Are the still flying their as designed for "mission" on a regular basis? Not a replica WWI fighter, not some museum kept plane that flies once a year but a regular "working Joe" of an airplane doing it's daily grind.
Are the still flying their as designed for "mission" on a regular basis? Not a replica WWI fighter, not some museum kept plane that flies once a year but a regular "working Joe" of an airplane doing it's daily grind.
Now I learned something, I wasn't aware S-2's were still in active service...wouldn't it be nice if we had a 1/48 scale S-2 with the upgrades to model. Man! What a great exec bird that would be...I remember seeing one at Oshkosh, someone had made for his personal commuter. Gerald
What about the C-97, or its variants? Are any of those still in service? Are any of the still-operating Guppies from an airframe old enough to be considered?
You know, when the "what would you like to see modeled in 1/48th" poll comes around I never think of the S-2, but come to think of it, I would love to have one! It just seems to fly under the radar (pun intended) of my attention. But I guess I'm not alone. Look how long it took for someone to come up with it as a contender for "aircraft longest in service". That's what it gets for being so damn ugly!
Doug Wagner
Yep, the Stoof ain't a glamor puss like a fighter. I'd like to have the "Willy Fudd" version and the COD transport model, too.
Here's a tabletop of the "Stoof with a Roof"
WmB
Well, if you consider that they were designed for & as a small private plane, yes, Cubs & other old light aircraft fly all the time. Being a small private plane was their design mission. Now, if you were trying to argue an L-4, IIRC, the military observation version of the Cub, that's no contest. Like I said, if he wanted military, he should have said so in the subject.
ISTR reading over on the Firebombers Forum that Special Hobby or some outfit has announced a 1/48 S-2 for this year.
i'm forced to realise if it isn't nazi or british, i have little knowledge. ok, i can id some of them rooshun planes. but more heliocopters. where's my all the world's aircraft book?
Enzo Matrix moved the fromage aside and asked:
I guess that there are a lot of us who aren't familiar with 'foreign' aircraft. I've always been enthusiastically so. There's a lot of air over the rest of the planet.
To get this back on subject, do the Swiss still fly their C-3605 target tugs? Any Czechs still navigating an L.60 Brigadyr around? How about members of the Bücker aircraft family?
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
Mad-Modeller wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@nextline.com:
Hmm could cross link here to the ipms journal thread...
There is an article on this in there funnily enough. It mentions they were retired in 87
All in all, they still have a number of originals in the collection.
Pretty sure the C-130 pre-dates the B-52, albiet not the current versions (of either!), assuming you are limiting this thread to US military aircraft.
My money still rides on the remaining Guppies that were converted from C-97's.
Bolivian airline Lineas Aereas Canedo still has two piston-engined C-46's (as well as DC-3's) in regular service; as reported/illustrated in the April 2006 issue of "Airliner World" (page 20).
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In terms of still in productive service, the UK Military register still has an active Harvard - approaching 70 years of the type in Service, and a couple of Meteors (62 years)
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