Aviation Photographs

[Token]

A little Lightning love, from the 2009 Edwards AFB Airshow and Open House.













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[Rt169Radio]

Really nice pictures!

[eagleswings01]

FANTASTIC new images Token! Thanks for contributing!

[metal57]

A few from the UK, late eighties early 90's. Scanned so quality not great.


Waddington


Waddington


Waddington


Waddington


Woodford


Woodford


Mildenhall


upper Heyford

[Rt169Radio]

Nice, a couple those planes look like their from the Vietnam War era.

[CapStar362]

ahhh the famous Blue&White Su-27 Demonstrator

[Token]

Originally Posted by Rt169Radio

Nice, a couple those planes look like their from the Vietnam War era.

Not quite sure what you mean by Vietnam war era. The pictures appear to be from 15 years after Vietnam, but several of the aircraft could have participated in the SEA theater.

The A-7 is from the OK ANG, but certainly could be an old enough airframe to have been in SEA. The last was delivered in around 1984 or so. I have a really good story of an F-14 driver and an A-7 driver “settling” which was the better A-A platform in a knife fight, not sure what they decided amongst themselves but the F-14 landed broken, and the A-7 did not, that story is long enough that it needs to be a chapter in a book

The E-2C is still active today, but entered service in the mid 1960's, so could be Vietnam era.

The F-4 is from the 52nd TFW, out of Saarbrucken, and I think is too late a model to have been in SEA, although other Phantoms certainly were.

I think none of the other aircraft shown would have been active in SEA.

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[hamstang]

The F4 Phantom looks like possibly a G model which would have been used the in 1991 Gulf War The SP tailcode indicates Spangdahlem AB Germany I think.

[Token]

Originally Posted by hamstang

The F4 Phantom looks like possibly a G model which would have been used the in 1991 Gulf War The SP tailcode indicates Spangdahlem AB Germany I think.

You are 100% correct on SP (and 52nd TFW) being Spangdahlem, not sure why I pulled Saarbrucken out of my head. Yes, I was thinking it was a G model, but was not sure, that was why I said "late".

The tail stripe makes me think 480th TFS, of the 52nd.

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[gtaman]

Erickson Air Crane Rickenbacker International.

[Rt169Radio]

Ah, yes. The skycrane, are those even around anymore?

[barry008]

Originally Posted by Rt169Radio

Ah, yes. The skycrane, are those even around anymore?

There were one or two in Atlanta a while back. Several years ago, one would fly right over the house going back and to from Atlanta to Columbia, SC. They were doing some sort of construction in Columbia that needed the services of the Skycrane.

[gtaman]

Originally Posted by Rt169Radio

Ah, yes. The skycrane, are those even around anymore?

Intriguingly they are. I just saw one land at Rickenbacker yesterday so I'm going to get a better picture of it with an iphone. That one was taken with an iPod in late 2010

[Token]

Been a few days since anyone posted to this thread, so going to give it a little bump with a couple each B-17 and B-25 pics. Again, shots are from the 2009 Edwards AFB Open House and Airshow.









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[gtaman]

Originally Posted by Token

Been a few days since anyone posted to this thread, so going to give it a little bump with a couple each B-17 and B-25 pics. Again, shots are from the 2009 Edwards AFB Open House and Airshow.









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Nice I remember seeing one at Writ Patterson AFB

[zob-slantzero]

A couple of more bombers.

B-24



B-29

[Rt169Radio]

The pictures and planes in the last two posts are very nice.

[Token]

A little bump.

I love radials starting:



Never really got a good angle on this aircraft. But you can tell it is a razorback P-47, a rare breed these days.





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[gtaman]

This isn't my photo as it is copyrighted but I remember the Antov beast at (KLCK) Rickenbacker international in 2007. I sure do want to see it again.

[Rt169Radio]

Those P-47 planes were sure tough back in WW2, I think the equivalent today would be the A-10 Warthog.