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herc, that needs a big "W" on the belly!!!

 

and everyone knows...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elvis is Everywhere!!!!

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1948

 

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Design and development

Avia continued building Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6s after the war under the Avia S-99 name, but soon ran out of the 109's Daimler-Benz DB 605 engine after many were destroyed during a explosion at a warehouse in Krásné Březno. The S-199 continued to use the Bf 109G airframe but, with none of the original engines available, an alternative engine had to be used. It was decided that as a replacement for the original engine, the aircraft would use the same engine (Junkers Jumo 211 F) and propeller as the Heinkel He 111 bomber. The resulting combination of parts was an aircraft with extremely poor handling qualities. The substitute engine with the propeller lacked the responsiveness of the Daimler-Benz unit and thetorque created by the massive paddle-bladed propeller made control very difficult. This, in combination with the 109's narrow-track undercarriage, made landings and take-offs extremely hazardous.

The Daimler-Benz DB 605 engine allowed for a central cannon mount that fired through the propeller spinner. This was not possible with the Junkers Jumo 211, and so the S-199 used a version of the Luftwaffe's Rüstsatz VI modification kit, which consisted of a pair of MG 151 cannon mounted beneath the wings. This further impinged on the aircraft's performance. A final hidden danger lay in the synchronization gear for the cowl-mounted MG 131 machine guns, which did not work as it was meant to, leading a few Israeli aircraft to shoot off their own propellers.[1]

 

Around 550 S-199s were built, including a number of conversion trainers designated CS-199 (armed) and C-210 (unarmed). The first flight took place in March 1947, and production ended in 1949. The last examples were withdrawn from Czechoslovak service (with their National Security Guard) in 1957.

 

 

Operational history

 

Israeli service

Israeli agents negotiated the purchase of Avia S-199s from the Czechoslovak government in defiance of an arms embargo that Israel faced at the time. Twenty five aircraft were obtained and all but two were eventually delivered. The price for a fully equipped plane was $190,000.[2] The first examples arrived on May 20, 1948, six days after Israel's declaration of independence and five days after the commencement of hostilities by Egypt. Forming Israel's first fighter squadron, they were assembled and sent into combat for the first time on May 29, attacking the Egyptian army between Isdud and the Ad Halom bridge, south of Tel Aviv. A few days later, on June 3, the type scored the Israeli Air Force's first aerial victories when Modi Alon shot down a pair of Royal Egyptian Air Force C-47s which had just bombed Tel Aviv.[3][4]

 

The type proved unreliable and performed poorly in combat. One Avia pilot remarked "she tried to kill us on every take off and landing."[citation needed] Furthermore, maintenance problems meant that no more than five were typically airworthy at any one time. The type, however, scored victories over its opponents, including the Spitfire.[5] The Avias were mostly withheld from service by the end of October, at which time only six remained operational. The S-199 continued making sporadic sorties through mid-December; American pilot Wayne Peake flipped one on its back on December 15.

 

 

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last one's top Farmer :drinks:

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Cat's rules !

 

 

 

 

- especially the last one is SO good.gifgood.gif

- plus my favorite GE nozzles grin.gif

- (what's the smoking bogey?)

- no amraams for B/D cats ?

 

i think i need to upload here now photos from my own 1/48th Sundowners Tomcat grin.gif

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Thanks Buddies ! :cool:

 

The smoking boggey was an Hunter, no match for the Cat !

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The smoking boggey was an Hunter, no match for the Cat !

 

that's just wrooong :rofl:

(lovely words play!)

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yes that's sorta disrespectful and not very sporty lol do you know how much it costs to maintain a hunter these days ? :tongue:

 

(do one too over sea with a zero grin.gif )

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(do one too over sea with a zero grin.gif )

or "zero-like" repainted AT-6

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or maybe a skyraider ? :P

 

Elvis is around here someplace, isn't he ?

 

looking forward to :) (elvis would be a bonus, but multiplayer should be mandatory, imagine the display teams fun grin.gif why ED boys to have all the fun? grin.gif )

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GBU-12C/B by ravenclaw_007 (USAF/USN)

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GBU-10J/B again by ravenclaw_007

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FINALLY Got the Typhoon...

 

...to start on the ground.

 

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#thatisall :cool:

 

 

 

 

 

SidDogg

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A few ship models from the upcoming MiG Alley addon.... :good:

 

USS Bataan

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USS Manchester (Foreground), USS Bataan (aft in back ground), USS Juneau (fwd in background)

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A few ship models from the upcoming MiG Alley addon.... :good:

 

 

 

Holy crap look at those swells! :drinks:

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Elvis is around here someplace, isn't he ?

 

Well not far anyways... they keep him out at groom lake :grin:

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Bunker busting

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Some detail shots of the USS Manchester

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some more bunker busting (GBU-28)

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FINALLY Got the Typhoon...

 

...to start on the ground.

 

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#thatisall :cool:

 

Hi SidDogg

 

The question is how ?

 

thanks

 

 

 

 

 

SidDogg

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