Torquemada 1420 wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:18 pm
Bugger. Yes. Had it down as a 189 but booms not thin enough for that.
Sued for copyright by Northrop? Or vice versa?
The fokker is a 30's plane.
anyway pictures ;)
No it's not.
Re: Aircraft thread
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:13 am
by laurent
What is not ?
A picture or a plane that entered service in 1939 designed in 36 is not a 30's plane?
Re: Aircraft thread
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:30 am
by average joe
A fokker is a guy that courts your wife while you're at work.
Re: Aircraft thread
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:38 pm
by laurent
average joe wrote: Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:30 am
A fokker is a guy that courts your wife while you're at work.
That one flew me by
Re: Aircraft thread
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 1:24 pm
by Globus
I know little of aircraft but this is a pic of a plane flown by my wife's Squadron Leader uncle who did a few sorties and got the DFC.
Re: Aircraft thread
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:15 am
by RichieRich89
Globus wrote: Fri Jan 15, 2021 1:24 pm
I know little of aircraft but this is a pic of a plane flown by my wife's Squadron Leader uncle who did a few sorties and got the DFC.
Handley Page Hampden. I've read the narrowness of the fuselage made it very difficult to replace the pilot if he was hit.
Globus wrote: Fri Jan 15, 2021 1:24 pm
I know little of aircraft but this is a pic of a plane flown by my wife's Squadron Leader uncle who did a few sorties and got the DFC.
Handley Page Hampden. I've read the narrowness of the fuselage made it very difficult to replace the pilot if he was hit.
Spot on. He's sadly no long with us. I wrote his funeral script. The back page was composed as funny and a real tribute to a wonderful man.
Just the man you want in a spot of trouble.
He did lots of raids on Germany. He lost many fellow pilots and crew.
What do you say? He was terrific, in every way. He got back twice from ememy grounds, having been shot down.
Globus wrote: Fri Jan 15, 2021 1:24 pm
I know little of aircraft but this is a pic of a plane flown by my wife's Squadron Leader uncle who did a few sorties and got the DFC.
Handley Page Hampden. I've read the narrowness of the fuselage made it very difficult to replace the pilot if he was hit.
Largely irrelevant. There were too few pilots and so most bombers (Lancaster included) only had one set of pilot controls. Ergo, if your pilot was rendered incapacitated, you either bailed or died.
That said, it was known as the Flying Suitcase for the reasons you cite!
Globus wrote: Fri Jan 15, 2021 1:24 pm
I know little of aircraft but this is a pic of a plane flown by my wife's Squadron Leader uncle who did a few sorties and got the DFC.
Handley Page Hampden. I've read the narrowness of the fuselage made it very difficult to replace the pilot if he was hit.
Largely irrelevant. There were too few pilots and so most bombers (Lancaster included) only had one set of pilot controls. Ergo, if your pilot was rendered incapacitated, you either bailed or died.
That said, it was known as the Flying Suitcase for the reasons you cite!
We knew it as the Flying Coffin.
Uncle ditched in the sea on the way back and was resued by the Royal Navy.
The next time he went out he got shot down in France, got captured then escaped back to Blighty with the aid of the French and a trawer captain.
He has sadly passed away. He got Christmas cards and Birthday cards till his widow told of his death.
Jumped out of the back of one at the Bali boogie, 1989. Indonesian air force supplied one, plus 3 Hercs, and a couple of CASA 212s.
800 skydivers, for 2 weeks. Participated in a mass jump over Kuta beach, over 500 jumpers all out in one minute from the Hercs and Transall in formation. Largest civilian mass jump in history.
Re: Aircraft thread
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 8:01 am
by laurent
You may be interested in this one
There is one still flying and dropping paras in the airshow circuit.
Re: Aircraft thread
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 8:36 am
by Torquemada 1420
laurent wrote: Sun Jan 17, 2021 8:01 am
You may be interested in this one
There is one still flying and dropping paras in the airshow circuit.
Spoiler
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Re: Aircraft thread
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 4:46 pm
by laurent
30 years ago
one of the Jaguars that was hit during the attack on the Al Jabber airfield (now in museum)
Re: Aircraft thread
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 4:58 pm
by Yeeb
That jaguar took a pounding - did it even have time to deploy chaff, flares and white flag?
Re: Aircraft thread
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:23 pm
by laurent
Yeeb wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 4:58 pm
That jaguar took a pounding - did it even have time to deploy chaff, flares and white flag?
It was able to land safely.
Repetitively repeating bad jokes will never make you funny
Re: Aircraft thread
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 8:09 am
by Torquemada 1420
Here's an interesting one. And there is still one flying. It was its country's highest production fighter in WW2. No peaking at the URL
Re: Aircraft thread
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 10:34 am
by Calculon
I watched a video on that exact airplane a while back
Re: Aircraft thread
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 3:08 pm
by Torquemada 1420
Calculon wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 10:34 am
I watched a video on that exact airplane a while back
Hah. Thought the Swiss markings might throw you all.
Hah. Thought the Swiss markings might throw you all.
When I was around 13 I memorised the shapes of the main ww2 aircraft, which tbf is probably only a couple of hundred. Anyway, a passenger plane from an era when they didn't all look rather similar
Hah. Thought the Swiss markings might throw you all.
When I was around 13 I memorised the shapes of the main ww2 aircraft, which tbf is probably only a couple of hundred. Anyway, a passenger plane from an era when they didn't all look rather similar
I was a teen ATC aircraft recognition champion!
I always got my Marane Saulnier and Dewotines confused - the dinky engine/prop spinner is similar
Hah. Thought the Swiss markings might throw you all.
When I was around 13 I memorised the shapes of the main ww2 aircraft, which tbf is probably only a couple of hundred. Anyway, a passenger plane from an era when they didn't all look rather similar
I was a teen ATC aircraft recognition champion!
I always got my Marane Saulnier and Dewotines confused - the dinky engine/prop spinner is similar
I'm seriously out-geeked here.
Re: Aircraft thread
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 2:39 pm
by laurent
Currently the French airforce is on a trip to India so some "exotic" liveries and birds...
a refresher for the Indian Rafales and SU30 as well as Mirages
Calculon wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 6:56 pm
When I was around 13 I memorised the shapes of the main ww2 aircraft, which tbf is probably only a couple of hundred. Anyway, a passenger plane from an era when they didn't all look rather similar
I was a teen ATC aircraft recognition champion!
I always got my Marane Saulnier and Dewotines confused - the dinky engine/prop spinner is similar
I'm seriously out-geeked here.
At one point, with a flying career out the window, I was considering Photographic interpretation in the RAF.
I was lucky living in North Wales - I live high up and could look down onto the jets in the valleys below - My high-point was standing with my bike and an brace of F15E's rolling inverted over the ridge and the back seater giving me the thumbs up as they passed over me
I always got my Marane Saulnier and Dewotines confused - the dinky engine/prop spinner is similar
I'm seriously out-geeked here.
At one point, with a flying career out the window, I was considering Photographic interpretation in the RAF.
I was lucky living in North Wales - I live high up and could look down onto the jets in the valleys below - My high-point was standing with my bike and an brace of F15E's rolling inverted over the ridge and the back seater giving me the thumbs up as they passed over me
Re: Aircraft thread
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 12:59 am
by fishfoodie
laurent wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 4:15 pm
Good youtube guy :) this one
I'm surprised the AH-D concept of sticking the radar atop the rotor; so you can paint the landscape, without exposing the aircraft; isn't the absolutely standard way of designing any attack Helicopter. It's a piece of design genius.
Re: Aircraft thread
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:38 am
by Torquemada 1420
mat the expat wrote: Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:48 pm
At one point, with a flying career out the window, I was considering Photographic interpretation in the RAF.
I was lucky living in North Wales - I live high up and could look down onto the jets in the valleys below - My high-point was standing with my bike and an brace of F15E's rolling inverted over the ridge and the back seater giving me the thumbs up as they passed over me
Ditto-ish for me. Flying career went West. Now I play with this:
