Well, Im searching for pictures about luftwaffe sabres with Aim-9B sidewinder mounted, after a long time I only found a color picture with a sidewinder in a strange colors, but …is the only image than I got…someone can help me with another color picture ?
and also, all germany´s sabres have a martin baker mk5 seat ? (In most pictures I saw the old ejection seat instaled but I saw this in a book but sadly the text is in german) ..then the question is, from what year they have fitted with this seat?
thanks !
By: airart - 10th November 2012 at 17:11
Nice pic.
Re ejector seats it appears that the Mk GW 5 was fitted onto the Mk.6 and probably after the Mk.5 had been withdrawn from service around 1962. What I can confirm is that the Mk GW 5 seat was tested (on the ground) on a retired Sabre Mk.5 coded BB-261, a photo of which exists and I’ve seen in some publications. So one should study each photo to determine which seat is fitted.
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November 10, 2012 at 4:27 am