Mig 21 on the aire

[NSY]

Found a interesting park up tonight in Slovakia with a selection of Eastern European aircraft which van can be parked next to

 

[trevskoda]

Ill have the antonov an2 please

 

[NSY]

Ill have the antonov an2 please

Needs a bit of tic

 

[Fazerloz]

If your parking with planes make it a big one.

 

[st3v3]

Don't tell Putin, he'll be sending them off to Ukraine!

 

[trevskoda]

Been inside one of these, pilot told me it was like a flying elephant with no ears.

 

[st3v3]

Been inside one of these, pilot told me it was like a flying elephant with no ears.View attachment 135941

Thats a weird thing!

 

[Fazerloz]

I think that's "Miss Pick Up" a WW11 PYB Catalina flying boat that is based at Duxford.

 

[trevskoda]

Thats a weird thing!

Its a PBY Catalena water plane which also has wheels, used ww2 at Enniskillen to look for german u boats, built in the USA.

 

[Fazerloz]

Its a PBY Catalena water plane which also has wheels, used ww2 at Enniskillen to look for german u boats, built in the USA.

Have you any pics with it's reg # Trev is it G-PYBA if so built Oct 43 and only 10 left airworthy. Not many ops to get on one of those.
There is only one airworthy in UK

 

[colinm]

See it flying over couple of times a year, along with Spitfires and Hurricanes(most weeks), I keep meaning to enquire where they are flying to, Duxford is to NE of us, so would be beginning/end of flight, but they are heading/returning from Aylesbury direction.

 

[Fazerloz]

See it flying over couple of times a year, along with Spitfires and Hurricanes(most weeks), I keep meaning to enquire where they are flying to, Duxford is to NE of us, so would be beginning/end of flight, but they are heading/returning from Aylesbury direction.

The Catalina Society - Home of Plane Sailing is the supporters club for the Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina based at Duxford Airfield in the UK

The Catalina Society - Home of Plane Sailing is the supporters club for the Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina based at Duxford Airfield in the UK

www.catalina.org.uk

 

[trevskoda]

Have you any pics with it's reg # Trev is it G-PYBA if so built Oct 43 and only 10 left airworthy. Not many ops to get on one of those.
There is only one airworthy in UK

Only one more bad shot.
What i do know is it was fitted with more powerfull engines from the standard ones.

 

[Fazerloz]

Only one more bad shot.
What i do know is it was fitted with more powerfull engines from the standard ones.
View attachment 135951

It's def "miss pick up" if you look closely at the nose art in your original pic Trev

 

[Scotia]

Its a PBY Catalena water plane which also has wheels, used ww2 at Enniskillen to look for german u boats, built in the USA.

Also used at Foynes for passenger flights.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Why do they never give these old beauties a good clean?

 

[NSY]

Ill have the antonov an2 please

Hi Trev. Can you id planes in photos? first 2 we we cannot id

 

[Fazerloz]

We were staying on Abingdon whilst the series Masters of the Air was been made a lot of unusual stuff in and out including the B -17G used in Memphis Belle it was all very interesting to be so close up to it all. A

pity about the crappy photos

 

[2cv]

Hi Trev. Can you id planes in photos? first 2 we we cannot id


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First two are a Mig 15 and a Fokker 100.

 

[Fazerloz]