RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted August 9, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 9, 2018 Back in 2003 we visited the air museum at Kalamazoo Michigan. There were a number of older guys there helping out and one of them had flown with the RAF. He may have been Canadian and not American but no matter. I asked him what he flew, half expecting the answer to be B17 or Liberator or some American type. Never in a million years would I have though I'd have travelled a few thousand miles to north America to hear someone say he was a Lysander pilot! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Rudg1022 - all great pictures but what is the third one? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Rudg1022 - all great pictures but what is the third one? I'm not sure Jeff, some kind of experimental VTOL Luftwaffe contraption, I can't remember where I found the photo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 This maybe? http://coldwardecoded.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-race-for-vtol-weaponry-harrier.html steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Steve, the FW aircraft in your link apparently never flew, implied by the info there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Looks like the nearest to that configuration was the piston powered Heinkel Lerche but it never flew. A parallel idea was the turboprop powered Heinkel Wespe with a similar annular wing and triple tail. According to Wikipedia it also never flew. Makes you wonder about the photo; a model being tested or perhaps a propaganda fake? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 (edited) Looks like the nearest to that configuration was the piston powered Heinkel Lerche but it never flew. A parallel idea was the turboprop powered Heinkel Wespe with a similar annular wing and triple tail. According to Wikipedia it also never flew. Makes you wonder about the photo; a model being tested or perhaps a propaganda fake? Some similarities with this recreation/simulation of the Lerche. The 'photograph' does not look exactly like renderings for either the Lerche or Wespe, but clearly there is a family resemblance. What I do find interesting is just how much energy people put into online renderings of wacky German experimental aircraft of the 1940s. There are sooo many of them - not just the concept and experimental aircraft but the renderings made more than 50 years later. Edited August 10, 2018 by Ozexpatriate 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Looking at the original pic again, it looks extremely convincing. I would dearly love to know if it was legit and what the craft actually was. As to "wacky German aircraft of 1940s" I must admit to being fascinated by them. There's a whole load of speculation about "saucers" being developed too. Sadly, I suspect we'll never get the full story... steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohmisterporter Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 I did not have a camera with me when I saw an unusual aircraft flying at low level directly above us, near Chester. Hopefully someone will recognise the maker from this description. About the size of a business jet but the two engines were driving propellers in pushing configuration. At the nose, below the cockpit, were canard wings. The slim main wings were straight but the swept back tail wings were set on top of the vertical stabilizer. Altogether an elegant design I have not seen before. Please forgive any misuse of technical terms. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kickstart Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Piaggio P180? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaggio_P.180_Avanti All the best Katy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohmisterporter Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 (edited) That's the one definitely. Always nice to see something different. Looking at the pictures I am surprised how slim the wings are and the fat body. Edited August 10, 2018 by Ohmisterporter 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Piaggio P180? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaggio_P.180_Avanti All the best Katy Wow! That looks like someone put the kit together without the instructions. steve 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitchinLoco Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 (edited) Had a couple of these come into London Luton, also one of the early ones that were made. Edited August 19, 2018 by HitchinLoco 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 More old stuff... June '42... Netherlands, 29th April 1945... Extreme low flying talent in what looks like a Beaufort or Beaufighter… Dornier maybe...? Captured Me 110... B17 which had a mid air collision with another B17, it's a miracle it was able to survive and land... 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgeconna Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Hi all, Live stream of the Polish Air Force 100 Anniversary Airshow. link below. Lots of Talking at the moment. http://airshow.wp.mil.pl/strony/2018-08-25-live-streaming/ Rgds George Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Unfortunately not available in the US due to licencing restrictions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Prestwick Airshow is this coming weekend, details here https://www.tsia.scot/ Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted September 24, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 24, 2018 Here's something a little different for you guys http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-24/how-douglas-dc3-military-plane-became-musical-campervan-in-qld/10221054 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 (edited) I liked the preservation of the Lockheed Super Constellation into QANTAS colours. Stories here: CNN and ABC. Longreach is a long way to go to visit it though. Edited September 24, 2018 by Ozexpatriate 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Just watched episode 1 of The Last Post (1965, Aden). I'm sure it wasn't my tv but the BOAC blue livery on the VC-10 looked much too light. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Trainshed Terry Posted September 24, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 24, 2018 I took this photo of a "Lancaster" at the Battle of Britian event that was held at the Duxford over the weekend. I belive that this aircraft is part of the Battle of Britian Memorial flight. Enjoy. Terry 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 This is legit one of the greatest 360 videos I have ever seen. https://www.facebook.com/RoyalAustralianAirForce/videos/362441334297330/ I was in one of the buildings looking DOWN on the Growler as it went past at 500 kts only 250 feet above the river. Cheers David 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted October 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2018 I'm not sure if I would want to be on this . https://www.flixxy.com/airbus-trying-to-land-during-gusty-winds.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 5944 Posted October 4, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2018 https://www.ad.nl/video/militaire-vliegtuigen-botsen-op-elkaar-op-vliegveld~p52007 How?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 https://www.ad.nl/video/militaire-vliegtuigen-botsen-op-elkaar-op-vliegveld~p52007 How?! A good question... steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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