Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 3)
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It was the introduction of plastic layering into the process (plexiglass) that allowed canopies to be strong without the need for heavy framing. The Spitfire was one of the first to make use of the process.
All Spitfires had a low frame count - even the very early Mk Is.
Within a year, the early MkI canopies had been improved by a "blown" sliding section.
Later in the war, a fully blown canopy was introduced -
This picture of 19 Squadron Spitfires at Duxford in 1938 shows the original "flat" sliding hood together with some of the first Spitfires fitted with the "blown" version.
This is the fully blown type of hood -
All Spitfires had a low frame count - even the very early Mk Is.
Within a year, the early MkI canopies had been improved by a "blown" sliding section.
Later in the war, a fully blown canopy was introduced -
This picture of 19 Squadron Spitfires at Duxford in 1938 shows the original "flat" sliding hood together with some of the first Spitfires fitted with the "blown" version.
This is the fully blown type of hood -
nre said:
Oooh. What a machine. Iirc it could carry more ordnance than a B17. Smollet said:
nre said:
Oooh. What a machine. Iirc it could carry more ordnance than a B17. Lily the Pink said:
nre said:
Not through battle damage but for trying to fly into a space already occupied by a Mustang.
I'm sure the pilot would dispute that. Assuming the Mustang was the faster aircraft (?) then the Skyraider would surely have been in that bit of airspace first.Just seen this on Twitter, Sea Fury on takeoff.
The guy has a pretty interesting feed
https://twitter.com/ron_eisele
The guy has a pretty interesting feed
https://twitter.com/ron_eisele
I've been an aviation enthusiast all my life, especially regarding military planes. My parents were discussing their trip to the Exeter Airport airshow in 1969. So I looked for photos of that show, up popped this plane, I know a lot about the Blackburn Buccaneer that replaced it and the Harriers, Tornados, Lightnings etc. I've never seen one of these, a Supermarine Scimatar, it looks like the Harrier inherited a lot of DNA from this design, only ever 76 built, is it a forgotten plane?
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