Two this week
Taken August 46-PX219. the first to fly with full naval modifications and folding mainplane, taken during trial landings on the Light Fleet Carrier H.M.S. Ocean.


Regards Duggy

Man!! Those colours a beautiful.
Here's to the Fleet Air Arm!
Also in retrospect I heard she was a very fast prop bird and extremely maneuverable.

Oh Duggy Great Pic of the proto type My Old Man Test flew one for the RAN evaluation tests. He said it was one of the best Aircraft he had flowen...Thanks for sharing

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the Hornet is arguably the best looking aircraft ever especially in post war silver.

Great shots Duggy!

Four this week !

Lebanon gained independence in 1943 and started forming the army with French and British equipment. It wasn't until the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948 that the need to establish an air force was realized and in 1949, the Lebanese Air Force was formed under the command of then Lt. Colonel Emile Boustany who later in his carrier became commander of the army.
In the same year in 1949, a number of planes were donated by Britain and Italy.
Britain donated 4 Percival Prentices and 2 WWII period Percival Proctors while Italy donated 4 Savoia Marchetti SM.79 bombers which were mainly used as transports.






Of the 3 types mentioned above, Lebanon became well known for flying and preserving the last examples of the SM.79 in the world which flew with the air force until the early 60s. These were later stored in excellent conditions and eventually handed back to Italy to be displayed in museums and to this date, remain the only survivors of the type.
Regards Duggy

This 79 finally got a snappy suite of clothes.
So many of them were flying around with RAF rondals
till then..Right Duggy

Just the one this week.

What is; "what do you get when you cross a P-61 with a B-26?"

Awesome, thank you Duggy; I'll take 'Frankenplanes' for $800 please.

LOL Rudi, still survives somewhere off the coast of California, crew bailed 4th August 1943!!

One this week I post it 12 hours ahead of schedule, just in case ??? LOL
No date ?? on this.
USS Bunker Hill "CV-17"


And what's the white vertical mark in front of the # 2 under the cockpit ????