The planes in Indiana Jones.......
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The planes in Indiana Jones.......
Well, I was watching it today (on RTE) with my Dad, and when the part came when Indie was escaping and fighting around a huge German flying wing, here's my conversation with Dad:
Dad:"jeez that's a big plane!"
Me:"hm"
Dad:"What kind of plane is that, anyway?"
Me:"A fake one"
Dad:"oh"
Me:"Far as I know, Germans never had a flying wing."
But now it's bugging me. Did the Germans ever have a plane remotely like that? Circa 1936, Twin pusher props, tricycle undercarriage, Rear gunner position acessible from cockpit, Cannon in wings, wingspan what, 60ft?. Probably total bollocks, but I wonder what plane'd come close if they HAD to use a real one.
Oh, and that Biplane with floats at the start, a Curtiss right?
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Dad:"jeez that's a big plane!"
Me:"hm"
Dad:"What kind of plane is that, anyway?"
Me:"A fake one"
Dad:"oh"
Me:"Far as I know, Germans never had a flying wing."
But now it's bugging me. Did the Germans ever have a plane remotely like that? Circa 1936, Twin pusher props, tricycle undercarriage, Rear gunner position acessible from cockpit, Cannon in wings, wingspan what, 60ft?. Probably total bollocks, but I wonder what plane'd come close if they HAD to use a real one.
Oh, and that Biplane with floats at the start, a Curtiss right?
I'm off now to put an ad for this place on the News & rumours section.....
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The Germans were working on flying wings (nurflugel) between the wars. The inspiration for the IJ 'plane' might have come from one of the Horten models. The Horten 5 was a twin-prop pusher but not that big I think. The Horten 9 was a twin-jet and made it to limited production status in 1945 as the Gotha 229.
<a href="http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/ho229.html" target="_blank">http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/ho229.html</a>
<a href="http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/horten.html" target="_blank">http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/horten.html</a>
Been a while since I saw the movie, but I imagine the floatplane was a Grumman Duck:
<a href="http://www.aviation-history.com/grumman/j2f.htm" target="_blank">http://www.aviation-history.com/grumman/j2f.htm</a>
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<a href="http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/ho229.html" target="_blank">http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/ho229.html</a>
<a href="http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/horten.html" target="_blank">http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/horten.html</a>
Been a while since I saw the movie, but I imagine the floatplane was a Grumman Duck:
<a href="http://www.aviation-history.com/grumman/j2f.htm" target="_blank">http://www.aviation-history.com/grumman/j2f.htm</a>
[ 27 December 2001: Message edited by: PaperTiger ]</p>
