the jaw-dropping art of Christophe GIBELIN
“Convair B-58 Hustler, Fana de l’Aviation Hors Série n°50, Décembre 2012”
“Quartet of fleet F-94 all weather jet fighters leaving foaming white wake as they maneuver high over Thule Air Base. (Photo by George Silk//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)
Yakovlev Yak-28P, in Rostov-on-Don. It was “covered in gasoline” and set alight recently for demolition (via)
“MAK-UL” infra-red Missile Approach Warning System mounted on a Tupolev Tu-95M S6 (via)
A US Navy F-4 Phantom intercepts a Soviet M-4 Bison (centre-right), 24th Sept 1972.
Note the US Navy aircraft carrier (centre-left), and the fact this this image was taken by a 44Sqdn Royal Air Force Vulcan! (via)
A huge forum thread for fans of the equally huge Tupolev Tu-128 (via)
time (via)
the Sukhoi T-4, circa 1972 (via)
sunday fantasy #377: Frank Tinsley (I think) (via ATOMIC-ANNIHILATION)
“Vickers Valiant BK1, XD860, Royal Air Force” (via)
(via Dave Robinson @ Aviation Ancestry)