Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 15 hours ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said: When my Father was transferred from CEPE* to Public Relations, the Golden Hawks became his main focus for a while. I still have the shoulder patches for the team. * Central Experimental and Proving Establishment. (He got to see and play with all the cool stuff!) This, and Jim Bede's BD-5-J. I'm also a fan of the Beechcraft B-17-D Stagger Wing and the Grumman Goose. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 Cool as in "Deadly as Hell with wings", I nominate the Warthog. I just looks evil. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 (edited) And the OV-10 Bronco looks cool, too. We both got our "uniforms" in 1965. Bronco got wings and I got an Ordnance bomb and a gold bar. Wheee! Edited October 21 by Forty Rod SASS 3935 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stump Water Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 Interesting chart. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_aircraft_production 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 16 hours ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: Sage, were any of the data/specs from the Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar used in the Shuttle? I don't know. I was in Production Engineering when I left Manufacturing and the design work was done except for Engineering fixes needed by Manufacturing. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 2 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: And the OV-10 Bronco looks cool, too See those almost every day during the Summer and Autumn. Calfire command and control. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted October 21 Author Share Posted October 21 10 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: See those almost every day during the Summer and Autumn. Calfire command and control. An awesome airplane. Would love to have flown one. A friend flew one as a forward air controller in Vietnam. Said it was amazing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 11 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: See those almost every day during the Summer and Autumn. Calfire command and control. The OV-10 has amazing landing gear... it's like a flying Citroën 2CV~!! 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 much as i hate flying there are a lot of nifty looking planes id love to fly - but i wont ever get to cause i hate flying , 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 23 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: And the OV-10 Bronco looks cool, too. 9 hours ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: An awesome airplane. Would love to have flown one. A friend flew one as a forward air controller in Vietnam. Said it was amazing. As a young Marine, I was an Aviation Ordnanceman, and I worked on them. Good little airplane. Four M60 machine guns in the sponsons, and they could carry rockets, flares, and gun pods. The A model even had provisions to carry two AIM-9 Sidewinder Missiles. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 My personnel favourite. 4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said: My personnel favourite. ........ when it grows up I bet it wants to be an airplane with a tail ....... 😉 Edited October 22 by Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 26 minutes ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: ........ when it grows up I bet it wants to be an airplane with a tail ....... 😉 It gots TWO! 1937 design https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERCO_Ercoupe 1 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 3 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: It gots TWO! 1937 design https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERCO_Ercoupe ...... that's just greedy ... 🙃 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted October 22 Author Share Posted October 22 19 minutes ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: ........ when it grows up I bet it wants to be an airplane with a tail ....... 😉 Erco Aircoupe. A remarkable little plane designed to touch down in a crab angle because it had no rudder pedals. The theory is it was safer because the pilot couldn’t cross control the rudders & ailerons when landing in a crosswind. It worked, but later versions were retrofitted with pedals because pilots found landing without them too unnerving. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 If I could own a plane, I'd be a vintage one, preferably a Bi Plane. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted October 22 Author Share Posted October 22 (edited) 38 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said: If I could own a plane, I'd be a vintage one, preferably a Bi Plane. Like this? My great grandfather learned to fly in one at the Wright Brothers flying school and then brought one back to St Louis. Orville Wright signed his pilots license. What a contraption! my idea of a biplane I’d like to own: Edited October 22 by Abilene Slim SASS 81783 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 15 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: Like this? My great grandfather learned to fly in one at the Wright Brothers flying school and then brought one back to St Louis. Orville Wright signed his pilots license. What a contraption! my idea of a biplane I’d like to own: That's pretty darn neat family history. And yes a biplane like that! Back in the mid 80s, I had a chance to buy a 47 Travelair! They wanted $5'500 for it! Wife was not having it!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted October 22 Author Share Posted October 22 9 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said: That's pretty darn neat family history. And yes a biplane like that! Back in the mid 80s, I had a chance to buy a 47 Travelair! They wanted $5'500 for it! Wife was not having it!! Sweet. It probably would have broken you financially to keep it airworthy. Plus, there is a condition called AIDS - aviation induced divorce syndrome. 😁 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 1 hour ago, Eyesa Horg said: If I could own a plane, I'd be a vintage one, preferably a Bi Plane. I might buy one of these. According to the pilots, the Fairey Swordfish had no vices and one had to be incredibly incompetent to crash one. 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 6 minutes ago, Chantry said: I might buy one of these. According to the pilots, the Fairey Swordfish had no vices and one had to be incredibly incompetent to crash one. AHH! A Swordfish (Or Stringbag). The Bismarck's nemesis! Side story: As a kid, my next door neighbour, June., an English War Bride had a cousin killed on HMS HOOD when the Bismarck sank her. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 10 minutes ago, Chantry said: I might buy one of these. According to the pilots, the Fairey Swordfish had no vices and one had to be incredibly incompetent to crash one. If you do,please,please take me for a ride!! That would be so way cool 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: Sweet. It probably would have broken you financially to keep it airworthy. Plus, there is a condition called AIDS - aviation induced divorce syndrome. 😁 It was so cool! Only a couple gauges and a switch labeled "Contact"! Beautiful wood prop with brass tips. It started the first time he thru that prop thru. Ya could see light through the covering on the fuselage! Damn it was cool Dark blue. Edited October 22 by Eyesa Horg 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stump Water Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 (edited) A-6/EA-6 Edited October 22 by Stump Water 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted October 23 Author Share Posted October 23 1 hour ago, Eyesa Horg said: Beautiful wood prop with brass tips. Cool! It was probably one of these. I keep this in the den. A little over 6 feet long. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted October 23 Author Share Posted October 23 I’ve always been a fan of this plane - Fiesler Storch. Can take off and land from just about anywhere. 200’ to take off and clear a 50’ obstacle, land in 60’. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 (edited) Yep!!! They are really neat to me!! 19 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: Cool! It was probably one of these. I keep this in the den. A little over 6 feet long. Edited October 23 by Eyesa Horg Otto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 I always liked the looks of the Cessna 195 with that radial engine and big spinner. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 2 minutes ago, DeaconKC said: I always liked the looks of the Cessna 195 with that radial engine and big spinner. The wheel pants are nice too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redleg Reilly, SASS #46372 Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 Shouldn't be too long before we have listed every plane ever made.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted October 23 Author Share Posted October 23 Kinda like cars & guns. They’re all interesting! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 I've always liked Burt Rutan's EZ. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 My personal Fave's are the YB-35 and YB-49. Haden't been for Stewart Simington and his dirty politics, we would have been flying flying wings decades ago. Next Bestest is the Beechcraft Stager Wing. Gorgeous they are. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 A purdy WACO 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 The Italian Caproni Ca.60 Noviplano. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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