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Motormouse
SOH-CM-2024
Hurricane91
SOH-CM-2023
Beautifully done Huub. I like civil liveries such as this.
From the D-IDGH, it is a small step to this one:
However it is very doubtful whether this aircraft ever flew with this pseudo military registration. When you look closely at the picture below, you can clearly see that the the military registration was painted on a paper banner which was taped over the original civil registration.
People did a lot to fool the enemy in those days
Cheers,
Huub
However it is very doubtful whether this aircraft ever flew with this pseudo military registration. When you look closely at the picture below, you can clearly see that the the military registration was painted on a paper banner which was taped over the original civil registration.
People did a lot to fool the enemy in those days
Cheers,
Huub
Motormouse
SOH-CM-2024
taking the doggie out
for a spin round Lincolnshire; (PSS FS2002 freeware!) here's a n other ez scenery creation I'm playing with ; anyone know where?
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Pete
for a spin round Lincolnshire; (PSS FS2002 freeware!) here's a n other ez scenery creation I'm playing with ; anyone know where?
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Pete
ian elliot
SOH-CM-2024
The Germans did send over a U-Boat with a consignment of Daimler-Benz engine's, and the Japanese made good use of them 
Mick
SOH-CM-2024
North American B-45A Tornado. This one was used for cold weather testing in Alaska. I has the very early frameless canopy that looked sleek but tended to blow out under pressure at altitude. On the way back to Eglin AFB from Alaska it stopped at the the factory to have its new framed canopy installed.
You may have to click the thumbnail to see the full sized image. Or not. I don’t know why.
The B-45 was the first real jet bomber in service with any air force in the world. That title is often awarded to the Arado Ar.234 Blitz, but the 234 was a single seat light attack plane the size of a P-38 Lightning with the bomb load of an F4U Corsair. If it had a gun it could've been called a fighter-bomber. The Tornado was a multi-crew, four engine bomber with theater-scale range and the bomb load of a Lancaster. (It was able to carry and deliver the 22,000 pound Grand Slam bomb, though apparently the USAF never acquired any of them.)
The B-45 project remains on hold until I get a real computer with FS and all my other software installed and working. I have some hope that it's now weeks, rather than months, before that will be done. Meanwhile I've retrieved some screenies of the skins I completed before my old rig went belly up.
You may have to click the thumbnail to see the full sized image. Or not. I don’t know why.
The B-45 was the first real jet bomber in service with any air force in the world. That title is often awarded to the Arado Ar.234 Blitz, but the 234 was a single seat light attack plane the size of a P-38 Lightning with the bomb load of an F4U Corsair. If it had a gun it could've been called a fighter-bomber. The Tornado was a multi-crew, four engine bomber with theater-scale range and the bomb load of a Lancaster. (It was able to carry and deliver the 22,000 pound Grand Slam bomb, though apparently the USAF never acquired any of them.)
The B-45 project remains on hold until I get a real computer with FS and all my other software installed and working. I have some hope that it's now weeks, rather than months, before that will be done. Meanwhile I've retrieved some screenies of the skins I completed before my old rig went belly up.
Mick
SOH-CM-2024
Thanks for the kind words!
There are numerous models. B-45A, B-45C, RB-45C with various armament configurations, TB-45 target tugs, all with the usual plethora of authentic skins. I think it’s over a dozen models.
The B-45 is almost forgotten now, and was almost forgotten even before the end of its service life, but it had many significant accomplishments. First real jet bomber in active service, first jet to drop a live atomic bomb, NATO’s first and for several years only nuclear deterrent, first aircraft to use aerial refueling routinely in combat, first reconnaissance plane to fly deep penetration missions over the Warsaw Pact and the European USSR, the Peoples’ Republic of China and the Soviet Far East, and more that I can’t think of right now.
Not bad for a plane that was originally bought mostly to provide the Air Force with a cadre of experienced flyers and maintainers of multi-engined jets while garnering some publicity on the side.
There are numerous models. B-45A, B-45C, RB-45C with various armament configurations, TB-45 target tugs, all with the usual plethora of authentic skins. I think it’s over a dozen models.
The B-45 is almost forgotten now, and was almost forgotten even before the end of its service life, but it had many significant accomplishments. First real jet bomber in active service, first jet to drop a live atomic bomb, NATO’s first and for several years only nuclear deterrent, first aircraft to use aerial refueling routinely in combat, first reconnaissance plane to fly deep penetration missions over the Warsaw Pact and the European USSR, the Peoples’ Republic of China and the Soviet Far East, and more that I can’t think of right now.
Not bad for a plane that was originally bought mostly to provide the Air Force with a cadre of experienced flyers and maintainers of multi-engined jets while garnering some publicity on the side.
Mick
SOH-CM-2024
Very interesting, didnt know how significant it was
Even during its service life, even people in the Air Force didn’t realize how significant it was. In fact, many didn’t even recognize it when they saw one.
On one occasion a B-45 made a fuel stop at an Air Force base and the crew was surprised when ground control directed them to a spot on the main parking apron where they found a band and a reviewing stand with the base commander, his top officers, and dignitaries from the local community who gushed with comments and speeches to welcome what they all thought was the base’s first B-57 Intruder.
Another time a B-45 made an unplanned stop at a SAC base and the crew were arrested and confined by the base security police, who had not only not recognized it as a B-45, but not even as an Air Force plane. They were certain that they had protected the base from attack by a Russian bomber. Apparently they never pondered why a Russian bomber might land there rather than dropping a bomb.
Was the German one really the inspiration for the Japanese one? Or is it just coincidence they look alike?
Cheers,
Huub
Hi Huub,
I honestly don't know, but (and this is a matter of taste of course), I prefer the lines of the Tony. It's a beautiful bird! And you did her justice with that paint!
Cheers,
Priller
jackryan172
SOH-CM-2023
Some recent ones:
Sean
Sean
Motormouse
SOH-CM-2024
a touch of the Wanderwells
yep, I hadnt heard of her either; first woman to drive around the world, first to film a round the world flight and first to fly a floatplane in part of the Amazon basin while searching for the lost explorer Percy Fawcett
https://www.adventure-journal.com/2020/07/used-bananas-axle-grease-elephant-fat-motor-oil/
the F13 is from Rara-Avis ; could do with some 'period' repaints; the Wanderwell's was/ were P-BAKA and P-BAJA
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Pete
yep, I hadnt heard of her either; first woman to drive around the world, first to film a round the world flight and first to fly a floatplane in part of the Amazon basin while searching for the lost explorer Percy Fawcett
https://www.adventure-journal.com/2020/07/used-bananas-axle-grease-elephant-fat-motor-oil/
the F13 is from Rara-Avis ; could do with some 'period' repaints; the Wanderwell's was/ were P-BAKA and P-BAJA
ttfn
Pete