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In 1940-1941, North American Aviation designed the SNJ as a transition trainer between basic trainers and first-line tactical aircraft. now it does air sows and writes on the skies.
Harvard Planes
Members of the Canadian Harvard Aerobatic Team are professional airshow performers who have years of experience behind them.
canadianharvards.com/index.html (See video)
The Harvard was an American designed two-seater general-purpose military monoplane with tandem cockpits and sliding enclosures. The training variant had dual controls, with the rear control quickly removable..
This aircraft was produced with several powerplants ranging from 400 to 600hp. Production for the US Army Air Corps started in 1936.
More than 17,000 Harvards were built in the US or under license in Australia, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands and Sweden. Many remained in service in military air arms for over 20 years after the end of WWII, serving in total of more than 40 airforces around the world.
South Africa was the last air force to use the Harvard after 55 years service, from 1940-1995.
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Jim, served in the US Army Aircorps in WW2, spending time in Burma, China and India. canon fd 28mm f2.8
My grandfather, Col. Reginald F.C. Vance, with the airplane he had at his disposal while serving as the military air attache to Siam and Burma from 1946 to 1949. I hope to get a better copy of this with a higher resolution. This will have to do for now.
4th Anti-Tank Helicopter Corps (4 Taisensha Herikoputatai) - Eastern Army Air Corps (Tobu Homen Kokutai) - Eastern Army (Tobu Homentai)
The mainstay of the Japanese attack helicopter fleet, the AH-1 Cobra is slowly reducing in numbers in the Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force. This pair performed a dynamic duo display at the 2019 Tachikawa Camp Airshow before departing to their home base across Tokyo Bay at Kisarazu Air Field.
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Airline: Irish Air Corps
Aircraft: Pilatus PC-12NG Spectre
Registration: 283
C/n: 1844
Time & Location: 24.10.2020, EFHK, Finland
4th Anti-Tank Helicopter Corps (4 Taisensha Herikoputatai) - Eastern Army Air Corps (Tobu Homen Kokutai) - Eastern Army (Tobu Homentai)
The mainstay of the Japanese attack helicopter fleet, the AH-1 Cobra is slowly reducing in numbers in the Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force. 73439 was one of two Cobra's that performed a dynamic duo display at the 2019 Tachikawa Camp Airshow with the surrounding apartment building's providing a unique backdrop.
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Miami - International (Wilcox Field / 36th Street / Pan American Field) (MIA / KMIA)
Florida, USA - 1.1987
First Flight 10.1976
Del. 10.1976 to Alitalia I-DIRO
People Express N573PE
Continental Air Lines N573PE ✔
Express One International N573PE
Riverhorse Inv N521DB
Viscount A.S. N521DB
Sun Pacific International N521DB
Star Air Tours N521DB
Ryan International Airlines N521DB
Laker Airways N521DB
Star Air Tours N521DB
Sport Hawk Chicago N521DB
Miami Air International N521DB
Falcon Air Express N521DB
Cargojet Airways C-GMSJ
AirCorp Inc N615PA
Paradigm Air Carriers N615PA
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Diamond Lil
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CAF Air Show
Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport
Janesville, Wisconsin 42.615587, -89.042342
July 23, 2021
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Japanese Huey of the Eastern Army's Helicopter Unit hover taxiing back to the ramp at Tachikawa having operated from grass for the 2019 Tachikawa Camp Airshow.
Japan Ground Self-Defence Force Camp Tachikawa is home to the headquarters of the Eastern Army.
Tachikawa's helicopter's primary role is disaster prevention and the Huey's based there played a prominent role in the support of the rescue operation following Typhoon Hagibis in October 2019.
Project 914 Archives (Steve O. Reno collection)
This photo dates from early 1938 and shows 2nd BG Y1B-17s overflying NYC shortly before their famous goodwill flight from Miami, Florida to Buenos Aires, Argentina and then back to their home field at Langley, Virginia. The flight was made over the course of ten days; February 17th to 27th, 1938.
Fade to Black...
The North American "Mitchell" B-25. Famous for the April 18th 1942 Raid on Tokyo lead by Lt. Col Jimmy Doolittle. The flight originated from Aircraft carriers, something a bomber had never done. This plane is maintained by the Disabled American Veterans outreach program.
This World War Two vintage P-40 Warhawk performed at the 2018 Stuart Airshow in Stuart, Florida. Prints, and many other items, are available with this image on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com. Thanks for visiting!
A WWI pilot finds refuge and love in a beautiful french village...
SIM developed by Sebcaen Ulysses, Biouby Ulysses and Fabiola Pennell.
Parlez-Moi D'amour, sung by Lucienne Boyer, circa 1930.
See the uncut version here.
3rd December 2008., Baldonnel Aerodrome, Near Dublin, Ireland.
Early morning on 3rd December 2008 and an Irish Air Corps Casa 235 serial 252 sits on the ramp while Irish Air Corps Gulfstream serial 251 is in the hanger
A World War Two vintage B-17 Bomber makes a low level pass with its landing gear down at the 2018 Vero Beach Airshow in Vero Beach, Florida. Prints, and many other items, are available with this image on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com. Click on the link and thanks for visiting!
Japanese Cobra hovering to it's parking spot for a static appearance at JGSDF Tachikawa Open Camp following an appearance in the large formation opening of the airshow element of the open camp.
This AH-1S Cobra belonging to 4th Anti-Tank Helicopter Unit falls under the command of Tachikawa garrison lead JGSDF Eastern Air Force and is based on the other side of Tokyo at JGSDF Camp Kisarazu.
A World War Two vintage B-17 bomber makes a landing approach at the 2018 Vero Beach Airshow in Vero Beach, Florida. Prints, and many other items, are available with this image on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com. Click on the link and thanks for visiting!
n 1940-1941, North American Aviation designed the SNJ as a transition trainer between basic trainers and first-line tactical aircraft. These planes served as the classroom for most of the Allied pilots flying in WWII. This aircraft has been recognized by many names; the T-6 Texan (Army Aircorp) and the Harvard (RAF), but was most affectionately known as the “pilot maker” by crew members.
The GEICO Skytypers fly the SNJ-2 version of the aircraft.
4th Anti-Tank Helicopter Corps (4 Taisensha Herikoputatai) - Eastern Army Air Corps (Tobu Homen Kokutai) - Eastern Army (Tobu Homentai)
The mainstay of the Japanese attack helicopter fleet, the AH-1 Cobra is slowly reducing in numbers in the Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force. 73439 was one of two Cobra's that performed a dynamic duo display at the 2019 Tachikawa Camp Airshow with the surrounding apartment building's providing a unique backdrop.
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AH-64 Apache from Middle Wallop Army Base in Hampshire working in the MFTA in Snowdonia. 5 Apache's were at RAF Valley for the week and it was great to get out for a couple of days and see these awesome machines, made even more special by getting them in the snowy Welsh mountains. Seen here is call sign ' Eclipse 1' flying in the Llyn Ogwen valley otherwise known as the A5 Pass.
Music: youtu.be/EsuJth9FXec
Photo by Iris
Story by the wonderful Ashlynn.
Thanks so much for writing the story for this pic Ash!!!
Special guest-star: Larah Sa'fir
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General Okiddo ordered her squadron's two ace pilots to stand fast for a briefing before leading her squad on a very important aerial demonstration for some high profile diplomats.
Everything had to be perfect. The planes had been washed and waxed and general Okiddo expected nothing less then perfection when it came to her pilot's appearance.
The feared skycaptain, General Okiddo, marched out onto the airstrip's parking apron. The clicking of her heels echoing in the morning air tended to un-nerve even the most disciplined pilots.
Captain Jameson stood at attention, stone faced, staring straight ahead while her counter-part, captain Sa'fir stood nervously at attention.
It had been a nightmare of a morning for captain Sa'fir. She decided to go out for happy hour the night before and totally forgot to pick-up her uniform from the dry cleaners. Also she woke-up late with a very bad hangover and now stood at attention before the most feared general in the Air Corps.
General Okiddo stopped in front of her two aces. She looked over captain Jameson and flashed a rare smile of approval.
"Very nice, captain Jameson. You maybe the biggest whore in the corps, but you never cease to amaze and you’re one hell of pilot!"
A confused look briefly formed on captain Jameson's face
"Ummmmmm....thank you ma'am!", she replied.
General Okiddo turned her attention to captain Sa'fir
"What dumpster did you wake-up in captain Sa'fir?" Okiddo asked.
"Uh.......ma'am? ", Sa'fire replied.
Captain Jameson snickered as general Okiddo began to lace into her rival, captain Sa'fir.
"What is it you don't understand about service dress?! You show up in what looks like captain Jameson's bed sheet after she's been fucked by half of B Squadron!"
Captain Jameson rolled her eyes and then pretended to sneeze....."Haaatttt-chu"
"Bless you Jameson!", barked Okiddo....."And then that hat!", she continued. "Are you going out for a croissant this morning?! Since when do we wear barrets in my Squadron?!"
Captain Jameson pretended to sneeze again......."Booots-chu!!"
"Jesus Christ Jameson......stuff some bullets in that cock-sniffer?"
"She's a bigger slut then I am", thought Captain Jameson.
"OH MY GOD.........KNEE HIGH BOOTS?.........ARE YOU HERE TO RIDE A BALONEY PONEY LIKE I AM SURE JAMESON WAS LAST NIGHT?!"
"What the fuck!", thought Captain Jameson.
"Come with me!", general Okiddo ordered captain Sa'fir as she led her toward the general's quarters.
"Jameson.......go blow the diplomats while I get captain Sa'fir in order!"
Captain Richard Ira Bong of Poplar, Wisconsin, who shot down his twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh enemy planes in a battle over Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, setting a new record for aircraft destroyed in the air.
Richard Ira Bong, America's "Ace of Aces" in World War II was born Sept. 24, 1920, the son of Swedish immigrants in Superior, Wis. He had 40 aerial victories, 200 combat missions and more than 500 combat hours. At a time when he was not expected to fly combat missions, he volunteered for missions that resulted in eight enemy aircraft to be downed. For his bravery, he was awarded the nation's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor.When General Kenney went to the Pacific in Sept., 1942, Bong was one of the pilots he tasked to join the 49th Fighter Group. Bong was assigned to the 9th Fighter Squadron, the "Flying Knights," and was sent to Australia. While waiting for P-38s to be delivered, he flew with the 39th FS of the 35th Fighter Group, operating out of Port Moresby, New Guinea. On Dec. 27, 1942, while flying with the 35th, Bong scored his first aerial victories, a A6M Zero and a Ki-43 Oscar, and earned a Silver Star.
Bong began shooting down Japanese planes at a rapid rate. After his 27th victory, General Kenney took him out of action and promoted him to major. When Eddie Rickenbacker heard about it, he sent a message of congratulations reading, "Just received the good news that you are the first one to break my record in World War I by bringing down 27 planes in combat, as well as your promotion, so justly deserved. I hasten to offer my sincere congratulations with the hope that you will double or triple this number. But in trying, use the same calculating techniques that has brought you results to date, for we will need your kind back home after this war is over."
Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur presented the Medal of Honor to Bong on Dec. 12, 1944. The citation reads: "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action above and beyond the call of duty in the Southwest Pacific area from 10 October to 15 November 1944. Though assigned to duty as gunnery instructor and neither required nor expected to perform combat duty, Major Bong voluntarily and at his own urgent request engaged in repeated combat missions, including unusually hazardous sorties over Balikpapan, Borneo, and in the Leyte area of the Philippines. His aggressiveness and daring resulted in his shooting down eight enemy airplanes during this period."
After Bong scored his 40th victory, he was sent home. He was America's "Ace of Aces," with 40 aerial victories, 200 combat missions and more than 500 combat hours behind him. Among his many medals were the Distinguished Service Cross, two Silver Stars, seven Distinguished Flying Crosses, 15 Air Medals, American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with Silver Service Star for participation in the Leyte, Luzon, New Guinea, Northern Solomons and Papua Campaigns, two Distinguished Unit Citations, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with Bronze Service Star, Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation Emblem, and Philippine Independence ribbon. He was also given the Australian air force's Distinguished Flying Cross.
He went to work at Wright Field as a test pilot, helping to develop the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star. He studied jet propulsion theory and learned the engineering details of the new plane for two months, before flying one. After being checked out in the P-80, he flew it 11 times that summer.
On Aug. 6, 1945, Bong stepped into an airplane for the last time. His P-80 malfunctioned just after take-off, and while he bailed out, he was too close to the ground for his parachute to open. After surviving two years of combat flying, Bong died on a routine acceptance flight.
Photo Courtesy The Staff Sergeant Gail Allison Collection
Fouga CM 170 of the Irish Air Corps at its final resting place, the military aviation museum in Baldonnel.
The military parade in Thessaloniki in celebration of October 28 “Oxi” Day was the most impressive in recent years . May Thessaloniki and Greece be around for many years.”
Εντυπωσιακή η μεγάλη στρατιωτική παρέλαση της 28ης Οκτωβρίου στην Θεσσαλονίκη.
«Να κρατήσουμε τη σημαία μας ψηλά, να κρατήσουμε την Ελλάδα μας ψηλά»
Photography © George @
This WWII B-25 bomber crashed into Lake Greenwood in South Carolina on June 6, 1944. It was recovered in 1983. Now on static display at Owens Field.
See www.thestate.com/news/local/article50119415.html
Hamilton Owens Airport, Columbia, SC, USA.
Designed and built in under a year, Willow Run became the symbol of the American “Arsenal of Democracy” in World War II.
Henry Ford believed that bombers could be mass produced like automobiles. Ford Motor's Charles E. Sorenson called Albert Kahn in and told him, "We have been asked to manufacture parts for a bomber and it seems likely that we'll also build complete planes." Construction was ongoing when Pearl Harbor was attacked, resulting in a dramatic increase in the plant's required output of aircraft and parts. This necessitated a large addition to the plant even as it was under construction. Nevertheless, the factory was completed ahead of schedule.
(There is an urban legend that the production line had a 90 degree turn in order to avoid having the factory spill into another county with a corresponding increase in taxes. This is not true. The turn in the production line was a result of the government's doubling of the required output, which necessitated adding length to the production line. As the line was planned to end at the runway and taxiway system previously completed, turning the line was the only available means by which it could be extended.)
Willow Run was the first plant to build aircraft on a moving assembly line and Ford produced nearly half of the 18,000 B-24 Liberator bombers constructed during WWII. By war’s end, it was turning out one bomber per hour.
Designed to operate 24 hours a day, the more than half-mile long factory was windowless, illuminated by 156,000 fluorescent lamps (nearly equal to the total number of fluorescent lamps manufactured in 1938). Only a small section of the original plant still stands.
This photo was taken in 1943 and shows the end of the main assembly line. The aircraft would be turned to their right at this point for the final leg of the line. On the floor can be seen the turntable used to rotate the aircraft.
The bomber in the foreground, serial number 42-7055, (as well as most of the others seen here) was sent to Alamogordo Army Airfield in New Mexico where it was used to train bomber pilots.
At some point, this aircraft was transferred to Courtland Army Airfield in Alabama where it was used for specialized 4-engine training. On February 19, 1945, the aircraft crashed while landing, suffering extensive damage and killing three of the crew members. Air Corps accidents were common during the war; on that same day there were 18 fatal accidents in the U.S. that resulted in 61 deaths.
The original black and white photograph is in the collection of the Walter Reuther Library at Wayne State University. It was colorized in Photoshop.
my dad was 20 in this picture... he served in WWII in the pacific as a member of the us army air corp which would eventually become the us air force.... in the pacific, he was the flight engineer on a b29... i believe he is pictured here with a b17... handsome young fellow too...
when ant and i visited him this weekend, he was in grand spirits... he talked to ant about school... the importance of an education.... good stuff... sometimes that sharp young man still shows himself...
see this set for my dad's story...
Army Air Corps Westland Lynx Mk7 down low in the Ogwen Valley through a blizzard. As the Lynx approached me looking through the viewfinder all I could see was the light on the front of it.
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A World War Two vintage B-17 Bomber makes a treetop level approach to the runway at the 2018 Vero Beach Airshow in Vero Beach, Florida. Prints, and many other items , are available with this image on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com. Click on the link and thanks for visiting!
Seen through a chain link fence, this World War Two vintage B-17 Bomber taxied on the runway at the 2018 Vero Beach Airshow in Vero Beach, Florida. Prints, and many other items, are available with this image on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com. Click on the link and thanks for visiting!
The Westland Scout is a light helicopter developed by Westland Helicopters. Developed from the Saro P.531, it served as a land-based general purpose military helicopter, sharing a common ancestor and numerous components with the naval-orientated Westland Wasp helicopter. The type's primary operator was the Army Air Corps of the British Army, which operated it in several conflict zones including Northern Ireland and the Falklands War.