US protype bombers of the late 1940s

 

U.S. Prototype bombers of the late forties , Dougles XB-43 jetmaster, Convair XB-46, Martin XB-48 and the remarkable Martin XB-51 . pic.twitter.com/7mjTiNHvzh

— gavin blackburn (@GavinGavingav1) April 2, 2020

New Warpaint book from Guideline - MiG 3

 

Warpaint No.129 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 Author Nikolay Yakubovich Pre Order Today https://tinyurl.com/aht8etnu out 7th...

Posted by Warpaint Books on Thursday, 29 April 2021

Soviet Long range Aviation and Baltic fleet training sortie

Air combat with simulated enemy #aircraft was carried out by the #crews of the MiG-31BM high-altitude #fighters of the Pacific Fleet during the exercise over the water area of the Pacific Ocean#RuAF #Russia #Russian pic.twitter.com/t73jU79H9A

— Russian Air Force (@Ruaf_Hmeimim) April 27, 2021

In the #aviation regiment of the long-range aviation command in the Amur Region #Russia, scheduled #flights of Tu-95ms strategic missile #carriers took place#RuAF #Russian pic.twitter.com/ywfYlMU5Lt

— Russian Air Force (@Ruaf_Hmeimim) April 25, 2021

#Fighter #pilots of the Baltic Fleet played out a training #battle with simulated enemy #aircraft during training to protect #Russian #airspace#RuAF #aviation pic.twitter.com/LbikSYYqAW

— Russian Air Force (@Ruaf_Hmeimim) May 4, 2021

prototype Defiant and early Hurricane, May 1939

 

May 1939 and an early Hawker Hurricane is watched taxying across the grass at RAF Northolt, whilst a group of journalists get a closer look at the prototype Boulton Paul Defiant. The Defiant has recently been fitted with its four machine guns and is still undergoing trials. pic.twitter.com/EYTvDEoU7a

— Trev Clark's Daily Aviation History Feed. 🚁 (@clark_aviation) May 6, 2021

Then there's the turret. Boulton Paul did the work on the SAMM turret concept for the Defiant specifically. But this turret design's variants was then fitted to a remarkable range of types from the Halifax, Hudson, Short C.30(!) to Lincoln and so on. So, without which... pic.twitter.com/0173tmktEG

— James D Kightly (@JDKightly) May 6, 2021

BBMF hurricane in new scheme

 

Welcome back to the @RAFBBMF Hurricane PZ865, now as a night fighter intruder of 247 Sqn. #lestweforget pic.twitter.com/lXICPkz9jW

— Andy Welham-Jones (@Wellie_C47) May 5, 2021

What a wonderful scheme! https://t.co/9ZWrjbAzxY

— Jamie Hunter - Aviacom (@jamie_aviacom) May 6, 2021