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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1020 on: 09 June 2018, 03:54:11 »
The Cheyanne was also a 1 engine airplane. I just dont think a 1 engine design is a good idea for a helicopter. Also the Cheyanne was huge.
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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1021 on: 09 June 2018, 06:16:34 »
The Comanche, on the other hand...
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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1022 on: 09 June 2018, 06:44:13 »
Quote from: Kidd on 09 June 2018, 06:16:34
The Comanche, on the other hand...
$7 Billion spent, 2 aircraft built, but they were beautiful to look at.

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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1023 on: 09 June 2018, 07:52:16 »


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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1024 on: 09 June 2018, 13:43:11 »
Quote from: I am Belch II on 09 June 2018, 03:54:11
The Cheyanne was also a 1 engine airplane. I just dont think a 1 engine design is a good idea for a helicopter. Also the Cheyanne was huge.
Entirely agreed, but all the early UH-1s and AH-1s were single engine for thirteen and five years before the twin engine versions showed up.  That was right around the time the Cheyenne was being developed, so give it a couple years and the -56 probably would have had a similar variant.
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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1025 on: 09 June 2018, 13:53:04 »
All I'm going to say here is



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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1026 on: 10 June 2018, 08:36:40 »
I love the Arrow. It was one of the best designed planes for the wrong era or mission. It was a great 3rd gen fighter and maybe the first. I don't know if it would hold its own in a dogfight. But a 3gen fighter wasn't really designed for a dogfighter.
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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1027 on: 10 June 2018, 12:02:13 »
The Arrow is a fascinating plane that I only discovered recently. If anyone has more information on it beyond Wikipedia I'd love to know more.

The TSR2 has long been a favourite, ever since I saw on at RAF Cosford as a child and learned that my father had been involved in it's engine development as a junior engineer at RR

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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1028 on: 10 June 2018, 12:37:46 »
Quote from: I am Belch II on 10 June 2018, 08:36:40
I don't know if it would hold its own in a dogfight.

I don't think too many MiGs would be stooging past the DEW line.

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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1029 on: 10 June 2018, 17:48:20 »
Speaking of the DEW line:







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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1030 on: 20 June 2018, 02:39:18 »
Apparently the Wheatcroft Collection has a JU-87 Stuka under restoration:

"A rare discovery recently, a pilot seat for the collections Stuka which is being built up in Germany. We're on the trail of some other fairly major parts that will now complete the engine bay, although we are still searching for many smaller parts"

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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1031 on: 21 June 2018, 21:37:37 »
Quote from: DaveMac on 20 June 2018, 02:39:18
Apparently the Wheatcroft Collection has a JU-87 Stuka under restoration:

"A rare discovery recently, a pilot seat for the collections Stuka which is being built up in Germany. We're on the trail of some other fairly major parts that will now complete the engine bay, although we are still searching for many smaller parts"

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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1032 on: 24 June 2018, 22:02:58 »
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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1033 on: 24 June 2018, 23:02:38 »
It looks like it has seen better days but the cabin interior looks pretty good, would certainly be worth restoring.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-25/elvis-presley-private-lockheed-jet-up-for-auction/9905626
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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1034 on: 10 July 2018, 15:03:38 »
I was in Green Park right under the fly past for the RAF's 100th anniversary celebrations


Very impressive
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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1035 on: 10 July 2018, 15:20:44 »
Wow what a size difference between the Arrow and the Tudor.
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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1036 on: 10 July 2018, 17:40:03 »
Quote from: DoctorMonkey on 10 July 2018, 15:03:38
I was in Green Park right under the fly past for the RAF's 100th anniversary celebrations

Very impressive

I was watching from the roof of our office. Definitely impressive. Especially the close formation Typhoons.
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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1037 on: 10 July 2018, 17:53:37 »
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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1038 on: 13 July 2018, 16:15:39 »


The XB-70 was absurd but in a beautiful way.
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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1039 on: 13 July 2018, 19:25:42 »
I've stood next to the XB 70 at Wright Patterson.  Absolutely huge!  Awesome development.  Sadly SAMs made it obsolete by its first flight and the highly toxic fuel didn't help.  For me its even more awesome than the sci fi concepts of the time.
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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1040 on: 13 July 2018, 19:46:23 »
Absolutely one of my favorite birds. I've also seen her in Dayton. Sadly, the pictures of me beside the Valk are lost to time.
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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1041 on: 13 July 2018, 21:24:20 »
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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1042 on: 14 July 2018, 04:09:45 »
the RAF centenary flypast was amazing to watch - the different sounds, the great formations...
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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1043 on: 15 July 2018, 03:54:37 »
Wow going to need to watch that better later. So very awesome form what Ive seen.
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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1044 on: 15 July 2018, 04:34:37 »
The XP-67 'Moonbat' was not a successful plane but lord it looked amazing.



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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1045 on: 15 July 2018, 14:14:48 »
It probably would have been successful had it been equipped with the Merlin engines it was designed around. Unfortunately there weren't enough Merlins to go around, and the Mustang had priority. The less powerful Allisons it wound up with killed it's performance.


God it was beautiful though...
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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1046 on: 15 July 2018, 18:35:33 »
I'd love to get a model of that in a wind tunnel. The fuselage is perfect for aerodynamics, but I'm curious if there's any stress points in that 'alcove' between the fuselage and nacelles at the leading edge. That looks like a surefire place for fatigue, particularly during combat maneuvering.
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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1047 on: 15 July 2018, 19:07:43 »
Found this 2006 CGI short with some Spitfire-on-Messerschmidt action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvfOTYf3RH0

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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1048 on: 15 July 2018, 21:22:22 »
Quote from: marauder648 on 15 July 2018, 04:34:37
The XP-67 'Moonbat' was not a successful plane but lord it looked amazing.





surprised they didn't slap some Jet Engines onto that later on..
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Re: Aviation Pictures Part Trois
« Reply #1049 on: 16 July 2018, 05:48:31 »
I am thinking the same thing. Her shape would have been ideal for the early jet era
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