Vintage Aircraft

bigeye said:
Can you name this one? Quite rare. (taken 1935)
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There is a Douglas Dolphin at the U.S. National Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola, Florida. This aircraft was originally purchased in 1934 by William E. Boeing. It is only known surviving example.
 
Something else quite interesting...
(IIIf/elmar/K25: Dhahran-Rome or Paris run ~1953)

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Avro York Ex RAF TS793, G-AGNP, ZS-BRA, OD-ABT, back to G-AGNP, OD-ACZ. Google has the history of the world, in little bits.

As BOAC "Manchester", Heathrow G-AGNP.

Here is her end.

Imagine the sound of the four Merlins...

-Charlie
 
Time for another Dutch plane, or is it? The picture is nothing special, the plane is as itis from 1918:
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Bonus points for any non-Dutch who can name this plane ;-)
 
It's a Koolhoven Bantam, I think, the model number begins with FK but otherwise escapes me. :eek:

Adrian
(playing cricket in your neck of the woods in a fortnight!)
 
Thanks for the info and link -- York; I might have remembered eventually. Yes, four Merlins must have been something to hear.

bigeye said:
Avro York Ex RAF TS793, G-AGNP, ZS-BRA, OD-ABT, back to G-AGNP, OD-ACZ. Google has the history of the world, in little bits.

As BOAC "Manchester", Heathrow G-AGNP.

Here is her end.

Imagine the sound of the four Merlins...

-Charlie
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You don't have to imagine 4 Merlins, at Oshkosh every year you can hear them. the P-51 Mustang has the American licensed version of the Merlin.
I was at Oshkosh a few years ago and saw a flight of 6-12 P-51's, amazing sound.

KoNickon said:
Thanks for the info and link -- York; I might have remembered eventually. Yes, four Merlins must have been something to hear.
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Muggins said:
It's a Koolhoven Bantam, I think, the model number begins with FK but otherwise escapes me. :eek:

Adrian
(playing cricket in your neck of the woods in a fortnight!)
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Congratulations, the jury decided that your answer is good enough, so you got those extra points :cool:
It is a BAT F.K. 23 Bantam, the last surviving original Koolhoven designed aircraft. It used to be in the Aviodrome aircraftmuseum in Lelystad, were I took this picture. These days it is at the recently re-opened Rijksmuseum.
 
marcr1230 said:
You don't have to imagine 4 Merlins, at Oshkosh every year you can hear them. the P-51 Mustang has the American licensed version of the Merlin.
I was at Oshkosh a few years ago and saw a flight of 6-12 P-51's, amazing sound.
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Too far. I have one in the hangar next to mine. :cool: I've flown to Oshkosh once and S&F several times. A true must see - I do prefer the antiques to warbirds, though. Blakesburg is the place for them.

- C
 
Addy101 said:
Congratulations, the jury decided that your answer is good enough, so you got those extra points :cool:
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Whoopee! I must confess that one of the UK aviation mags - I suspect Aeroplane Monthly, as they do seem to have a taste for the less usual - ran a piece on it some years ago.

Adrian
 
Great photos. The P-51 was such an awesome fighter. I can only imagine what terror an Axis power pilot must've felt when he saw one on his tail.
 
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