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Weaver

#30
October 07, 2009, 09:44:42 AM
So how long before someone puts a fake Hound Dog on a Cessna 172, d'you think?  ;D
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#31
October 07, 2009, 09:59:13 AM
Quote from: Weaver on October 07, 2009, 09:44:42 AM
So how long before someone puts a fake Hound Dog on a Cessna 172, d'you think?  ;D

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#32
October 08, 2009, 05:48:34 PM
Quote from: Weaver on October 07, 2009, 09:44:42 AM
So how long before someone puts a fake Hound Dog on a Cessna 172, d'you think?  ;D


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#33
March 15, 2011, 07:49:56 AM
Quote from: Mossie on October 06, 2009, 08:01:06 AM
I've mentioned it ages ago, but Red Arrows Hawks were included in the T.1A upgrade (not all the RAF Hawks received this) to enable them to be fitted with Sidewinder.  I'm certain I saw a pic years & years ago, but I can't find it.  Kind of strange, seeing a display team aircraft armed.

After years of looking, finally found three pics!






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#34
March 15, 2011, 11:01:55 AM
Quote from: Mossie on March 15, 2011, 07:49:56 AM
Quote from: Mossie on October 06, 2009, 08:01:06 AM
I've mentioned it ages ago, but Red Arrows Hawks were included in the T.1A upgrade (not all the RAF Hawks received this) to enable them to be fitted with Sidewinder.  I'm certain I saw a pic years & years ago, but I can't find it.  Kind of strange, seeing a display team aircraft armed.

After years of looking, finally found three pics!


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#35
March 15, 2011, 03:05:33 PM
Not only did i collect all of "take off" but i only recently finished the tornado kit it came with...  ;D  :blink:

Roger the Cabin Boy

#36
March 15, 2011, 03:54:47 PM
Lots of unusual combinations over here -

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=66541&highlight=rhodesia&

Proving the SAAF Hunter was RW...  :thumbsup:
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#37
March 16, 2011, 12:10:26 AM
Quote from: Supertom on March 15, 2011, 11:01:55 AM
Quote from: Mossie on March 15, 2011, 07:49:56 AM
Quote from: Mossie on October 06, 2009, 08:01:06 AM
I've mentioned it ages ago, but Red Arrows Hawks were included in the T.1A upgrade (not all the RAF Hawks received this) to enable them to be fitted with Sidewinder.  I'm certain I saw a pic years & years ago, but I can't find it.  Kind of strange, seeing a display team aircraft armed.

After years of looking, finally found three pics!


Aaaaah!  Take Off Magazine!!!  That brings back good memories.   :mellow:

Certainly does - that and Warplane.  Still use both for referencing from time to time.

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rickshaw

#38
March 16, 2011, 02:27:24 AM
Quote from: Roger the Cabin Boy on March 15, 2011, 03:54:47 PM
Lots of unusual combinations over here -

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=66541&highlight=rhodesia&

Proving the SAAF Hunter was RW...  :thumbsup:

You mean this photo?



Looks photoshopped to me, particularly when the photo is titled "ORAFs" - I assume Omani Royal Air Force - and its amongst a lot of other pictures of Omani Hunters.  The next posting in the thread suggests they were Rhodesian Hunters - which might make sense as they were upgraded in South Africa to carry Sidewinders and apparently carried South African unlicensed copies of the Sidewinder.  They may have carried temporary SAAF markings during the trials.

Otherwise, very interesting thread over there!
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jcf

#39
March 16, 2011, 01:13:00 PM
Oman is RAFO: Royal Air Force of Oman

ORAF: Old Rhodesian Air Force
http://www.ourstory.com/orafs

Hunter with sidewinder thread, origin of the photos copied over on the Key forum:
http://www.ourstory.com/thread.html?t=305460#330100

Weaver

#40
March 16, 2011, 02:41:25 PM
IIRC, wasn't the Omani Sidewinder pylon inboard, ahead of the main u/c?
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Weaver

#41
March 16, 2011, 02:55:53 PM
Dutch Seahawk with Sidewinders:

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Gondor

#42
March 16, 2011, 02:56:49 PM
Most of the Sidewinder pylons that I have seen pictures of are new pylons further inboard of the usual inboard pylons. Exceptions were several European and Sweedish Hunters that had the launch shoes mounted on the normal outer pylons.

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#43
March 16, 2011, 08:47:58 PM
Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on March 16, 2011, 01:13:00 PM
Oman is RAFO: Royal Air Force of Oman

ORAF: Old Rhodesian Air Force
http://www.ourstory.com/orafs

Hunter with sidewinder thread, origin of the photos copied over on the Key forum:
http://www.ourstory.com/thread.html?t=305460#330100


Thank Jon, for the acronym correction.  I was right that it gained the SAAF marking during trials, it seems.  Interesting that the Hunter was better than the Mirage III in a dogfight.  Obviously the delta planform bled too much energy in a turning fight.
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#44
March 16, 2011, 11:32:55 PM
A private web page isn't necessarily the definition taken as 'normal' by any stretch.  The Rhodesian Air Force had quite a few acronyms during its existance and ORAF 'Old Rhodesian Air Force' wasn't one of them.  This is merely a title for a website, not anything official which can be equally misleading.

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