Aircraft stamps and pictures

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Wed May 16, 2012 19:31:42 pm

uncadonego wrote:

British Airways Tristar-500

Below is a link showing the fates for the various Tristar's operated by British Airways.The 500 series as in the stamp above all went to the RAF,they still operate them today in the tanker/cargo roll.

http://www.planesregister.com/airline/B ... ry-l10.htm

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 18:15:21 pm

I hope that we have some members in Western Australia who will be going to RAAF Pearce this weekend and will bring back some photos.

Here is the list of flying displays but there are numerous static items as well:

The following military aircraft are expected to participate in the Air Show:
• F/A-18 A/B Classic Hornet
• F/A-18 F Super Hornet
• C-130 Hercules
• C-17A Globemaster
•CL-604 Challenger
•Wedgetail AEW&C
• KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport
• AP-3C Orion
• PC-9/A
• Hawk 127
• The Roulettes (comprised seven PC-9/A aircraft)
• RAAF Balloon
• Navy Seahawk

The following civilian and historical aircraft are expected to participate in the Air Show:
•Nanchang
•Winjeel
•Rebel 300
•Beechcraft 18
•Laser 230
•Chipmunk
•T-6 Texan
•Victa Airtourer
•Christen Eagle
•Cessna 180
•Grumman Albatross

The following international aircraft are expected to participate in the Air Show:
•B52 bomber (USAF)
•KC135 Tanker (USAF)
•Flying training display (RSAF)
•C-130H (RSAF)

Full details here:
http://www.airforce.gov.au/airshows/

Where is our drool smilie? :mrgreen:

stallzer · **Posted:** Sat May 19, 2012 07:26:57 am

Speaking of Airplanes, the most technically advanced fighter jet in the world, the US F-22 Raptor has been restricted from flight by the Secretary of Defense due to an ongoing issue of Oxygen above a certain altitude.

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/15 ... a-20120516

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Sat May 19, 2012 17:46:58 pm

stallzer wrote:

Speaking of Airplanes, the most technically advanced fighter jet in the world, the US F-22 Raptor has been restricted from flight by the Secretary of Defense due to an ongoing issue of Oxygen above a certain altitude.

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/15 ... a-20120516

Between pilots blacking out through lack of oxygen and the ongoing corrosion problems,who'd pay $140 million plus per aircraft...........only in America and probably Great Britain.

http://corrdefense.nace.org/corrdefense ... story1.asp

Bring back the Phantoms !! :evil:

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Sat May 19, 2012 18:30:30 pm

May well have posted this here before,can't remember :roll:

Flightglobal have listed up every issue of Flight magazine from 1905-2008 on their website.On the right hand side of the front page go to where it states "show all years" click it and you can read the mag issues page by page,year by year.....some interesting articles to read through.

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/index.html

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Mon May 28, 2012 20:44:07 pm

Just on the news was film of a Catalina flying over the site of a sunken Japanese midget submarine off Sydney Harbour. So this post seems appropriate.

From Greenland come two postage stamps issued on 9 May 2011 Here is the first one:

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2012 20:30:09 pm

Here is the second of these fantastic engraved postage stamps issued by Greenland on 9 May 2011:

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Mon Jun 04, 2012 20:12:25 pm

Support Boats was the subject for 4 postage stamps issued by Saint Pierre and Miquelon on 28 September 2011. This one of Le Fulmar has an aviation element.

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 05, 2012 20:22:42 pm

KevinHedley wrote:

Just on the news was film of a Catalina flying over the site of a sunken Japanese midget submarine off Sydney Harbour. So this post seems appropriate.

From Greenland come two postage stamps issued on 9 May 2011 Here is the first one:

Like the Greenland stamps Kevin,especially the Catalina.We had one of the UK Catalina's (G-PBYA) pass through Prestwick a couple of weeks ago,it was on its way to Iceland to participate in the 75th anniversary of Icelandair.

G-PBYA at Duxford in 2005...............

First came across this particular machine when she was still Canadian registered as C-FNJF...........

This photo (© Martin Kelly) is of her departing Prestwick for Iceland..............

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Sun Jun 10, 2012 22:34:20 pm

Smoke Trails,from the journal of the F-4 Phantom II Society.A selection of Phantoms on stamps issued by various countries up to around the year 2000.All in black and white i'm afraid but a nice collection from the "Phantom Phanatics"

153088 F-4J of VX-4 United States Navy banks over NAS North Island and San Diego Bay sporting the 1976 Bicentennial paint scheme.........where's my time machine,i want to go back :lol:

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Tue Jun 12, 2012 19:59:38 pm

Another issue about sea rescue which includes a helicopter on the postage stamp. This one was issued by Denmark on 21 March 2012.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 16:04:46 pm

The birth of the 'Seagull' occurred in 1961 and Serbia celebrated the 50th anniversary with the issue of a postage stamp on 20 July 2011. So here is the "Soko Galeb"'

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 20:44:09 pm

KevinHedley wrote:

The birth of the 'Seagull' occurred in 1961 and Serbia celebrated the 50th anniversary with the issue of a postage stamp on 20 July 2011. So here is the "Soko Galeb"'

Soko Galeb G-2A (YU-YAB) at North Weald in 2005,this was Ex 23170 whilst serving with the Yugoslavian Air Force.Goes well with the stamp!

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2012 19:59:51 pm

India issued a set of four postage stamps on 19 December 2011 to mark the 2011 President's Fleet Review at Mumbai. From that set here is a MIG 29K.

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2012 22:08:06 pm

KevinHedley wrote:

India issued a set of four postage stamps on 19 December 2011 to mark the 2011 President's Fleet Review at Mumbai. From that set here is a MIG 29K.

The actual beast (802) on the flight line,date and place unknown.

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2012 21:10:56 pm

Some flown covers from 1974...........enjoy.

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2012 21:40:13 pm

A few more from 74..............

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 12:58:36 pm

Last Sunday was another very special day at the Australian War Memorial. A new memorial was unveiled and details are shown below.

Because there was to be a fly-past of WW2 aircraft I dropped tools (paintbrush) and took myself off to Mt Ainslee with my trusty little camera. Thankfully the sleet stopped a few minutes before the fly past and the sun came out. Even so my attempts at decent images failed miserably so I have waited until something better was available and they are shown in the next few posts.

Here is the story:

A new memorial has been unveiled in Canberra to mark the 70th anniversary of Australia's worst maritime disaster.

On July 1, 1942, more than 1,000 Australians perished when the Japanese navy ship Montevideo Maru was torpedoed by the American submarine, USS Sturgeon, off the coast of the Philippines.

The Montevideo Maru was not marked as a prisoner of war ship, and 845 POWs and 209 civilians are thought to have been locked in the hold when it went down.

More than 1,000 people attended a commemorative service at the Australian War Memorial today to remember those who lost their lives.

Donald Hook from the Rabaul and Montevideo Maru Society says the new sea-themed steel memorial provides long awaited recognition and some closure for relatives.

"They've never been recognised. They weren't treated very well by various levels of government," he said.

"It gives them great pride at long last that they have been recognised. It is very significant, a sort of sense of finality to the whole thing."

Today's commemoration included a flyover of 1930s frontline aircraft including a Wirraway, Hudson bomber and a Catalina flying boat.

The Salvation Army brass band from Melbourne also performed an anthem written by Catholic missionary nuns.

The anthem pays tribute to the Australian soldiers who liberated the nuns from Japanese internment in the former Australian Territory of New Guinea.

The Papua New Guinea high commissioner and Federal Education Minister Peter Garrett were among the crowd, joining service men and women, relatives and friends.

Mr Garrett's grandfather, Tom Garrett, was one of the civilians who perished on the Montevideo Maru.

Online passenger list

The National Archives of Australia has also launched a new website featuring Japanese passenger lists and service dossiers for the Montevideo Maru.

The rice paper documents were recently donated to the archives by the Japanese government.

The passenger lists, in both English and Japanese scripts, are considered to be the most complete record available to date.

Relatives can search family members and add their own photographs and stories to the site as a tribute to loved ones.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 13:04:35 pm

These images were taken by 'caralan' from near Canberra and can be seen here - http://www.ausph.com/showthread.php/17466-Historic-Aircraft-Flypast-Canberra.

Here is the first taken as the flight assembled over nearby Mt Stromlo with the very cold and wet Brindabella Ranges in the background.

With the naked eye they were difficult to see with the Wirraway being just a spot in the distance.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 13:07:53 pm

Don Hook, of the Rabaul and Montevideo Maru Society, said the planes had been chosen to help mark the dedication of the Montevideo Maru Memorial at the War Memorial because they were representatives of the planes that had been used to defend New Britain against the Japanese 70 years ago.

The Catalina of the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, helped alter the course of the war. The German battleship, the Bismarck, was sunk after being spotted by a coastal command Catalina and it was also Catalinas that first spotted the Japanese fleet before the decisive Battle of Midway.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 13:09:49 pm

The Hudson, of which there was only one on Rabaul at the time of the Japanese attack, was a far more battle-ready machine. Their cruising speed was 315km/h and they could carry 750 kilograms of bombs.

This Sunday the Temora Hudson will be flown by Doug Hamilton, a volunteer pilot with the museum.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 13:11:41 pm

The Temora Wirraway, VH-BFF, was the first Australian ex-military aircraft permitted to fly on the civil register. It is one of 755 Wirraways built by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation between 1939 and 1946.

It flew with No. 5 Squadron in Bougainville in 1945 and has a 448kw Pratt and Whitney engine and a cruising speed of 250km/h.

The Wirraway is to be flown by Andrew Bishop, the chief engineer of the aircraft maintenance department at Temora.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 13:15:24 pm

Unusually for a formal fly-pass, the aircraft flew over twice and this last photo shows them coming in for the second time.

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 19:16:54 pm

I enjoyed that Kevin,interesting story and flypast.Thanks for posting it.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 20:31:55 pm

beardmore10 wrote:

I enjoyed that Kevin,interesting story and flypast.Thanks for posting it.

Thanks and you are welcome.

Over the years I have supplied a number of aircraft photos taken from Mt Ainslie in Canberra so thought it might be worthwhile putting those pictures in context.

The first photo here is taken from Old Parliament House, looking North over Lake Burley Griffin then along Anzac Parade to the Australian War Memorial and behind all that is Mt Ainslie.

This next photo is taken from Mt Ainslie and there would have been thousands of photos taken from this vantage point which has a 360 degree view.

In the distance (with green lawns) is Parliament House. The long white building in the centre is Old Parliament House from where the previous photo was taken. The two road pavements of Anzac Parade are seperated by the red gravel areas where marchers assemble and flanked by numerous statues under the trees.

While the buildings at the foot of Mt Ainslie do not look large they contain a huge display of military mementoes. The Australian War Memorial is the most visited site in Canberra. The quote below indicates some of the aircraft within the building but there are also a number of WW1 planes and the highlight is the Lancaster bomber “G for George”. See http://www.awm.gov.au/visit/aircraft-hall/ .

There have been aircraft in the Memorial’s collection from the very beginning. Today, the Hall contains a number of classic aircraft on permanent display, including a Mosquito, Kittyhawk, Mustang, Zero, Wirraway, Sea Fury, MiG-15, Avro Anson, and a Japanese Oscar.

Aircraft Hall contains the exhibition Air power in the Pacific, 1941–53. You can learn about both the practical side of air power – how aircraft work and are put together – and the stories of how it affected everyday life during the Second World War and the Korean War.

There are usually a number of fly-pasts each year and the unit almost always flys in a direct path over Parliament House and then over Mt Ainslie.

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 21:13:05 pm

Mount Ainslie certainly seems to be the place

great vantage point and stunning views..........nice.

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2012 01:44:34 am

It being another day of typical Scottish weather (chucking it down) i decided to flick through some more recently acquired flown covers.The cover below for the Biggin Hill Air Fair during May 1978,commemorating the 60th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Air Force caught my eye.Whilst reading the blurb on the right hand side i noticed the the aircraft used to fly the cover from RAF Northolt to Ronaldsway (32 Squadron HS 125 CC1 A) is listed as TW790,it should read XW790 (typo?)

I well remember XW790 as it was a frequent visitor to airfields around the UK,having seen it many times at RAF Northolt,Fairford and Leuchars as well as visits to Glasgow.
Delivered to RAF on the 18/05/1971,i first came across her at Northolt with 32 Sqn on the 12/07/74,she served with the RAF until 1993 and was eventually sold onto the UK civilian market and registered as G-BVTS.

The aircraft was sold on and ended up being registered in the US as N135CK but was quickly re-registered as N125CK operated by "Jets4you" out of Scottsdale Arizona.She was last noted there on the 05/12/2009........nice to know that after RAF service she found a warm place to flex her wings :lol:

......rear of the cover.

As XW790 in RAF service............

....and as N125CK in the United States.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2012 20:32:15 pm

It would be nice to see more of those covers when it is next damp in Bonnie Scotland.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2012 20:34:22 pm

The Day of International Civil Aviation was marked by Bolivia on 10 December 2007 with these two postage stamps.

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2012 02:17:00 am

KevinHedley wrote:

It would be nice to see more of those covers when it is next damp in Bonnie Scotland.

Next damp day in "Bonnie" Scotland....Maybe Sunday,possibly Monday,Defo Tuesday,probably Wednesday,Horizontal on Thursday,Vertical on Friday,Showers on Saturday and raining cats and dogs by next Sunday,bound to find time to scan some more covers anytime between this Sunday and next :wink:

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 02:37:32 am

Cover flown in a four ship Meteor formation 26th January 1978.

The T7 WA662 is now preserved with Aeroventure Museum in Doncaster.I first came across her in 1981 where she attended the International Air Tattoo at RAF Greenham Common,operated by the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Llanbedr.

The first U16,WK800 is now preserved with the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection.Originally a Meteor F8 she was converted to a U21A in 1961 and then to a U16 in 1969.She also served for a time with the Royal Australian Air Force as A77-876.

The second U16,WH320 was shot down by a Skyflash AAM fired from a 29 Sqn Phantom FGR.2 over the Aberporth Range in the UK on the 15/08/79.

The NF11½,WD790 was converted from an NF11 for trails with Ferranti.It is currently preserved with the North East Aircraft Museum,Usworth,Tyne & Wear.

Always loved the colour scheme of these machines

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 08:42:51 am

I am confused! Were the Meteors target-drones? If so what exactly did that mean?

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 19:55:09 pm

KevinHedley wrote:

I am confused! Were the Meteors target-drones? If so what exactly did that mean?

Kevin,they were remote controlled drone aircraft,although they could also be flown manually much like the QF-4's used in the U.S.today.
see the link below for some more blurb............
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/we ... or_15.html

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2012 21:22:52 pm

Jetwash aviation photo link to last weeks International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford.
http://www.jetwashaviationphotos.com/Pa ... T2012.aspx

Jamie · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 22:39:18 pm

Great thread! I think you've all just inspired me to start my first thematic collection.

Here's a link to my album on Facebook (including one of my many crashes/mishaps!) :oops:

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beardmore10 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 23:10:00 pm

Jamie wrote:

Great thread! I think you've all just inspired me to start my first thematic collection.

Here's a link to my album on Facebook (including one of my many crashes/mishaps!) :oops:

.

Good to have you "aboard" Jamie,loved the shot's on the faceache album page....some of our recently flogged girls at rest in Arizona...........

Jamie · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2012 08:53:52 am

Very sad sight!

I saw one on ebay a few months back for £15k!!!! What a travesty.

Brummie · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2012 09:52:01 am

Nice images on your facebook Jamie, love the first one.

Jamie · **Posted:** Tue Jul 17, 2012 04:04:20 am

Brummie wrote:

Nice images on your facebook Jamie, love the first one.

Thanks Brummie

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 29, 2012 18:49:26 pm

Lacey Lady B-17G (44-85790) restoration project in Oregon,hope the funds keep coming in for this one.....if you've never heard the story of Art Lacey and his B-17 caper,grab a coffee and and try the link below.

http://www.katu.com/news/specialreports/95638799.html

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Tue Aug 28, 2012 20:59:15 pm

Amongst recent issues is this one featuring the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent. It normally carries two Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105 and I assume that is what is shown on the stamp.

Canada celebrated its national pride with a set of 5 postage stamps issued on 16 February 2012 and here is one of them:

amfhf1 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:45:56 am

Here's a picture for this thread have a guess to what it is.

The best fighter jet every produced faster than the F-35 today.

And it would be 54 years old.

Was a very big political scandal in its day.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:20:21 pm

amfhf1 wrote:

Here's a picture for this thread have a guess to what it is.

The best fighter jet every produced faster than the F-35 today.

And it would be 54 years old.

Was a very big political scandal in its day.

I had no idea so I googled RL 201 and what an interesting read there is on Wikipedia.

And doesn't it look just beautiful.

HalfpennyYellow · **Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:40:47 pm

Air Malta is getting new livery this September:

I think the new colours are way better than the two older versions:

1974-1982

1982-1989

1989-2012

The difference between the 1974 and 1982 colours is in the placement of AIRMALTA and the stripes along the fuselage.

pookie9121 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2012 13:25:43 pm

Nice pictures Halfpenny.

Jamie · **Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2012 20:30:39 pm

KevinHedley wrote:

amfhf1 wrote:

Here's a picture for this thread have a guess to what it is.

The best fighter jet every produced faster than the F-35 today.

And it would be 54 years old.

Was a very big political scandal in its day.

I had no idea so I googled RL 201 and what an interesting read there is on Wikipedia.

And doesn't it look just beautiful.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow

Its good to see we arent the only one's plagued by political u-turns, indecision and incompetence.

I'm currently working on the new UK carrier programme. At first I was working on STOVL, then CV and now I'm back to STOVL.......will all this uncertainty lead to project cancellation?

amfhf1 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2012 23:11:42 pm

Jamie wrote:

KevinHedley wrote:

amfhf1 wrote:

Here's a picture for this thread have a guess to what it is.

The best fighter jet every produced faster than the F-35 today.

And it would be 54 years old.

Was a very big political scandal in its day.

I had no idea so I googled RL 201 and what an interesting read there is on Wikipedia.

And doesn't it look just beautiful.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow

Its good to see we arent the only one's plagued by political u-turns, indecision and incompetence.

I'm currently working on the new UK carrier programme. At first I was working on STOVL, then CV and now I'm back to STOVL.......will all this uncertainty lead to project cancellation?

Thats the Canadian governments forte with a healthy portion of patronage and pork barrelling.

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 05:45:42 am

HalfpennyYellow wrote:

Air Malta is getting new livery this September:

I think the new colours are way better than the two older versions:

1974-1982

1982-1989

1989-2012

The difference between the 1974 and 1982 colours is in the placement of AIRMALTA and the stripes along the fuselage.

Like the look of the new scheme

.....although i long for the days of Braniff etc.....see link.

http://www.braniffinternational.com/gallery-1.html

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 06:00:15 am

Jamie wrote:

KevinHedley wrote:

amfhf1 wrote:

Here's a picture for this thread have a guess to what it is.

The best fighter jet every produced faster than the F-35 today.

And it would be 54 years old.

Was a very big political scandal in its day.

I had no idea so I googled RL 201 and what an interesting read there is on Wikipedia.

And doesn't it look just beautiful.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow

Its good to see we arent the only one's plagued by political u-turns, indecision and incompetence.

I'm currently working on the new UK carrier programme. At first I was working on STOVL, then CV and now I'm back to STOVL.......will all this uncertainty lead to project cancellation?

....Nah Jamie,not cancellation.........they'll spend billions on aircraft and carrier's and then flog the carriers to India or someone who can afford to operate them......as for the F-35's,can't wait to see how that pans out :roll:

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 06:05:48 am

amfhf1 wrote:

Here's a picture for this thread have a guess to what it is.

The best fighter jet every produced faster than the F-35 today.

And it would be 54 years old.

Was a very big political scandal in its day.

As you guys have taken us past 50'000 hits on this thread,it's interesting that we've come full circle with the Avro Arrow,it was on page one way back when we started this


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