Agree Also

I really don’t understand your point. Especially when talking about Mi-8/17 – which kinda is my terf. So being a cheap product it’s not that qualitative, right?

Let me put it this way:
does it do its job as it was designed? yes
does it do its job in the most harshest environments (read Siberia)? yes
is it cheap? yes
is it easy to maintain? yes

Why should I search for anything else? Why should I pay twice or more the price of a Mi-17 for the same or lesser capabilities?

Just because an aircraft is cheap does not mean it is less effective than a more expensive one. Look at what the Biafrans did with a few SAAB MFI-9 MiniCOINs. If a cheap aircraft is an appropriately effective choice, it is the best choice, especially for a country with limited resources.

Libyan C-130 in new gray scheme. Looks a lot better with the green markings than the camouflage does, if you ask me.

Unusual Bulgarian L-29

Unusual roundels on this Bulgarian L-29. Do they indicate that the aircraft has been withdrawn from service?

Malawi Do-28!!!

See to it you come up with things from Cameroon or Guinea-Conakry, Guinea-Bissau next time.:dev2:

I wonder if you subscribe to french magazine called “Frères d’armes” I guess this one may have yielded lots of african aviation-oriented pixs in it over the years.

Malawi’s Dornier Do-28 Skyservant

Equatorial Guinea’s Yak-40 Codling.

Congo.Brazzaville MiG-17F Fresco

Where do you get this wonderful stuff? You just keep on coming with amazing pictures! I am very curious about the Do-28. Color scheme looks to be black top and silver bottom. Also, regarding the markings, is the red bar on the fin part of the fin flash? If so, I don’t see any green, which is part of the standard black-red-green flash. It’s not red-black-red; there’s no second red stripe. Also, I wonder if the fuselage marking is repeated on alternate wings, bottom of right wing and top of left? If not, I presume the “01” portion of the registration number would be on the bottom right wing. Would the markings also repeat on the top wings? Thanks for this one- you’ve made my day!

Sierra Leone Alouette III

Yes I have (i.e. Egyptian Police Gazelle :eek:), but I have to look at my own slides collection…

I am currently focused on the Alouette III, then here is what I found on the web :

– ANGOLA (you can see the roundel, a sort of red and black “yin-yang” circle with a yellow star)
– Congo
– Gabon (Garde Républicaine) from my own collection
– Hong Kong
– Indonesian Army
– Irak (from a french magazine)
– Lebanon
– Unidentified… Maybe Sierra-Leone Coast Guard ?

Yes, that Alouette III is from Sierra Leone. Also, it’s interesting that the Hong Kong example is wearing the UK/RAF roundel.

Mauritius BN-2

Mauritius Coast Guard BN-2.

African Militaries

There’s a thread on African militaries at http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=490398. Many aircraft images.

Kyrgyz MiG-23

A couple of views of a MiG-23 guarding a gate in Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan. From http://www.aircraftslides.com.