Planes, airplanes and more aeroplanes :)

[yankeepapa]

QUICK!! Find the Breguet 941

too easy, near the albatros and not far from AW argosy. one flight on board of a 941 S (with radar nose) on a small strip. nice landing, crazy pilots from armée de l'air.
yp of course frenchy

[yankeepapa]

[quote="Mark Allen M"](Edit: care to try to) List some of em if you can, type, location, year and country, if possible, some are easy, some not so much ...




a serie of french aircrafts at the end of the 50's. in flight a Nord Noroit (equipped with 2 jumo engine I believe) engines often in fire, so a short flying live and probably the last french made amphibian of the french navy. in the back a 4 engines tarnsport aircraft SE 161 LANGUEDOC, originally designed by BLOCH, becoming DASSAULT. this aircraft ( maxi 20 or 30 made) was finally built by a nationalised french company, I believe SNACSO ( société nationale aeronautique du sud ouest located at bordeaux). near the languedoc a BREGUET design , 2 engines transport aircraft with a moving end fuselage to charge vehicules and heavy or long equipments. only one or two protos made. no succes.
in front are two nord aviation N2501 NORATLAS, the well knowned two tails transport aircraft of teh french air force. one is still flying today.
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[collier0176]

Topic review-Planes, airplanes and more aeroplanes:)

The plane in the 4th photo is a Vickers Valiant

[C VEICH]

I see a P-47 and what just may be an A-20?

I think your A-20 is most likely a Shrike Commander.

[whistlingdeath77]

i can't really give any info that everybody doesn't already know other than these photos rock!

[The Inspector]

I see a P-47 and what just may be an A-20?

I think your A-20 is most likely a Shrike Commander.

I think what you are calling a Shrike Commander isn't since the Shrike nameplates first flight was in 1967, more likely it's a PIAGGIO 166 pusher twin and grandpa to the turboprop AVANTI of today. Near the PIAGGIO is a HANSA Jet recognizable by it's reverse swept wings (and being unbelievably LOUD!!!) There might be an early OV-10 parked facing sort of away on the right edge of that grouping.

[Mark Allen M]

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[JDK]

Anyone have an idea what P-47 that may be and where it could be today?.

Yes. Quoting the caption I wrote from the Warbirds Directory 3rd Ed: "Republic test pilot Mr Glen Bach waves from the (then) Republic corporation owned P-47 N5087V which was on a tour of Europe and the Paris airshow in 1963 to counterpoint the new Thunderbolt II. On the nose are the flags of the countries that used the Thunderbolt in W.W.II. W.W. Collection."

Later it became N347D (it was P-47D, 42-2378 originally) and is now in the NMUSAF.

And I almost think there is a P-63 down there to the right. Like the A-20 I'm probably off there too.

You're right, you're wrong. Seriously though, I can't see anything P-63 like, and I believe The P-47 was the only warbird there, and only there for the reason above - Paris is and was a trade show.

Regards,

[TROJANII]

Wasn't the Thunderbolt II (A-10?) developed in the early 70's?

[JohnB]

Wasn't the Thunderbolt II (A-10?) developed in the early 70's?

Yes, ff. May, 1972. The requirement wasn't even thought of wehen that photo was taken.

[JDK]

Well that don't add up then, Gents! Ops!

I'm trying to remember where the A-10 suggestion came from now, but as I wrote that in 1996, it's a while ago, and I don't have the photo, as it was a W.W. one. I wouldn't have come up with the idea myself (and obviously thought the suggestion credible enough not to check) but a decade out's a bit much!

The more important question would be what were Republic doing touring a P-47 then? They owned it from 61 - 64.

Regards,

[airnutz]

Seems more like Republic was celebrating their 30+ years in the business and their latest versions of the "Thud" as well as other achievments.....
http://aviation.watergeek.eu/f-105.html

[JohnB]

The more important question would be what were Republic doing touring a P-47 then? They owned it from 61 - 64.
Regards,

Public relations probably.
Celebrating 20 years since D-Day and reminding folks they played a huge part in the war effort.

The Paris Ais Show was/is a big thing...in 1967 the US government (Dept of Commerce, IIRC) commissioned a airworthy replica of the Spirit of St. Louis for its display to commerate the 40th anniversary of Lindbergh's flight. It was built by Tallmantz at Orange County and flown to Paris in a USAF transport. It was flown around the city.

So in retrospect, Republic bringing over a P-47 doesn't sound that crazy.
After all, didn't Gloster have a Gladiator around for years? And Hawker's last Hurricane? Or the much missed Rolls Royce Mosquito?

[Mark Allen M]

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[bdk]

KC-97s were retired in 1978 from the Texas and Utah ANG.