Agreed!

ISS with Atlantis 😉

ISS just passed over my area on a Southeasterly course (23:00 hrs – or so)
http://www.heavens-above.com/PassDetails.asp?SatID=25544&lat=44.850&lng=-75.317&alt=69&loc=Iroquois&TZ=EST&Date=39250.1309670295

and here’s the upcoming June 17 track for Coventry
http://www.heavens-above.com/PassDetails.asp?SatID=25544&lat=52.403&lng=-1.508&alt=76&loc=Coventry&TZ=GMT&Date=39250.8893007288

and the 18th
http://www.heavens-above.com/PassDetails.asp?SatID=25544&lat=52.403&lng=-1.508&alt=76&loc=Coventry&TZ=GMT&Date=39251.9034043494

She’s more than a simple dot even to the naked eye… we’re talking about the brightest (as bright if not brighter than Venus ever appears), fastest moving object up there (other than aircraft and meteorites) – usually at least 4 times brighter than the average satelite passing over.

OK, another from ‘this’ side of the pond… and well, it was 3 days ago, but how often does anyone get a gorgeous DC-3 flying near their home… so, officially it was Monday afternoon and the ‘Flagship Detroit’ DC-3 of The Flagship Detroit Foundation was heading westward up the St. Lawrence… I’ve not seen that much polished aluminum in ages!

http://www.flagshipdetroit.org/FSD/Photos.html

Yeah, but to get back to the original question… (and I love the Hog)

Air to Air with ‘modern’ fighters… what kind of idiot fighter jock would ever, and I mean ever get himself into a dogfight with a Warthog???

Even if you don’t have great radar/missiles to knock her down without getting close, the A-10 needs to do what… turn one (maybe 2) tight flat 360, and your basic MiG-21/F-5 (or equivalent) falls out of the sky while trying to keep with it.

apples and oranges… the A-10 was never meant to dogfight, but give it the ‘winders and if someone wants to come down and dance, she’ll make a bigger mess than originally planned.

hell, whats the next question… Nimrod with ‘Winders versus Pucara?

19183

Ian,

Here’s a bit cleaned from Larry Milberry’s ‘The Canadair Sabre’

CL-13 19183, constructor’s number 83
Delivered to RCAF October 4, 1951
Struck off charge August 8, 1956
Only squadron mentioned is 441

Delivered to Turkey
Written off August 22, 1966
Cat ‘A’ – non-fatal
Crashed on take-off, Merzifon

James

The Snows resume practices this weekend with an aim to performing June 20 at the Owen Sound Air Show.

Former Snowbird 2, Captain Paul Couillard, has rejoined the Team for the duration of the season which will be dedicated to Capt. McCaughey.

http://www.snowbirds.forces.gc.ca/site/newsroom/newsroom_e.asp?cat=2&id=210

A robin endeed…

http://www.luftfartsstyrelsen.se/templates/LS_Luftfartyg____35110.aspx?idnumber=2779&regnumber=SE-LBY

and a link to the registry search engine..

http://www.luftfartsstyrelsen.se/templates/LS_LuftFartyg_Sok____35109.aspx

Sorry about the lack of English, my Swedish is non-existent and I couldn’t find the English language version of the search engine.

JJ

Sorry, i don’t see any shield on the Hind. I only see a big flag that is identical to the newest one of Congo-Kinshasa. Again, why?

Shield:… see highlighted area..

Flags:… Not quite identical… here’s a little visual explanation with relevant dates.