Cobra 56 - Cobra Ball II 61-2663

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Cobra 56 - Cobra Ball II 61-2663

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A couple of shots of Cobra 56 from today. Didn't notice until I was editing my shots that it has mission marks on the crew door. 2 ballistic missile symbols.

ImageRC-135S 61-2663 RAF Mildenhall 1 by finband76, on Flickr

ImageRC-135S 61-2663 RAF Mildenhall 2 by finband76, on Flickr

ImageRC-135S 61-2663 RAF Mildenhall 3 by finband76, on Flickr

ImageRC-135S 61-2663 RAF Mildenhall 4 by finband76, on Flickr

ImageRC-135S 61-2663 RAF Mildenhall 5 by finband76, on Flickr

ImageRC-135S 61-2663 RAF Mildenhall 6 by finband76, on Flickr

One of many movements in stunning winter light. This was the obvious highlight though.

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Re: Cobra 56 - Cobra Ball II 61-2663

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Yep, very nice shots of a great a/c!

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What I find interesting too is that on starboard side the engines are black and on the portside they're the (orginial) grey scheme.
Any info on that?

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Re: Cobra 56 - Cobra Ball II 61-2663

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Evert,

Regarding your question, it has something to do with possible reflection from the wing while using the on-board camera's. Nowadays the Cobra Ball ll a/c have camera-windows on both sides of the fuselage, the Cobra Ball l only had camera-windows, larger round-ones, on the starboard side, hence the black wing and engines only on the starboard side to prevent reflection from the sunlight.
Hope my explanation answers your question.

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Re: Cobra 56 - Cobra Ball II 61-2663

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Flyingdutchman wrote:What I find interesting too is that on starboard side the engines are black and on the portside they're the (orginial) grey scheme.
Any info on that?

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Re: Cobra 56 - Cobra Ball II 61-2663

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Yummie Yummie !! a nice one to end the year !.
White tops are nice !.
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