the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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- Dec 20, 2003
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Aircraft Identification Thread I
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cheddar cheese
Major General
Yup, otherwise how would I know the rudder rotated when you retracted the gear? 
kiwimac
Staff Sergeant
Oh, is it my turn? I lost track.
I'll post something soonish
Kiwimac
I'll post something soonish
Kiwimac
cheddar cheese
Major General
Soonish? Not good enough, I want it now!
kiwimac
Staff Sergeant
patience, my boy, patience.Kiwimac
cheddar cheese
Major General
Patience is something I havent got! 
kiwimac
Staff Sergeant
Try these (NOTE: these are NOT WW2 aircraft)
Kiwimac
Kiwimac
GermansRGeniuses
Tech Sergeant
Top one's a modified An-2, and the bottom one is probably an American version (copy) of a Soviet Eraknoplane (Sp.?)...
GermansRGeniuses
Tech Sergeant
Hmm, while searching for the designation of the An-2, I turned up this ugly bird...
Antonov An-3T Prototype
"A new life ahead? While many An-2 slowly decay due to the massive reduction of demand in the utility market, turbine converted An-3T 9801 promotes a reactivation and modernisation of the An-2 design (Moscow Zhukovsky, August 17, 1999)."
Antonov An-3T Prototype
"A new life ahead? While many An-2 slowly decay due to the massive reduction of demand in the utility market, turbine converted An-3T 9801 promotes a reactivation and modernisation of the An-2 design (Moscow Zhukovsky, August 17, 1999)."
kiwimac
Staff Sergeant
I rather like the AN-2. Boy for a dated design it has been used in so many differing roles, its almost a match for the JU88!
Kiwimac
Kiwimac
GermansRGeniuses
Tech Sergeant
Yeah, it's a nice plane, but I think the appearance to be rather, ahem, dated...
evangilder
"Shooter"
The AN-2 isn't fast, but it is big and it has amazing STOL capability. I watched one take off in a REAL short distance from Camarillo. Not as good as the Fiesler Storch, but the AN-2 can carry a whole lot more!
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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some interesting designs there
cheddar cheese
Major General
What do you mean, they all look pretty conventional.
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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Nonskimmer
Captain
cheddar cheese
Major General
Yeah, its basically an American equivalent of Soviet Eraknoplanes, as GrG said, so thats things like the Caspian Sea Monster. Those planes have been around a while, I dont consider them unconventional...
Nonskimmer
Captain
I've seen the "Caspian Sea Monster", and I agree that it's fairly conventional. Very big for a sea plane, though!
cheddar cheese
Major General
They just glide along the surface of the sea at high speed...I love em!
kiwimac
Staff Sergeant
Actually they are not sea planes. They are WIG planes, they use ground effect to stay in the air and their ceiling is imited by the wing-size.
Though they can land on the water they are actually more like an extension of the hovercraft.
Kiwimac
Though they can land on the water they are actually more like an extension of the hovercraft.
Kiwimac
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