Single Engine Turboprop Military Aircraft
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Single Engine Turboprop Military Aircraft
One for the Pprune experts.
A single engine turboprop monoplane taildragger, possibily French designed, and built in the 1950's?.
It may have started life with an inline piston engine, then re-engineered with a turbine engine later in the mid 1960's.
I think it may have been used by the Swiss airforce for target towing.
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S8
A single engine turboprop monoplane taildragger, possibily French designed, and built in the 1950's?.
It may have started life with an inline piston engine, then re-engineered with a turbine engine later in the mid 1960's.
I think it may have been used by the Swiss airforce for target towing.
Regards
S8
Farner Werke C-3605
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%2BW_C-3605
The F+W C-3605, nicknamed Schlepp ("Tug") or "Alpine Anteater", was a target towing aircraft operated by the Swiss Air Force from 1971–1987. The aircraft was developed during the latter half of the 1960s by the Swiss Federal Construction Works (Eidgenoessische Konstruktionswerkstaette) (EKW), renamed Farner Werke (F+W) in 1972, as a conversion of the existing C-3603 ground attack/target towing aircraft. Following a successful prototype conversion in 1968, 23 aircraft were converted between 1971–1973 with 2 still flying in private hands.
The Morane-Saulnier MS 1500 Epervier fits the bill but not sure if it was ever used by the Swiss
SWB has it I think
SWB has it I think
Pilatus Porter fit the remit a bit better, even though it's not.
I'd never heard of it, so have learned something today!
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Do I recall one taxying into the back of a parked JetRanger at Duxford? (Yes, I know a Spitfire did the same thing!)
Don't think I've ever actually seen one...
Don't think I've ever actually seen one...
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Often see birds sitting on powerlines...
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Did they have a camera under the nose so the pilot could see what was ahead?
One wonders whether the designer had, erm, esteem issues in the trouser department.
Perhaps that's just me.
Perhaps that's just me.