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[WARSPITER]

three words only ? Sorry, we're closed ?

 

[Viking1066]

Curtiss R-6 racer, 1922 Pulitzer Trophy winner the net

 

[Viking1066]

Bellanca Model 28-92 after being acquired by Frank Fuller and International Aircraft Trading Co. as NX-2433 the net

 

[Viking1066]

A restored de Havilland Queen Bee LF858 in England, the only flying example the net

 

[Viking1066]

A Royal Air Force corporal demonstrates the controls of a de Havilland DH-82B Queen Bee, while an officer pilot looks on the net

 

[Viking1066]

Army Air Corp plane over Bowman Field without terminal and paved runways 1927 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Boeing Model 295 (XB-15) the net

 

[Greg Boeser]

Army Air Corp plane over Bowman Field without terminal and paved runways 1927 the net
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Back when airfields were still fields.

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff!

 

[Count de Bastrop]

Army Air Corp plane over Bowman Field without terminal and paved runways 1927 the net
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Consolidated PT-1 Trusty

 

[Viking1066]

Curtiss Conqueror powered D.XVII prototype 1931 the net

 

[Viking1066]

NVI or Koolhoven F.K.35 at the Paris Aero Show 1926 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Fokker G.1 the net

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Fokker G.1 the net
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A ver y interesting aircraft

 

[Lucky13]

Polikarpov I-3....

 

[Lucky13]

Polikarpov I-5 early....

 

[Lucky13]

Still have a huge soft spot for the PZL P.1/I and /II....

 

[skyking1]

my photos of a T-28 that had a bad moment at my home airport. The pilot touched down and promptly developed a nasty nose wheel shimmy.
The T-28 has a pronounced negative angle of incidence on the gear and they can get the shimmy, fail the gear, flip over and give the trapped crew a roasting.
The pilot chose to retract the gear.

The front end and gear reduction snapped off and departed, and the aircraft started a small fire in the grass along the runway.

Looks like it went left as it went. There was a little burn through in the lower cowl but not a full on conflagration.

The left wing took a beating and it would be better to start with a donor wing IMO.

I found the report:
Accident North American T-28B Trojan N392W, Thursday 12 August 2021

 

[MiTasol]

From the look of that crank shaft extension he was not far from an engine problem that could have been far more serious if he was flying over an area lacking a good landing spot.

 

[Viking1066]

Fokker G.1 Mercury 1939-1940 the net