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Greetings to all the Freepers out there this Friday Evening, back after a short hiatus it's time for the Friday Flyby. Tonight pics are "Head On" pictures so we will get right to business and on with the pictures.

The first two pics are form Glenn Alderton down Oz way. Pic #1 is of an Australian Wirraway The Wirraway served the Aussies in WW-II as an Advance trainer and as a scout bomber! It was built in OX and was based on the North American Aviation NA-16 which was the first trainer NAA built and was the start of a long line of NAA Trainers.

Sticking with the Aussies for the moment we have a Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Boomerang. Early in 1942 the Australians figured out that they were on there own for a while and so the Boomerang fighter was born in only 3 months. Working with what they knew the Aussies rebuilt the Wirraway into the Boomerang fighter. While not a match for the Zero, the Boomerang had respectable performance given the few tools that the Australians had to work with and served until almost the end of WW-II mainly in a secondary role and as an advance trainer.

An appropriate picture fro many of us a Martin B-26 Marauder on a snowy tactical airfield in France during the winter of 44/45.

A lift of the alfa6 lid to Dave Stewart at xtreme-action-images.com (Dave Stewart)for this great shot of the B-17 Flying Fortress.

'ow about up close and personal with a Grumman F4F Wildcat. eh?

And we close out tonight's Friday Flyby with this great Glenn Alderton shot of a Vought F4U Corsair.

Have a great weekend y'all and take care. With a bit of luck we should be back tomorrow with the Saturday Sortie.

Regards

alfa6 ;>}