Airplane Porn (and the occasional helicopter)

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Something's amiss here.Invasion striped C-model?ANd the upper wing stripes are missing.

[RaptorReed]

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[Jesse C.]

Something's amiss here.Invasion striped C-model?ANd the upper wing stripes are missing.

 

A month after the invasion, orders where given to remove the upper portion of the stripes while operating in forward airfields in France and Europe, and then totally removed at the end of 1944

 

And this is a P-51 B with a Malcolm Blown Hood Canopy. This is a rebuild based on remains from a crashed P-51 that was on a training mission in England. The plane represented is famous for pursuing an ME-109 underneath the Eiffel Tower and shooting it down. But it was wearing a different scheme at the time. 

 

[RaptorReed]

[Z-train]

A month after the invasion, orders where given to remove the upper portion of the stripes while operating in forward airfields in France and Europe, and then totally removed at the end of 1944

 

And this is a P-51 B with a Malcolm Blown Hood Canopy. This is a rebuild based on remains from a crashed P-51 that was on a training mission in England. The plane represented is famous for pursuing an ME-109 underneath the Eiffel Tower and shooting it down. But it was wearing a different scheme at the time. 

 

O.K. I still have a problem with a B model still being in service after D-day.The D model entered service early 1943.

[KiloTango1200]

Trivia Question: How do you tell if a DC-3 was originally built for American Airlines?

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[MikeRL411]

Trivia Question: How do you tell if a DC-3 was originally built for American Airlines?

 

Look for the rivet line that marks the removed the C57 wing to body fillets!  The DC3 did not have these fillets!  If the rivet hole patches are there, then this was a C47 reconversion, not a built to order civilian DC3.  Or go to the British "War Birds" site and punch in the civilian FCC registeration number.  I think that this most honerable tracker of vintage warbirds must have some regard for C47 and DCs lineage.

[goes2fast]

Look for the rivet line that marks the removed the C57 wing to body fillets!  The DC3 did not have these fillets!  If the rivet hole patches are there, then this was a C47 reconversion, not a built to order civilian DC3.  Or go to the British "War Birds" site and punch in the civilian FCC registeration number.  I think that this most honerable tracker of vintage warbirds must have some regard for C47 and DCs lineage.

What about the ones that were for United Airlines, TWA, etc?

[KiloTango1200]

I didn't know this until this beautiful plane showed up on our ramp and our old timer Chief Pilot pointed it out. American Airlines ordered their DC-3s with the Cabin door on the right side of the aircraft instead of the left side. This was supposed to keep the passengers from seeing the ground crew beating the hell out of their expensive luggage going in and out of the small left side baggage door.

 

 

The oldest flying former American Airlines DC-3.

 

 

 

[KiloTango1200]

One of the prettiest airplanes I have ever seen. Still on the airshow circuit, but didn't make Oshkosh this year.

 

536 gallons of Av Gas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jesse C.]

North American F-100 Super Sabre

 

[Jesse C.]

O.K. I still have a problem with a B model still being in service after D-day.The D model entered service early 1943.

 

Lots of early model birds flew on all the way to the end of the war. Some where kept by their pilots simply because they preferred them over the new models, and with some improvements, worked just as well or better than the new models. 

 

Some where kept on as Squadron hacks and fast transport birds. Note the WW on the tail of this bird, WW meant War Weary and thus not used for combat missions anymore and used mainly for rescue search, fast transport or hacks. 

 

 

And bombers that where old and war weary where used for rescue, assembly ships or transport hacks

 

[Jesse C.]

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North American F-100 Super Sabre

 

Loudest single engine jet I ever heard.

[Z-train]

Lots of early model birds flew on all the way to the end of the war. Some where kept by their pilots simply because they preferred them over the new models, and with some improvements, worked just as well or better than the new models. 

 

Some where kept on as Squadron hacks and fast transport birds. Note the WW on the tail of this bird, WW meant War Weary and thus not used for combat missions anymore and used mainly for rescue search, fast transport or hacks. 

 

 

And bombers that where old and war weary where used for rescue, assembly ships or transport hacks

 

When a squadron was issued "new Models", EVERYONE got them. No pilot had enough pull to "hang on" to an older model as this would cause repair/maintenance issues. When all P-47 units were issued the "D" model, all the Razorbacks were gone. As to the Liberators,they were the chosen plane for sea rescue account of their longer range. Although some Forts were used, they were far outnumbered by the Liberators.