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Settembre 2009

 

MUSEO STORICO DELLA LUFTWAFFE Berlin-Gatow

  

Aerei della NATO

 

 

 

 

September 2009

 

LUFTWAFFE MUSEUM - Berlin Gatow Airfield

 

NATO Planes

 

 

 

 

 

 

Breguet 1150 Atlantic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lockeed Martin T33 "Shooting Star"

 

 

 

 

 

Lockeed Martin T33 A "Shooting Star"

 

 

 

Republic F-84 Tundersterak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic FR-84F Thunderflash

 

 

 

 

 

 

North American F-86K "Sabre"

 

 

 

 

 

North American F86-F "Sabre"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canadair CL13 Sabre 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dassault Super Mystere B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hawker Hunter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hawker Seahawk F1 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fairey Gannet AS.4

 

 

 

 

 

Fiat G91R/4

 

 

 

 

Fiat G91R/3

 

 

 

 

Fiat G91R/3

 

 

 

 

FIAT G91 T/3

 

 

 

 

Lockeed TF 104 G Starfighter

 

 

 

 

 

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lockheed F-104G ZELL Startfighter

 

 

Lockheed F-104G "ZELL" Startfighter

 

In the early days Luftwaffe Starfighter operations there was a worry about the vulnerability of airfields to a first strike, and a number of concepts were explored to find ways of getting around the problem. One exercise involved trials using three F-104Gs fitted with catapult gear and arresting hooks so they could be launched by a catapult system from a short airfield. The program was designated "Short Airfield for Tactical Support (SATS)".

A more drastic approach was to use "zero length launch (ZELL)" with the F-104G, blasting the aircraft off a trailer or out of a hard shelter using a big solid-fuel booster rocket. The US had already developed the technology to launch F-100 Super Sabres and the gear was modified for the F-104G, with the a series of ZELL tests in 1963. The test program went very well, with test pilots commenting on how straightforward and smooth the ZELL shots were. However, neither SATS nor ZELL were fielded.

Similarly, Lockheed proposed a number of vertical take-off & landing (VTOL) variants of the Starfighter to get around the airfield bottleneck, with these machines featuring such gimmicks as small "liftjet" engines in the fuselage or swiveling jets on the wingtips. They never got beyond the paper stage, though during the 1960s the Germans did develop an experimental supersonic VTOL fighter with wingtip jets, the "VJ-101", that clearly had some Starfighter design influence, though it was a completely different aircraft.

 

 

 

 

 

BAC F2.A Lightning II

 

 

 

 

Mirage III E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

English Electric BAC Camberra B2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

McDonnel Douglar RF-4 E "Phantom"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

McDonnel Douglar RF-4E "Phantom II"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OV-10 Bronco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BAe Hawker Harrier Gr.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HFB 320 M Hansajet ECM

 

 

 

 

 

CCF Harward Mk.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dassaul Breguet Dornier Alphajet

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fouga CM 170R Magister

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic F84-F "Tunderstreak"

 

 

 

 

 

McDonnel Douglar F-4F "Phantom"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panavia Tornado

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panavia Tornado

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nord N2501D Noratlas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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