In my view XL318 should be at the top of the list. XH558 has been modified significantly for its civilian flying life, so is no longer representative of an in-service aircraft. XL318 went straight from RAF service to indoor display, the remainder have spent time outside, with inevitable deterioration. This means that ‘318 is the benchmark example for future generations to refer to, as the only Vulcan preserved indoors straight from service, in her original service paint (just look at how much store is set by original, unmolested Spitfires these days for confirmation of how important this is)

When XH558s flying career is over, I will no doubt agree with you. However, what can be a better representative of a type than one that can display any aeroplanes primary function?

indeed first helicopters then..

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then ultimately to this

Malvinas will be theirs! 😮 what can the Typhoons do??

The Chinese dream jet? For all we know, the EF has better stealth characteristics, unless someone can provide some quantifiable evidence and not just Internet hearsay and conjecture. 🙂

The attention to detail is simply staggering 😎

Fantastic set of images again Brian… and what a lovely blue sky to shoot against! That was something at Duxford that sadly eluded me all the time I had decent camera kit…

Cheers
Pete

I suspect that in some of the photos at least, they’ve been manipulated to highlight the sky colour.

Still a fantastic set of photos though.

Its just a CG model of the FGFA from an Indian artist.
realistically i have my doubts pakfa or fgfa will use a one piece canopy. not that it’s not possible.. in fact the Pak-fa’s canopy shape is very similar to the

X-32 used two piece canopy, back part slides back like T-50

F-32 proposal uses one piece canopy

btw i wish some one would draw an Indian T-50 with OUT the fgfa modifications.

Is it just me, or does that X32 canopy look suspiciously like a Harrier one?

It’s unbelievable that something so rare, valuable, old, significant and beautiful is allowed to deteriorate like that now! There’s plenty of museums that would take an F4u in a heartbeat, and would be much better cared for!

OK then guys. So how can we shrink the pilot’s head by 30% and solve this one?

🙂

Ian

Here’s your answer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj_inlzsDhQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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Lovely Spit BTW 🙂