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nparsons13
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Ever seen a plane with a hood ornament?
1929 Pietenpol at the Florida Air Museum.
Canvas, wood, brass . . . and a hood ornament! by nrparsons, on Flickr
1929 Pietenpol at the Florida Air Museum.
Canvas, wood, brass . . . and a hood ornament! by nrparsons, on Flickr
peterm1
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Gotta love P-40s they look so mean. Its an interesting aircraft besides. Here is a bit of aircraft trivia.
I am not sure exactly why, but its Allison engine (shared with a number of other aircraft which, incidentally, had similar problems) never had a good supercharger designed for it. This meant it lost power at altitude where there is less oxygen and so was not a good high level fighter. That meant it could not take on the best aircraft in Germany and Japans services.
But down low, it was a solid and sturdy gun platform that was exported, courtesy of lend-lease to many countries and which saw combat on the Eastern front, in the Middle East, in North Africa and in the Pacific - and probably elsewhere. With the odd result that this plane which was frankly under performing - certainly by the middle of the war - had something like 14,000 examples made during WW2. One of the highest number of aircraft produced in this conflict by the western powers. The odd but interesting and in some ways advanced P-39 Bell Aircobra was powered by the same engine, as did early versions of both the P-38 Lightning and the P-48 Mustang. Both of the latter aircraft were later fitted with the superb Rolls Royce Merlin engine and went on to become war winning aircraft. The P-40 variants (and there were several) never had this accolade but they did serve well and in their own way did a great job.
bigeye
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Stoof Graveyard
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David Hughes
David Hughes
Hi,
So that's how they do it!
Trouble is, you can't take a shot showing it in action (or non action) that works. It just has to be seen; like the Fauvel and that other skeleton glider.
Regards, David
Dektol Dan
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Stearman, Oshkosh
Stearman, Oshkosh
Bronica S, Nikkor 50mm, Velvia, Scanned with 1999 Minolta Dimage Multi II:
Stearman, Oshkosh
Bronica S, Nikkor 50mm, Velvia, Scanned with 1999 Minolta Dimage Multi II:
Corran
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I love planes, great thread. I'll have to peruse it all.
Here's two shots of this plane at the USS Alabama Battleship Park.
Pentax 67, 35mm Fisheye + red filter, HP5+, SPUR HRX:
Here's two shots of this plane at the USS Alabama Battleship Park.
Pentax 67, 35mm Fisheye + red filter, HP5+, SPUR HRX:
bigeye
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Dan: That's a bit more than a Stearman. That looks to be a "straight wing" Waco. One of the most desirable biplanes. Wonderful.
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Muggins
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bigeye
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It's one of those planes that climbs, cruises and dives at the same (very slow) speed.
Bud Davission has a great pirep: http://www.airbum.com/pireps/PirepStorch.html (another site that you can spend a day on).
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burancap
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Wonderful indeed, but rarer than the most venerable WACO. A Spartan C-3.
Dektol Dan
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I Stand Corrected!
I Stand Corrected!
Sorry, I went for first impression!!!
I'll try harder next time.
I Stand Corrected!
Sorry, I went for first impression!!!
I'll try harder next time.
David Hughes
David Hughes
Hi,
The RAE tried something similar but they were after something to drop and snatch people on to or out of fields in France. I met a man once who was involved with it and he said it was an Auster that could fly, just, at 8 knots. This was in the 1940's but I never followed it up; mainly because he was giving me a lot of stuff for a book about something else.
And there was something else in the short take-off line that could be airborne just after leaving the hanger but from the 30's. And the FA330 that could take off and land on a U-Boat.
Regards, David
bigeye
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Good eye! I've seen a few C3, but from that angle, there is very little to distinguish them.
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Dektol Dan
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Back by Popular Demand
Back by Popular Demand
A Waco, Oshkosh
I forgot I was shooting the Waco row, but it has been 7 years!
Bronica S, 50mm Nikkor, Velvia
Dimage II scan:
Back by Popular Demand
A Waco, Oshkosh
I forgot I was shooting the Waco row, but it has been 7 years!
Bronica S, 50mm Nikkor, Velvia
Dimage II scan:
bigeye
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One of my favorites.
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David Hughes
David Hughes
David Hughes
David Hughes
thawkins
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The first four photos that appeared on my computer were a Messerschmidt BF109E, Focke Wulf 190A5, Curtiss P40 and a Policarpov I16.
biomed
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Nice, Larry!
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