Aircraft stamps and pictures

doug2222usa · **Posted:** Thu Apr 02, 2009 16:12:16 pm

OK, it was an educated guess; I was only off by 3. :lol:

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 02, 2009 23:16:46 pm

doug2222usa wrote:

OK, it was an educated guess; I was only off by 3. :lol:

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 09:21:32 am

There were some photos earlier about the planes parked in the Arizona desert. This article was in this mornings paper -
http://business.smh.com.au/business/filling-fast-a-desert-parking-lot-for-the-worlds-idle-aircraft-20090405-9taj.html?page=-1

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 19:11:16 pm

Last month aerophilately08 displayed the Wings of Prey series from Gibraltar. My main thematic collection is of birds and I am trying to collect as many Peregrine Falcon stamps as I can afford.

The collection is of birds only - except for these three.

A Tornado and a Peregrine - a joy to behold.

doug2222usa · **Posted:** Fri Apr 10, 2009 01:01:32 am

I don't know what this is, but it's a nice photo, and the
pilot had plenty of windows to LOOK OUT! of:

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Fri Apr 10, 2009 13:14:03 pm

This is only a half-educated guess, and I wait on real identification from our experts.

Is it a Boeing 307 Stratoliner from the 1950's :?:

doug2222usa · **Posted:** Fri Apr 10, 2009 13:26:10 pm

Two more points I noticed; the ancient red fueling (?) truck
with just a "T" showing, probably Texaco.

And note the two leggy smartly-uniformed "stews" in the
background.

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I looked at Boeing 307 images in Google, I think you're right.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Fri Apr 10, 2009 13:29:02 pm

I saw the young ladies - and then noticed there was an aeroplane in the picture
:lol: :lol:

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Fri Apr 17, 2009 19:46:14 pm

This photo is on BBC on-line at the moment -

A Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter lowers an ageing Tupolev Tu-134 airliner to its new home at a museum in the Russian city of St Petersburg.

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 19, 2009 07:29:13 am

doug2222usa wrote:

I don't know what this is, but it's a nice photo, and the
pilot had plenty of windows to LOOK OUT! of:

Doug,Boeing 307 Stratoliner....there used to be one operating out of Seattle until it ditched near its home base in 2002....since repaired??
Ian

GUTTERS · **Posted:** Sun Apr 19, 2009 08:04:16 am

If only phoyographer had stepped about 5 steps to the left then the shot would have shown all 4 Boeing 307 Stratoliners in the photo not just the wings (And the stewy's would have been closer) :lol:

doug · **Posted:** Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:14:58 am

From a project of mine - stamps signed by the artist in 1963

ScotsmanAbroad · **Posted:** Sat May 02, 2009 16:43:39 pm

I was up in Seoul yesterday paying the British Embassador's salary for the month (renewing my passport - don't ever do it abroad if you can help it :shock:

) I spent some time at the postal museum and War Memorial Museum. The WMM was so good that I didn't have time to see everything, so will go back in July during the PhilaKorea Expo. Anyway here are some photos for the experts to identify.

ScotsmanAbroad · **Posted:** Sat May 02, 2009 16:44:43 pm

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ScotsmanAbroad · **Posted:** Sat May 02, 2009 16:53:27 pm

It is amazing how little space these pilots would have!

ScotsmanAbroad · **Posted:** Sat May 02, 2009 16:54:27 pm

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KevinHedley · **Posted:** Sat May 02, 2009 18:11:22 pm

I will call myself an enthusiast, not an expert, but I will start the ball rolling with no. 205 (shown in several photos) which is a North American F-51D, RF-51 Mustang.

During the Korean War they were used as long-range fighter-bombers by the US, Australian, South African, and Republic of Korea Air Forces.

If they are not all named by tomorrow I will have another go.

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Sun May 03, 2009 01:47:33 am

ScotsmanAbroad wrote:

I was up in Seoul yesterday paying the British Embassador's salary for the month (renewing my passport - don't ever do it abroad if you can help it :shock:

) I spent some time at the postal museum and War Memorial Museum. The WMM was so good that I didn't have time to see everything, so will go back in July during the PhilaKorea Expo. Anyway here are some photos for the experts to identify.

Faichild C-123 Provider with the TF-51D Mustang beside it and what looks like an Antonov AN-2 on the right and a UC-6A Beaver head on in front of that.The nose on the extreme right looks like a Fairchild C-119 Packet.........nice set of graphs Don.

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Sun May 03, 2009 01:53:56 am

ScotsmanAbroad wrote:

Extreme left looks like a Sikorsky CH-19 on top of the roof then a Grumman TS-2A Tracker,front and left of the MDD F-4C Phantom and right of that a Shenyang J-6 with a small Cessna type behind that.

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Sun May 03, 2009 02:01:25 am

ScotsmanAbroad wrote:

What looks to be a Curtiss C-46? on the left with a F-86D Sabre right of that and then a Northrop F-5A at the front with a Cessna T-37C "Tweet" just below the "BUFF" B-52D

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Sun May 03, 2009 02:04:41 am

ScotsmanAbroad wrote:

AH-IJ Cobra next to the Shenyang F-6 and the F-4C.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Sun May 03, 2009 13:32:16 pm

Oh, what a 'time-wasting' thread this is :!:

Here is a another view with different planes for beardmore10 to identify.

I am slowly looking up details of the planes identified above. I agree that the twin-prop plane is a Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando. The silhouette shape from the Google satellite photo seems to confirm that.

The Google view indicates there are more to be photographed so we look forward to Don's return visit. I notice there is at least one more plane inside the museum.

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Tue May 05, 2009 13:53:29 pm

KevinHedley wrote:

Oh, what a 'time-wasting' thread this is :!:

Here is a another view with different planes for beardmore10 to identify.

I am slowly looking up details of the planes identified above. I agree that the twin-prop plane is a Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando. The silhouette shape from the Google satellite photo seems to confirm that.

The Google view indicates there are more to be photographed so we look forward to Don's return visit. I notice there is at least one more plane inside the museum.

Kevin,some more time wasting :wink:

....to the left of centre,Douglas C-54 Skymaster along with one of the F-86(F) Sabres at this museum.The rest have been mentioned before...ie the Provider,Cobra and Mustang.The 54 looks to be in excellent condition

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Tue May 05, 2009 14:15:04 pm

On a family holiday to Malta last month,i went over to the Malta Aviation Museum at Ta'Qali and photographed this C-47 and C-45 in the restoration area.

The DC-3/C-47A-90-DL was last registered in Canada as C-FITH but originally delivered to the USAAF on the 06/05/44 as 43-15762.
The C-45H Expeditor was last registered in the States as N495F but originally delivered to the American military as 52-10958.
Not a lot seems to have been done over the last couple of years but it is a very small museum and i guess funds are tight....will post some more later.

gandly · **Posted:** Tue May 05, 2009 17:01:28 pm

Folks,

I have just started a collection of "Helicopters on Stamps" as my son is a Helicopter pilot.
These are the first stamps I have found from exchange sheets at my local Philatelic Club.
Lots more to collect I know but it is fun looking and searching!

Cheers

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Wed May 06, 2009 02:18:18 am

gandly wrote:

Folks,

I have just started a collection of "Helicopters on Stamps" as my son is a Helicopter pilot.
These are the first stamps I have found from exchange sheets at my local Philatelic Club.
Lots more to collect I know but it is fun looking and searching!

Cheers

......gandly,should make for an interesting collection and as you say there's a bit of fun to be had in the looking and searching...good luck with it.

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Fri May 08, 2009 09:18:58 am

Another Douglas DC-3/C-47B-30-DK on charge with the Malta Aviation Museum at Ta'Qali.....this machine was delivered to the RAF from the USA around 02/04/45 as KN462,it served until 1952.She was then put on to the British civil register as G-AMPT until being sold abroad around 05/53.
She passed through a further eight or nine owners over the next fifty odd years before ending her days in Malta.

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Fri May 08, 2009 09:40:01 am

One more from Malta....Gloster Meteor NF-14,delivered to the RAF 03/54 and withdrawn from service during 1967.After nearly four decades of lying about various airfields it found its way to the Malta Aviation Museum around 11/06.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Tue May 12, 2009 15:07:49 pm

I only know these are Russian - but it is a spectacular shot

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Wed May 13, 2009 00:07:56 am

KevinHedley wrote:

I only know these are Russian - but it is a spectacular shot

Hi Kevin,it looks like the Russian Knights and Swifts display teams,flying the MiG 29 and the SU 27 (the SU-27's being the largest of the two types).....

traralgon3844 · **Posted:** Tue May 19, 2009 21:39:22 pm

EUR-APEX 93 CINDERELLA

I picked up some of these recently.

Issued by the Crown Agents Stamp Bureau on behalf of the RAF Registered Charities.

Probable issue price was: £1.00, with 75p going to RAFA Eagle Lodge Sheltered Housing Appeal.

I also have a black print similar to this sheet.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Tue May 19, 2009 22:21:31 pm

I like that one :!:

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Wed May 20, 2009 08:38:28 am

Paul,i agree with Kevin.....neat looking cinderella

.

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Fri May 22, 2009 13:45:57 pm

US stamp issue showing Air Force one.

....and here's the beast itself.Just about to touch down at Prestwick in July 2005 when Bush attended the G8 summit at Gleneagles...

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Fri May 22, 2009 14:05:44 pm

Some more Presidential bits & pieces,US stamp depicting the old "Marine 1" VH-3.

....and a photo showing the VH-3 alongside its replacement,the VH-60.

....this is one of the VH-60's that attended the G8 summit during July 2005,it's seen here just prior to landing at Prestwick where it performed shuttle duties between the airport and the hotel at Gleneagles where the good and the great were gathered :roll:

ScotsmanAbroad · **Posted:** Sun May 24, 2009 13:32:43 pm

I'll never forget walking out of the General Post Office in Kilmarnock in 2005, during the G8 Summit, hearing the "whup-whup" noise overhead, looking up and seeing what looked to me to be a helicopter gunship cruising the streets! (Kilmarnock, for those not blessed to come from there

, is directly between the naval base, the airport at Pretwick, and where the conference was being held at Gleneagles) I know there was a US aircraft carrier near HMS Gannet. And I thought, "When did I move to a warzone?" :shock:

There were also two very small, very fast helicopters buzzing about, and they seemed to be made of clear glass/ perspex material....some kind of security/ reconaissance?

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 02:15:37 am

Don,as well as a plethora of RAF Chinooks there were also two Army Gazelles being used for security pickets during the G8...but of course the Yanks had to go that little bit bigger,they brought up a handfull of MH-53's from Mildenhall in Suffolk to help protect Bush (in the event a deranged Jock tried to bring him down with a heat seeking Irn-Bru bottle :lol:

)
One of the MH-53's is seen here just about to land at Prestwick.

beardmore10 · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 02:29:25 am

An overview of part of the ramp at Prestwick during arrivals for the G8 in July 05.
Pictured are a couple of VH-3's of the Presidential Flight and two of the MH-53's providing "support",also at the back of the shot are the two B747's that brought in the Japanese premier.....at the very back is an ex Polar Airways Jumbo used for training purposes.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 18:07:00 pm

Our local Aviation Museum (200km away at Temora) normally has six 2-day flying days each year. I missed the first two for 2009 but (weather permitting) intend to go on Saturday week. As well as the museum's own aircraft there are usually visitors and this next event will feature a Seahawk and, woomp woomp woomp, yes, a Huey.

I am not much of a photographer but will take along my wifes little job and see what I can do. It won't be like the many who attend with their tripods, filters and huge zoom lens but we can only try.

In the meantime I thought I would share some of the photos from the last flying days.

There were two visitors from the Historic Aviation Restoration Society and here they are.

First a C47

and then, (how could I possibly miss this) a Super Constellation


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