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28th Dec 2021, 20:08
Replies: 18
Views: 13,229
Posted By Terry Dactil

It is much more likely to have been an electrical...

It is much more likely to have been an electrical problem.
That "impact point" looks like where the heater power and temperature sensors connect into the corner of the window,
The win-screens are...
14th Sep 2021, 07:35
Replies: 4,861
Views: 710,105
Posted By Terry Dactil

To me it looks like a Kiddy-Kopter Mk 1 with pine...

To me it looks like a Kiddy-Kopter Mk 1 with pine floorboards rotor blades. :ok:
Photo show a pilot being trained.
15th Jun 2021, 22:46
Replies: 4,121
Views: 635,312
Posted By Terry Dactil

Quit pussy-footing around and just tell me. :ok:

Quit pussy-footing around and just tell me. :ok:
20th May 2021, 07:58
Replies: 4,861
Views: 710,105
Posted By Terry Dactil

That's probably enough. I think it will be...

That's probably enough.
I think it will be diesel engines trying to hide inside those ugly cowlings.:E
19th May 2021, 07:41
Replies: 4,861
Views: 710,105
Posted By Terry Dactil

Looks more like a miniature P-38 lightning to me....

Looks more like a miniature P-38 lightning to me.
Twin engines and twin booms ?.
15th May 2021, 22:43
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,167,382
Posted By Terry Dactil

Yes. It is Nadzab. I thought Chimbu Warrior...

Yes. It is Nadzab.
I thought Chimbu Warrior might come out of the jungle for this one. (halo wantok!) :)
This airport replaced Lae in the precious challenge.
Modern progress decrees that you...
14th May 2021, 23:04
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,167,382
Posted By Terry Dactil

Allan Lupton: That is too far in the wrong...

Allan Lupton: That is too far in the wrong direction !
Here it is in crappy weather....
14th May 2021, 21:06
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,167,382
Posted By Terry Dactil

Thanks. Here is one with no nautical connection...

Thanks.
Here is one with no nautical connection and a bit more more modern....
14th May 2021, 12:32
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,167,382
Posted By Terry Dactil

Yep. It was a handy visual inner marker when I...

Yep. It was a handy visual inner marker when I was flying around there in the 1960s
Sadly, neither it nor the runway are there now.
...
14th May 2021, 09:18
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,167,382
Posted By Terry Dactil

OK. I reckon that is Lae, then. And possibly...

OK. I reckon that is Lae, then.
And possibly that is the Tenyo Maru getting sh!t knocked out of it before it was run aground at the runway threshold.
14th May 2021, 07:19
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,167,382
Posted By Terry Dactil

I'll go for a WW2 Japanese airfield. Is it in...

I'll go for a WW2 Japanese airfield.
Is it in New Guinea?
10th May 2021, 23:11
Replies: 4,121
Views: 635,312
Posted By Terry Dactil

Hmmm. Single engine, fixed pitch prop, high...

Hmmm.
Single engine, fixed pitch prop, high wing (exposed aileron cables) and instrument panel layout a dog's breakfast.
That cable draped around the throttle is possibly for cowl flaps or a cabin...
21st Mar 2021, 04:12
Replies: 4,121
Views: 635,312
Posted By Terry Dactil

It looks like the Nimrod's AHs go to sleep on...

It looks like the Nimrod's AHs go to sleep on their side when not powered.
I wonder if that is an intentional feature?
Probably a great British design to go on one of the world's ugliest aircraft...
19th Mar 2021, 00:09
Replies: 4,861
Views: 710,105
Posted By Terry Dactil

Yes. It is the XP-72, which was a sort of super...

Yes. It is the XP-72, which was a sort of super P-47 with 50% more power.
Interestingly, it had an engine driven cooling fan behind the spinner and side cowl flaps/exhaust like the FW-190.
The...
18th Mar 2021, 00:14
Replies: 4,861
Views: 710,105
Posted By Terry Dactil

Thanks India Four Two. I suspect that I am not...

Thanks India Four Two.
I suspect that I am not the only one that had never heard of the Heston JC.6 before your challenge.
There is something new to learn every day.

Here is another aircraft...
17th Mar 2021, 05:20
Replies: 4,861
Views: 710,105
Posted By Terry Dactil

Hmmm... low set horizontal stabilizer, so...

Hmmm...

low set horizontal stabilizer, so not likely to be jet powered.
not anything De Havilland, as that designer would for have have been sacked for not using the traditional curved shape on...
12th Mar 2021, 11:14
Replies: 4,121
Views: 635,312
Posted By Terry Dactil

The F-111 gear: Unusual arrangement, but it...

The F-111 gear:
Unusual arrangement, but it seems to work well. :ok:
https://youtu.be/UnMUEjlJg6A
10th Mar 2021, 01:04
Replies: 4,861
Views: 710,105
Posted By Terry Dactil

That made interesting reading, India Four Two...

That made interesting reading, India Four Two (https://www.pprune.org/members/53523-india-four-two), and made me realize I am not much of an aircraft designer !

I read that Mitchel solved the...
9th Mar 2021, 19:51
Replies: 4,861
Views: 710,105
Posted By Terry Dactil

Well, here is one obvious one for you. :ok: ...

Well, here is one obvious one for you. :ok:
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/720x480/p_38_107w_2_918f1c031692b4e5b80ef148bd51afb09f163c73.jpg

And here is one with the radiators a...
21st Feb 2021, 19:44
Replies: 136
Views: 36,639
Posted By Terry Dactil

See posts #69 & #70 Great idea, but it kinda...

See posts #69 & #70
Great idea, but it kinda obstructs the runway after landing. Also there is the problem of taking off again. I don't think this idea was fully thought through.:=

Click Here...
18th Feb 2021, 09:21
Replies: 27
Views: 6,812
Posted By Terry Dactil

Some more memories of Sydney airport in the 1960s...

Some more memories of Sydney airport in the 1960s

Going around the road on the other side of the Ansett terminal was the Qantas international terminal before international operations moved to the...
17th Feb 2021, 09:02
Replies: 27
Views: 6,812
Posted By Terry Dactil

Yes indeed. We are going back 50 to 60 years. ...

Yes indeed.
We are going back 50 to 60 years.
Makes one feel a bit old !
16th Feb 2021, 23:50
Replies: 27
Views: 6,812
Posted By Terry Dactil

Yes. That is it. ...

Yes. That is it.
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/639x589/towers_at_mascot_2fd46f18c7bc67e4f8ed48edf79d55194344812f.jpg
Tower locations
...
16th Feb 2021, 20:56
Replies: 27
Views: 6,812
Posted By Terry Dactil

Found some of my old slides taken in the 1960s...

Found some of my old slides taken in the 1960s that may be helpful in locating the towers. Here is 2.5 :)...
4th Feb 2021, 19:18
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,167,382
Posted By Terry Dactil

They did such a great job Photoshopping away a...

They did such a great job Photoshopping away a great long selfie stick and arm out of the front windo, so maybe they did the flaps too. :E
Great photo.
3rd Feb 2021, 02:49
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,167,382
Posted By Terry Dactil

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x400/hl3011_vickers_viscount_nac_800x500_3_35ca69cd16ef49bc3ab32e58d701d1c33b804b87.jpg
OK. so we might be in New Zealand.
The terrain looks...
3rd Feb 2021, 02:07
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,167,382
Posted By Terry Dactil

Both Taa and Ansett paint schemes had solid...

Both Taa and Ansett paint schemes had solid stripes along the window line completely filling the spaces between the windows, so I do not think we are in Australia.
Pity the photo's resolution is not...
2nd Feb 2021, 04:41
Replies: 20,482
Views: 3,167,382
Posted By Terry Dactil

I'll go for a bit of history then: the place...

I'll go for a bit of history then: the place where Ansett started in 1936.
Hamilton?
29th Jan 2021, 00:14
Replies: 4,861
Views: 710,105
Posted By Terry Dactil

Plenty of military stuff at the HARS museum down...

Plenty of military stuff at the HARS museum down there.
Perhaps it is looking into the wing-tip searchlight from a P2V Neptune?
27th Jan 2021, 21:30
Replies: 4,861
Views: 710,105
Posted By Terry Dactil

Noyade has it with the Junkers Ju 352 A 3...

Noyade has it with the Junkers Ju 352
A 3 engine aircraft with ventral stairs; so far ahead of Boeing who waited for jet engines and tricycle undercarriages before making the B727. :ok:
27th Jan 2021, 08:16
Replies: 4,861
Views: 710,105
Posted By Terry Dactil

Sorry, but it is not a Junkers Ju 252 (there is...

Sorry, but it is not a Junkers Ju 252
(there is no aerodynamic balance on the rudder)
26th Jan 2021, 23:52
Replies: 4,861
Views: 710,105
Posted By Terry Dactil

Came across this one recently. It has a design...

Came across this one recently. It has a design feature way ahead of its time!


https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1469x715/ramp_01_7dc817395ea09ad088cf9177c33786244b96923d.jpg
17th Sep 2020, 08:40
Replies: 745
Views: 241,786
Posted By Terry Dactil

Mmmmm ... memories They were the great days...

Mmmmm ... memories
They were the great days :ok:

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/800x552/ansett_2__4d8b2b0cd006cf83a2c30eb6a6675835d70b81be.jpg
27th Jun 2020, 04:59
Replies: 1,742
Views: 3,032,880
Posted By Terry Dactil

Perhaps if you had bothered to actually read the...

Perhaps if you had bothered to actually read the Preliminary Report and numerous posts in this thread you would have known that the aircraft was not on the tower frequency.
24th Jun 2020, 22:50
Replies: 1,742
Views: 3,032,880
Posted By Terry Dactil

Yeah... Let's redesign the system and have a...

Yeah... Let's redesign the system and have a battery back up for the recorder.
Pity all the sensors feeding it information also stopped working at the same time so there is nothing to record..
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