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No, scratch that. The schematic on the aft wall clearly shows an XB-70.
Bell AiraCuda above...
Saab 21A
I only know that as it was my one and only attempt at a Vacuformed model kit...It didn't go well, and I retreated back to the safety of injection molded!
Daimler Benz engine from a ME109, going with Kawasaki Ki-61
No, scratch that. The schematic on the aft wall clearly shows an XB-70.
As do the NAA logos on the control yokes.
Ah, old Saabs...
haha, I love old Saabs, whenever I see old J29s I think "The Little Jet that Can" 🙂
Sadly, they only have modern ones (well, kinda) on sticks at the Linköping exits on the E4. Still nice seeing them as you drive that way.
Lavochkin La3?
The Finnish plane with the Daimler Benz engine is a VL Pyörremyrsky
^ that Saab is ace!
Saw a couple of Spitfires doing a display at Goodwood about 7pm tonight for the Revival. One was MH434, no doubt.
The other I think might have been pl983 but I have no idea if it was even at Goodwood today. Anyone know if it was flying at Goodwood at 7pm or can definitively say this crystal clear image is pl983:
4 Blade prop, if that helps.
(warning nerd content)
The first Spits with 4 bladed props were the first batch of V with the Merlin 47 with were designated as VI, and the PR (your picture looks like PR blue) could be an early PR V (although most were tropicalised IIRC). It's more likely to be a later Merlin 61 engined PR IX.
I have a small power point, if you'd like to make yourself comfortable...wait come back...
The first Spits with 4 bladed props were the first batch of V with the Merlin 47 with were designated as VI, and the PR (your picture looks like PR blue) could be an early PR V (although most were tropicalised IIRC). It’s more likely to be a later Merlin 61 engined PR IX.
I have a small power point, if you’d like to make yourself comfortable…wait come back…
:D, I'd be more interested in that than I'd care to admit, I can never be bothered to read up on this stuff, spoon feeding would be welcome.
PL983 was flying this morning at 8:30 so I think my guess yesterday was correct. Ray Hanna's MH434, EP120 & Hurricane P3717 were up at the same time. Also an Anatov AN2 was up and about later on.
I saw a large number of (probably) civilian piston engine aircraft fly over Chichester today in formation.
Anyone identify the type (I assume all the same) and tell me what they were doing? Are there really 'owners clubs' that fly aircraft around in large numbers?
Scottish Aviation Bulldogs. Used to see them every day when at school in the 70's
And yes there is a club
http://www.beaglepupandbulldogclub.co.uk
Yup. Used to fly them from Abingdon a lot. Took over from the Chipmonk I think.
"Scottish Aviation Bulldogs. Used to see them every day when at school in the 70’s
And yes there is a club
http://www.beaglepupandbulldogclub.co.u k"
Thanks, that's nailed it. There were aircraft that looked like Chipmonks to me but also the Bulldogs amongst them which totally threw me, I'd never heard of Bulldogs.
So group of ex-RAF trainers, probably commemorating BoB day, which was yesterday IIRC.
Can't find anything online about it.
Some interesting warbird news, two blokes are going to fly a Mk IX Spitfire around the world for the first time:
Photo credit John Dibbs.
Easy one...
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Not seen this before. 6.50 for the money shot...
Nice.
Incredible that the X-1 cockpit was state-of-the-art at the time, looks so old fashioned now!
I’m guessing that was Kieth Hartley, the man who did the open top Tornado trials.
****ing hell, that video is ace!
Saw this in Florida. Impressed by how ugly and noisy they are.
Their nickname is the BUFF.
Big Ugly Fat Fu....
Well, they are definitely not stealthy.
Christ, I thought my inventory of old frames and 9 speed drivetrains was getting a bit silly.
https://www.platinumfighters.com/p-51-partsmerlins
@hols2 - I didn’t have to go to Florida to see one of those, one flew over where I work in Westbury a week or so ago! I could hear a jet overhead, we get lots operating around Salisbury Plain, which starts close by, but this one sounded different above the traffic as I was crossing the road. As soon as I got clear of the trees along the road I looked for it, and it was a B-52, at about the same height, but clean, no flaps or undercart down. Which makes sense as she was obviously going into RAF Fairford which is about 25-30 miles north.
Not something you see every day, unlike A400’s which are around all the time.
I read something the other day that said the US have deployed B-52s to the UK again in an attempt to poke the Russians.
For this purpose, the lack of stealth is a huge positive.