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airknocker · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:07 am

I'll bite on a Junkers JU-87 with the dive angle markings and a Stinson SR series in the last shot with the Boulton-Paul 108.
http://www.aviastar.org/air/england/boulton_balliol.php

51fixer · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:13 am

Mark Allen M wrote:

Worn Hellcats being overhauled, disassembled?

Corsairs and P-40's look to be sitting there quite a while by the wear on them?

Hellcats are probably an Overhaul program for the military.
P-40s and Corsairs are the infamous New Zealand Warbird parking lot where they got scrapped in the 70s.

k5083 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:22 am

Last pic is Stinson V77, Fairey Spearfish, Fairey Firefly.

August

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51fixer · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:40 am

Mark Allen M wrote:

51fixer wrote:

P-40s and Corsairs are the infamous New Zealand Warbird parking lot where they got scrapped in the 70s.

"Infamous?" parking lot? what's the story there?

Lend Lease equipment. Most arrived after it was needed and saw little use. The war had moved on.
Parked, sat for years and Not scrapped until sometime in the 70s.

Steve Nelson · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:16 pm

Can't make out the type airplane?

I'm thinking maybe a Hienkel 114, but I can't find a clear enough pic on the interwebz to be sure.

SN

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mike furline · **Joined:** Wed May 05, 2004 3:45 pm **Posts:** 2636

Steve Nelson wrote:

Can't make out the type airplane?

I'm thinking maybe a Hienkel 114, but I can't find a clear enough pic on the interwebz to be sure.

SN

It's a Henschel Hs 126.

Randy Wilson · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:16 pm

Mike - agreed that it is a Hs 126A. There are a couple of good photos showing the lines on the side of the fuselage on page 388 of Green's Warplanes of the Third Reich. You can also see some detail on the somewhat odd windscreen. Good catch!

Here is a photo showing just how large the HS 126 was and some of the line markings. Photo is from my own collection.

Randy

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Randy Wilson · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:35 pm

I think the "German Stearman" is a Heinkel He 50A.

Randy

51fixer · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:40 pm

Randy Wilson wrote:

I think the "German Stearman" is a Heinkel He 50A.

Randy

German Stearman or German N3N? :wink:

The Inspector · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:54 pm

A) why were the degree lines painted on the outside and did the gunner have to climb out on the strut to check the angle?

B) laid out like that, the lines would seem to be more indicative of recovery angles or how to differentiate between a stall angle and a REALLY deep stall angle unless the 126 dive bombed inverted 'zo, how are zu liking us now?' :roll:

The shiny dart is the BRISTOL 188 from 1962- geek

And the engine covers make a great deal of sense for MARINES operating off of Korea in the Winter of '50/51where a Kaufman shell was how they started and it's easier to light off a warm engine not one with a sump full of asphalt.

And where/when was the Airshow with the B-58? I see an early C-130, a line of F-102, F-104, F-101, F-106, F-105 a 707-320C, a B-47, C-121, VULCAN, COMET 2 (RAF) L-188,F-27, the CONVAIR 880 prototype, a DELTA DC-8 a BONANZA AIRLINES (??) DC-3 and the B-58

Cking · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:13 pm

Mark Allen M wrote:

Where are these locations? I know Farnsborough is the first one, but the others could be Farnsborough again 1956?

Ah Farnborough! Not only the birth place of British aviation but the birth place of my aviation career! The Hangar on the right, by the apron is A shed. The top part of it was the apprentice section where I started my training thirty three years ago, I feel very old

Rgds Cking

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