Fantasy Airshow
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JonChalk said:
Simpo Two said:
JonChalk said:
Messerschmitt Me 163
The only ever rocket-powered plane to fly....
What about the Bell X series? Though they were air launched.The only ever rocket-powered plane to fly....
I probably should have been a bit more accurate - only ever rocket-powered war plane (or commercial plane) to see service...
In terms of experimental rocket planes, a bit closer to home there was the Saunders Roe SR.53.
Equus said:
JonChalk said:
Simpo Two said:
JonChalk said:
Messerschmitt Me 163
The only ever rocket-powered plane to fly....
What about the Bell X series? Though they were air launched.The only ever rocket-powered plane to fly....
I probably should have been a bit more accurate - only ever rocket-powered war plane (or commercial plane) to see service...
In terms of experimental rocket planes, a bit closer to home there was the Saunders Roe SR.53.
There was also the not exactly successful German Bachem Ba 349 "Natter", one of which I saw in the Deutsches Museum in Munich.
CanAm said:
The SR.53 was strictly speaking a hybrid.
There was also the not exactly successful German Bachem Ba 349 "Natter", one of which I saw in the Deutsches Museum in Munich.
Yes, the SR.53 took of, landed and 'loitered' on a Viper turbojet.There was also the not exactly successful German Bachem Ba 349 "Natter", one of which I saw in the Deutsches Museum in Munich.
The Natter never flew operationally and if we're counting prototypes, there have been quite a few others from the Lippisch Ente and Opel RAK 1 through to the MIG I-70 and French Trident (another hybrid - equivalent to the SR.53).
There has even been a rocket powered Rutan Long-ez homebuilt!
CanAm said:
Which must have been a relief for the prospective pilots.
Given that it killed the only one who attempted an operational-style vertical take off, yes, I should think it was!They were talking about circuit racing the Long-ez derived rocket planes, but the project seems to have come to nothing.
Just been reading up on these. Wow.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachem_Ba_349
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachem_Ba_349
CanAm said:
Which must have been a relief for the prospective pilots.
Equus said:
CanAm said:
Which must have been a relief for the prospective pilots.
Given that it killed the only one who attempted an operational-style vertical take off, yes, I should think it was!They were talking about circuit racing the Long-ez derived rocket planes, but the project seems to have come to nothing.
Equus said:
Given that it killed the only one who attempted an operational-style vertical take off, yes, I should think it was!
They were talking about circuit racing the Long-ez derived rocket planes, but the project seems to have come to nothing.
The odd thing is that rockets are much older and simpler technology than piston engines. Otto Lilienthal could have made a self launching rocket glider in the 1890s.They were talking about circuit racing the Long-ez derived rocket planes, but the project seems to have come to nothing.
As a kid living in Bournemouth me and my dad would go to the airshow at what was Hurn Airport.
I've just found the below from 1986 that brought back some memories.
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/airshow/Hurn%20-%20TV...
I do remember when we went in 87 the Vulcan doing a pass and I'm sure a Tornado broke the sound barrier.
I've just found the below from 1986 that brought back some memories.
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/airshow/Hurn%20-%20TV...
I do remember when we went in 87 the Vulcan doing a pass and I'm sure a Tornado broke the sound barrier.
Nuclearsquash said:
As a kid living in Bournemouth me and my dad would go to the airshow at what was Hurn Airport.
I've just found the below from 1986 that brought back some memories.
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/airshow/Hurn%20-%20TV...
I do remember when we went in 87 the Vulcan doing a pass and I'm sure a Tornado broke the sound barrier.
I went to the 1990 Hurn airshow when I was 7 years old. I remember being stood back from the runway, as the Vulcan was about to take off, and a grandfather said to his grandkids "cover your ears as this will be loud!"I've just found the below from 1986 that brought back some memories.
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/airshow/Hurn%20-%20TV...
I do remember when we went in 87 the Vulcan doing a pass and I'm sure a Tornado broke the sound barrier.
He was right...both the ground and I shook as it thundered past, and my hearing has never been the same since! Totally worth it though lol
Through the 1990's I went to every Farnborough, Fairford, Mildenhall and Paris Air Shows - So saw and heard most things.. I remember 2 Mig 29's colliding at Fairford and the pilots escaping in their shutes, only to be repremanded on the ground for lighting up cigarettes... 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhyUSnzClGk
I would have like to have seen the Tupolev Tu144 "Concordski" fly.. One crashed at a Paris Air Show many years before I ever went...!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhyUSnzClGk
I would have like to have seen the Tupolev Tu144 "Concordski" fly.. One crashed at a Paris Air Show many years before I ever went...!
JonChalk said:
Equus said:
The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, saw operational service too.
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Had to google that - never heard of it - more like a one-shot human-guided missile, but you're right. .
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