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January 26, 2009 at 9:39 am in reply to: The "Wot Plane" Thread. (Game rules in Post #1) #1229074

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Close enough!

Its a Culver Cadet PQ-8.

You have control John.

January 26, 2009 at 9:13 am in reply to: Abandoned aircraft (Photo thread) #1229139

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Nice collection Galdri.

January 26, 2009 at 8:43 am in reply to: The "Wot Plane" Thread. (Game rules in Post #1) #1229153

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HURRA!

Next one is right here:

January 26, 2009 at 8:29 am in reply to: The "Wot Plane" Thread. (Game rules in Post #1) #1229163

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Stampe et Vertongen SV.10

January 26, 2009 at 8:28 am in reply to: The "Wot Plane" Thread. (Game rules in Post #1) #1229168

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Im still “guessing”…..although im more or less plowing through my books and whatever picture i can find online….might take some time…

January 26, 2009 at 8:25 am in reply to: Abandoned aircraft (Photo thread) #1229227

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Good idea, wish you would use a different photo provider so we could all see the photos!:)

Strange; I can see the pic.

I will change the setup ASAP.

January 26, 2009 at 7:11 am in reply to: Found some pictures of abandoned planes #1229342

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For those familiar with Kee Bird, here is a picture of its current situation. There are still 4 zero time engines and a complete wing section to recover.

Despite the unsuccessful recovery attempt in 1995, I have nothing but respect for the recovery crew. That project took some cojones.

January 25, 2009 at 7:41 pm in reply to: Found some pictures of abandoned planes #1229703

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In 1996 they made the movie “Saint-Ex: The Story of the Storyteller” about the writer Antoine de Saint Exupéry, who wrote “The little prince” among other novels.

He was director for Aerolíneas Argentinas around 1930, when they operated Latécoère (at least the 28, but possibly also the 25).

My guess it that the depicted aircraft is a prop for this movie.

January 25, 2009 at 7:20 pm in reply to: Found some pictures of abandoned planes #1229728

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Post 1 fixed.

No pic in post 11, its about the missing picture in post 10, which is not mine. Its the F-27.

Can you still not see the image in 24?

January 25, 2009 at 7:17 pm in reply to: Found some pictures of abandoned planes #1229733

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Quite odd, there are posts in this thread which seemingly include pictures but strangely I cannot see any … :confused:

25th January 2009, 12:37 (Post No.1)
25th January 2009, 14:09 (Post No.10)
25th January 2009, 14:18 (Post No.11)
25th January 2009, 20:00 (Post No.24)

I have used inline linking, to avoid copyright infringement. The image host must be shuffling the URL to the imges, so they no longer lead to them.

I will try to find a more stable solution, or simply give the actual link.

January 25, 2009 at 7:00 pm in reply to: Found some pictures of abandoned planes #1229789

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I hate to seem a cynic, but the photo of the Latécoère 25 seems odd.

-Would the fabric still be in such nice shape after 60-70 years?
-Also, unless the location has awfully mild weather, I would have expected it to have been blown over by wind. I’ve seen newer, heavier metal planes bounced around by mother nature.

I’d like to see the F-27 at Resoulte Bay…the photo is not available (at least on my computer). Also, I hear there is a B-24 near that as well.

I agree about the Latécoère.

As I posted earlier; R-290 was a Puss Moth not a Latécoère. My guess is that they were making a movie and left the aircraft, which might have been a replica.

R-293 was Latécoère 28 lost in Patagonia, maybe they were telling that story?

Here is the F-27:

January 25, 2009 at 6:50 pm in reply to: Cold War intercepts #1229795

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Back in the 60’s my dad took part in over 200 RDAF intercept missions in the Baltic sea. Never once was he, or his colleague, close to using force.

Ok, he flew RF84F which might not be the snappiest aircraft, but they were nearly always escorted by proper intercepters.

RDAF flew a large amount of intercept missions in the Baltic and no aircraft was ever lost, or even in actual danger. The idea was more political than military and some intercepts were quite cordial.

Without trying to analyse the political situation in the 60’s, my perception is, that no one really wanted to start anything. It was all about showing them that we knew they were there and vice versa.

It must not be confused with the BoB type scramble and intercept, as there was no actual danger (well, at least the pilots didn’t expect danger). The Soviets wanted to see how fast RDAF could get from A to B, and we needed to practise exactly that. I’m sure we flew into their airspace too, but thats not widely talked about (at least on “our side”).

As answer to the original question “exactly when would an RAF aircraft actually fire on these”, I can only use the RDAF approach which was “NEVER”.

Naturally there must be a slight window for actual hostility, but that would only be if war was deemed to be imminent. I don’t know who would make that call.

I assume the rest of NATO followed more or less the same rules.

January 25, 2009 at 1:52 pm in reply to: Found some pictures of abandoned planes #1230254

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Something is slightly odd here….

The Argentine registration has R-290 as a DH Puss Moth (Ex G-AAXX).

January 25, 2009 at 1:36 pm in reply to: Found some pictures of abandoned planes #1230265

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Aeroposta Argentina used the R style registration (as here R290) in the 1930’s.

January 25, 2009 at 1:18 pm in reply to: Found some pictures of abandoned planes #1230330

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This is Fairchild F-27J CF-GND (c/n 113) which crashlanded at Resolute Bay 12Jun68.
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