samples

My last ‘real’ painting – still incomplete (gouache and watercolour) – sorry cruddy photo. I’ve since switched over to profiles – all original line-work (Adobe Illustrator – the only Photoshop is the background image). More samples on my site (albeit smaller) and more yet to be uploaded.

James

Serbian Super Galeb with new roundel.

interesting paint job…. do I sense a Serbian air display team??

What heppened to “this part is guaranteed to work for a kazillion hours?”. Starting from that assumption those logisticians planed for spares shopping. Maybe this is happening to the Poles. They were told that a certain part will work a certain amount of hours…and yet…it failed for some reason.

We’ve all got to remember that these purchases are made by politicians (who in reality really do know nothing about anything)… regardless of the advice or recommendations of the ‘knowledgeable’ people, it all comes down to a matter of ‘we’re purchasing 27 of these, so why do we need to purchase more than 27 of any particular part’. No blame on the US or USAF or anyone else other than those who signed the contract.

The USAF’s largest celebration is Aviation Nation
http://aviationnation.org/an2007.html

Oldest air force?… from inception or independence?… France’s AF dates back to 1909 (inception) but only 1933 as an independent service. US Military aviation (balloons) does date back to the Aeronautical Division of the US Signal Corps in 1907.

the simple answer

Yes… it is a Spit

Apologies for the lack of a prop… but

And yes, I’ve posted this one elsewhere in the forums before. To me a gorgeous beastie… Vigilante in a mini-putt (counts as a playgound doesn’t it?) at Subic Bay, Philippines (just a stone’s throw from the old O-Club) I shot this one in 2000. I think she’s still there – http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=14.788031,120.279275&spn=0.001732,0.003519&t=k&z=18&om=1

I just don’t know her BuNo or even when she got placed.

James

a little digging through the plastic boxes turned this up…

From Scale Aircraft Modelling Vol.6, No.2 (November 1983)
(first SAM issue I ever bought – and it included a 1/72 decal sheet for an Argentine example as well as an Egyptian)
Aircraft in Detail article by Bill and Sue Bushell
‘Post-War Lancasters’
Illustration by Pete West

“Egypt was the next country to express and interest in the type and placed an order for nine refurbished examples, again Mark Is. The aircraft again came from Langar but this time were overhauled at Bracebridge Heath under Works Order 1054 and were standard B.Is except for the radar and that there were no guns fitted, though the turrets remained. Following the completion of test flying as G-11-60 to G-11-68, they were ferried to the Royal Egyptian Air Force as 1801 to 1809 (c/ns 1510 to 1518) during the second half of 1950.

Once they arrived at Almaza, where they were to be based, they were more or less ignored and flown very infrequently. Due to a shortage of spares they sat out in the sand and their eventual fate is unknown, though they are believed to have still been in existance during the Suez campaign of 1956.

Egyptian Lancasters were painted in a similar scheme to that used by the RAF, but with light or medium grey upper surfaces. Serials appeared under both wings in arabic and also on the fuselage sides.”
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JJ

Bolivia have 2 or 3 more T-33s upgraded. Bolivia received 18 T-33s, these being ex-Adla T-33SF variants substantially identical with those received from Canada. The picture bellow is on the way to Bolivia.

Saludos!

It is my understanding that Bolivia received their T-33s in two batches – the first 15 in 1973 (former Canadian Forces aircraft) and the second batch (18) during the 1980s from France (also Canadair products). Most recently, there were to have been 18 upgraded (perhaps the Adl’A examples) by Kelowna Flight Craft in Kelowna, BC.