I didn't fly in.....

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I didn't fly in.....

#1 Post by henry crun » Sun Aug 30, 2015 2:02 am

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....the Bristol Brabazon, but I did get inside just before she was broken up and scrapped.
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#2 Post by DX Wombat » Sun Aug 30, 2015 8:26 pm

the one and only. :(
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#3 Post by henry crun » Tue Sep 01, 2015 6:02 am

[bbvideo=560,315]https://youtu.be/AV1eUeo27tc[/bbvideo]

....the Saunders Roe Princess, but I did see one over Filton, a most improbable sight, that enormous fuselage actually flying over land.
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#4 Post by henry crun » Wed Sep 02, 2015 8:00 am

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https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive ... 00202.html
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#5 Post by om15 » Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:21 am

The Beardmore Inflexible was an interesting aircraft, built by shipbuilders it was not a huge success

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#6 Post by ian16th » Wed Sep 02, 2015 7:57 pm

Leduc 0.22.jpg


But I saw it fly.
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#7 Post by stuart » Thu Sep 03, 2015 7:09 pm

What on earth is that Ian ?
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#8 Post by ian16th » Thu Sep 03, 2015 8:08 pm

superq7 wrote:What on earth is that Ian ?


Leduc 0.22 A French ramjet.

It was being test flown at Base Aérienne 125 Istres, in 1957 when I was posted to the RAF Liaison Party there.

Details here: http://aerostories.free.fr/constructeur ... page8.html

The Languedoc that was used for air launching the earlier Leduc's was also at Istres, parked in the open, but I never saw it move.
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#9 Post by stuart » Thu Sep 03, 2015 8:53 pm

Thanks Ian, it seems to have been very advanced for it's time.
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#10 Post by Stoneboat » Fri Sep 04, 2015 1:37 am

I have no idea what this is, the Caspian Sea Monster, perhaps? The caption says "If it's ugly, it's British. If it's weird, it's French. If it's ugly and weird, it's Russian." :D

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#11 Post by henry crun » Fri Sep 04, 2015 9:55 am

Yes, absolutely, the Lun class Ekranoplan weighing in at 350 tons:

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