How's Your Aircraft Recognition?

[Guest]

The first stop on my recent tour of the outback was the Temora Aviation Museum, NSW.
The XZ-2's fast F1.8 lens allowed shooting by ambient light. On that day southern NSW and VIC
were in the middle of a bitter cold snap that urged me not to stay overnight for the Flying Day, a decision I now regret.
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1. Tiger Moth - 2. Sabre
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3.

Gloucester Meteor? (very dangerous leaving drums of petrol lying about )
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Spitfire Mk?
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Willys Jeep
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Ryan STM S2 (this one's mine! )
7.

That Spitty again ...
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Cessna Dragonfly
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Rolls Royce Avon Mk 109
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[Wee man]

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Nice shots some great aircraft.

[Patchwork]

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I think I've failed! I could only be sure on three.

[Glenn S]

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You missed the Canberra, Piston Provost, Vampire and your very own Wirraway and Boomerang. The Meteor is a Mk9.

[brian1208]

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your very own Wirraway and Boomerang

I don't feel too bad now, I got the others but hadn't a clue about these two

(I was involved in developing special chemical, biological and germ-warfare proof paints in the early '60s and watched a Canberra painted in black & yellow target towing colours using the prototype system so that plane is burnt into my psyche. Why, well we got ratted the night before, the sprayer messed up the mix and had to scrape the paint of the tail fin, which turned out to be covered in a fag-packet thin aluminium skin - so of course, he went straight through it! Turned out OK as the RAF type in charge pointed out the fin was already covered in patches where others had done the same )

Some cracking and nostalgic shots Mark, thanks

[Chevvyf1]

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Mark, I got the Spitty no Mk ? and the Tiger Moth
BUT No Concorde

[Guest]

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Sorry no Concorde, Chevvy - wasn't it a supersonic bomber?

[KEITHBD]

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Surely that's a Mk 8 Meteor? and the picture of the of the photo in No.7 is a Ryan STM-S2 (sole survivor). A primary trainer used by the U.S. Air Force in W.W. 2.

[Guest]

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I don't feel too bad now, I got the others but hadn't a clue about these two (I was involved in developing special chemical, biological and germ-warfare proof paints in the early '60s and watched a Canberra painted in black & yellow target towing colours using the prototype system so that plane is burnt into my psyche. Why, well we got ratted the night before, the sprayer messed up the mix and had to scrape the paint of the tail fin, which turned out to be covered in a fag-packet thin aluminium skin - so of course, he went straight through it! Turned out OK as the RAF type in charge pointed out the fin was already covered in patches where others had done the same ) Some cracking and nostalgic shots Mark, thanks

Thanks for that interesting sidelight of your career in aviation, Brian. These old warbirds evoke nostalgic memories for all of us who grew up during WWII years.

Surely that's a Mk 8 Meteor? and the picture of the of the photo in No.7 is a Ryan STM-S2 (sole survivor). A primary trainer used by the U.S. Air Force in W.W. 2.

I can only say for sure that it's a Meteor, but wouldn't know the Mk. Keith.

Nice shots some great aircraft.

Thanks Ed.

I think I've failed! I could only be sure on three.

Well I couldn't have done much better before visiting the museum.

You missed the Canberra, Piston Provost, Vampire and your very own Wirraway and Boomerang. The Meteor is a Mk9.

Thanks Glenn ... and how you know or remember such details beats me mate!

[Glenn S]

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Thanks Glenn ... and how you know or remember such details beats me mate!

Just a sad old plane spotter

[Chevvyf1]

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Sorry no Concorde, Chevvy - wasn't it a supersonic bomber?

[Jim Ford]

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Weybridge and Brooklands ruled in Speed of flight and cars !

Don't forget Southampton, which was a major centre for aircraft design and production!

As it's on your doorstep, 'Chevvyf1', have you visited 'Solent Skies'? It's a great historic aircraft museum.

Jim

[Guest]

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Just a sad old plane spotter

An astute one too, I might add!

Mark HOW could YOU ! She was the most beautiful flyer of the skies and so way ahead of her time, in engineering design worldwide. She peed off the Americans and the Russians - because Great Britain (as we once were) got there first !

I grew up seeing her built and maiden flights ... and she always flew over Weybridge to give us all a "Bang" as she broke the sound barrier ... My dad was at Vickers/Hawker Siddeley and British Aircraft Corporation and BAe and I was at BAe HQ Financial Accounting for my early career

We all got "cheap flights" I took my boys on her to Miami twice for £60.00 each, eachway

She is with Spitfires for me The Greatest ever built and flown ... oh and the TSR2 ... My brother and I sat on the nosecone for dad taking photos of us as kids and the VC 10 now that was an aircraft that was ...

Weybridge and Brooklands ruled in Speed of flight and cars !

Well said, Chevvy, Concorde is a legend.

Don't forget Southampton, which was a major centre for aircraft design and production!

As it's on your doorstep, 'Chevvyf1', have you visited 'Solent Skies'? It's a great historic aircraft museum.

Jim

[Chevvyf1]

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Don't forget Southampton, which was a major centre for aircraft design and production!

As it's on your doorstep, 'Chevvyf1', have you visited 'Solent Skies'? It's a great historic aircraft museum.

Jim

Jim, not been to Solent Skies - yet maybe in Retirement

[Jim Ford]

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Jim, not been to Solent Skies - yet maybe in Retirement

Don't make it a "maybe".

They've got some unique aircraft - a Supermarine SE6, a Sunderland converted to a luxury passenger flying boat and the unique Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 - a flying boat jet fighter ('Wet Jet) built in the 40s:

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pl1aMVnZyY"]Wet Jets: Sanders Roe SR A/1 and Convair Sea Dart - YouTube[/ame]

Jim