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Wow! Still in existence! (just..). Whereabouts, Chris? BTW as a teenager during the Viscount era I recall how painful the shriek of their engines (or more correctly, prop noise) was. Two things:- 1) My hearing would have been a darned sight better then than now, and 2) I don't recall that the F27's produced the same effect on my ears, despite the Fokkers using the same engine and (I presume) prop. Why, I ask...

And there'd be some who claim Adelaide hasn't changed much in that time. Looking in the mirror in the mornings, I know that I have ... (yecchh!) Since this segment of TAA has sat for a month apparently unloved, I give you - Adelaide, 1959. Taa Taaaaa!!! [ATTACH]17869[/ATTACH]

Just LOVE those DAK & PBY rego's - superb!

I've had a (nudge nudge, wink wink) version of Outlook for a couple or more years and have recently loaded Thunderbird & Firefox. (where DO they get these names from...?) No hassles with either, save for the usual issues for an old fart (me) with adapting to the "it looks DIFFERENT!" thing (a particular problem with She Who Must Be Obeyed....). I'd say go for it - you can keep Explorer & Outlook loaded - no problem there, and I've also started to use Open Office instead of the N.N.W.W version of Office: again, no real hassles. Cheers, Geoff.

If there's a bit of the Walter Mitty in you (you young people can Google that if you need to..), click this link, and FEEL THE POWER! http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/cockpit1.htm happy fantasies, Geoff :crazy_pilot:

Tried to put this into the video links section but the technology beat me. There is some excellent on-board footage here, and remember - it's 100 years ago! http://www.europafilmtreasures.eu/PY/322/fiche_technique.htm?ID=322 ENJOY!

Oh dear ... I think I screwed up! Will keep the peepers open for the program referred to in my last post. Apologies, chaps (& chapesses..).

Hey, guys ... on SBS tonight: a program dealing with Antarctica - and looks like it's going to feature (in small part, at least..) a Dak, albeit a kero-burning one. May they fly forever!!!!!! :old:

Thanks Darren; I have to admit that my feeble mind has never been able to fully come to grips with vortex generators - they seem (to me) like an add-on when something didn't quite work the way it should have in the first place. I know they are attached to lift and control surfaces to break up the boundary layer and all that, but in this case, how come it's the Airbus's that needed them? They're the biggest vortex generators ever, I suggest.... I also recall seeing the stern section of an Armstrong Whitworth Argosy looking a little like a hegehog's backside, festooned as it was with "vortex generators". :biggrin: Cheers, Geoff.

I know they're called "canalisers" (ok, ok .. "canaliZers"), but what function do they serve? Answers through the post in plain brown envelopes, please...... [ATTACH]279.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]17860[/ATTACH]

I think there's been some sort of cyber-glitch Glenn .. I spotted the title, homed in on it (your post), but couldn't see any image. No matter.....

Yes, a beautiful looking propliner, even if it does burn kerosene. However, let's not forget the problems they had with engine inlet icing which, IIRC, limited the conditions they were cleared to fly in, plus the following (lifted from Wikipedia..) "Fourteen Type 175s were lost with a total of 365 fatalities between 1954 and 1980" Still an attractive aeroplane?

Sometimes 2 x 2800=4000 (horsepower...) [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1IM6nXsdQc]YouTube - Grumman F-7F Tigercat Demonstration - 4,000+ Horsepower ![/ame]

Ah... there IS something to be said for PpruNe after all - via a Hobart based member ("Fantome") of that group I'm glad to say that all will be revealed regarding the Air France modded Daks if you go to the Flight International Archives for 9th August 1962 pp 185 & 190, and 29th June 1956 pg 850. You might like to try these links ('though I had trouble with 'em..). http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1962/1962%20-%201371.html http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1962/1962%20-%201376.html http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1956/1956%20-%200850.html

Oh - a thousand apologies: I thought this thread was "What is Your Favourite Propellor?" [ATTACH]17858[/ATTACH]

Yep: the engine cowlings are very different: "tight" is my word for them. I believe it was a mod done for Air France in order to gain a bit (not much, would be my guess) of speed. A retired ex Air France 747 pilot who has a similar veteran vehicle to ours (we were at Fèrte-Alais for a car rally) said that they used, on occasions, to be reluctant, though, to fully retract and close the doors. Solution - put the nose down, build up a bit of airspeed and then pull BACK on the stick to have the air-flow help for the process. Dunno what the passengers would have thought......... "mèrde!" perhaps!

Um - there should have been an attachment in that last post.... apologies. [ATTACH]276.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]17857[/ATTACH]

Yes quite agreed - what a wonderful sound the Trojan makes ... and if there's anything better than one good sounding round engine, it's TWO !

Life would be simpler if it was a Super DC-3, but I don't think it is: here's another shot taken in 2001 (not by me, but it's the same a/c). The tailplane isn't right for a Super. Yeah - PPrune: migod, there are some egos in that particular piece of cyberspace... [ATTACH]17855[/ATTACH]

I'm still hoping to find out more about these modified Goonies - this one was photographed in France at La Fèrte Alais in September '07. I'm damned if I can find any reference to them on the web. Someone out there must know something about them, surely ... :confused: [ATTACH]17854[/ATTACH]

Aeronca C3: there's an account in Herschel Smith's "Aircraft Piston Engines" of one such aircraft (if they truly deserve that title) seeming to perform a little sluggishly and, after landing, it was discovered that one cylinder (of the two...) was cold. Hmmmm ... a one cylinder aeroplane :eek2:

I was working (ok - I was employed...) at Jackson oilfield Sth West Qld in the late 70's and we had a heap of computer equipment flown in courtesy of a Gooney Bird. I thought it was wonderful that an unkillable 30's aircraft was being used for delivering the "latest" (then, anyway..) computer gear:smile: Here's a Gooney - taken at Temora last year. One of a pair side by side on the day. [ATTACH]17851[/ATTACH]

Did they look a bit like this? [ATTACH]17850[/ATTACH]

Just remembered - should have given you this link to the Werribee B24 project. These guys are doing an amazing job on a shoestring budget. Given what they started with, and the complexity of the '24 it's a truly incredible target they have set themselves of reaching a taxi-capable finished product. Good on 'em, and if you're ever near Geelong/Werribee do yourself a big favour and visit them! http://b24australia.org.au/home.html :appl: