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Post by olroy2044 on Sept 20, 2010 23:48:59 GMT -5
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Post by olroy2044 on Sept 21, 2010 0:33:18 GMT -5
Mickey, these last photos of aircraft are great! Would love to visit that museum some day! Roy
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Post by mickeyobe on Sept 21, 2010 2:02:29 GMT -5
PeterW, On Sunday I was treated to my first flight in my son's airplane, from Toronto, Buttonville to Ottawa, Rockcliffe where the Canadian Aviation Museum is located. We had a very limited time to go through the museum, a huge building, so I foolishly took no notes. Hence I have lots of airplane pictures from Alexander Graham Bell's Silver Dart, the first airplane to fly in Canada,  to the latest F-35 jet which our Defense Department is contemplating buying, but I don't know what most of them are. This lapse can only lead to another trip to the museum - in Paul's lovely Diamond Star airplane.  Dave, I agree with you that the Spitfire is a true classic without peer. I think this is one. Unless it is a Hawker Hurricane.  Mickey |
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Post by daveh on Sept 21, 2010 4:30:28 GMT -5
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Post by mickeyobe on Sept 21, 2010 8:49:09 GMT -5
Mickey, Got to come back on your latest aircraft picture despite the time of night. What is it? It's got me stumped. It reminds me of a Deperdussin c. 1912, but I'm probably wrong. PeterW PeterW, I have no idea what it is. The air conditioning is superb. Mickey |
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Post by daveh on Sept 21, 2010 12:55:20 GMT -5
Mickey, the answer is just above your last post - McDowall.
Dave.
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Post by mickeyobe on Sept 21, 2010 13:31:13 GMT -5
Yes, Dave. That looks like it.
Thanks
Mickey
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Post by PeterW on Sept 21, 2010 17:55:52 GMT -5
Dave, Thanks for identifying the McDowall. I'd never heard of it. Small wonder, really, as it was a one-off and home-made. Fancy the builder forgetting the ailerons  . My first thought was a Deperdussin but it didn't look quite right. The engine was wrong, and the Deperdussin had a pair of long skids out in front to stop it standing on its nose if the landing approach was too steep or the ground was bumpy or very soggy. You come across quite a few pictures in old magazines of early planes standing on their noses. A friend used to say they were hunting for truffles. PeterW |
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Post by daveh on Sept 21, 2010 18:46:01 GMT -5
The best thing I was ever taught: "if you don't know, look it up". The internet can be wonderful for that. On the other hand some times you go round in circles and get nowhere. I found it by looking up the Spitfire - one of the website leads was a "coming soon" dead end, but I got there eventually.
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Post by nikonbob on Sept 29, 2010 22:30:00 GMT -5
Mickey What a classic way to arrive at the aviation museum and a sweet looking aircraft too. Here is some more info on the Spitefire at the museum www.acesofww2.com/Canada/aces/paterson.html . I remember as an 8-10 year old watching John Paterson putting that Spitfire through it's paces on several occasions over Fort William, now part of Thunder Bay. That sealed my interest in aircraft for life. Bob |
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Post by mickeyobe on Sept 30, 2010 10:46:08 GMT -5
Bob,
Thank you for that info about John Paterson and the other pilots.
It is a wonderful and fascinating historical record.
Mickey
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Post by nikonbob on Sept 30, 2010 11:50:01 GMT -5
Mickey
I was interested in the comment that even though his Spit used $50.00 worth of fuel in a 2 hour flight he was having too much fun to retire it. I looked up the fuel consumption rates and they are staggering. These may not be for this particular model Spit but the rates are 120 gallons per hour up to 249 gallons per hour depending on the power settings the engine was under. Kind of makes you wonder what the avgas cost per gallon even back then and I am guessing about $0.16 a gallon back then. Times have changed.
Bob
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Post by mickeyobe on Sept 30, 2010 15:03:03 GMT -5
Bob,
I was too young during the war to have purchased gas. But I remember the price of gas just before the metric system was introduced.
It was 37ยข per Imperial Gallon.
Mickey
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Post by daveh on Sept 30, 2010 15:11:20 GMT -5
Mickey, an Imperial gallon? That a proper gallon, especially when used in a Spitfire. Dave. |
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