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Boeing JB-52E - a modified B-52 Stratofortress, used for development of the C-5 Galaxy’s TF39 high-bypass turbofan engine (circa 1970)

Egypt vs Israel, 1973 (via)

“F-105 trailing smoke just after interception by an SA-2. The SA-2 did not actually hit an aircraft—the fuse automatically went off when it neared the target, throwing deadly fragments over a wide area. (U.S. Air Force photo)”

The Martin Marietta X-24B, via this excellent thread of images

a wind tunnel model of the Republic YA-10A, circa 1970
(via)

sunday fantasy #250: The New Scooby Doo Movies: “The Ghost of the Red Baron” (guest-starring the Three Stooges), 1972

“Zakharov, Igor Mikhaylovich - graduate of the Barnaul highest military air school of the pilots of the name of Chief Air Marshal [Vershinina], 1977”

(Ilyushin Il-28 in the background)

“Ezhkov, Zhibrov, Kuzivanov” (Flight school, 1977)

nobody died! friday #50: Vickers Varsity, England, 1973

(photo by Michael Brazier)

sunday fantasy #213: Francisco Scaramanga’s flying car (a 1974 AMC Matador)

the NASA Dryden three-eighths-scale F-15A Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle/Spin Research Vehicle (RPRV/SRV), 1975

the Imperial Iranian Air Force aerobatic team “Golden Crown”, circa 1977

Saab JA37 Viggens, Farnborough, 1974
(photo by John Hamlin)

Folland Gnat, Royal Air Force Red Arrows, Leicester Air Show, 1976
(photo from Flickr user toteavbods)