Name that Flying Machine
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From: Quite near 'An aerodrome somewhere in England'
Noyade has it - well done.
The Saro Lerwick, whether with one or two fins, was an utterly dreadfully dangerous device. In the event of an engine failure it was unable to maintain height on the remaining engine and if full power was applied, the rudder had insufficient rudder authority to maintain straight flight. The 'sinking pig' would simply spiral down until it crashed....
The Saro Lerwick, whether with one or two fins, was an utterly dreadfully dangerous device. In the event of an engine failure it was unable to maintain height on the remaining engine and if full power was applied, the rudder had insufficient rudder authority to maintain straight flight. The 'sinking pig' would simply spiral down until it crashed....
Joined: Nov 2005
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From: Wildest Surrey
Maybe it's a glider towing tailwheel; Whitleys were used pretty intensively for this.
A friend of mine told me of how he was being towed out of Brize in a Horsa /Whitley tug when one engine failed; the Whitley didn't have tine to release the tow and it turned upside down taking the glider with it and my friend ended up with a broken leg and a steel plate in his face until the day he died.
A friend of mine told me of how he was being towed out of Brize in a Horsa /Whitley tug when one engine failed; the Whitley didn't have tine to release the tow and it turned upside down taking the glider with it and my friend ended up with a broken leg and a steel plate in his face until the day he died.
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From: UK
Thank you Captain Pedantic. From the wiksters…
“The Gloster Aircraft Company was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1917 to 1963.
Founded as the Gloucestershire Aircraft Company Limited during the First World War, with the aircraft construction activities of H H Martyn & Co Ltd of Cheltenham, England it produced fighters during the war. It was renamed later as foreigners found ‘Gloucestershire' difficult to pronounce. It later became part of the Hawker Siddeley group and the Gloster name disappeared in 1963.”
Anyway I think it looks a bit Avro?
“The Gloster Aircraft Company was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1917 to 1963.
Founded as the Gloucestershire Aircraft Company Limited during the First World War, with the aircraft construction activities of H H Martyn & Co Ltd of Cheltenham, England it produced fighters during the war. It was renamed later as foreigners found ‘Gloucestershire' difficult to pronounce. It later became part of the Hawker Siddeley group and the Gloster name disappeared in 1963.”
Anyway I think it looks a bit Avro?
