Oshkosh by gosh

[paddy]

At the New York 250 celebration the arrows flew 10 hawks, 9 display and a camera-ship, they flew these 6000 miles + to be there but they dont have the airframe life or spares for a full display now until the aircraft are retired in 2030 ? There is zero news on replacement aircraft so its likely that will be the end of the Arrows. Quietly shoved under the carpet while no one is watching. The whole point of the Arrows was as a recruitment tool, to show British excellence around the world British manufacturing and to use British made aircraft. The company that was going to manufacture and supply British made aircraft went into receivership (went bust) a few weeks ago as it had been waiting for years to get the go ahead from government. looks like if we get anything now it will be the Boeing/Saab Redhawk

 

[moon puppy]

That is a shame Paddy, hope the gov get's it stuff together and get the defense industry running again, before it's needed...again.

 

[Sharkmouth]

At the New York 250 celebration the arrows flew 10 hawks, 9 display and a camera-ship,

I saw them fly over the harbor live on TV...

A part of all the teams flying over NY:

 

[paddy]

Looks like my mistake and they were only flying 7 over NY as well. Its confusing because the Italians are flying 9 and they also trail red white Blue smoke.
without being political ;-) the Gov has approved £15 billion increase in expenditure but the armed forces review wanted nearly twice that, they will get more or there will be a public outcry. The problem for us is we are sending so much kit and munitions to Ukraine we cant make it fast enough..
The real major factor is as i touched on a while ago is what direction spending will go. Despite being a founding partner in the F35 prog deliveries are really slow.and i can imagine the first tranch going out of service before the last are delivered. Money is being pumped into the new Tempest with a prototype expected to fly in a couple of years . Problem there is we built the 2 stupid super carriers with only VTOL F35 capacity. We have 6 destroyers on order, some started but now they are being questioned as they will be carrier escorts that will need escorts themselves.

The Russian black sea fleet wiped out by drones .....The Challenger 3 MBT upgrade is costing £5m a tank and will be vulnerable to £10k drones. The navy is ahead of schedule in its remote mine sweepers and the RAF is shortly going to trial the remote wingman project based on you only need one typhoon with ground attack targeting to control a dozen fully armed remote wingmen aircraft.
It sort of makes you understand how technology is overtaking the build schedules.

 

[moon puppy]

You think your lawnmower is hard to crank up.

Check where the smoke comes out. The two ports on the chin are the waste air gates of the superchargers, the rear one is the outlet for the supercharger system.

 

[paddy]

Odd markings ?

 

[moon puppy]

Odd markings ?

I think its historical, PTO scheme.

 

[Heavens Eagle]

That is an ETO scheme with the invasion stripes. It is also a razorback so not sure of the squadron or where the markings come from.

 

[paddy]

When the aircraft taxis out you can see the stripes go from wing tip to wingtip so not invasion stripes. Thats what made me ask.

 

[moon puppy]

P-47D-23 Razorback | AirCorps Aviation

The world's oldest flying and only Republic built razorback P-47D Thunderbolt recovered from jungles of Papua New Guinea returns to flight at AirCorps Aviation to honor Brigadier General William "Bill" Dunham, Commanding Officer of the 460th Fighter Squadron, 348th Fighter Group.

www.aircorpsaviation.com

This is the aircraft.
It was in the 348th Fighter Group, 5th Air Force, stationed the the South Pacific.

Pacific Wrecks - 348th Fighter Group (348th FG) U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF), 5th Air Force (5th AF)

The 348th Fighter Group (348th BG) includes Headquarters Squadron (HQ), 340th Fighter Squadron (340th FS), 341st Fighter Squadron (341st FS), 342nd Fighter Squadron (342nd FS) and 460th Fighter Squadron (460th FS).

pacificwrecks.com

I think this is one of Trumpeters schemes in the box for their big 1:32 kit that I never finished.

So yeah, Pacific Theater of Operations.

 

[moon puppy]

Warbird departures