Name that Flying Machine
Hmm... Reuben? Denver? Diabolo? Po Boy?
Nope, none of the above. It's the Gyro Crusader AG-4!
Nope, none of the above. It's the Gyro Crusader AG-4!
Last edited by BEagle; 2nd Nov 2023 at 11:16.
Beagle's got it. American Gyro AG-4 Crusader.
Designed by Thomas Miles Shelton and built in Denver, the only significant airport 4045 Nm from Woodley where the other Miles lived.
And Gyro is only one letter short of Gyros, the source of a kebab...
It seems a shame this design didn't have a chance to thrive, I think it looks terrific.
Designed by Thomas Miles Shelton and built in Denver, the only significant airport 4045 Nm from Woodley where the other Miles lived.
And Gyro is only one letter short of Gyros, the source of a kebab...
It seems a shame this design didn't have a chance to thrive, I think it looks terrific.
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Not familiar with a "gyro sandwich".
Googled it and discovered to my surprise that such a mis-spelled thing does apparenty exist - guess where - the USA which explains it not being widely, if at all understood here. At least, in 50+ years of eating kebabs all over Europe I've never come across it
As the rotisserie the meat comes from is a Gyros, not a Gyro (which is demonstrably inedible) and is used to makes doner kababs, souvlaki or plated meals not sandwiches I think the reason is clear enough!
Googled it and discovered to my surprise that such a mis-spelled thing does apparenty exist - guess where - the USA which explains it not being widely, if at all understood here. At least, in 50+ years of eating kebabs all over Europe I've never come across it
As the rotisserie the meat comes from is a Gyros, not a Gyro (which is demonstrably inedible) and is used to makes doner kababs, souvlaki or plated meals not sandwiches I think the reason is clear enough!
Last edited by meleagertoo; 2nd Nov 2023 at 12:48.
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....
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.
well with those clues I found the Grigorovitch TB-5
