From: colin@cs.uq.oz.au (Colin Millerchip)
Newsgroups: rec.aviation.misc
Subject: Re: aviation GIF files
Date: 14 Oct 92 23:53:53 GMT
Reply-To: colin@cs.uq.oz.au

In <1992Oct12.200030.21718@newsgate.sps.mot.com> beutel@chdasic.sps.mot.com (Jim Beutel) writes:


>Any one out there come across any aviation GIF files?
>We use quite a bit of Xterminal, windows applications
>out here. Would be nice to background the terminal.
>You XDM and Openlook users know what I mean.....!

Here's one I heard of some time ago for JPEG files (should be
displayable using xview):
	FTP site ftp.cs.ruu.nl [Internet Address 131.211.80.17]:
		directory /pub/AIRCRAFT-IMAGES

From file /pub/AIRCRAFT-IMAGES/00INDEX:

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00INDEX 		(3849 bytes)
AN-225_in_landing.jpg 	(54482 bytes)
Apache-AH64.jpg 	(74191 bytes)
B-2.jpg   		(169087 bytes)
Blue_Angels.jpg 	(39232 bytes)
Blue_Angels_formation.jpg (115468 bytes)
F-117.jpg 		(183445 bytes)
F-14_in_landing.jpg 	(180964 bytes)
F-15A_over_coast.jpg 	(295667 bytes)
F-15_three_shipper.jpg 	(162708 bytes)
F-16A_over_mountains.jpg (93064 bytes)
F-16_three_shipper.jpg 	(139656 bytes)
Harrier_in_climb.jpg 	(65947 bytes)
Harrier_in_takeoff.jpg 	(134896 bytes)
Harrier_three_shipper.jpg (70573 bytes)
JAS-Gripen.jpg 	(156809 bytes)
KC-10_with_F-117.jpg 	(146855 bytes)
MiG-29B.jpg 	(147648 bytes)
MiG-29_near_vertical.jpg (78210 bytes)
Mirage-2000.jpg 	(111462 bytes)
Mirage-4000.jpg 	(116150 bytes)
Rafale.jpg 		(128331 bytes)
Su-27_from_below.jpg 	(59049 bytes)
Thunderbirds.jpg 	(78222 bytes)
Tornado.jpg 		(180700 bytes)
YF-22.jpg 		(187120 bytes)
YF-23_two_shipper.jpg 	(240317 bytes)

A brief description of each entry:
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AN-225_in_landing.jpg
        Antonov AN-225 in landing

Apache-AH64.jpg
        AH-64 helicopter in sunset...

B-2.jpg
        USAF B-2 in steep turn

Blue_Angels.jpg
        Static display of a single F-18 Hornet of the Blue Angels U.S.
        Navy demo team.
Blue_Angels_formation.jpg
        Close-formation of five members of the Blue Angels demo team.

F-117.jpg
        F-117 in flight, closeup.

F-14_in_landing.jpg
        F-14 `Tomcat' almost to touch the deck...

F-15A_over_coast.jpg
        Banking F-15A over a nice coastal area

F-15_three_shipper.jpg
        Nice formation of three F-15's `Eagle' of the USAF

F-16A_over_mountains.jpg
        Single F-16A `Falcon' over some special US place... what a shot...

F-16_three_shipper.jpg
        Close-formation of three F-16's `Falcon'

Harrier_in_climb.jpg
        Solo Harrier in climb

Harrier_in_takeoff.jpg
        Harrier in vertical takeoff

Harrier_three_shipper.jpg
        Formation of three Harrier's.

JAS-Gripen.jpg
        (in)famous Swedish aircraft

KC-10_with_F-117.jpg
        KC-10 tanker with F-117 taking in some fuel

MiG-29B.jpg
        Two-seater Soviet Mig-29 "Fulcrum" in takeoff

MiG-29_near_vertical.jpg
        MiG-29 "Fulcrum" in a near vertical, sharp turn manouvre

Mirage-2000.jpg
        French Mirage-2000 delta-wing ...

Mirage-4000.jpg
        Mirage-4000 after takeoff with after-burners lit

Rafale.jpg
        ... and its possible successor...

Su-27_from_below.jpg
        Sukoi SU-27 "Flanker" in climb; picture taken from below

Thunderbirds.jpg
        Two F-16A's of the USAF demo-team `Thunderbirds', extremely
        beautiful shot: the upper one flying inverted...

Tornado.jpg
        British Tornade in near-vertical climb

YF-22.jpg
        New USAF fighter; shot taken from a tanker

YF-23_two_shipper.jpg
        Not the new USAF fighter; two-shipper formation.

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I've not used this site, so can't comment on the quality of the JPEGs,
nor on the accuracy of their descriptions.

Good luck.

C.

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|University of Queensland,  |  It's just my job five days a week"      |
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|colin@cs.uq.oz.au          |                                          |
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