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Old 05-06-2008, 03:04 AM   #1
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Aircraft Profiles!

Post some neat aircraft profiles!


A6M2, A6M3, Rufe, A6M5 color profiles.
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Old 05-06-2008, 09:34 AM   #2
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I've never seen the training A6M before. Cool.
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Old 05-06-2008, 01:30 PM   #3
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I agree with Thorlifter.
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Old 05-06-2008, 04:11 PM   #4
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2 seat zero you learn something new every day
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Old 05-07-2008, 06:04 AM   #5
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More profiles, this time P-51Ds.
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Old 05-07-2008, 07:38 AM   #6
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The Aircraft of Captain Kobayashi



Encounters with WW2 RIAF Veterans - Air Commodore Homi Shapurji Ratnagar

These next three are from this impressive Spanish Civil War site I've posted before:

Spanish Civil War Aircraft - Codes and Markings













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Very cool.
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Thanks for the profiles.

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Old 05-08-2008, 02:43 PM   #10
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Yep , nice stuff here.THX.
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Old 05-08-2008, 11:40 PM   #11
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BF-109 profiles.
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Old 05-09-2008, 01:26 PM   #12
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Nice.THX for posting.
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Old 05-10-2008, 06:09 PM   #13
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Couple of A6M2-K training zero's, source of photo's unknown
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Old 05-11-2008, 11:46 PM   #14
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Wow. THX Micdrow!
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Old 05-12-2008, 07:22 AM   #15
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And here two pics I've found somewhere but I don't remember where.

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