Forum header/Do you know this aircraft?

Sure do know it - there is an ex Indian Airforce one inside the Aviation Megastore in Amsterdam!

And...in return for your greatfulness...they gave you Jack!

Pawel

Hello!

I noticed the Forums now have a very nice header with this baby here:

As you can see it carries Polish markings and it's a successful Polish trainer aircraft - the TS-11 Iskra (meaning "Spark" in Polish). Gets me a nice, warm feeling every time I use the forums now!

Thanks for lookin' and have a nice day

Paweł

Sure!  I was looking at one last Wednesday (Dec. 7th).

http://tylerhamm.com/planes.html

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you will find your aircraft. 

Not as uncommon as you think!

Gary

Milairjunkie - dang, that's impressive - the store itself, and the fact that they crammed a 1:1 aircraft there, too!

GAF - thanks a lot for the link!

Once I read a story about the Iskra. There was this rare instance where there was a fly-off held to see which aircraft will be the trainer for all the Warsaw-Pact countries. During the contest a mishap happened, FOD damage - the Iskra sucked in a rag. Everybody thought that was it for the Iskra, but the design of the aircraft is such that you can remove the whole rear section of the aircraft for service and the mechanics were able to replace the engine in the matter of hours thus returning the aircraft to the contest, by the way impressing everybody, too. But in the end the L-29 Delfin won and it is said it's because one of the Czech officials invited the Soviet generals to his hunting cabin, tipping the scales in favour of the Delfin. Anyhow the Iskra was used i Poland and also exported outside of the Warsaw Pact.

Thanks for reading and have a nice day

Paweł

fermis

And...in return for your greatfulness...they gave you Jack!

 

...and then brought back the Iskra.

(There was a Jack up there when first saw your post!....I aint nuts!!!)

Well, Fermis, your post sounded quite mysterious... Now you clarified it a bit - by Jack do you mean that Japanese fighter, right?

Have a nice day

Paweł

Remember the old 94th Aero Squadron restaurants that had full size replica aircraft hanging inside them?

fermis

 fermis

And...in return for your greatfulness...they gave you Jack! 

...and then brought back the Iskra.

(There was a Jack up there when first saw your post!....I aint nuts!!!)

 

I'm lost - like a car, Daniels, audio or frost?

Raiden?

Pawel

Well, Fermis, your post sounded quite mysterious... Now you clarified it a bit - by Jack do you mean that Japanese fighter, right?

Have a nice day

Paweł

 

Yup...(Raiden/Jack) it was there for a couple hours...if that long.