Actually no it wouldn’t, but that is the best response so far.

I guess Steve’s answer would be correct had he not used the word “Corsair”, wouldn’t it?

Good to see the 2 Po-2s (CSS-11/13?) there.

I can’t tell a Po-2 from a CSS-13, but AFAIK CSS-11 was a different design, a bit similar to the Magister.

Does anyone know if their A-26 is flying again yet?

I understand it wasn’t, as of last weekend.

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I am curious as to why Mr. PA did not retain the aircraft? too much work to be done? did Mrs.PA ever tell the reasons to Mrs Mk12?

I believe I have a clue. I had the honour to meet Mr P. Arnold in London last year. He used those nice business cards which depicted a colour profile of EN224. Now, last Sunday at an air show here I accidentally bumped into an artist I know (the taller guy in one of the attached photos), and as we chatted about various things we were working on, he told me he was currently giving finishing touches to a new business card for Mr PA. Apparently, this is going to include a colour profile of another warbird, presumably now owned by said gentleman. Unfortunately, a Mustang (the aeroplane in the other photo) roared above as as we talked, and I failed to hear what particular type or serial no. that would be.

I fully agree – I didn’t mean to put the blame on ebay itself for the development of prices – this clearly is caused by the insanity of some bidders with (obviously) more available funds than brains –

Martin, try not to insult people just because you don’t understand their reasons. ‘Insanity’ is a dangerous word: I have met people who considered it insane to pay 20 pounds for a ticket to an airshow.

but I do regard a place like ebay as a construct that can produce evil behaviour in people while fighting over an item – it’s beyond rational boundaries – it sometimes even feels like war. At such price-levels as seen it the actual example, it can no longer be for collecting things only – it is to be better than everyone else, at no matter what price. That’s evil.

Places like ebay make people (non-aviation-history-enthusiasts) realise that old photographs are worth something. Even if you personally cannot afford to buy them, at least you become aware of their existence, while ten years ago or so they might well have landed in a dustbin, lost forever, without any historian (like you) realising this.
And someone (unlike you) who pays hundreds of quids for a single photo is certainly going to take good care of it, so in the end ebay helps preserve aviation history, even if it is not in your collection.

Good question VoyTech.

Suggest you start a new thread with it & the pics at the top for the non-jet fans… 😀

or ask Mark12 to change the title of the thread he originated…

I just got files with some photos I took last Saturday, 21 May, at Minsk Mazowiecki, the base of 1 Eskadra Lotnictwa Taktycznego (1st Tactical Aviation Squadron) Polish AF. Their MiG-29s don’t seem historic to me, quite unlike the badge they carry under the cockpit, as shown here on three different machines.

The emblem, known as “Kosciuszko Badge” was first seen on fighters in 1920, during the Polish-Russian war (Oeffag D.III shown below).
Then it adorned several types during the inter-war years, ending with P.11s (see below) which took it into battle again, in 1939.
In 1940 it re-appeared on Hurricanes of 303 Sqn over London, and continued on the unit’s Spitfires during 1941-45 (S/Ldr Zumbach’s BM144 illustrated), finally adorning 303’s Mustang IVs when they escorted Lancasters to Berchtesgaden, the “Hitler’s Nest” on 25 April 1945.

This made me wonder: what other unit badges are still in use on operational aircraft in various countries, and date back 85 years or more?