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Photo ID: 1644172
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HB-JMG (cn 562) LX 180 from Zurich approaching Suvarnabhumi airport after merely 10 hours and 30 minutes in the air. After finally clearing immigration and getting out of the airport, I was just standing there for a moment, enjoying the warm tropical air and watching the thunderstorm that those dark clouds on approach had signalled pass by. |
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Photo ID: 1620065
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Views: 621
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XV226 (cn 8001) Nimrod MR.2 from No. 201 Squadron operated from RAF Kinloss on RIAT 2009. This was the first aircraft to be fully equipped as a Nimrod MR.1. First flew on 28 Jun 1968. It was used for both tropical and cold-weather trials in 1969 and 1970, and also for autopilot development. It went into RAF service in January 1973 after 281 test flying hours with Hawker Siddeley, and a further 198 from Boscombe Down. On the tail wears special marking to Nimrod operational service "40 years 1969 - 2009" and on bomb bay doors all unit badges. |
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Photo ID: 1613199
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Views: 513
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XV226 (cn 8001) Nimrod MR.2 from No. 201 Squadron operated from RAF Kinloss departing from Fairford. This was the first aircraft to be fully equipped as a Nimrod MR.1. First flew on 28 Jun 1968. It was used for both tropical and cold-weather trials in 1969 and 1970, and also for autopilot development. It went into RAF service in January 1973 after 281 test flying hours with Hawker Siddeley, and a further 198 from Boscombe Down. On the tail wears special marking to Nimrod operational service "40 years 1969 - 2009" and on bomb bay doors all unit badges. |
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Photo ID: 1607529
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Views: 780
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PK-YTN (cn 22659/874) Reflecting on the ramp after a heavy tropical shower. |
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Photo ID: 1593254
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Views: 911
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92-3890 / 4 (cn CC-132) Coconut trees behind as backdrop to show the tropical side of Malaysia |
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Photo ID: 1558029
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Views: 1336
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C-GTSF / 345 (cn 472) Santa Claus has just landed in the tropics |
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Photo ID: 1554367
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Views: 3877
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HA-LHC (cn 28884/738) Soon I have a portfolio about her - a lady, who likes to change her clothes often. But she's right; tropical climate is much better than Siberia. I like her new dress. |
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Photo ID: 1523555
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5N-EDE (cn 19972/662) See what happens when an aircraft is stored in a hot, wet tropical environment. [Nikon D300}. |
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Photo ID: 1496862
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Views: 4395
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N632DL (cn 23613/154) Over Maho Beach with tropical rainshower in the background... |
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Photo ID: 1494793
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Views: 9478
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5954 / A5-HL (cn 5954) "Chicago Museum of Science and Industry" The 1941 Junkers Ju-87R-2 Tropical Stuka is one of two surviving Stukas in the world. The plane revolutionized military aviation and military warfare with blitzkrieg tactics of fast, aggressive dive-bombing to support the quick advancement of German ground troops. [Nikon D700 / AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm] |
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Photo ID: 1465830
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Views: 3304
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A97-216 / 216 (cn 182-3216) Rare close-up view of 36 Squadron C-130A A97-216 at Mount Hagen Airport (TPNG) in March 1975. The Herc was to carry a Bell 206B-1 helicopter (A17-021) to Port Moresby, and Laverton Victoria, after completion of Tropical Performance Trials. Locals refused to assist with the loading of the Bell 206B-1 into the C-130 rear cargo door! (Assisting the 'Birth of a Baby Balus' was OK. Putting the 'Balus' back was Not OK!). Low res photo. |
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Photo ID: 1463524
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Views: 6653
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A97-207 / 07 (cn 182-3207) Rare low res 'Fish-Eye' lens view of the flight deck of 36 Squadron C-130A A97-207, taken over Queensland on a flight to TPNG in 1975. The flight from Laverton to Lae took 6.9 hours. The Herc was carrying a Bell 206B-1 helicopter (A17-021) to TPNG for Tropical Performance Trials. The RAAF acquired its First C-130 (A97-205) in Dec 1958, and marked the 50th Anniversary in Dec 2008. Apologies for the low quality of this 1975 photo. |
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Photo ID: 1450391
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Views: 1764
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A97-207 / 07 (cn 182-3207) Rare View of a 36 Squadron C-130A at Lae Airfield TPNG in January 1975. The flight from Laverton to Lae took 6.9 hours. The Herc was carrying a Bell 206B-1 helicopter (A17-021) to TPNG for Tropical Performance Trials. Locals assisted in the 'Birth of the Bell 206B-1' (removal from the C-130 rear cargo door). Australian Army Bell 47G-3B1 A1-737 is also in this photo. Low res photo. |
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Photo ID: 1450390
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Views: 1989
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A97-216 / 16 (cn 182-3216) Rare view of 36 Squadron C-130A A97-216 at Mount Hagen Airport (TPNG) in March 1975. The Herc was to carry a Bell 206B-1 helicopter (A17-021) to Port Moresby, and Laverton Victoria, after completion of Tropical Performance Trials. Locals refused to assist with the loading of the Bell 206B-1 into the C-130 rear cargo door! (Assisting the 'Birth of a Baby Balus' was OK. Putting the 'Balus' back was Not OK!). Low res photo. |
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Photo ID: 1448396
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Views: 1455
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A97-211 / 11 (cn 182-3211) 36 Sqn C-130A A97-211 does a flypast during her flying display, in hazy skies at the Laverton Airshow in April 1975. I had just returned home after two months in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea (TPNG), just before Independence. I flew in C-130A A97-207 from Laverton to Lae on 30Jan1975, and from Port Moresby to Laverton in A97-216 on 27Mar1975. The Task was ARDU TS 1633 - Bell 206B-1 Tropical Performance Trials - conducted from Lae and Mount Hagen. The RAAF marked 50 years of C-130 ops in Dec 2008. Low res photo. |
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