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Loading coal into aircraft.
A snap from the archives..
Coal being loaded into a Dragon Rapide for air dropping to huts on the Milford (walking) Track.
This aircraft had a serious accident soon after this photograph ASN Aircraft accident 15-JUN-1965 de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide ZK-AKS and as far as I can determine is currently under restoration at Croydon Aircraft Company, Mandeville NZ.
BTW, if you are wondering about dropping sacks of coal from aircraft the trick is to 1/3rd fill and sack and sew across then drop that into a larger sack and sew the top. The inner bag breaks but the outer does not (usually).
Coal being loaded into a Dragon Rapide for air dropping to huts on the Milford (walking) Track.
This aircraft had a serious accident soon after this photograph ASN Aircraft accident 15-JUN-1965 de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide ZK-AKS and as far as I can determine is currently under restoration at Croydon Aircraft Company, Mandeville NZ.
BTW, if you are wondering about dropping sacks of coal from aircraft the trick is to 1/3rd fill and sack and sew across then drop that into a larger sack and sew the top. The inner bag breaks but the outer does not (usually).
Last edited by John Hill; 5th Feb 2014 at 18:48.
Fascinating.
Same thing on a bigger scale:
Fassberg, West Germany during the Berlin Airlift
Same thing on a bigger scale:
Fassberg, West Germany during the Berlin Airlift
True, but I'm sure the Rapide would have landed if there were suitable strips on the Milford Track.
It has indeed been tried to fly a fighter on coal pellets.
A rotating basket filled with coal granules was to be heated and the vapours used to fuel a ram jet. A bit like a wood gas generator for aircraft, this was likely one of the more creative ideas to circumvent the fuel oil shortage in late WW2.
It seems that at least the engine was run a few times on a test stand.
A rotating basket filled with coal granules was to be heated and the vapours used to fuel a ram jet. A bit like a wood gas generator for aircraft, this was likely one of the more creative ideas to circumvent the fuel oil shortage in late WW2.
It seems that at least the engine was run a few times on a test stand.