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No I have not. And I'm thinking that the strips are real also. I did a reflectance test and it would not look like that unless the strips are real. The other yellow strips have a white border unlike other aircraft I have seen. This was a special celebration event so painted different than other aircraft. Steve

This aircraft was with the 80th FBS. I have found no other 80th F-80's with any yellow strips on the horizontal. steve

Does anyone make a 1/48 Beechcraft AQM-37 Jayhawk air-launched supersonic target drone? Steve

Thank you for information steve

Thanks Vince. I'm going to do this then. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A-4B_Skyhawk_with_AQM-37_target_drones_in_flight_1965.jpeg

And here is for the A-4B https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10025398 Steve

All the other sprues are the same, including the clear parts.Different parts are blanked out in each kit that you do not use. Steve

The only difference between the Hasegawa 1/48 A-4B(A4D-2) and the A-4C is Sprue "K" in the A-4B issue and Sprue "L" in the A-4C. Both sprues are the different noses. I thought ahead and bought 5 A-4Bs and 4 A-4Cs when they first were issued. I also ordered directly for Hasegawa 5 of the sprue "K" A-4B noses for cheap. You probably can still order just the nose sprues for kit #09426 A-4B. steve

Anybody heard if it survived? It looks like the eye hit it dead on. It's got to be bad. Steve

During testing of new aircraft, you see a lot of external views from different angles of things like missile launches and control surface movements. I have seen low level shots on the B-58 Hustler and F-4 Phantom that look like the camera is on top of the vertical fin. Yet I have never seen documentation of the camera units themselves. Google search did not help. Any reference that you guys know. Steve

Finn, That's an excellent photo. Thank you Steve

Andrew, Thank you. That will help a lot. Steve

The restored P-40B "284" has black prop with yellow tips. Steve

Does anyone know of a site that shows every show the Blue Angels have done from the very beginning? Steve

I'll try doing that. The list I found a while ago had no mention of the Sarasota show. I was there and have pictures and 8MM film of the show. Steve

I had a site saved on a computer that bit the dust. So I know there was one out there. But I have been to many Blue Angels History sites and can now not find it. I am looking for the 1967 season in particular. They flew in Sarasota Florida during that year. Steve

Thats exactly what I was looking at. Still the only photo i have found.

Jacob Michael Brown There has only been one series of 1/32 P-40 produced by Hasegawa. The ones they make now. You said "old" in your first response. They have made the P-40E, M and N. Their P-51 is old. Steve

Joel W. What "old" series are you talking about? Do you mean like the old original P-51? Steve

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/13125/aggressor-f-16c-appears-at-red-flag-alaska-in-sr-71-blackbird-like-paint-scheme

Did you know that Hasegawa is releasing this aircraft in 1/72? I bet they will do a 1/48 also. CLICK TO OPEN EXPANDED VIEW HASEGAWA HASEGAWA 02251 NASA F-15 ACTIVE/IFCS 1/72 SCALE KIT

So I was going through one of my B-29 books that I have and started thinking about something. I have seen many photos where the plane landed successfully on the water after various battle damage. It floated long enough for the crew to get out and in many cases floated for a very long time. Many man made objects seem to last for a long time on the bottom of the ocean I guess because of the cold water and lack of oxygen. Do you think at least some of these planes would still be in good (relatively)shape? Also, have you seen any information of any B-29 found by under water explorers that search for other things at the bottom of the sea? Steve

They found the Idianapolis https://www.ussindianapolis.com/news

That one has been dived on for years.Since the lake has gone down so much, natural light has finally made it down to the plane.

Wow. I'm glad I asked. That is amazing and apparently there is an interest in finding them. Thank you so much for posting this.I bet there will be some that will be found eventually in better shape than this one. Steve