Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 3)
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It's not really there, it's a Mirage.
It's also been recovered - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2007611/N...
It's also been recovered - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2007611/N...
FourWheelDrift said:
It's not really there, it's a Mirage.
It's also been recovered - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2007611/N...
I wonder how much work is needed to get it flying again? It's also been recovered - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2007611/N...
El stovey said:
FourWheelDrift said:
It's not really there, it's a Mirage.
It's also been recovered - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2007611/N...
I wonder how much work is needed to get it flying again? It's also been recovered - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2007611/N...
Martin XB 51
Post ww2 Korean War era bomber that never made it into service as it lost out in evaluation to the Canberra which had better endurance and Martin ended up making that instead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_XB-51?wprov=s...
Post ww2 Korean War era bomber that never made it into service as it lost out in evaluation to the Canberra which had better endurance and Martin ended up making that instead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_XB-51?wprov=s...
Probably not classed as amazingly cool, but I'm not regular on this forum. Was out on a walk today and found this parked in a field:
Looks like it's this - not sure what's happened to it...
http://www.flytigermoth.com/our-tiger-moth.html
Looks like it's this - not sure what's happened to it...
http://www.flytigermoth.com/our-tiger-moth.html
daddy cool said:
Probably not classed as amazingly cool, but I'm not regular on this forum. Was out on a walk today and found this parked in a field:
Looks like it's this - not sure what's happened to it...
http://www.flytigermoth.com/our-tiger-moth.html
Looks like it's been hit by another prop, weird angle though. It doesn't seem too lucky as in 2017 - https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aaib-investigation... (unlikely the same incident but I suppose it could be)Looks like it's this - not sure what's happened to it...
http://www.flytigermoth.com/our-tiger-moth.html
FourWheelDrift said:
Looks like it's been hit by another prop, weird angle though. It doesn't seem too lucky as in 2017 - https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aaib-investigation... (unlikely the same incident but I suppose it could be)
1989... https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/542...2007... https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/542...G-AXXV__DE99208-07.pdf
Can't find anything about a recent incident, but then maybe there's a report coming soon if there's been another incident involving DE992/G-AXXV
Can't get that second link to work, so make like you want to quote this post then highlight the text of the link, right click then "go to" in the menu box.
El stovey said:
Martin XB 51
Post ww2 Korean War era bomber that never made it into service as it lost out in evaluation to the Canberra which had better endurance and Martin ended up making that instead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_XB-51?wprov=s...
I love this era of just post was aircraft, we hadn't got stuck in conventions, and anything seemed to go.Post ww2 Korean War era bomber that never made it into service as it lost out in evaluation to the Canberra which had better endurance and Martin ended up making that instead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_XB-51?wprov=s...
When I was a kid I picked up a scruffy aircraft book from the late 50's and it had listing of loads of new aircraft and there's some amazing designs with all sorts of shapes and engines stuck all over the place. You can see where Jerry Anderson got his ideas.
eccles said:
I love this era of just post was aircraft, we hadn't got stuck in conventions, and anything seemed to go.
When I was a kid I picked up a scruffy aircraft book from the late 50's and it had listing of loads of new aircraft and there's some amazing designs with all sorts of shapes and engines stuck all over the place. You can see where Jerry Anderson got his ideas.
Yeah same here.When I was a kid I picked up a scruffy aircraft book from the late 50's and it had listing of loads of new aircraft and there's some amazing designs with all sorts of shapes and engines stuck all over the place. You can see where Jerry Anderson got his ideas.
I think it’s a bit like F1 where previously it was cheaper to make a car so you could experiment with new designs more and also there was far less data available so you didn’t all settle on the same solutions.
El stovey said:
Yeah same here.
I think it’s a bit like F1 where previously it was cheaper to make a car so you could experiment with new designs more and also there was far less data available so you didn’t all settle on the same solutions.
Not just F1 to be honest - even 'normal' supercars or sports cars just seemed more 'other worldly' for want of a better expression I think it’s a bit like F1 where previously it was cheaper to make a car so you could experiment with new designs more and also there was far less data available so you didn’t all settle on the same solutions.
DodgyGeezer said:
Not just F1 to be honest - even 'normal' supercars or sports cars just seemed more 'other worldly' for want of a better expression
I guess because they were designed by artists rather than aerodynamicists. When you decide everything with numbers your journey becomes very boring very quickly.
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