Originally Posted by
MReyn24050
Are we to take from that the aircraft was used by both a Navy and an Air Force. Going by the Safe Armed markings I am assuming it is military aircraft.
Yes and yes.
Originally Posted by
TheiC
(...) to see the forward section of a vertical fin with an APU (I'll say a small APU) buried, probably in a dorsal section, exhausting port side of the vertical fin...
Correct.
Originally Posted by
MReyn24050
Safe/armed does indeed suggest military (indeed, not just military, but combat)
Correct again.
Originally Posted by
MReyn24050
That has to date it, I guess...
Originally Posted by
sycamore
Is it still in-service,or is it a museum-piece..?
Nope, it doesn't have to date.
It's definitely still in-service. Pic taken by a buddy of mine, at an airshow we were involved in, a few years back.
Originally Posted by
MReyn24050
What is the member coming in towards the camera? A stab with Phantom-like anhedral?
No. Not a stab.
The pic is close-up (or zoomed in, at last).
[edit] see below my answer to Noyade, too.
Originally Posted by
MReyn24050
PS: AZR, you could really upset some Lynx pilots I know with those remarks!
I'm sure about that.
But I still can't say "fast mover" about any chopper in town. The beer is on me: I can't be
that bad.
