Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)

[Tango13]

FourWheelDrift said:

Bearcat, Sea Fury or Ta-152.

What he said /\

[Eric Mc]

One that tends to be overlooked is the last Soviet piston fighter the Lavochkin La-9

[Streetrod]

Rouleur said:

I would just love to own a P51 like that.

Realistically, how much would it cost to buy a top notch P51 and what would the running costs be like?

I understand Tom Cruise has one to bat around in and apparently he is a very good pilot, I think it is called "Kiss me Kate"

[Eric Mc]

Over $1 million usually to buy. There are quite a few P-51s around and there are always a couple on the market eiker ready to fly or projects..

http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/p51sforsale/4...

[FourWheelDrift]

My favourite website always has a few for sale - http://www.courtesyaircraft.com/inventory%20table....

And if you don't want a Mustang they have others.

[perdu]

D4VE 3LL said:

I just loves that Dominie picture D4VE

and the others too, natch!

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

Can anyone guess why the leading edges are natural metal and the wings/fin/tailplanes are painted?

[dr_gn]

Ginetta G15 Girl said:

Can anyone guess why the leading edges are natural metal and the wings/fin/tailplanes are painted?

De-icing. or something.

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

The prize goes to dr-gn! Give that man a cigar!

The HS125 series uses a liquid de-icing system. The leading edges are, in fact, a series of tiny honeycombs and the fluid is pumped through here before flowing back across the aerofoil surface. Hence they can not be painted.

If you look at a Dominie just prior to start up, you will see a wet splatter on the ground beneath the leading edges where the Pilot's Assistant has run the anti-icing timer whilst the Captain has done his (or her) walkround.

[eharding]

Ginetta G15 Girl said:

The prize goes to dr-gn! Give that man a cigar!

Please don't let him light said cigar in proximity to the de-icing fluid though.

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

eharding said:

Please don't let him light said cigar in proximity to the de-icing fluid though.

Indeed! Might not be a good idea. Then again I'm very much a fan of not smoking near a/c.

Edited by Ginetta G15 Girl on Monday 23 August 23:38

[chuntington101]

Rhinochopig, FourWhelDrift, Tango13 and Eric Mc, Thanks for the comements guys. Fully how the Brits americans and Soviets went for radials and the Germans when back to the V12 engines. is there anything to read into this?

[ML]

ktcanuck said:

M-J-B said:

darren9 said:

Story......is it coming or going?

I had thought landing, but now I'm not sure

Edited by M-J-B on Saturday 21st August 20:34

Doesn't look like full landing flap...

Going: look how the thrust from the engines is blowing the water away.

[Eric Mc]

chuntington101 said:

Rhinochopig, FourWhelDrift, Tango13 and Eric Mc, Thanks for the comements guys. Fully how the Brits americans and Soviets went for radials and the Germans when back to the V12 engines. is there anything to read into this?

The Fw190A and R used a radial (BMW 801).

I think they reverted to the DB605 family of liqyuid cooled engines in some versions of the Fw190/Ta152 because of its superior high altitude performance.

[james_tigerwoods]

ML said:

ktcanuck said:

M-J-B said:

darren9 said:

Story......is it coming or going?

I had thought landing, but now I'm not sure

Edited by M-J-B on Saturday 21st August 20:34

Doesn't look like full landing flap...

Going: look how the thrust from the engines is blowing the water away.

Wouldn't the water be being blown away anyway?

[dr_gn]

james_tigerwoods said:

ML said:

ktcanuck said:

M-J-B said:

darren9 said:

Story......is it coming or going?

I had thought landing, but now I'm not sure

Edited by M-J-B on Saturday 21st August 20:34

Doesn't look like full landing flap...

Going: look how the thrust from the engines is blowing the water away.

Wouldn't the water be being blown away anyway?

EVA Air Boeing 747-45EM taking off from runway 36L at Amsterdam - Schiphol

[Shedofdread]

Very good Dr. G.,
But what was served as the inflight meal and what was the veggie option?

S

[dr_gn]

Shedofdread said:

Very good Dr. G.,
But what was served as the inflight meal and what was the veggie option?

S

Here we go.

[anonymous-user]

Prolly a repost but hey

[dafeller]

FourWheelDrift said:

My favourite website always has a few for sale - http://www.courtesyaircraft.com/inventory%20table....

And if you don't want a Mustang they have others.

MMMMMM, that Skyraider is sweet.