Disappointed with my previous submission of the Tamiya P-47 Thunderbolt, I tried different techniques for a higher quality photograph. I still have some ways to go but here are the results. Please let me know your thoughts on this method compared to the previous photographs. Thank you, Mike ...
The Republic Aviation Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Farmingdale, Long Island, New York. Originally known as the Seversky Aircraft Company, the company was responsible for the design and production of many important military aircraft, including the P-47 Thunderbolt, F-84 ...
the A-10 was expected to fly from forward air bases, often with semi-prepared substandard runways that presented a high risk of foreign object damage to the engines. The height of the engines lowers the chance that sand or stones will enter the inlet. ...
See T-38 Talon, F-5A, C-5 Galaxy, P-40 Warhawk, P-47 Thunderbolt, B-24 Liberator, P-51 Mustang, A-7 Corsair, F-4 Phantom & F-111 Aardvark. See photos of life at MacDill Field from WW2 era, published in Drew Field's weekly news, "Drew Field Echoes" MacDill Field photos fr...
151. The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953) 152. Project M7 (1953) 153. The Glass Web (1953) 154. Back To God's Country (1953) 155. Forbidden (1953) 156. Walking My Baby Back Home (1953) 157. Tumbleweed Three Were Renegades (1953) 158. War Arrow (1953) 159. Both Sides of the Law ...
Walt Disney and his artists designed and painted squadron and unit insignia. Disney raised the spirit of the troops when he transformed the "once staid military heraldry format created during World War I" into inspired designs (Ethell, p. 141). By the end of World War II, Disney's five-...
P-47 Thunderbolts in Algeria.[24] The Skyraiders were first ordered in 1956 and the first was handed over t-the French Air Force on 6 February 1958 after being overhauled and fitted with some French equipment by Sud-Aviation. The aircraft were used until the end of the Algerian war. ...
47. This "buried engine" fit contributed to the aircraft's aerodynamic cleanliness. However, it made engine access for maintenance and repair difficult and increased the risk that the failure of one engine would contribute to the failure of its pair due to flying debris such as turbine blades....
Through a system of linkages, when the canopy was open the stirrup was lowered and the flaps opened, providing easy access to the cockpit. As the canopy was closed the stirrup was raised into the fuselage and the flaps snapped shut. Picture - SN345 with experimental 47 mm class P guns. ...
47 was slightly slower than the Mk 46 in maximum and climbing speeds, mainly due to the long supercharger air intake, which was less efficient than the shorter type fitted to earlier Seafires. The Seafire 47 saw action with 800 Squadron on board HMS Triumph during the Malayan Emergency of ...