Aircraft Identification V (5 Viewers)
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Graeme you got the closest ansver. It's the Fieseler - Skoda FiSk 199 with a LONG crutch type wheel mounted under the fuselage a couple feet behind the cockpit. The object was to increase ground clearance for a large centrally mountedbomb. No discussion about the design other than "At
least two examples converted to a Fiesler design at the Skoda Works. "
With such a close coupled "tail wheel", I'll bet it was a wild ride
taxiing! Some late model G's and K's had a much simpler solution - a
long tail wheel strut.
The designation is curious. I wonder if it was any connection to the
later Czech Avia C 199
FiSk-199
least two examples converted to a Fiesler design at the Skoda Works. "
With such a close coupled "tail wheel", I'll bet it was a wild ride
taxiing! Some late model G's and K's had a much simpler solution - a
long tail wheel strut.
The designation is curious. I wonder if it was any connection to the
later Czech Avia C 199
FiSk-199
Njaco
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Emilio Lafuente
Airman
Hello,
the german one is a Berlin B 9.
the german one is a Berlin B 9.
Emilio Lafuente
Airman
Hello Graeme,
No way to find the composite aircraft...
The spanish words you asked me are:
Saeta Arrow
Azor Goshawk
Halcón Hawk
Alcotán Hobby (another bird of prey)
Alacrán Scorpion
No way to find the composite aircraft...
The spanish words you asked me are:
Saeta Arrow
Azor Goshawk
Halcón Hawk
Alcotán Hobby (another bird of prey)
Alacrán Scorpion
Hi Emilio. Sorry, it was a poor choice, I didn't realise how little there was on the net concerning the Pemberton Billing P.B.37 Slip Wing...
Parasites
Noel was a little obsessed with the Slip Wing/parasite concept...
Again, thank you. I've seen them time and time again, but never googled.
Njaco
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Correct Emilio, guess that I will go away now. 
Correct Emilio, guess that I will go away now.
Don't quit Chris! Stick around and chuck a few more in.
Another one...
Famous plane crash sixty years ago...
Famous survivor...
Name the plane and the man!
Njaco
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I'll take a stab.....
April 21, 1948
British European Airways Vickers Viking airliner: The Viking 1B variant, which carried 24 passengers, was equipped with two Bristol Hercules 634 14-cylinder radial air-cooled piston engines. The aircraft's maximum speed was about 423km/h (263mph).
Arnold Harry Lloyd
Vickers Viking G-AIVE
April 21, 1948
British European Airways Vickers Viking airliner: The Viking 1B variant, which carried 24 passengers, was equipped with two Bristol Hercules 634 14-cylinder radial air-cooled piston engines. The aircraft's maximum speed was about 423km/h (263mph).
Arnold Harry Lloyd
Vickers Viking G-AIVE
Great info Chris!...but....er... I was hoping to creep back before anyone noticed...and make a quick edit...it should read 50 years ago...sorry, but you're doing great! and think soccer.
Njaco
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It was hard to tell and with the snow and Mr. Lloyd's famous trek, thought I had it.
Will try again.
Ok, found it.
The Munich Air Disaster took place on 6 February 1958, when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at the Munich-Riem airport in Munich, West Germany. On board the plane was the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the Busby Babes, along with a number of supporters and journalists. Twenty-three of the 44 passengers on board the aircraft died in the disaster.
The flight was operated by British European Airways (BEA) as an "Elizabethan" class Airspeed Ambassador charter aircraft G-ALZU Lord Burghley.
Munich Air Disaster - 50 Years on
Will try again.
Ok, found it.
The Munich Air Disaster took place on 6 February 1958, when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at the Munich-Riem airport in Munich, West Germany. On board the plane was the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the Busby Babes, along with a number of supporters and journalists. Twenty-three of the 44 passengers on board the aircraft died in the disaster.
The flight was operated by British European Airways (BEA) as an "Elizabethan" class Airspeed Ambassador charter aircraft G-ALZU Lord Burghley.
Munich Air Disaster - 50 Years on
But you made it through the snow and travelled an extra decade! Good show Chris!
Yep, the Airspeed AS 57 Ambassador and the Munich tragedy of 1958.
Munich air disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The survivor above is Bobby Charlton...
Now Sir Bobby Charlton...
Bobby Charlton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Originally they blamed ice on the wings for the disaster, but eventually concluded that snow "slush" was the main cause. The negative of the Ambassador (G-ALZU) photo below, just before the fatal attempt to take off, revealed no traces of ice on the wing...
The pilot, Captain James Thain, had a hard life post-disaster and was finally exonerated in 1969...
Amazon.co.uk: Munich Air Disaster: Captain Thain's Ordeal: Stanley Williamson: Books
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Njaco
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kool kitty89
Senior Master Sergeant
Njaco
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Kool, that was the one thing I didn't do.......
