Thread: Aircraft pics you've taken

Originally Posted by strangy

I have a fondness for the Caribou, I just can't really explain. It has a presence about it and a sound that is unmistakeable.

It's the 120kt cruise - 2deg of latitude every hour - makes nav simple

... and on a hot day you can sit on the ramp (tethered of course) and cool your heels

... and who likes the DC-3 ?

... checking rivets on a sabre

Originally Posted by zulu Delta 534

C124 Douglas Globemaster taken at Bien Hoa 1966. A pretty large aircraft for its day although even in 1966 it was starting to show its age.


The Yanks had an interesting array of aircraft in service in SVN and despite it being well and truly the jet age, the Douglas skyraiders and the good old DH Beaver and Otters did admirable service. I have a shot of a C46 loading up in Saigon somewhere, but I will have to trawl through a lot of shots to find it.
Another interesting transport aircraft was the C123 Providor and the only one I ever travelled in had more bullet holes than metal in the fuselage and it was a wet stormy monsoonal day that particular day. I came out absolutely drenched after a 30 minute flight from Saigon to Vung Tau.
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I am led to believe that these particular aircraft were originally designed as a glider and the engines were put on as an afterthought. I have no idea how true this is.
Last shot is the good old C130 (and an early one at that), my transport back home again. Someone will be able to tell whether it was one of the old "A"s, or one of the brand new, at that time, "E" Model. (I think it was an "A" as the extra fuel tanks were outboard whereas the "E" I think had the tanks between the motors.


By the way I am glad that this is in the aircraft section and not the photography section as my photography leaves a bit to be desired, especially in the 60's!
Regards
Glen

It's an "A" model Glen , easily identified by the 3 blade prop. The "E's" had engine upgrade with 4 blade prop.

Originally Posted by Ausfree

They used the Junkers (JU 57??) in the old war movie "Battle of Britain". I love that movie and have a copy on file. I believe the Junkers used in the movie were in the Spanish Airforce until the late 1950's.

Ju-52. The most successful of a long line of all metal Junkers transport aircraft from 1913. They were in many respects the German equivalent of the DC3, but came into service a little earlier, and hence retained fixed undercarriage and three engines, instead of retractable and only two. But they were "good enough", and German efforts to replace them never got anywhere - in the same way that 'DC-3 replacements' got nowhere for thirty years after WW2, despite the fact that all the DC-3s in use by then were at least thirty years old.

Ju-52s continued to operate commercially in out of the way places probably into the 1980s.

John

I have some pics to share if only I could scan them....
Meanwhile (and I don't want this to be a thread diversion, just a link FYI)
there are some great historical pics of the Qld Air Museum collection on their site:
Just click on your aircraft of choice..... QAM collection

Couple I've taken over the last couple of years.. Nothing overly special but still good to look at!

Originally Posted by JDNSW

in the same way that 'DC-3 replacements' got nowhere for thirty years after WW2, despite the fact that all the DC-3s in use by then were at least thirty years old.

Ju-52s continued to operate commercially in out of the way places probably into the 1980s.

And the DC3 is is still in use with turboprops as the Basler Turbo 67. I became aware of them when I saw Prince Harry get out of one in Antarctica.

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