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From my post 22/12/2011 ... History (Movements, Casualties, Etc) 10/7/45 ... assessment of damage; hull 40% - aircraft beyond repair and salvage, work being carried out by 9 RSU. Sayonara, -101 :(
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Bit more peripheral stuff re A24-101 here... http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/OG3093 http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/OG3097
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For those of us who were out of short pants and were allowed by their parents to be there for the day, this (sorry about the quality .. it's from a slide "a what?") is what you would have been treated to. Count 'em!
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I've just had one of those "why didn't I do this earlier" moments and Googled for Catalina/Conversion/RSU ... and I'm wondering if we might possibly be talking about "conversion to components"? ...and an addendum which, while having nothing to do with A24-101, makes for a fascinating read. Let's hope the link works for you, chaps. http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-web/sites/default/files/history-and-archaeology-of-raaf-catalina-flying-boat-a24-1.pdf
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Just a thought here... I wonder how deep the water has to be before a Catalina which has suffered terminal landing/takeoff damage is labelled as "sunk"? I wonder how much tidal movement there is at Balikpapan ...
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And a bit more...
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Hmmm... well here's a bit more, but I don't think it really satisfies completely. Still lookin'...
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Yeah, but I would have expected to see its crash landing recorded in the squadron log. This is all assuming that -101 is in fact the Balikpapan Catalina. I reckon there's still a way to go with this one. Anyway, it'll give us something to do over Xmas ;)
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There's reference to A24-101 here (page 94), if the link works ok ... and I have not been able to find any subsequent reference to it in the rest of the squadron log. http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=1358858&I=1&SE=1
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A mate of mine had a flight in one at Wanaka a few years back ... water takeoff & landing too, I seem to recall. It co$t, but he reckons it was fanta$tic! Here's the HARS specimen - photographed after we'd finished the National Veteran Car Rally at Mittagong in March of this year. [ATTACH=full]933[/[ATTACH=full]933[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]935[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]18077[/ATTACH]
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Marvellous piece of sleuthing Willie ... much appreciated. :)
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HOOLY DOOLY! What a site THAT is ! Thanks for bringing it to my attention. There go the household maintenance jobs for the forseeable future... :D
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It's maybe worth your while turning the audio off then, and score the drama level as you see it, rather than hear it. I was quite entertained by the sight of the 200 litre plastic drums of gasoline contained (if not overly well restrained ) in the Dak. Good post Glenn - thanks. :)
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And it didn't catch fire...!
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Good stuff chaps - that's got my ideas straightened out. And excellent shots of the Wellington, Willie ... is that the one which was dredged up from Loch Ness, I wonder. And Barnes Wallis: yes, what a guy - real "boffin" material.
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Great post!
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Correct me if necessary, but I think the stringers were spiral, rather than longitudinal, and were not wooden. Check out geodetic/geodesic in Wikipedia: there's a superb photo of a Wimpie which made it back with most of its aft fabric missing.
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They can have as much or as little, I guess - or as little or as much (anhedral, that is...)
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Ship .... Airship.
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Take a look at this web page http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/c5/ ... but here's the significant extract from it if you want to save a bit of time. Nothing to do with reduction of the gear housing cross-sectional area, I think you'll find... your interpretation would require the tyres (sorry - tires) to be deflated before being retracted after each takeoff.. a bit of a pain in the posterior I would suggest. "... The Goodrich tyres can be deflated in flight to suit the landing conditions at the destination airfield."
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Sorry, but I don't follow: could you explain how deflation of the tyres reduces drag, please?
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Nothing like shooting (or sailing with ...) anything involving spent Uranium: makes those responsible for it look like real ubermenschen who don't give a damn about anything on this planet other than winning ... a short term victory at any long term cost is the goal. But you have to admit, the technology is just marvellous: proves that we're the Master Race on this small blue planet! So glad we're responsible...;) -
What great stories Ken ... who needs professional comedians when we've got the government funded armed services!! Here's a lovely thought: taken at Talbot House, (Toc H), Poperinghe
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Not necessarily tubeless back in WW2 - just a (mechanical) method by which the tube/valve were connected to a source of high pressure air (ie compressor...).
