A photo of a competitor to the Bronco: the Convair Model 48 Charger

Wasn’t that the pod used by David Douglas Duncan to film a Corsair ground attack mission from up-close?
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From red and white crosses to black crosses: the Berlin B-9 prone pilot experimental a/c, with the classic registration D-ECAY:
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Too many cockpits…
Ju 88 V2 D-ASAZ
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Ju 88 V5 D-ATYU
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Congrats Spartabus!
57 years ago someone lost his life on this day too, while being the first to exceed Mach 3 in another x-plane: the X-2. RIP Capt. Mel Apt.
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A whole formation of them, under attack by Japanese X-planes 😉

(cover art for Midland Publications’ Japanese Secret Projects)
More flying surface malfunctions! ‘Tis but a scratch!

That’s how most of them have ended, sadly.
It all started with a couple of Alouette I prototypes, long long ago…
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A stripped Shoki:

Or in a Dragon Rapide:

Lynx in rather unnatural environment:
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Yes it’s the Dutch one that was captured in Libya.
Altimeter check…
More South African Harvard pics…
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Nice one Geoff.
Here’s another low MiG-21, a Croatian one:
Totally different engine than the Romanian one from the sound of it.
And a very interesting low-level dogfight between a MiG-29 and an F-16 in Poland:
Even smaller wings… or none at all really:
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