Name that Flying Machine
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Thanks - I'm usually hopeless at identifying the machines posting here, but I thought that it might be SERGE written on the side of the fuselage, otherwise I wouldn't have had a clue.
My challenges in this thread don't tend to last very long.
My challenges in this thread don't tend to last very long.
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Argh, your revised stab has hit the mark. For more on the de Bolotoff saga see http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/inde...33704#msg33704. We look forward to the next mystery from you, nvubu.
FP, the link works for me on a Mac, with both Firefox and Safari.
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It appears that it may be more discriminatory than even you perceive, FlightlessParrot, if it allows access to Canadians but not Kiwis! However I'm glad that you got there in the end. You might also want to take a look at https://archives.imeche.org/archive/...t-de-bolotoff? (which, hopefully, will be easier of access). I think those photographs must be a relatively recent donation to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers because I didn't come across them when I was researching this subject a few years back.
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You are correct, it is his second Spin, with Anthony sitting on the right - from the mechanical engineers website https://archives.imeche.org/archive/...nthony-fokker?
Told you that wouldn't last long - over to you.
Told you that wouldn't last long - over to you.
On a visit to the Aviodome in 1977 I was introduced to one of their ex Fokker employees who had helped build it.. IIRC was still in existence.
If it is the 1936 replica, it last flew in 1990 at Eindhoven Air Base:
Photo from Min.of Defense, coll. Van Beek
The pilot who flew it on that day had some interesting experiences during the flight. The 'Spin' only has an elevator and those small triangular rudders, no ailerons or wing warping. They flew it at the end of the day in dead calm weather but at one point he encountered a small thermal that bumped one wing up and he was probably holding his breath for quite some time while full rudder and the dihedral slowly levelled the wings again.
I'll go and find a new challenge.
Edit, how about this one:
Photo from Min.of Defense, coll. Van Beek
The pilot who flew it on that day had some interesting experiences during the flight. The 'Spin' only has an elevator and those small triangular rudders, no ailerons or wing warping. They flew it at the end of the day in dead calm weather but at one point he encountered a small thermal that bumped one wing up and he was probably holding his breath for quite some time while full rudder and the dihedral slowly levelled the wings again.
I'll go and find a new challenge.
Edit, how about this one:
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Is it a biplane or is it a parasol/low wing double monoplane, that is the question!
It's not as obscure as you might think. It even has a wikipedia entry all to itself.
It's not as obscure as you might think. It even has a wikipedia entry all to itself.
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