Aircraft shots itself down

The one to top it all is an aircraft that shot itself down. It’s been along time since I saw the article maybe in Air Progress Magazine. I believe it was a F11F that fired some machine gun’s and then ran into it’s own bullets.

Secondly.

I heard about a L-4 that got credit for downing a Bf 109. He didn’t shot it down but out flew the other aircraft.

Chris

Jamaican 210

Looks like this could be Cessna 210

Starsign

I would be interested in seeing Tunisian F-86 also.

cthornburg (at) netpci.com

Chris

Bahrain Police Aircraft

Thanks for the pix of the Bahrain Scout Police in color. That aircraft has been around many years in magazine.
Any pixs of the other Bahrain Police aircraft?

Bell 205 BPS-7
Hughes 269C PBS-4,5,6
Hughes 369D PBS-8,9
Sikorsky S-76A PBS -01,2

Sincerely

Chris Thornburg

still working on getting my website back up. http://www.worldairforces.com

I would assume the Czech Mi-17 in white paint are going into UN service in Angola. Check the UN thread to see UN paint schemes.

Chris

Sudan AF current & historical

http://rapidshare.com/files/37621639/SUDPOPixs.pdf.html

You can download what I’ve found Historical and current in a PDF file 1.1MB

Chris

Hopefully some of the blanks can be filled in.

What’s real and not real?

I’m a 25,000+ pilot yet I’ve had one person on the web/email YELLING at me saying I wasn’t a pilot.

I’ve only flown for airlines that even you experts have never heard of.

On another forum Air Warfare. I asked an expert about a certain version of an aircraft. He said there never was. Turns out there was “that version”. Another example in my lists I stated a country had used a UTVA light aircraft. My expert told me they didn’t. He than talked to someone who had flown for that air force. Turns out they did use the UTVA aircraft. This was a country in SE Asia. Even I was surprised they had used it.

In the early 80s Air Florida crashed at National Airport. The media/experts said that was the last fatal crash at National since 1947. WRONG. The last fatal crash was 2 freight dogs in a Skyvan in the duck pond at the end of the runway. Even closer to the airport than Air Florida at the 14th bridge.
It was the Skyvans Captains last night with them (in more ways than one) and the copilots 1st night. The Captain of the Air Florida deserved to die (He was an idiot) but the people in the back didn’t. I was working on the airport at the time. I later flew for that airline. International Air Cargo.

On my website I’ve had people ask me why I include second line aircraft. They only want to hear about 1st line aircraft. People are only interested in Major airlines not the airlines I fly for. People have a hard time understanding not everyone flies a brand new Raptor.

I was flying at 35,000 one day reading my email and someone stated on the web this aircraft was mothballed. I sent him a email saying that aircraft was still flying.

As far a pilots go a friend recently got on with a “real airline” back in the states and as a copilot on landing (in a Airbus 320) decided to disengage the autopilot and actually fly the aircraft to a landing. The capt. freaked out. What are you doing. Which is why I like fly aircraft that you actually get to fly. Which is why I’m in this business.

So let’s give everyone a chance because nobody knows everything and even the experts can be wrong.

Chris Thornburg

http://www.worldairforces.com

Speaking of Buffalo’s has anyone seen a pix of the Chilean AF Buffalo s/n 920. I heard it was destroyed shortly after arrival. So not much time to get photographed.

Chris

http://www.worldairforces.com