The Soviets are invading!

[hasegawa]

No, I write in German... at this time for FS-Magazin http://www.fs-magazin.de/
and sometimes for a austrian Forum... www.friendlyflusi.at

[Kiwia1spad]

To try and keep this thread going... something a little different but definitely cold war.. McDonnell F3H Demon

[Ian Warren]

This thread is as old as the Cold War itself .. Arr the Demon

[Kiwia1spad]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jun 9 2011,10:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

This thread is as old as the Cold War itself .. Arr the Demon

It may be an old thread Ian, but i do like the cold war.. here is another cold ware relic...

Martin B-57B Canberra over Wanaka

[Ian Warren]

The Americans really loved this one and one off the few the Brits sold well in licence deals .

[Kiwia1spad]

Just some more for an old thread...
CS B-52 dropping bombs over freeware OB-17 at low level



Alphasim Tu-160 Blackjack over OB-20

[Ian Warren]

Old thread indeed , go,s back 1989

[Charl]

Ilyushin IL-28, must be in here somewhere already.
Whatever, I found this and felt it time to clear the sinuses after all that PC GA pootling...

Built like some others, courtesy of a RR Nene the Brits kindly sent over.
Nearly 7,000 built, saw action in the Middle East, Nigeria, and Afghanistan.



Wiki: One unusual design feature of the Il-28 was that the wings and tail were split horizontally through the centre of the wing, while the fuselage was split vertically at the centreline, allowing the separate parts to be built individually and fitted out with systems before being bolted together to complete assembly of the aircraft
Well the Brits had their revenge, this is exactly how Airfix made them, too

[Ian Warren]

Those Beagles are a site for some very SORE eyes , just spray and wipe (albeit with a couple bombs) and away with PC GA pootling... YIPPEE ! ..... i feel the energy !

[Charl]

Vladimir Zhyhulskiy has created a very welcome update of this Cold War Warrior.

The Fairchild C-123 Provider was designed originally as an assault glider aircraft for the USAF!
Somebody thought it might be a good idea to add some engines: an early variant had four General Electric J47-GE-11 turbojets, in two pods, which made it the first USAF jet-powered military transport.
This version is the C-123K, with auxiliary jet pods and anti-skid brakes.
Even with the added boost, it barely clears the fence…



This aircraft is associated with the most whacky covert ops of the Cold War era.
A few were converted to drop cluster bombs.
Some were used as “flare shipsâ€￾ to light up targets for gunships.
Someone thought up a great plan: mount 28 lights in place of the rear ramp. This could light a two-mile circle from an altitude of 12,000 ft!
Only one was so converted because it became rather an obvious target for enemy gunners…
The CIA had some for their “Air Americaâ€￾ covert operation.
They also supplied them to Taiwan’s “Black Batâ€￾ crowd, who did things at night over North Vietnam, and later, Cambodia.

Vlad clearly knows something; the eagle-eyed will spot that in the first pic, the crates contain live hogs.
So a little live hog dropping, then:



But of course, the Provider is best-known as an aerial crop sprayer.
Most famously deployed under Operation Ranch Hand, was that well-known carcinogenAgent Orange,
Perhaps a million people, including aircrew, experienced the after-effects of this effort.

[Ian Warren]

Agent Orange .. the plane built to crash .. and the Movie .. 'Air America' ... the good old Fairchild C123 Provider , you really gotta love em ... the 'Wild Hogs' i mean the ones that fly , LETS RIDE

[Charl]

Thank you, Virtavia...

[Ian Warren]

Jeepers that,s weird just happen to be in one off the thread starters the TU22 , the Ekranoplane , idea conceive from damaged flying boats and bombers on the return after having the hell blown out of them , imagine the havoc if they had these in WWII .

[Charl]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Feb 9 2012,9:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

... imagine the havoc if they had these in WWII

Yeah, imagine though how many lives could've been saved across the Atlantic convoy route, if the US had had them.
U-boat wouldn't have stood a chance of downing it.

[Ian Warren]

Had the war moved into the late forties , it really would have got interesting

[Naki]

Wow those are great screens Charl...I hadn't seen those ones back in October

[Charl]

Cheers Paul - the C-123 shots were actually made at Haast!
I was tinkering with some PR/autogen down there.
See? you can do anything in NZ and get away with it...

[Naki]

Haastnoi?

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Naki @ Feb 10 2012,8:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Haastnoi?

Indeed were those slant eyed ( snaringly looking ) whitebait fishermen who are Hiapong near the Phu Diem (stink) Bridge

[Charl]

1950's US carriers needed something to deliver the mail.
This is it, courtesy of Milton Shupe and the SOH boys:
The Grumman C-1 Trader



This is the tame version of the Tracker (more from Milton & Co. in just a little while...)