Here’s an unusual one… a C-1A Trader from the ‘Big E’. Can anyone tell me what’s so unusual about this photo?
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Hiya Steve,
Mmmmmm let me see… It appears that the C-1A landed on the wrong carrier or those other a/c did.
MAN, the name escapes me of what type a/c those are but aint they dressed up in Royal Navy markings??
Getting old sucks…[:p][;)]
Flaps up, Mike
Interesting pic Steve. My eyes arent that good, but the other AC are definitely not US & the roundels don’t appear to be British. French maybe ?
Regards, Rick
Don’t know the type of a/c bot I’m sure the markings are French
Waz up Steve,
MAN, believe it or don’t but the mystery a/c is still on my mind[:p] I want to say they are DH Sea Vixens.
Well back to the border I go…
Flaps up, Mike
is he is trying to make a left turn?[:D]
Those kinda look like australian kangaroos on the wings.[8)]
There is the matter of the British Sea Vixens, and he is making a deck launch (no catapult) holding a bit of left rudder, but why are the nose wheels pointed hard right - in fact pointing right and aft?
Tail,
Good point on the C-1A… Then again I feel it is more geared towards the Sea Vixen’s.
Like I said, who knows… Only Steve do…[:p][;)].
Flaps up, Mike
There are two unusual points to this photo…
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The fact that this Trader is onboard a British carrier, hence the Sea Vixens.
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The fact that the nose wheel is all outta sorts.
Actually, it may be seen as unusual these days, but it was fairly common for the US Navy and the Royal Navy to conduct cross-deck operations back when the Brits still had ‘real’ aircraft carriers.
I believe the USN has also conducted similar ops with the French Navy in the past and with the Brazilians. Although I’m not sure if the Brazilians did much more than touch and gos…
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Looks like the bird had quite a bit of day-glo painted on it… the entire tail looks like it is day-glo orange. Too bad there isn’t a color picture of this bird… I’d want to build it, just for the OUT LOUD paint job! [:D]
I’d be interested to know why the nosewheels are ‘all out of sorts’…
Good observation Damon. I’ll see if I can find some color shots of Traders or Stoofs with IO or Day Glo panels and/or tails. I know some of the test and utility units used orange as part of their paint schemes, but I don’t recall seeing operational aircraft using that color for recognition purposes.
Although… this is a COD. I dunno much about those birds at all, maybe they used IO as a matter of course. Will have to dig a bit…
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The Enterprise C-1 in the photo and the Independence C-1 in the profile below were painted in accordance with a directive in April 1959 that revised the high visibility markings on training and utility aircraft. The use of florescent Red Orange was rescinded in February 1964 for most applications, since the visibility enhancement wasn’t worth the extra cost of this particular paint, which wasn’t very durable.
- It’s on a British carrier -if the jets in the background are real.
- It’s doing what appears to be a deck run takeoff instead of a cat shot - may be necessary for US plane on a Limey carrier.
- The nose gear is cocked a whole lot more than the rudder - may be normal