Guest Decca Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Looks like a Chinese DC-5. Crappy drawing.i_dunno Decca. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hihosland Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 DC 5 it be. What is the connection to Boeing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Decca Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Hi HiHo:- only that Boeing (which has nought to do with my post) bought Douglas out a few years ago. DC stands for Douglas Commercial, as in DC-3 etc. And your picture has a profile not unlike a DC-5. Regards, Decca. EDIT: Haha, didn't notice I was right, thanks. Decca. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hihosland Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 there is a direct connection with Boeing and the DC5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Hey friends, the DC-5 (only two built, one crashed,the other sold to either the japs or chinese) had FOUR engines and a triple tail like the Connie. They were trying to compete with the triple tailed Connie fashion. I have WW2 mail envelopes that have DC-5s on the stamps, so they must have thought they had a bigger future. Don't know what the twin engined job is but it looks like it could be Chinese ?...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hihosland Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 A dozen were built. Some were operated by KLM and they did have 2 engines and there is a boeing connection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drizzt1978 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Ok its a dc 5 Might help if the picture isnt a link to answer !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hihosland Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 The picture with the link was not posted until after Decca correctly identified it as DC 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 This must be an earlier model, guarantee there was a four engine DC-5 with a triple tail................................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Decca Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Well I'll be b-----. Didn't realise there was a connection to Boeing. As far as I knew the two companies were highly competitive & aggressive in their marketing strategies, but maybe that didn't happen until the jet era. So where is this Link? (I'm a commuter dummy too!) Decca. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hihosland Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 The Boeing connection is that Bill Boeing purchased a DC 5 as his personal transport. I think that would have been after he sold out of the Boeing Aircraft company. Interesting to know what the tripple tailed DC 5 that the Maj has knowledge of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hihosland Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 A DC 5 article has been posted in Articles this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Article. Very worth a look too. Well done. The americans took to stressed skins (metal) almost universally. In the early 30's. Douglas had a fine reputation for airframe build quality. I have seen a DC-4 with over 70,000 hours pulled for full inspection and no cracks were evident in the airframe itself. Something unheard of in airframes today. The trouble with a highwing is the intrusion of the centre section spar in the ceiling of the fuselage, and the necessarily long undercarriage, which is hard to make strong and has a lot of drag when extended, causing loss of performance if you lose an engine on take-off. The Fokker F-27 which is mentioned in the article, used air (pneumatic) pressure to raise the gear, enabling it to retract more quickly and achieve a better initial climb performance.. Nev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hihosland Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Thanks. Still haven't figured out the Maj's tripple tailed beast might be however. dh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 My guess is that it was the DC-4E (E for experimental) DC-4 prototype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hihosland Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 That would have to be it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Decca Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Thanks Hihosland. Very interesting. Can you give us another easy one? Decca. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 What about this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hihosland Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 one for Decca Is this the one that you asked for Decca? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Decca Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Noah's Ark I think. It never flew, but managed to crash on a mountain. Damn I've seen a photo of this somewhere. The radial type engine nacelles look odd with something like gypsy majors in them. Facthunter might know. How about a clue; Bristol perhaps? Decca:cool:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 No Idea. Never seen anything like it. Its most likely wooden and the engines might be Pobjoy Cataracts. The props are wooden. The reason that I think the engines are as I suggest is the above centre siting of the prop drive. This is by a lay gear instead of the more common (and satisfactory) sun and planetary set-up. Nev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 Yes that DC-4E must have been the one I was thinking of. Thanks.................... Next one looks like a DC-10 in Continental colors ? Christ, only the poms could design something that ugly, or maybe the french ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisso Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 Northwest Airlines DC10/MD11. I think Northwest and Delta have now merged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 Yep... DC-10-30:thumb_up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hihosland Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 another clue This is not the same aircraft as posted before although both were built in response to the design spec created by the men from the ministry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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