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DragonAt60 @dragonat60.bsky.social · 5h

Yes it is. French Prototype.. never went into production.
[I wonder why?]

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Roger Whitcomb @milairpix.bsky.social · 13h

Morning all 👍

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter
@stuartnt.bsky.social
#Avgeek #Aviation

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Defence Blog @defence-blog.com · 14h

BAE Systems maps future where drones lead the fight

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BAE Systems maps future where drones lead the fight

BAE Systems is advancing a new vision for combat air support where autonomous drones fly ahead of helicopters, identify threats, and execute electronic or kinetic strikes — a model the company says co...

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Defence Blog @defence-blog.com · 13h

Turkish forces field new indigenous kamikaze drone

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Turkish forces field new indigenous kamikaze drone

Turkish defense firm STM Defense Technologies Engineering has delivered its domestically developed Alpagu loitering munition system to Turkish security forces. Known as a fixed-wing “kamikaze drone,” ...

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Defence Blog @defence-blog.com · 13h

Textron pitches AT-6 Wolverine as drone interceptor

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Textron pitches AT-6 Wolverine as drone interceptor

Textron Aviation is promoting its AT-6 Wolverine as a purpose-built aircraft to counter long-range one-way attack drones, such as the Iranian-designed Shahed-136, which have been used extensively in U...

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Classic Warbirds @classicwarbirds.bsky.social · 13h

#OnThisDay in 1939, flying from RAF Bicester, the Handley Page Halifax prototype made its maiden flight.

Read our Halifax profile at www.classicwarbirds.co.uk/british-airc... #ww2 #WorldWar2

📷 ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/origin...

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 14h

A Breguet ‘Atlantic’ patrolling alongside a Breguet ‘Alizé’ carrier-based aircraft. These were two of the last aircraft produced by the Breguet company.

© Dassault Aviation

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Defence Blog @defence-blog.com · 13h

U.S. spy drone returns to Black Sea patrols

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U.S. spy drone returns to Black Sea patrols

After a lengthy hiatus, the U.S. Air Force has resumed high-altitude drone reconnaissance missions over the Black Sea, signaling renewed American intelligence-gathering activity in one of Europe’s mos...

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Classic Warbirds @classicwarbirds.bsky.social · 12h

#OnThisDay in 1940, No. 219 Squadron scored the Bristol Beaufighter's first aerial victory, shooting down a Dornier Do 17Z.

Read our Beaufighter profile at www.classicwarbirds.co.uk/british-airc... #ww2 #WorldWar2

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S/Y Renaissance @deepesails.bsky.social · 1d

Just relaxing...

#cat #catsofbluesky #caturday #boat #sailing #relaxing

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Gunnar Bergfalke @gbergfalke.bsky.social · 9h

Munktells tractor model 20-24. 1-cylinder 2-stroke 20-24 hp at 400 rpm hot bulb engine. 4200 kg, 2 forward and 1 one reverse gear, max speed 3.4 km/h. 328 made in 1916-1921.
Photo from visit to museum in Eskilstuna (where I assume it was built), Sweden.

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Joris van Boven @jorisvanboven.bsky.social · 9h

19551025 #OTD First flight of the Swedish SAAB J35 Draken.

20050618 Gilze-Rijen AB (NL). An Austrian Draken at the Klu Open Day
#avgeek
#aviation
#aviationreporter
#militaryaviation
#aviationphotography

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S Currie @seanroofus.bsky.social · 7h

F-35 and a P-38 doing the heritage flight at the Oregon Airshow this past May.
@jasonchampton.bsky.social @yyzbound.bsky.social @tmcbphoto.com
@twittleair.bsky.social @kz1022.bsky.social

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10h

A win! The 9th Circuit allowed Judge Karin Immergut’s restraining order against deploying National Guard troops in Portland to remain in effect while the full appeals court decides whether to rehear the case.

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UK Defence Journal @ukdefencejournal.org.uk · 9h

RAF Chinook helicopters have been conducting intensive maritime and amphibious training in western Scotland, with multiple aircraft from RAF Odiham operating out of Oban Airport over the past several days.
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Chinook crews train in amphibious ops at Oban Airport

RAF Chinook helicopters have been conducting intensive maritime and amphibious training in western Scotland, with multiple aircraft from RAF Odiham operating out of Oban Airport over the past several days.

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 9h

Please don't buy towels from Steve down the pub. Don't encourage this behaviour.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 9h

The Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB) is actively helping federal employees and contractors impacted by the shutdown. We’ll be making a $5,000 donation to help. If you have anything extra to give, please consider donating to them or to a local food bank near you, every bit helps! 🙏

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Newark Air Museum @newarkairmuseum.bsky.social · 9h

It has to be done!
#Draken70
#UnleashTheDraken

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Joris van Boven @jorisvanboven.bsky.social · 9h

19551025 #OTD First flight of the Swedish SAAB J35 Draken.

20050618 Gilze-Rijen AB (NL). An Austrian Draken at the Klu Open Day
#avgeek
#aviation
#aviationreporter
#militaryaviation
#aviationphotography

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UK Defence Journal @ukdefencejournal.org.uk · 8h

The US Army’s 12th Combat Aviation Brigade has reactivated the 2nd Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, at Katterbach, Germany, restoring a historic attack aviation unit to service in Europe.
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US reactivates attack helicopter battalion in Germany

The US Army’s 12th Combat Aviation Brigade has reactivated the 2nd Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, at Katterbach, Germany, restoring a historic attack aviation unit to service in Europe.

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DragonAt60 @dragonat60.bsky.social · 10h

[I think thats right based just on the unique almost circular tail fin?]

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The Madness Of Griffons @tmogriffons.bsky.social · 10h

Monoplane Madness.
I.D. all four to locate the odd one out.
Reverse image search is banned, all other research allowed. No second attempts unless authorised by me.

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DragonAt60 @dragonat60.bsky.social · 10h

Ah Crap, that just crashed me browser, quick spot, I know top right is a Fokker "eindecker"(sp?) rough translation One-deck, single wing, probably the first single wing they built?

[..someone else will have to get all the rest, I'm trying to sort through my Granddads picture library here atm.]

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Jamie McTrusty @jamiemctrusty.bsky.social · 16h

BATTLE OF BRITAIN: 25th October 1940. With improved weather came a marked increase in Luftwaffe activity. At 8:45am, a large raid of Bf 109s crossed the coast. Around 70 reached London between 9:30 and 10am and bombs were dropped in the South and East of the capital.
📷 London Fire Brigade
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Two people were killed and 48 injured when a bomb hit a railway bridge over Blackfriars Road in London at 9:52am, destroying several trams. This image shows damage to a railway bridge over a road, below which a double-decker tram has had its top deck destroyed. Another tram, largely destroyed, is visible behind, while one in the foreground is intact except for broken windows.

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DragonAt60 @dragonat60.bsky.social · 10h

A Website coded in BBC Basic? [1980's?]