Aircraft on ski's

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A4K said:
Good stuff guys! I like the Ju 52 inthat configuration.

Dio, was that Harverd an RCAF machine?
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heres the info on the Harvard its an RCAF bird
1321
North American

Harvard
Mk. I



NA-61
61-1503





Delivered to RCAF Station Sea Island, BC on 20 July 1939 by North American pilot Paul Balfour. Used by Test and Development flight at RCAF Station Rockcliffe to test ski installation, and extended exhaust and improved winter heater. To Noorduyn for ski installation in December 1940, with 621:00 airframe time. Trials at Rockcliffe from 28 February to 18 March 1941. Used at RCAF Station Trenton and at Camp Borden. Classified as Instructional Airframe A 167 on 23 October 1942.
 

 
great pics , the finns put all there aircraft on skis ,. wonder if you could put a jet on ski"s any body got any pics of them
 
Waow, what a cool thread !
I wanna be a part of it ... hum, last post may 2008, let's boost a little the collection.
From "Batailles Aériennes n°32" - Lela Presse - La Guerre d'hiver (Winter war)
Easy I know, much more aircrafts with skis than without, but the choice wasn't easy.












Hope you like them.
I was really disapointed not to find a Morane or Morko-Morane with skis inside this book because tests have been done during this period, if somebody could find a picture ...
 
Another set 100% russian.
Pics are from "Le I-16 Polykarpov" - Collection Profils Avions n°4 - Lela Presse - 300 pages - Authors : international collective.
The first one is the second prototype of the TsKB-12 named TsKB-12bis, this one is engined with a US Curtiss Cyclone R-1820-F2 instead of the M-22 Gnome et Rhone Jupiter. The propeler is a 2 blades Hamilton Standard (the third prototype will recieve a 3 blades one).


The second is a nice I-16 type 9 (n°9211) optimised for ground attack and developed by Borokov.


The third is the I-16 type 17 equiped with 20mm canons and skis during winter tests 1939.


The last (but not least) is the prototype of the I-180Ye-3 during winter tests 1940.


All Polykarpov series of prototypes recieved skis as any russian aircraft.
 
To close this serie I 've found some detailed or close views skis photos.
This could help some modeler or simply give information to viewers.
The I-16 type 4 n°123906 on trestles to test skis retractable system.


A close view of a I-16 type 17 belly showing the R-32 skis when up, the drag was minimum.


To finish, this I-16 type 10 unlucky landing allows us to see the under side of the skis.


Hem, I really worry about the size of my pics, must I resize them according to page size before hosting or does it fit ok with the automatic resize ?
Tell me please.
Hope everybody had a cool week-end.
 
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