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I really love your Stirling, keep up the good work!

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US Navy and USMC F-9 Cougar series with Darth Panda's F-9 as base

US Navy


USMC

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Great additions!

Soviet Stirling Mk.III

The Stirling was not exported to any other nation, however a single aircraft was supplied to the Soviets in 1945.



The aircraft was presented to the Soviet Acceptance Commission in March 1945, and after having repairs to damaged radio equipment at RAF Habbaniya in Iraq it was flown to Tehran and handed to the Soviets in mid 1945. Although tested by the Flight Test Institute of the People’s Commissariat of the Aviation Industry, the Stirling was never assigned to the Soviet Air Force. It was instead transfered to the Department of Polar Aviation and received a civil registration, but by then was considered outdated and was not used.
There are rumours that this aircraft is still in storage in Russia, and if so it is the only remaining Stirling.

Small correction, but this airframe is an SR20, not an SR22.

Really? what are the different?

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The SR22 has a larger wing, different engine, and some differences in standard equipment (mostly avionics and interior options not visible in FD Scale).

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Short Stirling Mk.IV

With the Stirling being replaced by the more modern and more capable heavy bombers, in 1943 plans were made to use the Stirling in diffeent roles in the coming invasion of western Europe.



As apart of the original design spec's for the Stirling, troop transport had been a secondary task, and although not fitted with large paradoors Stirlings had been successfully used to drop agents into occupied Europe.
With the introduction of large assault gliders, there was a need for a large tow plane, and the Stirling proved to be the ideal aircraft. After trials on a modified Mk.III, additional aircraft were modified to become the new Mk.IV, and then new production continued for new built Mk.IV's.
The most obvious modification was the removal of the dorsal and nose turrets, with the nose being fared over with a perspex nose cone. The glider tow equipemt was fitted under the aircraft's tail in a large yoke assembly. Additionally aircraft were fitted out for better paratrooping than earlier models, with additional cabin windows. A new ventral drop door was fitted, with an additional steel frame under the rear fuselage to protect the aircraft from flailing parachute strops.
The Mk.IV's were used to drop paratroops on the night before D-Day, and then towed gliders to supply those same troops with heavy equipment. The Stirling Mk.IV's remained in use until the end of war, but were all retired by 1946.

Ah okay, I will redraw the drawing

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