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Another Navy Wings article...

Last post by OneHungLow « Fri May 26, 2023 5:17 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Apr 17, 2020 11:24 am
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Another anecdote brought to us courtesy of the Navy Wings folks. Please feel free to bung them a contribution , or even better, join up as a...

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I suspect the two aforementioned posters, decent chaps that they are, are too self-effacing, as both have clearly lived adventurous lives, and all...
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Fri May 26, 2023 5:17 pm
The Boeing Stratocruiser Part 1

Last post by Karearea « Sun May 21, 2023 8:48 pm
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by OneHungLow » Sun May 21, 2023 2:32 pm

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I wonder if any of the retired stalwarts who post here ever flew Boeing The Stratocruiser. Here is a wonderful old article (in 3 parts) written by...

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Then there were two...

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at 6:42, Coast Guardsman Ronald Christian boards the aircraft and finds it empty of people

Courage. ^:)^

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Sun May 21, 2023 8:48 pm
Fastest Passenger Airline Crossing of the Atlantic

Last post by Karearea « Sun May 07, 2023 7:58 pm
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by OneHungLow » Sun May 07, 2023 10:06 am

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I was apt to wonder about the fastest passenger airline crossing of the Atlantic. It was no surprise to find that this was in Concorde but the story...

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SR71 pilot Ed Yeilding describes setting the US coast-to-coast speed record and the problems in-flight that almost thwarted the attempt. ......

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Sun May 07, 2023 7:58 pm
Gifted technological advantage to USSR - Mig15

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by OneHungLow » Mon May 01, 2023 1:16 pm

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Mon May 01, 2023 1:16 pm
Difficult Approaches...

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Sun Apr 30, 2023 3:59 pm
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by OneHungLow » Sat Apr 29, 2023 7:12 pm

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Anybody want to guess precisely where this one is. My provenance might be a clue!

Diffiult approaches and departures..JPG oo

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Since one of my first RAF flying instructors had flown Liberators in WW2, I was taught, unofficially, how to land if all the lights suddenly went...

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Sun Apr 30, 2023 3:59 pm
Sopwith 1½ Strutter replica almost ready for flight

Last post by CharlieOneSix « Sat Apr 15, 2023 3:39 pm

by CharlieOneSix » Sat Apr 15, 2023 3:39 pm

A Sopwith 1½ Strutter replica that has been under construction for more than 20 years nears completion and is almost ready for flight.....

Scottish...

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Sat Apr 15, 2023 3:39 pm
For the Papua Wallahs here...

Last post by Woody « Tue Feb 14, 2023 3:39 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Jul 10, 2021 10:18 pm

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Sheer luxury I hear them cry...

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Have any of our members with PNG experience seen this

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Tue Feb 14, 2023 3:39 pm
Concorde Memory

Last post by ExSp33db1rd « Fri Nov 04, 2022 2:06 am
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by FD2 » Sat Oct 29, 2022 9:55 pm

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A friend sent me this. It shows Concorde about to descend for Barbados on the 17th November 2003 from FL600 and Mach 2. I wonder if the new SST will...

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Then there was the noise...

I used to have a bumper sticker that read ' I LOVE the noise of a jet engine in the morning

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Fri Nov 04, 2022 2:06 am
Lightnings en masse! Big formation.

Last post by 4mastacker « Sat Jun 18, 2022 1:08 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Jun 17, 2022 2:42 pm

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Quite something to see such a big formation of the venerable Lightning (from Aeroplane Monthly) ...

No 226 OCU.JPG

I cannot say I particularly...

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I recall the day at Gutersloh when 19 Sqn put up two 19-ships on the same day. It was the final party piece of the sqn WO Eng (Jack Lawrence) who was...

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Sat Jun 18, 2022 1:08 pm
Escape from Loch Ness - The Rescue of Catalina Miss Pickup

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:45 am
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by CharlieOneSix » Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:36 pm
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This is a 47 minute documentary of the rescue of Miss Pickup from Loch Ness after an engine failed to start. It's on BBC iPlayer and the channel is...

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On the subject of Catalinas, sad news from the USA reference Catalina N85U!

N85U.JPG

August 2015 - The lead-up to Oshkosh was colored by...
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Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:45 am
Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey

Last post by Woody « Fri Feb 18, 2022 2:50 pm
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by Capetonian » Thu Jun 02, 2016 12:41 pm
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A great place for a day out and not just for 'boys', there's a huge amount to see, historic civilian and military aircraft, cars, motor bikes, and...

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Looks like it’s got a tv programme all to itself :-bd
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Fri Feb 18, 2022 2:50 pm
Development of the Hawker Typhoon

Last post by Pontius Navigator « Sat Nov 13, 2021 9:18 am
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by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Nov 13, 2021 6:32 am

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I bought a copy of Aeroplane magazine yesterday, and was fascinated to read about the long and troubled tale of the Hawker Typhoon's development by...

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'Not that accurate' can be said of virtually all unguided ordinance. The RP development led the the SNEB and CRV7. Like the original RP only one...

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Sat Nov 13, 2021 9:18 am
Best and nicest and most clever and most fit-for-purpose designs

Last post by Rossian « Mon Nov 08, 2021 5:15 pm
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by Undried Plum » Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:17 am
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As a starter, I propose:

Tiger Moth

Spitfire

DC-3

Catalina

Concorde

Other non-pretty, but very good designs for doing what they do, might...

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....the reason for my question, Boac, was that on the ground there would be an element of doppler shift to the observer but on the inside you are...
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Mon Nov 08, 2021 5:15 pm
Final Approach to Stradbroke Island 'International'

Last post by EA01 « Sat Aug 21, 2021 10:54 pm
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by EA01 » Sat Aug 21, 2021 3:26 pm

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So called because Kooralbyn & Boonah also used fly to this island....

That's the back of Fliegs head, it must be winter, because a side slip into...

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One of these...an 'A582 Drifter',.....they were an awful lot of fun....(The above photo from the rear seat passenger)

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Sat Aug 21, 2021 10:54 pm
SpaceShipTwo

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Sat May 22, 2021 6:57 pm
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by Cacophonix » Wed Nov 18, 2015 5:46 pm

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For those of you ppruned, if any, who are interested in Virgin Galactic's alliance with Scaled Composites and their SpaceShipTwo programme based upon...

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OK.
Your's is bigger! :ymdevil:

PP

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Sat May 22, 2021 6:57 pm
What was the first single-engined turboprop aircraft to fly?

Last post by ian16th « Wed May 12, 2021 4:25 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Wed May 12, 2021 1:49 pm

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Take a bow if if you said the Boulton Paul Balliol.

The Boulton Paul Balliol and Sea Balliol are monoplane military advanced trainer aircraft built...

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powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin piston engine, available in large numbers from surplus stocks,
Imagine that today - Merlins aplenty.

When I...

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Last post by ian16th
Wed May 12, 2021 4:25 pm
The N9MB Flying Wing

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Mon Feb 15, 2021 11:47 am
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by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Feb 13, 2021 8:34 pm

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The Northrop N-9M was an approximately one-third scale, 60-ft span all-wing aircraft used for the development of the full size, 172-ft wingspan...

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And what of the B21?

B21 Raider

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Mon Feb 15, 2021 11:47 am
We miss our Pigs....

Last post by EA01 « Tue Feb 02, 2021 12:51 am
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by EA01 » Sat Jan 30, 2021 3:14 pm

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Not sure if this should be in 'FIXED WING It is a 'polymorph'?....anyway, blazing through my home town.,.not me regrettably,...but lovely footage...

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:)

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Last post by EA01
Tue Feb 02, 2021 12:51 am
Ripley's Believe it or Not...

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Mon Feb 01, 2021 11:12 am
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by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:10 am

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Sent to me by a correspondent yesterday... Unbelievable but true...

Otter 449 was delivered to Trans Provincial Air Carriers Ltd., (later re-named...

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Helicopters to the rescue once again...

There were also two helicopters in the area, which were also involved in bringing in fuel and other...

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Mon Feb 01, 2021 11:12 am
What a beautifully restored Tiger Moth...

Last post by EA01 « Sat Jan 30, 2021 12:23 pm
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by EA01 » Sat Jan 30, 2021 10:53 am

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Sat Jan 30, 2021 12:23 pm
Westland...

Last post by CharlieOneSix « Sun Jan 17, 2021 1:02 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Oct 21, 2020 3:14 pm

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Prompted by the high quality of their film unit in the 50's...

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I assume that this was the crash to which refer C16?

Yes, that's the one. Some years before, maybe 71/72, the Captain, Ben Breach, was...

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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Sun Jan 17, 2021 1:02 pm
Downright Weird Aircraft...

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by TheGreenGoblin » Sun Dec 27, 2020 2:37 pm

Something out of that beautiful Japanese film The Wind Rises.. .

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Sun Dec 27, 2020 2:37 pm
A 'new' one for me

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:31 am
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by Boac » Sun Dec 06, 2020 9:53 pm

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Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:31 am
De Havilland 108 "Swallow"...

Last post by Pontius Navigator « Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:10 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Nov 17, 2020 4:57 pm
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I recently reread Wings On My Sleeve by Eric 'Winkle' Brown and was interested in his comments on the DH 108 which he flew as part of the...

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Bristol from Freighter to 188
Saunders Roe, boats to SR177
Shorts Sterling to Belslow
Blackburn
Gloucester Javelin to Meteor (I reversed that...
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Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:10 pm
Son-of-a-Bitch 2nd Class

Last post by Pontius Navigator « Mon Nov 16, 2020 4:10 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Nov 16, 2020 2:45 pm

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I was reading about the Battle of the Philippine Sea and was amazed to read that 80% of the Curtiss SB2C Helldivers that were deliberately launched...

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90 kn (100 mph; 170 km/h) airspeed; since the speed of approach to land on a carrier was supposed to be 85 kn (98 mph; 157 km/h)

No wonder they had...

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Mon Nov 16, 2020 4:10 pm

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