The Aviation thread

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Hello Connie:

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Hello Sam:

[Swordsman88]

Originally Posted by Burnout

Hello Sam:

Good job to the pilot getting that back home. The frogfoot is known for being the proverbial brick **** house but can't have been fun being in that tank when it got hit. "Hmm, i say ivan, i think we may have hit something." "I think you're right yuri i did hear something earlier.."

[74_XB_Ute]

I wonder what is behind the grey blanked out square near the wheel chock? Its not there in the first pic. Is that a beer bottle rolling away to the left? Maybe the boys were having a little mid-day liquid lunch perhaps

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[gz1]

Originally Posted by Burnout

Hello Sam:

Is that part of the New Qantas fleet?

[Peuty]

Originally Posted by 74_XB_Ute

A8-132 which is the ARDU jet is being painted in original ARDU colours (camo on top as original with white underbody and ARDU markings) and will be sent to Adelaide.

Which looks great by the way...

She's had a few paint jobs in her day though

HARM trials



Harpoon trials



Light grey or anti flash white? Hard to tell with the lighting, but I think it's a grey.



132 to the bottom in low vis grey

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While we lost the Pig; the Poms lost the:

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Another great warbird.

[74_XB_Ute]

I've seen a few pics of models in this thread. Here is a pic of the cockpit on a model I'm working on at the moment. It's a Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu WW2 aircraft in 1/48 scale.

[Spudz27]

Santa delivered a package today.
All of these

[74_XB_Ute]

Originally Posted by Puffin Fresh

Santa delivered a package today.
All of these

And not one single broken undercarriage nice set Puffin Fresh!

[74_XB_Ute]

Originally Posted by Peuty

Which looks great by the way...

She's had a few paint jobs in her day though


Harpoon trials

Nice pic showing the gun pack still fitted to the F111

Originally Posted by Peuty

Light grey or anti flash white? Hard to tell with the lighting, but I think it's a grey.

Pretty sure this was the colour scheme while A8-132 was in the USA for AUP

[QLD-Bluey]

After much trial and error, here are a few pics, of many, I took of the last flight of the mighty F111. A sad day indeed.

[QLD-Bluey]

Some more!!

[Bucknaked]

Originally Posted by QLD-Bluey

After much trial and error, here are a few pics of many I took of the last flight of the mighty F111. A sad day indeed.

Definatley. My dad was in the RAAF and I grew up on various RAAF bases. I have great memories as a child of the F111's and other aircraft. Hercs and the B52's are amongst my favorites with the F111 and Mirage's as well

I have a few big black and white photo's of varous aircraft taken by the RAAF in Malaysia. I got back in 1982 when I visited the photo studio on base. They gave me a dozen or so of these photo's, which I still have packed away. I might pull em out and take some pics of these. Too big to scan. I'm fairly sure they are A1 in size.

[Bucknaked]

Here are those pics. Excuse the quality, these black and whites are 30 years old so the quality of the photo's is starting to deteriorate.

[Spudz27]

Originally Posted by Bucknaked

Here are those pics. Excuse the quality, these black and whites are 30 years old so the quality of the photo's is starting to deteriorate.

I have that

[QLD-Bluey]

Awesome pics Bucknaked!! Thanks for sharing. I love the old Mirages and the Sabre.

[Spudz27]

Originally Posted by 74_XB_Ute

And not one single broken undercarriage nice set Puffin Fresh!

Cheers

The two Finnair actually have no centre gear. They are the first models I have ever had where you have to install the gear (mind you they were made in the 90's) and I could not fit the centre gear. I also have a China Eastern that the gear would not fit properly so I have it on it's stand.

[Burnout]

Here's some old stuff fer you ol' blokes:













And oh yeah, a few blokes who just made it:

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[BAWITHLOT]

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Nice collection of RAF tankers! The first shot must be a VC10 but does not look long enough and I cannot tell if it has 4 engines. The Tristar looks good in low vis as most of the ones I have pictures of are white!

[Peuty]

Love the Mirage shots Buckie.

I was talking to a bloke who was in the RAAF when the B52's came to visit and he was telling me how they had to widen the tarmac a few meters each side so the dolly wheels wouldn't drag in the dirt.

Now it's time for my favourite ever picture in the history of things I like...



I'd have liked to have seen a race between the #17 Jim Beam car with Steve at the wheel and a Pig before retirement!

[Bucknaked]

Originally Posted by Peuty

Love the Mirage shots Buckie.

I was talking to a bloke who was in the RAAF when the B52's came to visit and he was telling me how they had to widen the tarmac a few meters each side so the dolly wheels wouldn't drag in the dirt.

Now it's time for my favourite ever picture in the history of things I like...



I'd have liked to have seen a race between the #17 Jim Beam car with Steve at the wheel and a Pig before retirement!

That is a great photo.

Growing up on base gave me a lot of opportunity to collect memorabilia from various armed forces. Here's a part of what I collected in patches and stickers. I've kept all this stuff I guess because it's something you just don't get everyday.



I've got a folder with a lot more photo's which I've kept over the years.

[jaskel]

well looks like Feb I will be kicking off my Private Pilots Lic..whoohoo..cant wait!

[motomk]

Originally Posted by BAWITHLOT

Nice collection of RAF tankers! The first shot must be a VC10 but does not look long enough and I cannot tell if it has 4 engines. The Tristar looks good in low vis as most of the ones I have pictures of are white!

Yeah that would be a VC10, will just be one of the shorter ones. They are starting to get rid of them too. I know 2 have gone to be parted out.

Speaking of Tankers, used to live where they flew out of years ago. My favourite one was a 214 squadron one but no idea which particular one it was, wasn't either of these two as they are the K2 version. 214 had the older ones.
Recently arrived in the house of motomk. Not good pictures with shadow and all that....straight back in the box afterwards in case I damaged them until I find something to put them in.

55 squadron from the Falklands era.


57 squadron from the Falklands era.


Both together.


If anyone has the latest ERSA, that has a good picture of the F111 on the front of it.

[jaskel]

Originally Posted by motomk

Yeah that would be a VC10, will just be one of the shorter ones. They are starting to get rid of them too. I know 2 have gone to be parted out.

Speaking of Tankers, used to live where they flew out of years ago. My favourite one was a 214 squadron one but no idea which particular one it was, wasn't either of these two as they are the K2 version. 214 had the older ones.
Recently arrived in the house of motomk. Not good pictures with shadow and all that....straight back in the box afterwards in case I damaged them until I find something to put them in.

55 squadron from the Falklands era.


57 squadron from the Falklands era.


Both together.


If anyone has the latest ERSA, that has a good picture of the F111 on the front of it.

where did you get the desk stand models from?? ive been searching for some various models for my desk at work..