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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.
A beautiful trio of Hawker Sea Fury fighters back in the morning sun at the Charles M Schultz Sonoma County Airport. This trio was here for the annual Wings Over Wine Country Airshow.
This WWII era fighter aircraft was manufactured by British Manufacture Hawker for the Royal Navy. In addition to the United Kingdom, ten other countries utilized the Sea Fury in military service, including Cuba. The Sea Fury was used by the Cubans in the Bay of Pigs invasion.
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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
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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.
McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle
Nellis Capabilities Demonstration
Nellis Air Force Base
Las Vegas Valley, NV
A US Navy E/A18G Growler flying during the Growler demo at the 2025 Abbotsford Airshow. It was loud and the pilots didn't hold back. I can still hear the afterburners when I look at these shots.
Taken in Pensacola, Florida, USA at the National Museum of Naval Aviation. This was a French Fighter that the US Navy acquired after WWI for testing as a ship launched plane. The US Navy used this plane into the 1920's.