I don’t have a hi-res version of the King’s Crown 406 crest – but I do have all the pieces to ‘reverse engineer’ one for you if you’d like

I’m more inclined to believe that the photos have been ‘doctored’ with the addition of the star on the fin – none of the examples posted show any degree of valid application… lighting, scale, shade or otherwise. Some people will automatically surmise that there HAS to be a Red Star on a horizontally visible plane (utter BS).

Second best recent purchase by this Gov’t!!!… I’m sure the Js and the 17s will see a whole whack of a lot of duty in the sandbox over the next year as we devolve from a combat role to the new training role and A LOT of materiel has to be processed and moved homeward.

they’ve not been sold ‘overseas’. The ‘lowest’ houred ‘legacy’ Hornets went through the upgrade programme in order to provide the current inventory to the “three” squadrons – 409, 410 (the OCU) and 425… the higher houred ‘legacy’ birds have been used as demonstration aircraft on the airshow circuit over the last few years… the remaining ‘legacy’ aircraft have been either distrubuted for and/or stored for spares recovery.

mine’s not aviation related – this was from my Grandfather in 1915…
(I do have another 2 or 3 Service issue cards he sent home in following years)

where one’s loss may be another’s gain… maybe even a decent purchase over here (better buy them now before the opposition decides to raise a furor that they might infringe on some absurd/obscure ‘Constitutional privilege’ – let alone the fact they might actually be of value) … a perfect item for dealing with forthcoming northern sovereignty issues.

… An outfit in Tauranga operates a Bell 47 in US Army colours and a Hughes 500 painted as Cayuse “Miss Clawd IV” (see here: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Kawasaki-500C-(369HS)/1539987/L/).

Interestingly enough, the markings are a combination of the Italeri OH-6 Model kit (right down to the 17340 and ‘Outcasts’ emblem) but missing the shark’s mouth…. not sure where ‘Miss Clawd’ came from… oh, and it’s obviously a civil Hughes (or Kawasaki) 500 – the long legs are the give-away.

…. but not the Cobra which may not make it if the State Dept refuses an export certificate. ( Flyng Bulls also has a Cobra ).

A very good candidate almost anywhere, as the former US Army -F and -S models are being civilianized – some already operate in Chile combating forest fires and the like.