bexrbetter Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Yup, awesome HITC and of course sorry for your loss but certainly dark and deadly times and thanks to him for all the freedoms we all enjoy today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Llewellyn Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 [quote="Head in the clouds, post: 429319, [ATTACH]29163[/ATTACH][ATTACH]29164[/ATTACH] Great bit of history, I believe the Typhoons had a very significant role in their few years of service. The four 20mm cannon gave a bit more firepower than a P-51 I thought? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Great bit of history, I believe the Typhoons had a very significant role in their few years of service. The four 20mm cannon gave a bit more firepower than a P-51 I thought? Hi Bob, yes, you're right but I didn't want to irk the Pony fans ... It's a bit ironic discovering this stuff at this stage because I'd always had a fascination for the Typhoon and never known the close family link. The part of the story that I misunderstood was that I'd thought Uncle John was transferred from Hurricanes to bombers and that would most likely have been Lancasters because of the Sqn I thought he'd gone to. It was my father's brother that recently explained it was fighter-bombers, not bombers ... During some of this research I did read a paper by an armourer who described the firepower of the Typhoon when it was fully loaded. It had options, racks that were supposed to be interchangeable for bombs and missiles as well as the 4x 20mm cannon. Most squadrons tended to use either the bombs or the missiles as it turned out but some worked out a way to attach double racks of missiles making 16 in all which resulted in a 39kt speed loss (from 400kts!) so they often only loaded the inner ones double, thereby carrying 12. Whichever munitions they loaded their total firepower was a little more than a full broadside from a Destroyer apparently. I don't know what size guns a Destroyer of the time mounted but it gives an idea that you wouldn't want to be on the wrong end of it. One of 193's major successes in ground attack at the time was to collapse and seal both ends of a mountain tunnel while a German munitions train was transiting it ... The Typhoons were the Mk 1b and when Hawker developed the successor, Mk 2, it was so far evolved that they gave it a new name, the Tempest. Such is the rate of developments during wartime. Perhaps we need another thread for these kinds of story, this is a bit of a hijack but I'd love to hear of others' family or friends' aviation histories. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Llewellyn Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Hi Bob, yes, you're right but I didn't want to irk the Pony fans ...It's a bit ironic discovering this stuff at this stage because I'd always had a fascination for the Typhoon and never known the close family link. The part of the story that I misunderstood was that I'd thought Uncle John was transferred from Hurricanes to bombers and that would most likely have been Lancasters because of the Sqn I thought he'd gone to. It was my father's brother that recently explained it was fighter-bombers, not bombers ... During some of this research I did read a paper by an armourer who described the firepower of the Typhoon when it was fully loaded. It had options, racks that were supposed to be interchangeable for bombs and missiles as well as the 4x 20mm cannon. Most squadrons tended to use either the bombs or the missiles as it turned out but some worked out a way to attach double racks of missiles making 16 in all which resulted in a 39kt speed loss (from 400kts!) so they often only loaded the inner ones double, thereby carrying 12. Whichever munitions they loaded their total firepower was a little more than a full broadside from a Destroyer apparently. I don't know what size guns a Destroyer of the time mounted but it gives an idea that you wouldn't want to be on the wrong end of it. One of 193's major successes in ground attack at the time was to collapse and seal both ends of a mountain tunnel while a German munitions train was transiting it ... The Typhoons were the Mk 1b and when Hawker developed the successor, Mk 2, it was so far evolved that they gave it a new name, the Tempest. Such is the rate of developments during wartime. Perhaps we need another thread for these kinds of story, this is a bit of a hijack but I'd love to hear of others' family or friends' aviation histories. i believe the Tiffy was also the first ground-attack aircraft to be used as tactical artillery; they flew a stacked orbit in the invasion (counter-invasion) of europe, and were directed onto specific german tanks... to the discomfort of the tank crews... not sure where, I don't have those histories to hand! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Another hint re post 515: American, aerial photography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Llewellyn Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Hint: Purpose built to provide a stable platform. Clearly not a LeDuc... it's a twin-boom pusher from memory, built between the wars, I think they made 4, only one found work, can't recall the name. More streamlined than a Waitomo Airtruk, but not much more attractive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Another hint re post 515:American, aerial photography. Abrams P-2M Observer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 You're right, Marty. Here's the story of this aircraft: http://simanaitissays.com/2014/02/04/abrams-p-1-explorer/ . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Surely someone knows this one: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgmwa Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 I think it's a rare example of an `At-Tempt' rgmwa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Clue: The designer/builder was killed in a test flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 The plane is the Bonney Gull. http://www.aviastar.org/air/usa/bonney_gull.php Video of the fatal test flight: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 That sort of thing is always sad. Realise the dream, but it's a nightmare. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Next one: Compare the wingspan with the size of the truck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I can't put a name to it but it looks like something out of the Bristol Aircraft factory, perhaps the forerunner to the "Bombay"? Huge wings, looks like it has flying wire bracing ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Think 'rigid'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Thanks for the clue. Beardmore Inflexible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Perhaps an easy model to pick. So where is it and what does it represent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgmwa Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 SPAD S VII, but I don't know the context. rgmwa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 SPAD S VII, but I don't know the context.rgmwa Spot on! It is at the airport in Phoenix Arizona to honour a local pilot hero. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planedriver Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I picked it straight away, must be an age thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 OK seeing as how this thread has come back to life, what is this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 bd5j SIMPLES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Damn it Kasper, you just beat me to it: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=575j&Search=Search Did you know you can use the Resources Section of this site for that: http://www.recreationalflying.com/resources/aircraft-register-search.14/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Ok - try this one[GALLERY=media, 3425]Guess the plane by kasper posted Mar 3, 2015 at 2:50 PM[/GALLERY] Hint - Australian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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