F Super Hornet pops some serious vapor during the practice show for the 2009 Atlantic City Air Show "Thunder Over the Boardwalk" on Tuesday August 18, 2009.
An old USAF Shooting Star jet fighter on display at the Fort Worth Aviation Museum. The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces.
here is the first version of my F-16. Inspiration for the nose taken from Mike on Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/pmiaki/7064073019/in/photolist-bLed...
here is the link to the pic that I used. This is only the first version so expect some changes to be made. I would like to rework the air intake quite a bit as well as add landing gear and all of the armaments to the wings. Feedback is welcome. Happy Building!
-Ty
Wikipedia:
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-17; NATO reporting name: Fresco) is a high-subsonic fighter aircraft produced in the USSR from 1952 and operated by numerous air forces in many variants. It is an advanced development of the similar looking MiG-15 of the Korean War. The MiG-17 was license-built in China as the Shenyang J-5 and Poland as the PZL-Mielec Lim-6.
MiG-17s first saw combat in 1958 in the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis and later proved to be an effective threat against more modern supersonic fighters of the United States in the Vietnam War.