Spinners

LOL looks like an artist's impression from the 1960's.

Lockheed F-113C Starflash - 119 Squadron, Israeli Air Force, 1973 Credits 3D Model: Cocas Skin: Nyghtfall And, yes, those are the pilot's size 12's poking out of the fuselage!

Forging ahead My first flight in SF2 since 2017!

Yes. I was keen to acknowledge that the skin was from Paulopanz's skinpack and I did not drill down into his readme where he correctly credits you (gent that he is). Sincere apologies to you both.

Supermarine Spitfire IXe - 2-VLG-V, Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force, 1949 The base skin is from Paulopanz's awesome new Spitfire skinpack.

Lockheed F-19A Sniper - VFC-13, US Navy, 1984 Skin Credit: 'whiteknight06604'

Sniper 23

That's why I said Bundesmarine formation brought forward ; )

de Havilland Sea Hornet F.Mk20 - MFG2, Bundesmarine, 1951 Bundesmarine formation brought forward ; )

Sukhoi Su-29 'Fishpan-A'

Hedgerow Hopper

Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.1 - No.92 Squadron, RAF Germany, 1974 The two squadrons of BAC Lightning F.2A's based at RAF Gutersloh and responsible for Quick Reaction Alert were stood down in 1974 when their QRA duties were taken over by the McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom's of the German Air Force. Both Lightning squadrons converted to the Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.1 operating them (and the later Harrier GR.3) in the ground-attack role until 1992.

Finnish Flogger

Hawker Siddeley Harrier Mk.50 - 302nd Hikotai, Japan Air Self Defense Force, 1972

Northrop Scorpion F.1A - No.5 Squadron, RAF Strike Command, 1982 Skin Credit: 'ravenclaw_007'

If it was my money in 1964 I would buy the Draken.

Mitsubishi Ki-99 'Beryl' - 762nd Flying Group, Imperial Japanese Army Air Service, 1946

Vultee P-34A Victor - 48th Pursuit Squadron, United States Army Air Corps, 1941 After American Airlines expressed serious interest in their six-passenger V-1 design, Gerard "Jerry" Vultee and Vance Breese formed the Airplane Development Corporation in early 1932 but all 500 shares of stock in the company were soon acquired by Errett Lobban Cord to create the Airplane Development Corporation (a Cord subsidiary) as part of the larger AVCO group. On January 1st 1936 the Vultee Aircraft Division became an autonomous subsidiary of AVCO with Jerry Vultee becoming vice president and chief engineer. Vultee and Breese had redesigned the V-1 to beome the eight-passenger V-1A but whilst American Airlines bought 11 V-1A's the aircraft ultimately failed due to safety concerns about it's single-engine in the new era of twin-engine Douglas DC-2's and DC-3's. Vultee redesigned the V-1 into the V-11 attack aircraft for the United States Army Air Corps but it only received lukewarm interest so, in 1937, he turned his attention to the design and production of a monoplane fighter for the United States Army Air Corps and for possible export orders. By the Spring of 1937 Vultee's fighter design had evolved into a low-wing monoplane featuring a welded steel tube fuselage structure partially fabric covered and with fabric covered flight control surfaces. Powered by the Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9 radial engine, Vultee's design was thoroughly modern in having a fully enclosed cockpit. But, rather conservatively, Vultee chose a fixed (spatted) undercarriage although this was at a time when the United States Army Air Corps was still equipped with open cockpit biplanes. Vultee gambled on his design being relatively inexpensive, sturdy and quick to produce and with war clouds looming the design soon attracted the full interest of the United States Army Air Corps and in September 1937 funds were allocated for Vultee's design to be produced for evaluation as the XP-34. On January 29, 1938 tragedy struck when Jerry Vultee and his wife Sylvia died when the plane he was piloting crashed in a snowstorm near Sedona, Arizona. AVCO hired Dick Palmer (from Hughes) to take Jerry Vultee's place and the Vultee Aircraft Division performed miracles in pressing ahead with the XP-34 whilst concurrently working on the BT-13, BT-15, and SNV Valiant trainers as well as the V-72 Vengeance. A successful first flight took place on March 31st, 1938 and further testing showed the XP-34 to be tough and manoeuvrable but slower than most contemporary fighters and especially when compared to the new breed of monoplane fighters with retractable undercarriages. Nevertheless, a production order for 300 P-34A's was received and Vultee showed a flair for innovation in becoming the first company to build aircraft on a powered assembly line. Entering service in August 1939 with the 48th Pursuit Squadron as part of the 15th Pursuit Group based at the newly completed Hickam Field on Hawaii the unit enjoyed a quiet period of conversion to the new type which came to an abrupt end on December 7th 1941 when the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor. One element of the first wave of attacking Japanese aircraft, consisting of 43 Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" fighters, bombed and strafed Hickam in an attempt to eliminate air opposition and thus prevent U.S. planes from following them back to their aircraft carriers. Hickam Field suffered extensive damage and aircraft losses but Lt. Secombe of the 48th Pursuit Squadron found an intact P-34A and bravely took off alone in a desperate attempt to defend Hickam Field from further damage. Lt. Secombe engaged 3 Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters and managed to shoot down one Zero before being overwhelmed by more Japanese fighters and, with his P-34A badly damaged, Lt. Secombe returned to Hickam Field to make an emergency landing between bomb craters.

Yakovlev Yak-75 'Fireball' - Various Soviet Air Force Schemes This is the KF-2 Hammer available in the downloads section and I'm posting the decals.ini for the 'middle' one (with red 'Bort' Numbers) but don't forget that the game also gives us 'SOVIETYELLOWNUM' and 'SOVIETBLUENUM' to do the others. [Decal001] MeshName=LeftWing DecalLevel=0 DecalFacing=TOP FilenameFormat=INSIGNIA Position=-5.150,-1.600 Scale=1.8 DecalMaxLOD=4 [Decal002] MeshName=RightWing DecalLevel=0 DecalFacing=TOP FilenameFormat=INSIGNIA Position=5.150,-1.600 Scale=1.8 DecalMaxLOD=4 [Decal003] MeshName=LeftWing DecalLevel=0 DecalFacing=BOTTOM FilenameFormat=INSIGNIA Position=-5.150,-1.600 Scale=1.8 DecalMaxLOD=4 [Decal004] MeshName=RightWing DecalLevel=0 DecalFacing=BOTTOM FilenameFormat=INSIGNIA Position=5.150,-1.600 Scale=1.8 DecalMaxLOD=4 [Decal005] MeshName=LeftVertTail DecalLevel=0 DecalFacing=LEFT FilenameFormat=INSIGNIA Position=-6.500,1.000 Scale=1.8 DecalMaxLOD=4 [Decal006] MeshName=RightVertTail DecalLevel=0 DecalFacing=RIGHT FilenameFormat=INSIGNIA Position=-6.500,1.000 Scale=1.8 DecalMaxLOD=4 [Decal007] MeshName=LeftVertTail DecalLevel=2 DecalFacing=LEFT FilenameFormat=SOVIETNUM Position=-7.550,2.000 Scale=0.6 DecalMaxLOD=4 [Decal008] MeshName=RightVertTail DecalLevel=2 DecalFacing=RIGHT FilenameFormat=SOVIETNUM Position=-7.550,2.000 Scale=0.6 DecalMaxLOD=4 [Decal009] MeshName=Object64 DecalLevel=2 DecalFacing=LEFT FilenameFormat=SOVIETNUM Position=0.200,-0.650 Scale=1.0 DecalMaxLOD=4 [Decal010] MeshName=Object64 DecalLevel=2 DecalFacing=RIGHT FilenameFormat=SOVIETNUM Position=0.200,-0.650 Scale=1.0 DecalMaxLOD=4

North American B-25J Mitchell - Israeli Air Force, 1952 Skin Credit: WingZero and pcpilot

Supermarine Swift FR.51 - No.25 Squadron, Pakistan Air Force, 1965

And it still works today thanks to the parcel delivery carrier!