DA.C - View Single Post - NEW RELEASE: 1:400 Gemini Jets Fuerza Aerea Argentina B 707-387BSCD

niels · 01-19-2008, 07:01 PM

Any special story about this a/c?
e.g.: (from Navy News - The Falklands Conflict - Day by Day - May)
12 May 1982
Patrolling Nimrod sighted Argentine Boeing 707.
[not sure if it was one armed with Sidewinders...might have been the ultimate `Comet's Revenge'

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22nd May 1982
An Argentine Air Force Boeing 707 on a reconnaissance mission avoided being hit by HMS Coventry's Sea Dart as a flash-door failed safe, preventing missile loading on the launcher.
A second 707 approached the Bristol Group later in the morning. Tidespring had reported the aircraft's presence and HMS Cardiff dropped back from the group. When the 707 came within her range, Cardiff fired a Sea Dart salvo. One missile was seen to burst close to the target which broke away.
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01-19-2008, 07:01 PM	#9
niels Insane Collector Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: , Location, Location Posts: 1,518	Re: NEW RELEASE: 1:400 Gemini Jets Fuerza Aerea Argentina B 707-387BSCD Any special story about this a/c? e.g.: (from Navy News - The Falklands Conflict - Day by Day - May) 12 May 1982 Patrolling Nimrod sighted Argentine Boeing 707. [not sure if it was one armed with Sidewinders...might have been the ultimate `Comet's Revenge' ] 22nd May 1982 An Argentine Air Force Boeing 707 on a reconnaissance mission avoided being hit by HMS Coventry's Sea Dart as a flash-door failed safe, preventing missile loading on the launcher. A second 707 approached the Bristol Group later in the morning. Tidespring had reported the aircraft's presence and HMS Cardiff dropped back from the group. When the 707 came within her range, Cardiff fired a Sea Dart salvo. One missile was seen to burst close to the target which broke away. ----- __________________ ---- BWIA West Indies 1:400 final livery MD-83; oldest liveries: Britannia, Viscount, Viking, DC-3; sandy livery: A321, DC-9-30, -80, 727, 707-138, -220) 1:250 scale? No, thank you. --------------------------- Last edited by niels; 01-19-2008 at 07:07 PM.