Cessna A-37 Dragonfly walkaround on the blancolirio YT channel

 Meet the unsung hero of the Vietnam War, the A-37 Dragonfly. This nimble attack airplane flew more than 160,000 sorties during the war and proved to be a very accurate close air support aircraft or as Juan Browne refers to it .."..a bigger, heavier 'Tweet' with F-5 engines!" 

" ..these put out in MIL power and no afterburner what the T-38 puts out with afterburner ..50,000 lbs of thrust for a little over 9,000 lbs TOW so it goes like a scolded cat.. [..] ..you will melt the asphalt [..]...the fuel burn rate is super high ....350-400 gallons per hour...[..].. Three throttle settings, VISA, Mastercard and Gold card .."

"..The max indicated airspeed for the A-37 is 415 kts. When I first flew the aircraft in USAF Test Pilot school, I was initially worried that I would easily exceed that speed. Turns out that although the aircraft had plenty of thrust, the drag went up so fast that exceeding the airspeed limit wasn’t really a problem. "

Great walkaround on the blancolirio YT channel of the A-37 'Attack Jet', the only flying example in the US and a 7-year South Vietnamese combat veteran

and another museum-piece walkaround on the " Fly with Magnar" Channel

123 Wing 609 Squadron Hawker Typhoon Normandy (D-day +20)

123 Wing 609 Squadron  Hawker Typhoon Normandy D-day +20 F/sgt McKenzie Sgt Paice Bj Martragny PR-L. Good detail view of the rocket rails and electrical connectors. Thanks to Snautzer!

Hawker Typhoon FR.Ib EK 183 US-A No 56 Sqd and EK 427 'S'

 

photo caption by Colin Ford

Hawker Typhoon FR.Ib EK427 'S', from a series of ATP photos taken around April-May 1945 at a RAF MU in the UK at the time the aircraft had been retired from active service and its eventual fate was awaiting a decision (scrapping in early 1946). From its AM78, it is officially recorded as only ever having been allocated to No.268 Squadron RAF in the period August to November 1944. However, in digging through the ORBS for No.IV(AC) Squadron RAF, its serial does make a couple of entries for post-strike reconnaissance sorties conducted using a limited number hand me down Typhoon FR.Ib aircraft that were received from 268 in December 1944 and used until February-March 1945. In the other photos in the series, the starboard wing appears to have some replacement panels fitted, including a 'blank' panel on the underside of the wing in the location where the reconnaissance camera lenses would normally be fitted. Reason for ATP taking photos as the type was being withdrawn from service was that they had not previously taken the standard set of technical photos for the type before it was introduced into service or whilst it was in service - someone was catching up with the paperwork.
This photo and a couple of others from the series have been used in the various editions/reprints of the Valiant Wings Publications book on the Hawker Typhoon/Tornado, with rather inaccurate captions and descriptions regarding the type, its FR modifications and operational use.

Below; Typhoon Mk Ib EK 183 US-A No 56 Sqd, flown by Squadron Leader T.H.V Pheloung [21 Apr 1943] Squadron Leader T.H.V Pheloung died 20-06-1943