red750 Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 Shapely, eh...? :confused: SHAPLEY, not SHAPELY, ;) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 PT - does that stand for 'poking tongue?' . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siznaudin Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 This evolved into the PT-7 prototype where the tracking antenna was shifted to the lower lip and enclosed in a conical radome.These were dropped for the production models which had a variable geometry shock cone inlet.[ATTACH=full]1494[/ATTACH] Cheers, Willie. Yep .. that's how you scare the opposition: poke your tongue out at 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siznaudin Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 SHAPLEY, not SHAPELY, ;) . Well it's most certainly not, is it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I guess we can't let the USA off the hook, either. This comical looking jet is the Vought XF8U-3 Crusader 3, developed as a successor to the F8U Crusader, and competitor to the F4 Phantom. Five were built and three flown before losing out to the F4. [ATTACH=full]1497[/ATTACH] The ventral fins enabled speeds of Mach2+ and rotated to horizontal for landing and take off. [ATTACH=full]1498[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1499[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1500[/ATTACH] Cheers, Willie. [ATTACH]18315[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty 1 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 This Avid Private Explorer was passing through Taree today. Canadian couple touring through Auz Cheers Scotty[ATTACH=full]1503[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1504[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1505[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1506[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1507[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1508[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]18316[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAA Student Pilot Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Saw this fly over here (South western Vic) a few days ago, wuz goen VERY slow. Must have a cruise speed of about 75 knots by the way it droned past. :D Mr Wilson originally built a twin engine one of these, was even bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 Take the wings off that Avid Private Explorer and you could tow it behind the car. Does it have a bed near that low window at the back? Does it have a stove and sink? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty 1 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Just found this. http://www.oshkosh365.org/saarchive/eaa_articles/1998_06_05.pdf The one today wasn't as flash but it did have the double bed in the back. Cheers Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darren Masters Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 My God, that Avid is a cross between a Shorts 360 and a Jabiru! :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siznaudin Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Couldn't get that Oshkosh link to work - dunno why. Today's dumb question: did they somehow fly that Avid what-not from Canada or did they do the sensible thing & have it freighted here?:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty 1 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Came out in a 40' container and was put together at Bankstown. Cruises at 100 MPH with 300 ponnies up front so to get it here and then around Auz and back home again it would not be a cheap exercise, but what a way to go. Cheers Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty 1 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 See if this works Cheers Scotty Avid Private Exporer.pdf Avid Private Exporer.pdf Avid Private Exporer.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siznaudin Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Thanks Scotty - much appreciated. What an incredible aircraft! Like a furshluginer airborne lounge room/bedroom combined! Now for something equally built to a purpose and not to aesthetics... [ATTACH=full]1516[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]18322[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAA Student Pilot Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 A 70 feet wingspan, pure jet bi-plane AG aircraft with two hoppers, thinking outside the box for sure. As an indication of how Eastern block aircraft needed maintenance there's a spot behind the pilot to seat an engineer. PZL Belphegor M-15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAA Student Pilot Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Came out in a 40' container and was put together at Bankstown. Cruises at 100 MPH with 300 ponnies up front so to get it here and then around Auz and back home again it would not be a cheap exercise, but what a way to go.Cheers Scotty Typical of the yanks with quoted performance figures, no way in the world this thing was doing 90 knots when it flew over. It had a fairly high power setting by the sound of it and it took ages from first sound/sight to out of sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Now for something equally built to a purpose and not to aesthetics... I was wondering where that photo was taken & tracked it down to the Museum of Polish Aviation in Krakow. Another museum for the bucket list. Cheers, Willie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siznaudin Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 My next offering... dunno what it is & it's not posted here as a "whatizzit" - however, someone will no doubt work it out. [ATTACH=full]1517[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]18323[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 Hey, Geoff. The answer is in your post on an 'ugly planes' thread in Dec 2009. Same pic. http://www.theaussieaviator.net/threads/what-were-they-smokin-1.15877/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siznaudin Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Hey, Geoff. The answer is in your post on an 'ugly planes' thread in Dec 2009. Same pic.http://www.theaussieaviator.net/threads/what-were-they-smokin-1.15877/ Thanks Pete I'll put its name to the file image I have. Early onset Altzheimers, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnewbery Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 [ATTACH=full]1592[/ATTACH] (not ugly just weird) [ATTACH=full]1593[/ATTACH] yep ugly [ATTACH=full]1594[/ATTACH] rubbish bin ugly [ATTACH=full]1595[/ATTACH] ugly and incomplete. Points for identifying the constellation of dots near the tail wheel [ATTACH]18343[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 A couple of photos of the Aeronca C-3. The front end looks a bit like a white pointer shark. [ATTACH=full]1654[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1655[/ATTACH] Cheers, Willie. [ATTACH]18362[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Another French contender, the Amiot 143. [ATTACH=full]1729[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1730[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1731[/ATTACH] Cheers, Willie. [ATTACH]18382[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siznaudin Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 A couple of photos of the Aeronca C-3.Cheers, Willie. The C-3 ... one of my treasured wish-objects: extravagantly, it has twice as many cylinders as our veteran car, yet has retained a certain degree of aural sophistication... Please note - the second clip is labelled as a "high speed" pass ... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 it has twice as many cylinders as our veteran car, yet has retained a certain degree of aural sophistication... Sounds a bit like a TE-20 Massey Ferguson. This Chinese home built looks a bit like a smaller version of the Flying Bathtub if you stretch the imagination a little. Cheers, Willie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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