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The first one? Yeah, that’s me coming up with a hypothetical airliner conversion for the Ju 352 transport (which ironically was based off of an airliner turned transport) for trans-Atlantic travel. I mean, if this actually existed, would Lufthansa used it instead of the Super Constellation?
The second one is an Ice711 Airways C-87. IF you don’t know, the C-87 (Navy: RY) was the transport version of the B-24. It was particuarly used by the Navy because of it’s range. The text reads as follows (omitting the first paragraph, that is.):
"The reason why I chose the C-87A/C was that Ice711 Airways would’ve wanted a mix of the C-87A (RY-1) and the C-87C (RY-3). The A version was a standard B-24 modified to be a luxury executive transport, while the C version was a normal transport, but with the tailplane modified of that of a conventional aircraft. The tailplane modification with the executive transport would most likely would’ve been the C-87D (RY-4) or the C-87A/C (RY-1/3).
When BOAC ordered the C-87 as an airliner [which actually happened: BOAC Liberator II Landing At Prestwick | Key Aero] ], Ice711 Airways (ISA) bought 11 for their long-range Chicago-Reykjavik, New York-Reykjavik, Reykjavik-Malmo and Reykjavik-Stockholm routes. [shout out to @ebbalovesaviation ] Despite WWII raging, ISA continued operations between neutral Iceland, Sweden, and Allied America. ISA C-87s operated with large Iceland flags on the fuselage, vertical tail, and wings (inspired by the Pan Am 314-A “Clippers” [https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0c4d2_901a11552baf4b0cb2e303f7cb20f620~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1200,h_960,al_c,q_85/1%20ClipperOverBay.jpg ]) for identification. Pilots were advised to stay clear of the Baltic Strait, and avoid flying too close to Nazi [occupied] Denmark and Norway, along with Finland for sake of Soviet fighters.
From delivery in 1942, Ice711 Airways continued flying the C-87 until into the mid-60’s because of age and the arrival of jet aircraft such as the 707 and Caravelle.
-Shboom-1
(Ice711 Subscriber)"
And the third one, obviously, is an A-7E of VA-195, c. 1970. (The photo I looked at was B&W, so there is a slight incorrect detail that the stripes on the fuselage and rudder are blue. As according to this picture [https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c1/a4/bc/c1a4bc296a0a6f13cfa826bcf6cbb604.jpg] and other photos, the stripes were actually green.)
