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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Sep 2021, 07:35
Replies: 4,988
Views: 742,353
Posted By Terry Dactil

To me it looks like a Kiddy-Kopter Mk 1 with pine...

To me it looks like a Kiddy-Kopter Mk 1 with pine floorboards rotor blades. :ok:
Photo show a pilot being trained.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th May 2021, 07:58
Replies: 4,988
Views: 742,353
Posted By Terry Dactil

That's probably enough. I think it will be...

That's probably enough.
I think it will be diesel engines trying to hide inside those ugly cowlings.:E
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th May 2021, 07:41
Replies: 4,988
Views: 742,353
Posted By Terry Dactil

Looks more like a miniature P-38 lightning to me....

Looks more like a miniature P-38 lightning to me.
Twin engines and twin booms ?.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Mar 2021, 00:09
Replies: 4,988
Views: 742,353
Posted By Terry Dactil

Yes. It is the XP-72, which was a sort of super...

Yes. It is the XP-72, which was a sort of super P-47 with 50% more power.
Interestingly, it had an engine driven cooling fan behind the spinner and side cowl flaps/exhaust like the FW-190.
The...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Mar 2021, 00:14
Replies: 4,988
Views: 742,353
Posted By Terry Dactil

Thanks India Four Two. I suspect that I am not...

Thanks India Four Two.
I suspect that I am not the only one that had never heard of the Heston JC.6 before your challenge.
There is something new to learn every day.

Here is another aircraft...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Mar 2021, 05:20
Replies: 4,988
Views: 742,353
Posted By Terry Dactil

Hmmm... low set horizontal stabilizer, so...

Hmmm...

low set horizontal stabilizer, so not likely to be jet powered.
not anything De Havilland, as that designer would for have have been sacked for not using the traditional curved shape on...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Mar 2021, 01:04
Replies: 4,988
Views: 742,353
Posted By Terry Dactil

That made interesting reading, India Four Two...

That made interesting reading, India Four Two (https://www.pprune.org/members/53523-india-four-two), and made me realize I am not much of an aircraft designer !

I read that Mitchel solved the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Mar 2021, 19:51
Replies: 4,988
Views: 742,353
Posted By Terry Dactil

Well, here is one obvious one for you. :ok: ...

Well, here is one obvious one for you. :ok:
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/720x480/p_38_107w_2_918f1c031692b4e5b80ef148bd51afb09f163c73.jpg

And here is one with the radiators a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Jan 2021, 00:14
Replies: 4,988
Views: 742,353
Posted By Terry Dactil

Plenty of military stuff at the HARS museum down...

Plenty of military stuff at the HARS museum down there.
Perhaps it is looking into the wing-tip searchlight from a P2V Neptune?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jan 2021, 21:30
Replies: 4,988
Views: 742,353
Posted By Terry Dactil

Noyade has it with the Junkers Ju 352 A 3...

Noyade has it with the Junkers Ju 352
A 3 engine aircraft with ventral stairs; so far ahead of Boeing who waited for jet engines and tricycle undercarriages before making the B727. :ok:
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jan 2021, 08:16
Replies: 4,988
Views: 742,353
Posted By Terry Dactil

Sorry, but it is not a Junkers Ju 252 (there is...

Sorry, but it is not a Junkers Ju 252
(there is no aerodynamic balance on the rudder)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Jan 2021, 23:52
Replies: 4,988
Views: 742,353
Posted By Terry Dactil

Came across this one recently. It has a design...

Came across this one recently. It has a design feature way ahead of its time!


https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1469x715/ramp_01_7dc817395ea09ad088cf9177c33786244b96923d.jpg
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Apr 2020, 19:16
Replies: 4,988
Views: 742,353
Posted By Terry Dactil

Yes, the original challenge was the Me262...

Yes, the original challenge was the Me262 prototype when they did not trust the jet engines.
I did not know anything about this until stumbling across this in a video recently.
Dook has control
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Apr 2020, 00:32
Replies: 4,988
Views: 742,353
Posted By Terry Dactil

Only about 16,000 km away from Fisherman's Bend. ...

Only about 16,000 km away from Fisherman's Bend. :)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Apr 2020, 23:27
Replies: 4,988
Views: 742,353
Posted By Terry Dactil

It's gone a bit quiet here, so try this one ... ...

It's gone a bit quiet here, so try this one ...


https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/837x583/2_small_b4fe608256028a07076fa948350da4c5f581a5f1.jpg
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