Good day friends, 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....
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 ...
Criticism that the U.S. Air Force did not take close air support seriously prompted a few service members to seek a specialized attack aircraft. In the Vietnam War, large numbers of ground-attack aircraft were shot down by small arms, surface-to-air missiles, and low-level anti-aircraft g...
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...
Thunder Island (1921) The Fighting Lover (1921) The Heart of Arizona (1921) The Man Trackers (1921) Short Skirts (1921) The Kiss (1921) Terror Trail (1921) The Fox (1921) Luring Lips (1921) Opened Shutters (1921) Danger Ahead (1921) The Cowboy Editor (1921) The Shark Master (1921...
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. ...
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. ...
to-air rockets and missiles to entire missile systems under the 1956 Nike program and becoming the main contractor of the Skybolt ALBM program and the Thor ballistic missile program. Douglas also earned contracts from NASA, notably for designing the S-IVB Stage of the enormous Saturn V rocket....
B-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 ...