Thank you. A few more, then.

Superb, but just how did you take this remarkable picture?

Bomberboy

I’m not much of a jet fan, but these photos look absolutely fantastic!!!:cool:
Thanks you for posting.

Bomberboy

along with another showing a pair of vents on a 15th AF machine.

I take it to mean that this was an ex 15th AF machine that had then be re-assigned to the 8th AF with the 398th BG at Nuthampstead?

From everything I have seen and I used in my book, so-called ‘Tokyo’ tanks appear to have been factory installed from Block B-17F-25-DL (a/c 42-3074 to 42-3148) which gives a start date of around April 1943 for Douglas-built aircraft. Block B-17F-80-BO (42-29932 to 42-30031) shows a date of April 1943 for Boeing-built aircraft and Block B-17F-30-VE (a/c 42-5855 to 42-5904) which shows a date of March 1943 for Vega-built aircraft. Those month dates are for the delivery date of the first aircraft listed in each block.

Clearly then that gives a fairly precise date for factory-installed tanks – and therefore a sort of ‘start date’ for the problem that needed a solution – however, I can find no reference to the word ‘vents’ in the Block details I have seen.

Interestingly, Your recent tomb shows an aircraft with what really appears to be wing tip vents on an earlier aircraft?

Page 75 showing Boeing model 307 prototype NC19901. :confused:

I thought it relevant to post on this thread, if not then apologies, but I recently and provocatively pressed an RAF officer, (who informed me he had been well involved in the project), about the status of the trio of F-35’s that have been ordered for MOD, where he confirmed that the first two will be B’s (STOVL), but that attempts to have the third constructed as a C model instead of the supposedly ordered B, are in progress.
Does anybody have any more hard info on this?

That many! Should be well prepared when we start taking delivery.

I must admit I thought it was a considerable number, but the figure did not change when they were pressed.

Incidentally and I know it’s been discussed before, but one naval officer expressed his, ahem ‘distinct dislike’ of the two island design and that now CATOBAR is going to be included, the for’ad island location has meant that the second CAT is located to the left of the flight deck instead of being located at the bow ‘alongside’ the first CAT.

I don’t believe it’s from an 1820-97 as there is a ring set less on this piston.
Strangely enough, I am not able to see an oil control ring of the type in the way i’d expect it to have.
That said it does have Wright style about it.