Aircraft Mock-Ups
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- #182
Never saw that one before. Nice!
fubar57
General
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Might be worth a look my friend.
Yep, Wayne, you might be surprised to learn that the only way the Mossie was accepted for development was that a rear tail turret was to be fitted to it. There are drawings somewhere, but I can't find any right now. AVMs Tedder and Sholto Douglas agreed in November 1939 that it would only be effective if it had a rear facing gun turret for defence. DH did investigate the idea and crunched numbers and on 12 November two prototypes were ordered by Tedder with a four gun turret. It was at a meeting on 22 November that Freeman raised objections to the turret and it was eventually dropped and a production order for an unarmed photo recon aircraft was eventually agreed based on the unarmed proposal, although it still wasn't a bomber yet.
johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
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Oh man! The Airacuda! One of my all time favorites! I will never understand how it got into production, especially in the 1930's!
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Geo,
I looked at some reviews on Amazon and the books seem a little "light". Do you have the Jones books on US Bombers, US Fighters or US Naval Fighters? Those three books are, in a word, AWESOME and can be found on the used book market for peanuts. Trust Jimbo
I looked at some reviews on Amazon and the books seem a little "light". Do you have the Jones books on US Bombers, US Fighters or US Naval Fighters? Those three books are, in a word, AWESOME and can be found on the used book market for peanuts. Trust Jimbo
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Cool! Bell Airacuda! One of my favs. Can't believe she actually got built, especially in the 1930's.
Nice stuff...
johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
LTV XC-142
Aircraft model
The Ling-Temco-Vought XC-142 is a tiltwing experimental aircraft designed to investigate the operational suitability of vertical/short takeoff and landing transports. Wikipedia
Top speed: 400 mph
Range: 820.2 mi
Weight: 22,640 lbs
Cruise speed: 235 mph
Wingspan: 68′ 0″
Engine type: General Electric T64
First flight: September 29, 1964
Aircraft model
The Ling-Temco-Vought XC-142 is a tiltwing experimental aircraft designed to investigate the operational suitability of vertical/short takeoff and landing transports. Wikipedia
Top speed: 400 mph
Range: 820.2 mi
Weight: 22,640 lbs
Cruise speed: 235 mph
Wingspan: 68′ 0″
Engine type: General Electric T64
First flight: September 29, 1964
Attachments
johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
Many years ago I was given a flight and maintenance manual for this aircraft - years later sold them on E Bay - $$$$$$$
johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
Aichi M6a Seiran
Max sp-256kt at 5'200m[295mph at 17'060ft]
Max sp-256kt at 5'200m[295mph at 17'060ft]
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- #195
Great stuff guys. Thanks for posting.
weird and wonderful!
johnbr
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B-58 mo
ck-up
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- #198
Brilliant! A lost art really.
johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
Lockheed XPB-3/XFM-2 (precursor to P-38) or
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Wha? 
