Name that Flying Machine
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From: New South Wales
I always thought tricycle to mean a nosewheel? As opposed to a tail-dragger? Or as Wiki likes to call it - "Conventional."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricycle_landing_gear
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventional_landing_gear
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricycle_landing_gear
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventional_landing_gear
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From: Ferrara
It is indeed the Supermarine 322 "Dumbo"
Apologies - I'd forgotten the special meaning of "tricycle" when I answered Zaxis - I just thought - "yes three wheels"..............
I shall sit in the corner with a dunces cap on for an hour.................
Amazing that it took several years to actually reach first flight in 1943 - so much pressure on Supermarine to crank out Spitfires - which, to be fair were war winning whereas the 322...... was unlikely to trouble the history books
Apologies - I'd forgotten the special meaning of "tricycle" when I answered Zaxis - I just thought - "yes three wheels"..............
I shall sit in the corner with a dunces cap on for an hour.................
Amazing that it took several years to actually reach first flight in 1943 - so much pressure on Supermarine to crank out Spitfires - which, to be fair were war winning whereas the 322...... was unlikely to trouble the history books
Joined: May 2009
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From: New South Wales
All in good fun A56. No need for caps and corners and I had fun yesterday looking at British nose-wheels from the 40s and 50s. There was more than I thought.
And just for you - another starboard wing, and not just trees - buildings as well!
And just for you - another starboard wing, and not just trees - buildings as well!
