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Argentina - Bell 206 JetRanger
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United Airlines Boeing 777
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Yokosuka K4Y:

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Tachikawa Ki-17:

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Sorry, I forgot 6 airframes, this is the update version
USA - Bell 206L LongRanger
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Yokosuka E1Y:

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Nakajima E2N:

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I had no plans initially to redraw this one, but then I accidentaly noticed Raxar's original was out of scale.

Hawker Hart in Swedish service

The Hawker Hart was a large family of pre-War British fighters, light bombers and liaison aircraft fitted with a variety of engines.

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By 1932 Sweden needed a replacement for their Fokker S 6 reconnaissance aircraft. Britain demonstrated the Hart, and Sweden selected the Bristol Pegasus version to become the S 7. In 1932 Britain delivered 3 aircraft which would serve as pattern aircraft for Swedish local production. During evaluation the Swedes chose the aircraft to be repurposed as a dive bomber. Hawker engineers issued a formal objection as the Hart had not been designed for the stresses involved, but testing by the Swedes demonstrated that the airframe was suitably rugged to undertake the task. The aircraft were then redesignated as the B 4.
Various manufacturers in Sweden constructed 40 Harts using locally made Pegasus engines, designated as the B 4A. A further 2 aircraft were completed with Bristol Perseus IX engines as the B 4B.
The Swedish Harts were probably the only Harts to see combat action in WWII, with a detachment of 5 aircraft serving with the Swedish volunteer group of F19 serving in Finland during the Winter War against the Soviets.
With the end of the Winter War the Harts were withdrawn from frontline use, to fill target tugs and liaison duties. A single aircraft is preserved in the Swedish Flygvapenmuseum, painted in Winter War colours.

Hawker Osprey in Swedish service

One of the many variants of the Hart was the navalised Osprey.

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In 1934 the aircraft cruiser Gotland was launched. With a capacity for 11 aircraft, only 6 Osprey's were purchased fitted with the same locally produced engines as the Swedish Harts.
By 1943 with no modern seaplane replacement the Gotland was converted into an anti-aircraft cruiser and the Ospreys were redeployed to coastal bases, with 3 eventually being rebuilt as target tugs.

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