Airplane Porn (and the occasional helicopter)

[Jesse C.]

22 hours ago, MikeRL411 said:

 

Actually a bomber conversion / derivative of the DC3 / C47.   Used for training.

 

Its a Douglas B-18 Bolo Bomber based on the DC-2

 

 

 

[Jesse C.]

22 hours ago, MikeRL411 said:

 The RAF called them "Bostons".

 

Actually, they where called "Tarpon" but eventually changed back to Avenger by the Royal Navy

 

[J-Luis]

B-18 Bolo's at Santa Monica plant, California, 1939.

[J-Luis]

B-18 Bolo (also known as RAF Digby) ditched with engine failure at Dover, Newfoundland, crew rescued unhurt.

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[Jesse C.]

b-18 Bolo in Hawaii

 

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[MikeRL411]

1 hour ago, VFR800 said:

 

 

 

 

First picture -   Gun sight coordination ?

 

Second picture -  Arc Royal ?

 

Third picture = Folgia marchetti? or I cant remember the other Italian exercise [translates Arrow as I recall].  Amazing how when you take the Mercedes aero engine and wrap the smallest frame around it they all look alike, including the Kawasaki Tony .

Edited December 11, 2019 by MikeRL411
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[J-Luis]

Picture #1 (P-47 Thunderbolt gunsight coordination): Maybe KG 200, a research squadron that tested new weapons and had some captured Allied aircraft. Just a guess. 

Picture #2 (Royal Navy carrier): HMS Indomitable, Freetown, Sierra Leone, on the eve of the Operation Pedestal, maybe August, 1942.

Picture #3 (looks like Ki-61 Tony): Reggiane Re.2005 Sagittario, an Italian monoplane fighter.

[Jesse C.]

17 hours ago, VFR800 said:

 

 

 

Looks like a Republic P-43 Lancer, the predecessor to the P-47 Thunderbolt

 

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