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Hi Guys!
Interesting nicaraguan plane! The sole A-20!!!! Thanks for Aldo Flores Torres - Aztec Decals - for the picture.
And a B/A-26.
Enjoy them!
Sanyi/Alex
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Hi Guys!
Interesting nicaraguan plane! The sole A-20!!!! Thanks for Aldo Flores Torres - Aztec Decals - for the picture.
And a B/A-26.
Enjoy them!
Sanyi/Alex
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Alex, note that the fuselage insignia on the A-20 looks just like that of Etienne's AT-6. I just received confirmation from an impeccable source that the color reversal for the middle and inner portions is indeed due to the effects of monochromatic black/white film. The true colors are, from the center, blue-yellow-red. And while this fuselage insignia was in use, the standard triangle roundels were used on the wings.

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In the topic about the minigun someone mentioned armed PC-7s. Well. here are a few:
Guatemala. Uruguay, Angola?, Chili and Mexico
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and an PC-9 from Chad with a Mk 81 under each wing
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Albanian F-7A with old roundels :

http://i44.tinypic.com/347cim1.jpg

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Ghana AB412 Griffon :

http://i42.tinypic.com/1h8080.jpg

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Bophutswana : SA316B Alouette III :

http://i39.tinypic.com/2lmb52x.jpg

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Nicaragua, Albania, &... Angola...

with thanks to you ; Greg, Alex , Gerard & Archangelski... for your posts & explanations :applause:

it's always a pleasure to read from you !

and a question for Gerard ; are you sure your pic n°3 of a PC-7 is of Angola ? (i've a serious doubt:D)

friendly, Etienne

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with thanks to you ; Greg, Alex , Gerard & Archangelski... for your posts & explanations :applause:

it's always a pleasure to read from you !

and a question for Gerard ; are you sure your pic n°3 of a PC-7 is of Angola ? (i've a serious doubt:D)

friendly, Etienne

Etienne, just look at this (click picture to enlarge) :

http://www.aviationgraphic.com/airplanes/1269-pc-7-turbo-trainer-r-422-angola-lw-155.html

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thanks, Archangelski..

i've just found more about the Angolan (recent ?) markings ; Hello, Gerard :) ) ;http://fanangola.webnode.pt/escola-do-lobito/

friendly, Etienne

Many thanks to you too Etienne, especially for the L-39 in Angolan colours.
PS : the rest of the site is also of interest. Many rare pictures (Il-76, L-39 without camouflage near Su-27UB, ...) but also strange things :confused: (J-10 in Angolan colours is particularly a troubling view of imagination)

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great site Etienne. So we can be sure that the star in the roundel is history.

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Z-9A of Mali :

http://i43.tinypic.com/apcv0n.jpg

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Namibia Defence Force SA-315L Cheetah :

http://i42.tinypic.com/2z89c0i.jpg

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A Libyan 'oldie'..

this L-1329 Jetstar of the former "Libyan Arab Republic Air Force' (1969 > 77) ;[ATTACH=CONFIG]220012[/ATTACH]

with thanks to Dennis Jones

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friendly, Etienne

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Other roundels for Libyan Air Force (from 1951 to 1969) : here on F-5 :

http://i41.tinypic.com/jz86k0.jpg

And the same aircraft : :apologetic: (note the American roundels)

http://i41.tinypic.com/9uan9d.jpg

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Libyan green Tu-22

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........................................................................................the roundel was so ;[ATTACH=CONFIG]220013[/ATTACH]

friendly, Etienne

Other pictures of former Libyan roundels here (Alouette, C-130, Mirage)

http://far-maroc.forumpro.fr/t450p300-armee-libyenne-libyan-armed-forces[/QUOTE]

Two versions of the current Libyan roundel.

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