FD Aircraft 18

[orionfield]

Here are a few new blanks:

Dassault Falcon 7X


Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I and G-159C


Gulfstream G650/G650ER



And now to continue my voyage around the world with Australia, Austria and Azerbaijan.

Royal Australian Air Force Dassault Falcon 7x


Government of Austria Grumman G-159


Government of Azerbaijan G650

[Kath]

TWA L-1011s

N31013: An early L-1011, manufactured in 1973. This aircraft would spend its whole life with TWA until it was broken up at Kingman in 2000
N31019: Has a more colorful history; manufactured in 1974 it wound up with North East Airlines (a reincarnation of the former airline that merged with Delta) and eventually in Bolivia before being bought by the Airline History Museum in Kansas City, MO
N31029: A 1975 TriStar, it would be in service with TWA until 1978 when it was leased to Delta for 2 years, coming back to TWA in 1980. It holds the distinction of being the only L-1011 painted in the final scheme of TWA, which almost didn't happen since most of the fleet was already retired by 1995. However, stripping down the paint was necessary part of the maintenance process and there was no sense and re-painting it in the old scheme, as such it became the first TWA to debut the new 1995 Globe Scheme and would remain in service until 1997. It would be stored at Las Vegas for a few years until it was scrapped in 2001.

[Sheepster]

Henschel Hs 126 in Greek service

As a part of its pre-war armament programme Greece purchased a version of the Henschel Hs 126.



Initially Greece wanted to licence build the aircraft locally, but approval was never granted and all aircraft were imported from Germany.
Like Greece's other purchases of the time, the aircraft delivered were not stock standard, but were instead a hybrid between the 126A and 126B models, with the addition of a second fuselage mounted pilot's machine gun. The aircraft were delivered in the pre-war standard Luftwaffe splinter scheme, with repainting in the Greek tan/green happening during maintenance. At the time of the Greek capitulation some aircraft had still not been repainted.

[orionfield]

Moving on with my trip Around the World, we have arrived at the B's!

Bahamasair Avro/BAe-748


Bahrain Royal Flight G450


Bangladesh Air Force C-130J

[TaskForce51]

Douglas A4D-2 (A-4B) Skyhawk

US Navy, VA-34 “Blue Blasters”
CVA-60 USS Saratoga, 1960

[Robert MacReady]

Regarding the TWA L-1011s, N31019 is a little bit wonky.

[BB1987]

Garlic once did the Consolidated P2Y-2/3

Here is the P2Y-1:

[TaskForce51]

FD-Scale Convair 8 F-102/ TF-102 Delta Dagger - USA

USAF, 111th Fighter Squadron 147th Fighter-Interceptor Group
Kelly Air Force Base, TX, 1970
LT. George W. Bush

USAF, 146th Fighter Squadron 112th Fighter Group
Pittsburgh IAP Air Reserve Station, PA, 1975

USAF, 179th Fighter Squadron 148th Fighter Group
Duluth Air National Guard Base, MN, 1968

USAF, 196th Fighter Squadron 163rd Fighter-Interceptor Group
George Air Force Base, CA, 1975

USAF, 146th Fighter Squadron 112th Fighter Group
Pittsburgh IAP Air Reserve Station, PA, 1975

USAF, 63d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron 68th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Itazuke Air Base, Japan, 1960

[eswube]

Nice additions.

[Robert MacReady]

TWA L-1011s

N31013: An early L-1011, manufactured in 1973. This aircraft would spend its whole life with TWA until it was broken up at Kingman in 2000
N31019: Has a more colorful history; manufactured in 1974 it wound up with North East Airlines (a reincarnation of the former airline that merged with Delta) and eventually in Bolivia before being bought by the Airline History Museum in Kansas City, MO
N31029: A 1975 TriStar, it would be in service with TWA until 1978 when it was leased to Delta for 2 years, coming back to TWA in 1980. It holds the distinction of being the only L-1011 painted in the final scheme of TWA, which almost didn't happen since most of the fleet was already retired by 1995. However, stripping down the paint was necessary part of the maintenance process and there was no sense and re-painting it in the old scheme, as such it became the first TWA to debut the new 1995 Globe Scheme and would remain in service until 1997. It would be stored at Las Vegas for a few years until it was scrapped in 2001.

N31019 is a little bit wonky, longer than the other two.