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It's the 80th Anniversary of the first flight of my favourite aircraft today, the Avro Lancaster. Here's my recent painting showing seven brave young men setting off to war, not knowing if they'll return the following morning.
The (JPATS) was a 1994 USN /USAF program to acquire a new training aircraft. Beechcraft/Raytheon, with a modified Swiss Pilatus PC-9 Mk 2, the only turboprop in the competition won the contract. The plane was designated the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II. The contestants: #aviation
Fokker D.XXI
Artist: Jaroslav Velc
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@Lord_Arse Stealth Fighter! One of my most played games on the C64. Loved the huge manual. I could get past the aircraft identification 9 times out of 10 by memory. The maps and keyboard overlay were brilliant. (Must work out a real C64 keyboard on the PC so I can use the overlay again.) 😁
Two rather underpowered aircraft.
Buccaneer S1 of 700Z NAS with Gloster Javelin Mk 5 of 228 OCU.
Krampus is notable for being an early adopter of new mobility technology, not only taking to the skies in early aircraft but using the tactical advantage of flight to bomb naughty children with bundles of switches.
Five designs for futuristic attack aircraft.
https://t.co/ebi0b8JH9R
#conceptart #scifi
Probably should've posted yesterday about the F-14. It has now been 50 years since it's first maiden flight. This aircraft will still forever be my favorite. Along with the F-15 and others.
Long live the Tomcat!
10 years after he created Flash Gordon, Alex Raymond decided to volunteer for the US Marines in 1944.
He trained in Virginia then was posted on an aircraft carrier as a combat artist. He left San Diego for Hawaii, then Okinawa, Borneo, & finally Leyte. He drew the entire time:
@artistcdmj Well i bought these ones on ebay i found out they are part of the chad valley set from Argos and come with the aircraft carrier and also the cargo plane set, but i cannot find them separated though
Dec. 17, 1903, #onthisday, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful flight of a self-propelled aircraft near Kitty Hawk, NC. Here are two images from that day by James H. Hare. Not on view. See more of Hare's work: https://t.co/e59xEvGt9P
The Vickers-Armstrong V-1000, was a 'still-born' jet-powered cargo aircraft, designed to meet a Royal Air Force requirement for strategic transport, to support its strategic bomber fleet, particularly the V-bombers. Based on elements of the Vickers Valiant, it was not built.😞