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wingnuts · Oct 7, 2008

Airframes said:
Agree with you, Wingnuts. The Beverley was a beast of an aircraft; I remember the first time I went inside one, it was like walking inside a cathedral! Shame is, the last remaining (complete) one, at Hendon, was scrapped because of lack of room!
Of course, by todays standards, comparing against, say a Galaxy, the Beverley seems small, but what an idea, a double-decker para-dropping aircraft!

Airframes, The is still a Beverley in existence, it is at Fort Paull near Hull Yorkshire, east of Hull on the bank of the river Humber. It was formerly at the Museum of Army Transport in the town of Beverley it was dismantled and moved when the museum closed.

Fort Paull : Exhibits

Airframes · Oct 7, 2008

Thanks, wingnuts! It's some time since I'd heard about the Hull one, and at the time, it's future looked in doubt, with talk of it being scrapped. Glad to hear it's still there!
Terry.

tpikdave · Oct 8, 2008

The DHC 4 Caribou was used a lot in Vietnam. I remember a ride or two that were so thrilling I almost forgot where I was and that there were bad guys around.

Admiral Beez · Jul 8, 2020

Hawker Henley with Kestrel engine.

Ruud · Jul 9, 2020

cool! A thread all about FAA aircraft?

Orzel · Sep 13, 2020

net_sailor said:
I think the ugliest aircraft in the Polish service is LWS-4 Żubr (PZL.30):
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It is called the bison for a reason.Both are ugly.

SaparotRob · Sep 13, 2020

Orzel said:
It is called the bison for a reason.Both are ugly.

I think it has a certain goofy cuteness.

Admiral Beez · Nov 28, 2020

Focke-Wulf Fw 189C

SaparotRob · Nov 28, 2020

Admiral Beez said:
Focke-Wulf Fw 189C

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That's why mommy P-38s shouldn't drink and smoke when pregnant.

Admiral Beez · Nov 28, 2020

SaparotRob said:
That's why mommy P-38s shouldn't drink and smoke when pregnant.

It's an odd thing that a military so focused on rapid mechanized offensives didn't develop their own IL-2 Sturmovik, with good performance, significant armour and heavy internal weaponry. Instead they relied too long on the slow, unprotected and lightly armed Stuka.

Make the Henschel Hs 129 larger to better fit the pilot, fit twin BMW radials for speed and lifting power, and right there you have a German warthog.

SaparotRob · Nov 29, 2020

I like the Hs129 better as the German groundhog.

GrauGeist · Nov 29, 2020

Admiral Beez said:
It's an odd thing that a military so focused on rapid mechanized offensives didn't develop their own IL-2 Sturmovik, with good performance, significant armour and heavy internal weaponry. Instead they relied too long on the slow, unprotected and lightly armed Stuka.

Make the Henschel Hs 129 larger to better fit the pilot, fit twin BMW radials for speed and lifting power, and right there you have a German warthog.

You do realize that you're describing the Ju88P, right?

SaparotRob · Nov 29, 2020

Heck, I thought the Stuka and the Sturmovik were pretty much the same.

Admiral Beez · Nov 29, 2020

GrauGeist said:
You do realize that you're describing the Ju88P, right?

No. Or I would have.

GrauGeist · Nov 29, 2020

Admiral Beez said:
No. Or I would have.

Well, the Ju88P was armored and had a variety of cannon options - how is this different than the vision of a modified Hs129?

Admiral Beez · Nov 29, 2020

GrauGeist said:
Well, the Ju88P was armored and had a variety of cannon options - how is this different than the vision of a modified Hs129?

There is the notion that I was not aware of the Ju88P.

GrauGeist · Nov 29, 2020

It incorporated the solid nose of the C type, removal of the gondola and carried comparable "artillery" as the Hs129.
Made in limited numbers, though.

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