48 Hours Photo Competition - Two of the same but different

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48 Hours Photo Competition - Two of the same but different

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Thinking caps on for this one guys and girls. I'm looking for a pair of winning photos of the same aircraft but it must look different in each of the pics. So plenty of warbirds to choose from if you want an easy way out or better still if you can find something in service and then in private hands.

Two pairs each as entries, so four photos maximum.

WK163 while still at RAE Bedford in 1991 and as the Napier Scorpion altitude breaker when first on the circuit in 1999
ImageCanberra B2/6 WK163 RAE Bedford by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Imageimg789 (2) by Paul Downes, on Flickr

US Navy EA-3B Skywarrior 146454 with VQ-2 at Rota at Fairford in 1991 and I was surprised to see at Van Nuys with an F-15 nose with Hughes in 1997
Imageimg683 by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Imageimg075 by Paul Downes, on Flickr
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Pinky aka ZG750 first in 31 sqn markings although at the time she was with XV sqn (she is the one that is level and not the one breaking off)

ImageIMG_8657 by andrew abbott, on Flickr

Image580A3618 by andrew abbott, on Flickr

Ummed and arrghed about this one as its the only pic i have of the Sea Vixen in Red bull colours.

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and as she was when she was part of the FAA historic flight. XP924
ImageIMG_2745 by andrew abbott, on Flickr
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Everyone's favourite Merlin, Bravo, as a Mk 3....

ImageAgustaWestland Merlin HC3i ZJ118/B Royal Navy Okehampton Camp 13/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

and Now a Mk 4

ImageAgustaWestland Merlin HC4 | ZJ118/B | Royal Navy | RNAS Yeovilton | 22/06/20 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

Sticking with rotary, Dara when in service with 771 NAS

ImageWestland Sea King HU5 ZA166 Royal Navy RNAS Culdrose 30/07/15 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

And as she is now in her second life with Heliops

ImageWestland Sea King HU5 | ZA166 | Heli Operations | Portland | 16/07/20 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr
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Another tricky one ;)

1. Czech Air Force L-159A Alca reg 6053 - 2011 Zeltweg vs 2017 Ostrava
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2. Hellenic Air Force F-16 ZEUS Demo reg 505 - 2014 Payerne vs 2015 Radom
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"Swiss" Grumman Avenger @ La Ferté 2010, with French Navy markings:
ImageDSC_0144 by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr
The same @ Melun 2018, with US Navy marking and drop tanks:
ImageDSC_0714_exp by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

Changing my mind after finding some older archive, hope the OP doesn't mind:
Bristol Blenheim @ Duxford (1996 - Spitfire Diamond Jubilee):
ImageSCAN 002_ by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr
The same, again @ Duxford, 20 years later (Legends 2016):
ImageDSC_4441 by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr
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P-51 ZK-TAF in the colours of the RNZAF Territorial Air Force

Image388 by Andy Heap, on Flickr

and here - well - kind of hard to work out what nationality it is depicting...

Image388a by Andy Heap, on Flickr

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Spitfire VIII A58-758 delivered to the RAAF in 1945, placed in storage, purchased
by Col Pay In 1982 restored and first flew in 1985, this picture taken in 1988.
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Thirty five years since restoration now with the Temora Aviation Museum, this
picture taken in 2019.
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Norwegian Vampire in Norwegian and RAF colours

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Hangar 11 Mustang as Jumpin' Jaques and then Tall in the Saddle

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English Electric Canberra PR9, XH134, seen at the Royal International Air Tattoo 2013. The static display appearance came as a complete surprise to many, with the aircraft only completing its first flight post-restoration in the week prior. The aircraft still wearing the colours of 39 Squadron as it wore the day it was retired from Royal Air Force service in July 2006. But change was on the horizon...
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Fast forward 13 months, and XH134 is seen performing at the Dawlish Airshow, wearing new silver colour scheme of the (in my opinion unfortunately named) "Mid Air Squadron". The jet did look fabulous in silver, as did their Hawker Hunters, but I'm sure many enthusiasts would have rather it remained in the authentic hemp colour scheme.
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In the past 7 years, RAF Cosford's resident Harrier GR3, XZ991, has worn a variety of different squadron markings and been equipped with a different load-out for each public appearance it made, to keep things fresh and exciting. In 2014, the aircraft was equipped to represent a Harrier GR3 as deployed to the Falklands in 1982 with refuelling probe added and red tail code added, amongst other small cosmetic adjustments.
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In 2016, the jet underwent it's most radical of appearance changes, with white paint 'temporarily' added over the green sections of camouflage pattern to replicate a jet deployed to Norway. Back in the day, weeks of flying in the harsh Artic climate meant that the paint was soften over the deployment and was easy to remove when the aircraft return to the UK. That sadly didn't repeat itself with a jet which just sat around and the white paint stayed for much longer than expected. In fact this shot was taken in May 2018, when it took days of hard graft with pressure washers and brushes to remove the white paint to get the jet showing its true green/grey camouflage ready for the RAF100 event in June.
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BAe146-200 prototype E2008 as G-WAUS at Farnborough 1984.
Imagezz1984065_18_1 by Derek N.Ferguson, on Flickr

The same aircraft at the London City Airport open day in 1988 as G-BMYE.
Imagezz1988123_20_1 by Derek N.Ferguson, on Flickr

Spitfire PR.XI PL965 at the Overloon Museum in the Netherlands in 1980.
Imagezz1980449_10_1 by Derek N.Ferguson, on Flickr

The same aircraft at Southport in 2012.
ImagezzD7000_DSC_3205_1 by Derek N.Ferguson, on Flickr

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Tornado GR4 ZG750 at RIAT 2011:

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Tornado GR4 ZG750 / 128 - XV(R) Squadron RAF Lossiemouth by stu norris, on Flickr

And at RIAT 2017:

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Tornado GR4 ZG750 - IX (B) Squadron - RAF Marham by stu norris, on Flickr

Hangar 11 Collection's P-51D Mustang in the markings of Jumpin Jacques

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P-51D Mustang 44-72035 - Jumpin Jacques - Hangar 11 Collection North Weald by stu norris, on Flickr

And in the markings of Tall in the Saddle:

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P-51D Mustang 44-72035 G-SIJJ - Tall In The Saddle - Hangar 11 Collection North Weald by stu norris, on Flickr

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ZA947
Seen at IAT 1985, she was still in RAE Raspberry Ripple colours.
ImageDakota ZA947 by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

Here at Old Warden in 2015, and currently in the same scheme as far as I remember.
ImageDakota ZA947 by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

Belgian Air Force CE-02
RIAT 2013
ImageNR6A5927 by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

RIAT 2019
Image610A3522 by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

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1999 White dutch KDC-10 T-264 back when I was still in college and did my internship at the cargo department.
Image19990101 = KDC-10 T-264 (1) by Melvin Furster, on Flickr

Fastforward 20 years, the same aircraft T-264 in grey c/s and in lovely sunset backlight.
Image20191023-172714 Eindhoven = KDC-10 by Melvin Furster, on Flickr

2006 F-16 display team J-055
Image20060616 Leeuwarden = F-16AM Demo J-055 (3) by Melvin Furster, on Flickr

2010 the same F-16 but now with Tigermeet markings
Image20101011-53 Volkel = F-16AM J-055 Tiger by Melvin Furster, on Flickr

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Blackbird wrote:
Sun 29 Nov 2020, 7:27 pm
ZA947
Seen at IAT 1985, she was still in A&AEE Raspberry Ripple colours.
ImageDakota ZA947 by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr


Andy I'm pretty the Dak is Farnborough's machine - RAE!!!! not them lazy buggers at A+AEE - Can't remember they had one?

The Dak was used for lots of different trails but also as a ferry to the RAE out stations quite regularly.
I always missed it and went on the Navaho's (which normally acted as ferry)

There was a standard route that I can't remember but something like Farnborough - West Freugh - Warton - Llanbedr- Aberporth- Boscombe - Farnborough on summat like Tuesday and Thursdays.

Maybe Benbecular too?

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Andyph wrote:
Mon 30 Nov 2020, 6:17 am

Andy I'm pretty the Dak is Farnborough's machine - RAE!!!! not them lazy buggers at A+AEE - Can't remember they had one?

The Dak was used for lots of different trails but also as a ferry to the RAE out stations quite regularly.
I always missed it and went on the Navaho's (which normally acted as ferry)

There was a standard route that I can't remember but something like Farnborough - West Freugh - Warton - Llanbedr- Aberporth- Boscombe - Farnborough on summat like Tuesday and Thursdays.

Maybe Benbecular too?

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Thanks - caption amended.

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Good comp idea. After a bit of searching and thinking, came up with two aircraft.

Phantom XV574 of 111 Squadron

Firstly at Greenham Common in 1983 in the full green/grey camouflage scheme.

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Then a few years later, in the Barley etc grey with a traditional 111 flourish.

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Vulcan XH558

In military use (1991).

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In civilian hands 17 years later.

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A really good idea for the 24 hour competition...one I haven't really done justice!

Here is ZF264 on static at RIAT 2015
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Royal Air Force Shorts Tucano T1 - RIAT 2015, Sunday 19th July 2015 by Chris Day, on Flickr

And in the flying at 2019
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Royal Air Force Shorts Tucano T1 - Royal International Air Tattoo 2019, RAF Fairford, Sunday 21st July 2019 by Chris Day, on Flickr

B-25J 44-31171 after exiting the American Air Museum.
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North American B-25J Mitchell - IWM Duxford, Friday 22nd May 2015 by Chris Day, on Flickr

And before it went back in.
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North American B-25J Mitchell - IWM Duxford, Monday 7th September 2015 by Chris Day, on Flickr

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Thanks to everyone who entered, a tricky comp to enter by the seems and also to judge, I do like the KDC-10 in the snow and Norman picking my all time favourite RAF Phantom. In the end it came down to the Colonel's Avengers - both lovely and Tomasz's ALCAs, the super exposure on the RAF special just winning the day.

So over to Tomasz for the next round.
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Oh wow! Thanks :)
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Arrrrgh! So close to the finish!
Thanks capercaillie for putting me on the podium.
I have also in-flight shots of the then "long-nosed" Blenheim, but too far from Forum standards I believe (and surely from Competition standards).
It was still my manual focus days.

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ImageSCAN 004_ by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

As I found my old airshow photo album, I will scan and post the rest on the "Golden Oldies" section. Stay tuned !

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Andyph wrote:
Mon 30 Nov 2020, 6:17 am
Blackbird wrote:
Sun 29 Nov 2020, 7:27 pm
ZA947
Seen at IAT 1985, she was still in A&AEE Raspberry Ripple colours.
ImageDakota ZA947 by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr


Andy I'm pretty the Dak is Farnborough's machine - RAE!!!! not them lazy buggers at A+AEE - Can't remember they had one?

The Dak was used for lots of different trails but also as a ferry to the RAE out stations quite regularly.
I always missed it and went on the Navaho's (which normally acted as ferry)

There was a standard route that I can't remember but something like Farnborough - West Freugh - Warton - Llanbedr- Aberporth- Boscombe - Farnborough on summat like Tuesday and Thursdays.

Maybe Benbecular too?

Happy Days
That is correct, the Dak used to land on the cross runway coming in over Cove Juniors where I was looking out of the window at its Transport Command scheme and incorrect serial "KG661". When it was discovered that was wrong (I think the original KG661 was lost during the Berlin Airlift) there was consternation about what hours this unknown airframe might have racked up in its original identity. The aircraft received a full body scan and the new serial ZA947, as well as the Ripple paintwork. Any or all of this may be urban myth - I was young then......

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According to the BBMF's official souvenir guide, ZA947 was in reality numbered 661 with the RCAF and served with them for a number of years. She then came to Europe post-war, still with the RCAF, but at some point was absorbed into the UK military and somehow became KG661.

The real KG661 was written-off in a take-off accident at RAF Crosby on Eden (now Carlisle Airport) in 1944.

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