Viking1066
Brigadier General
Australia INHG
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Viking1066
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Corsair Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Division XF4U-1 Corsair prototype May 1940 REDD
Warspite63
Staff Sergeant
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...they're coming off a 3-day weekend, I'm thinking...
Zippythehog
Staff Sergeant
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- Jan 7, 2017
They're coming off unending service since built.
Zippythehog
Staff Sergeant
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These fuselages look like Henkel Volksjäger 162s.
Really ?
Viking1066
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Douglas B-23A Dragon "39-0036" 13BG FLIK
Viking1066
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Curtiss SOC-4 Seagull AIRH
Zippythehog
Staff Sergeant
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Me 262 had a sliding canopy and a long nose. The pic aircraft have a pivot canopy and short nose.
The center top of the fuselage on the 162 was built to receive wings. In the pic, those are flat.
The one one the back row has landing gear attached to the fuselage. The 262 had wide gear that swung from the bottom of the wing.
cammerjeff
Tech Sergeant
Yes they do Zippy, but the picture states it is a He162 underground production line. So yes not Me262's. But I do the same thing all the time, but usually someone posts a comment about what I think I see before I get around to posting my reactions. No worries.
Greg Boeser
1st Lieutenant
That would make sense, as they are being built in the Heinkel factory.
Great picture here's some more gen: Late-war fighter production - the He 162 underground factory at Hinterbrühl
I completely agree: short nose, canopy rear hinge, smooth fuselage sides, landing gear - everything identifies a series of Heinkel He-162s. But that's precisely what the photo caption says !
Even if this caption ALSO mentions Me-262s... built in a concrete factory, while here we're clearly in a cave.
Zippythehog
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Maybe so, but I still think they look like 162s…
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Yes, they are Heinkel He-162. But that's exactly what everybody says. I didn't catch where did the misunderstanding come from
. IMHO AFAIK Me-262 never had a sliding canopy, as stated in your post # 26969.
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syscom3
Pacific Historian
Gloster Sea Gladiator Mark I, N5520, on the ground at an airfield in Malta, probably while being
flown by No. 261 Squadron RAF at Ta Kali. The aircraft has been refitted with a Bristol Mercury
engine and three-bladed Hamilton propeller salvaged from a Bristol Blenheim. N5520 is the only
surviving Gladiator of the Malta-based Fighter Flight, and was presented to the people of Malta as
"Faith" in 1943.
flown by No. 261 Squadron RAF at Ta Kali. The aircraft has been refitted with a Bristol Mercury
engine and three-bladed Hamilton propeller salvaged from a Bristol Blenheim. N5520 is the only
surviving Gladiator of the Malta-based Fighter Flight, and was presented to the people of Malta as
"Faith" in 1943.
N4521U
Plastic Pirate
I wonder if this is Mike Bougue's old B-23. His languished in N. California after he passed away. His had the red and white rudder
stripes, was used in the movie Tucker. Got a ride in that baby. Hap Arnold's staff A/C WWII, if it is. Don't remember the glass nose tho.
Viking1066
Brigadier General
Boeing RB-29A Superfortress '293967' (42-93967) later designated RB-29A 2013 FLIK
Viking1066
Brigadier General
Boeing-built DH-4Ms delivered to the US Marine Corps as O2B-1s in 1925 THOF
