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Below is a checklist of Atmospheric research aircraft on postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.). Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the items featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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Atmospheric research aircraft | ||||
Bahamas | 735 (Mi763) | 1991 | hurricane awareness: "weather reconniassance Lockheed WP-3D Orion" | |
Bahamas | 732-735 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
Bahamas | 732-735 fdc2 | One of four stamps on FDC (and signature) | ||
Bahamas | 732-735 fdc3 | One of four stamps on FDC (and signature, different) | ||
Bahamas | 732-735 fdc4 | One of four stamps on FDC (and signature, different) | ||
Bahamas | 732-735 fdc5 | One of four stamps on FDC (and signature, different) | ||
Bahamas | 1306 (Mi1394) | 2010 | "hurricane awareness": hurricane depiction and research aircraft | |
Bahamas | 1304-1307 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
Barbados | 558 (Mi542) | 1981 | hurricane season: "hurricane hunter McDonnell F2H-2P Banshee" | |
Barbados | 555-558 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC, also insert and insert insert back | ||
Barbados | 684 (Mi657) | Stamp-on-stamp: 558 | 1986 | hurricane season: "hurricane hunter McDonnell F2H-2P Banshee" |
British Antarctic Territory | 179 (Mi180) | 1991 | "chemical studies in the ozone layer"), by aircraft | |
British Antarctic Territory | 176-179 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC, also insert and insert back | ||
Cayman Islands | 631 (Mi645) | 1991 | hurricane awareness: "Lockheed WP-3D Orion monitors hurricane eye" | |
Cayman Islands | 628-631 fdc | One of four stamps and (pictorial) cancel and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
China (People's Republic) | 3069 (Mi2197) | 2000 | Cloud seeding aircraft for rain enhancement project | |
China (People's Republic) | 3066-3069 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC, also back | ||
China (People's Republic) | 3066-3069 fdc2 | One of four stamps on FDC (different) | ||
Dubai | 121 (Mi365) | 1970 | Research aircraft (unknown type) | |
French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C92 (Mi218) | 1986 | Research aircraft (unknown type); instrument package descending by parachute was possibly released from the aircraft. | |
French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C92 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC | ||
French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C92 fdc2 | Stamp and (Éditions J.F.) cachet on FDC | ||
French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C92 cover (Mi218 cover) | Stamp and (blue printed) cachet on cover | 1986 | Research aircraft (unknown type); instrument package descending by parachute was possibly released from the aircraft. |
Great Britain | None | (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover | 1997 | 55th anniv. Meteor. Research Flight group, Boscombe Down, England; various aircraft used by the Group |
Grenada | 2140 (Mi2498) | 1992 | "Endosat, proposed robot plane for atmospheric climate research" | |
Grenada | 2140+2147 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
Qatar | 351 (Mi565) | 1973 | Research aircraft (unknown type) | |
Russia (USSR) | None | Printed stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on postal card | 1984 | Research aircraft (unknown type) |
Russia (USSR) | None | Printed stamp and (pictorial) cancel (different) and (multi-color printed) cachet on postal card | 1984 | Research aircraft (same as above, in stamp and cachet), different research aircraft (in cancel) |
Thailand | 1671 (Mi1714) | One of MS5 (1673a (1669-1673 + label)) (Mi1713-1717) | 1996 | Royal rainmaking project: airplane seeding clouds |
Thailand | 1669-1673 fdc | One of five stamps on FDC, also detail on back | ||
United States | UX57 fdc | Postal card FDC | 1970 | hurricane hunters: the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron |
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