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"Aviation Photo Thread" (Planes, Helos, Balloons, etc)...
- Thread starter RT Panther
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- airports helicopters planes
- Location
- Helsinki, Finland
I visited last weekend in a very extraordinary place, Finnish Air Force alumni guild, their museum and workshop in an air base where airplane production in Finland started and all test flights performed for decades. As well as aviation pioneering company Brothers Karhumäki aka later KarAir, aviation pioneers from early 1920's which had huge impact on WWII and partly made possible Finnish winning rates 32:1 in dog fights against Soviet pilots. In Battle of Britain Royal Air Force dropped some 1600 planes, in Soviet front Finnish fighter pilots dropped a bit more with far smaller number of planes and poorer quality. When Finnish pilots got Messerschmidt fighters from Germany, they were unbeatable. More flying aces per population than in any other part of the world. Karhumäki brothers trained almost all of the aces to fly and Finnish Air Force continued from that.
This kind of sad history is always more valuable when things like Afganistan happen in the world. Finland and Finnish people were challenged in many ways in the early years of independence, but we survived, which is the most important and the respect for ancestors is still high. They fought our freedom through politics and very nasty war.
Some pictures from the visit where it was allowed to take pictures.
Remark: Swastika was a symbol of Finnish Air Force far earlier before some group in Germany re-branded it and swastikas lost their original meaning and mythology
This kind of sad history is always more valuable when things like Afganistan happen in the world. Finland and Finnish people were challenged in many ways in the early years of independence, but we survived, which is the most important and the respect for ancestors is still high. They fought our freedom through politics and very nasty war.
Some pictures from the visit where it was allowed to take pictures.
Remark: Swastika was a symbol of Finnish Air Force far earlier before some group in Germany re-branded it and swastikas lost their original meaning and mythology
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- Location
- North of Denmark
- Location
- Marlow, UK
SAAB Draken of the Royal Danish Air Force ?
(nice jet engine induced bokeh)
-R
(nice jet engine induced bokeh)
-R
- Location
- North of Denmark
Yes - This one is kept by 'Draken Team Karup' in flying condition. Do to Danish rules & regulations it is unfortunately actually not allowed to fly :-( But once in a while it is started for Taxi runs for the Draken fans.
Regards/Per
- Location
- Marlow, UK
It took me a while to work out what it was, as you don't see the distinctive Draken kink in the wings from this angle. It's also an aircraft one associates more with Sweden than Denmark. But those oval air intakes are a bit unusual I think, and a good identifier.
Nice aircraft and nice image.
-R
Nice aircraft and nice image.
-R
- Location
- Derby, United Kingdom
- Name
- Martin
Just found this thread and thought I would post some of my humble images: hope you like them.
Bristol Blenheim at Duxford's Flying Legends, 2018.
Avro 504 with Hucks starter attached, Shuttleworth Collection, Bedfordshire
Fairey Swordfish and Grumman Martlet at Shuttleworth's Navy Day June 2018
Handley Page Victor at Yorkshire Air Museum, April 2017
Bristol Blenheim at Duxford's Flying Legends, 2018.
Avro 504 with Hucks starter attached, Shuttleworth Collection, Bedfordshire
Fairey Swordfish and Grumman Martlet at Shuttleworth's Navy Day June 2018
Handley Page Victor at Yorkshire Air Museum, April 2017
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- Location
- Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, UK.
- Name
- Richard
The last Victor to fly, even if it wasn't on purpose
- Location
- Helsinki, Finland
First one is Bristol Blenheim, very recognisable and I've built many models of it. It was also used in Finnish Airforce during WWII.
But, for heavens sake, what is this other monstrous plane?
- Location
- Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, UK.
- Name
- Richard
The bottom one is a Handley Page Victor. Double-crescent shaped wing. Beautiful aircraft and ahead of its time.First one is Bristol Blenheim, very recognisable and I've built many models of it. It was also used in Finnish Airforce during WWII.
But, for heavens sake, what is this other monstrous plane?
- Location
- Helsinki, Finland
Now I got it 
One member of the V-squad isn't it?
Edit:
Replying to myself, yes it is. Other being Valiant and Vulcan, all three strategic bombers from the cold war era.
One member of the V-squad isn't it?
Edit:
Replying to myself, yes it is. Other being Valiant and Vulcan, all three strategic bombers from the cold war era.
- Location
- Derby, United Kingdom
- Name
- Martin
I have thought about making the 1/48 scale Blenhiem in Finnish marking: one day!First one is Bristol Blenheim, very recognisable and I've built many models of it. It was also used in Finnish Airforce during WWII.
But, for heavens sake, what is this other monstrous plane?
- Location
- Derby, United Kingdom
- Name
- Martin
I've just edited my post with labels, this one is at YAM: the "accidental" Victor take off was at Bruntingthorpe - would like to visit there.The last Victor to fly, even if it wasn't on purpose
