What is your favourite Biplane picture?

[R1_NUR]

[Burnedout]

Here tis:

[Ross1988]

Not because its crashed, but because it's crashed and is still in one piece, the structural integrity of some of these bi-planes was pretty inmpressive

[Burnedout]

Ross1988 said:

Not because its crashed, but because it's crashed and is still in one piece, the structural integrity of some of these bi-planes was pretty inmpressive

Sorry Rossco, it didn't crash, it got bogged and tipped over on its snout.

[Oily Nails]

Antonov An-2...largest single engine biplane. Like everything designed/built by the soviets you could drop a skip on it and it'd still fly in the morning.

[Eric Mc]

The control runs for the rudder run down the passenger cabin ceiling. A passenger can make the plane yaw by yanking on the rudder cable.

[eccles]

Eric Mc said:

The control runs for the rudder run down the passenger cabin ceiling. A passenger can make the plane yaw by yanking on the rudder cable.

Same can be said of the C-130! If you had a mind to, you could yank on all three primary controls in the roof of a Herc!

[Ross1988]

Burnedout said:

Ross1988 said:

Not because its crashed, but because it's crashed and is still in one piece, the structural integrity of some of these bi-planes was pretty inmpressive

Sorry Rossco, it didn't crash, it got bogged and tipped over on its snout.

Bugger google and its missnamed image files.

Well you know what I mean, they were sturdy so and so's.

They still used Gladiator biplanes in World War 2 to defend Crete and Malta.

Pearl Harbour was based on our Bi-planes attacking an Italian anchorage, I forget which one.

[Eric Mc]

The attack on Pearl Harbor was NOT based on the Taranto raid. The Japanese military had had their plans for attacking Hawaii in their overall war plan for many years. Taranto encouraged them in that it showed what aircraft could do to ships caught at anchor.

The Royal Navy used Swordfish for the attack as it was their main carier borne torpedo carrying aircraft.

Many bi-planes were used in WW2 in front line combat. As well as the Gladiator and Swordfish. In the Middle-East, the RAF were using Gauntlets, Wildebeests and Vincents.
The Italians were still using FIAT CR-32 and FIAT CR-42 biplanes in the Med.

[Ross1988]

Well there you go. Sad that both these raids pretty much hit the last nail into the coffin for battleships, I do love a good battleship.

[FourWheelDrift]

Cadillac of the Skies, the Beech Staggerwing.

[Simpo Two]

FourWheelDrift said:

Cadillac of the Skies, the Beech Staggerwing.

Wasn't that the P-51? (Well it was in 'Empire of the Sun' anyway)

[FourWheelDrift]

Maybe but my use isn't so much of a name tag, more of accurate description.

[Eric Mc]

The Beech 17 was the 1930s equivalent of a Learjet. There is a gorgeous all yellow one based at Popham.

[Chris71]

Oily Nails said:

Antonov An-2...largest single engine biplane. Like everything designed/built by the soviets you could drop a skip on it and it'd still fly in the morning.

I've flown in an An-2. From a tiny grass strip close to a cliff edge, with a middle aged Russian pilot who seemed rather worse for wear.