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Post by mickeyobe on Apr 14, 2011 22:50:26 GMT -5
Zero didn't have a tricycle landing gear. It is a tail dragger. I know some people like that. Sad. Mickey
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Post by barbarian on Apr 14, 2011 23:15:50 GMT -5
Dallas chapter has a good number of ancient aircraft.
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Post by nikkortorokkor on Apr 15, 2011 0:49:52 GMT -5
Than sure looks like a Nanchang CJ-6 to me. Mind you, I've misidentified some Romanian-built Yakalov Yak 52 as Nanchang before. Now I look for the tail - the Yak still has a more 'vintage' looking back end: (not my photo, taken from here): www.air-and-space.com/20040828%20Camarillo%20Transports%20Trainers.htmBoth the Yak 52 and Nanchang C-6 are very popular with warbirds enthusiasts - they offer almost off-the-shelf vintage, kind of like FSU rangefinders, I guess. There are special Yak races, the most famous of which is in Nevada. Oddly, I had the privilege of seeing a Chinese PLAAF pilot (I presume) putting a Nanchang CJ-5/6 through some aerobatics high above Nanchang city, China - were I lived for over two years. Mind you, as I was peering upwards intently at the plane, my (Chinese) boss laughed nervously and asked, "you're not a spy are you?" Being too interested in military stuff is still a recipe for trouble in the PDR! Here is a very informative article on the CJ which will, I hope, strike a chord with the CC crowd: www.yaksource.com/history_of_cj6a_goolsby1.html
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Post by mickeyobe on Apr 15, 2011 14:21:21 GMT -5
My knowledge of airplanes is close to zero. (Nothing zero not Zero zero)
My son Paul was on the board of directors of the Canadian Air and Space Museum here in Toronto.
I have just joined as a volunteer. I shall be working in the archives department taking pictures of artifacts and manuscripts. I have spent two half days at it and photographed almost 100 manuscripts and 1/2 dozen artifacts. I am using my Pentax K100D and I brought my own copy stand which is an improvement over the old kitchen table they were using. My boss is a pleasant young lady with a degree in museum restoration and preservation.
I might even be able to enter an intelligent discussion with you mavens in a year or five.
Mickey
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2011 20:57:25 GMT -5
Dallas chapter has a good number of ancient aircraft. ME 110 I believe. W.
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Post by nikonbob on Apr 15, 2011 22:22:01 GMT -5
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Post by olroy2044 on Apr 15, 2011 22:30:46 GMT -5
Well, some examples of this aircraft were powered by the same Daimler-Benz inverted V-12 as the Me 110, but this is a Heinkle He 111 bomber.
Barbarian, if the subject of your excellent, rainy photo is the He 111 that was operated by the CAF, it was a license built Spanish version. At the time, it was the only regularly flown He 111 in the world. It crashed, and was destroyed, in 2003. I think there is another one under restoration somewhere in the US. I'll have to check with the other guys at the museum to find out for sure. A rare bird indeed! Thanks for posting!
Roy
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Post by olroy2044 on Apr 15, 2011 23:07:45 GMT -5
Be Careful, Mickey! The aircraft bug is nibbling at you! It's bite is as addicting as the camera bug! A "maven" I'm not. Just a lifelong airplane nut!Roy
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Post by PeterW on Apr 16, 2011 6:20:07 GMT -5
"Der Alte Kreigsvogel" (The old warbird) posted by Barbarian is definitely a Heinkel 111. From the look and position of the exhaust stubs of the engines it is a post-war Spanish-built model fitted with Rolls-Royce Merlin engines. Many of the ones still flying with the Spanish Airforce were repainted in German wartime livery to take part in the movie Battle of Britain made in 1969. I don't know if any are still airworthy, but I don't think so. Barbarian's photo could well be the one with the CAF which tragically crashed when landing in 2003 killing the two people on board. There are excellent pictures of this aircraft at www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Frederick2000/He111/index.htmlThere is another picture of it flying in company with the CAF’s Superfort at www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/images/lrg0417.jpgthough this could possibly be a Photoshop composite picture? During the war most Luftwaffe HE 111s had Junkers Jumo engines though some had engines by Mercedes Benz. There is a non-flying example with Jumo engines in the RAF Museum at Hendon, north London. PeterW
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Post by barbarian on Apr 16, 2011 12:07:24 GMT -5
Hmmm... that's a bit of a mystery, then. This was taken in 2009.
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Post by nikonbob on Apr 16, 2011 13:40:25 GMT -5
barbarian Could it have been the He 111/CASA 2111E from this museum www.passion-aviation.qc.ca/cavanaugh.htm. ? Seems they are located a little north of Dallas. The He/CASA 2111E that crashed in 2003 belonged to the Mesa Arizona chapter of the Commemorative/Confederate Air Force. Bob
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2011 16:55:37 GMT -5
Yep, that's a Heinkle. I'm embarrassed. W.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2011 16:56:56 GMT -5
"No, No." Those Fockers were Messerschmidts!."
An old joke
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Post by barbarian on Apr 17, 2011 12:47:35 GMT -5
Before I messed with it. Typical German color scheme.
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Post by barbarian on Apr 17, 2011 12:48:29 GMT -5
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