nazca_steve
Charter Member
Hello all,
one of my fave 'underdog' uses of the Canberra was by the Ethiopian Air Force in the 70s. Only four were purchased and not a huuuge amount is known about them. Some fell foul of accidents while others performed useful service against Somalia targets in the Ogaden War. At various points they were stationed at Dire Dawa AB, of which I have made the focus (still a bit WIP) of my new EZ Scenery purchase. I am amazed at how useful and easy this programme is. So, along with some sortie snaps, here are a few shots of my first attempt at adding scenery objects to flesh out the pretty empty Dire Dawa:
Starting off. One of the cool things about doing small-scale bases in a place like Ethiopia is you don't have to be too tidy. We'll assume Somali tanks are not too far off the horizon and things are on war-footing:
Take off for an interdiction mission:
Commencing bomb run:
There was an emergency and both gun packs had to be jettisoned:
Mission complete- coming on final back to Dire Dawa:
Taxying past some of my new scenery:
Parking and shut down - get those armourers to check out my gunpacks!
All good fun, lots to keep adding across my other fave airfields. Cheers Abacus for a fine product!
Steve
one of my fave 'underdog' uses of the Canberra was by the Ethiopian Air Force in the 70s. Only four were purchased and not a huuuge amount is known about them. Some fell foul of accidents while others performed useful service against Somalia targets in the Ogaden War. At various points they were stationed at Dire Dawa AB, of which I have made the focus (still a bit WIP) of my new EZ Scenery purchase. I am amazed at how useful and easy this programme is. So, along with some sortie snaps, here are a few shots of my first attempt at adding scenery objects to flesh out the pretty empty Dire Dawa:
Starting off. One of the cool things about doing small-scale bases in a place like Ethiopia is you don't have to be too tidy. We'll assume Somali tanks are not too far off the horizon and things are on war-footing:
Take off for an interdiction mission:
Commencing bomb run:
There was an emergency and both gun packs had to be jettisoned:
Mission complete- coming on final back to Dire Dawa:
Taxying past some of my new scenery:
Parking and shut down - get those armourers to check out my gunpacks!
All good fun, lots to keep adding across my other fave airfields. Cheers Abacus for a fine product!
Steve
