Strange Airplanes from WWII

[Milosh]

Wasn't there a swept-wing turbo-prop canard, pusher civvy aircraft introduced in the 80s similar to this planform as well?

A little Googling reminds me -- the Beech Starship, sold in the tens of aircraft.

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It apparently couldn't compete with Learjets et al.

VERY, VERY loud.

 

[nuuumannn]

Musee de l'Air 116

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

View attachment 633267Musee de l'Air 116

That's no plane, that's a heliocopter or some such!

 

[tyrodtom]

That's no plane, that's a heliocopter or some such!

That's a gyro copter, no engine, meant to be towed by a U-boat.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

That's a gyro copter, no engine, meant to be towed by a U-boat.

I know. I was joking, hence the deliberate misspelling and vernacular.

 

[nuuumannn]

Hans, high up in his Bachstelze spots a destroyer aggressively bearing down on the U boat, knowing full well that if the sub has to crash dive, he's in for a swim until the danger passes, says with a straight face... "Nein, not a schnitzel to be seen, Herr Kommandant..."

 

[J_P_C]

Wasn't there a swept-wing turbo-prop canard, pusher civvy aircraft introduced in the 80s similar to this planform as well?

A little Googling reminds me -- the Beech Starship, sold in the tens of aircraft.

View attachment 633249

It apparently couldn't compete with Learjets et al.

withdrawn from service due critical design flaw - corrosion in main fuselage longerons buried in composite structure - impossible to repair and very difficult for inspection. But anyway, in my opinion, Starship was one of the best looking airplanes in it's class ever build.

 

[SaparotRob]

withdrawn from service due critical design flaw - corrosion in main fuselage longerons buried in composite structure - impossible to repair and very difficult for inspection. But anyway, in my opinion, Starship was one of the best looking airplanes in it's class ever build.

They sounded cool too.

 

[maxmwill]

 

[maxmwill]

This would have been a wild ride

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

withdrawn from service due critical design flaw - corrosion in main fuselage longerons buried in composite structure - impossible to repair and very difficult for inspection. But anyway, in my opinion, Starship was one of the best looking airplanes in it's class ever build.

I had no idea it had those problems; thanks for the info! And agreed, it was a very handsome airplane to my eyes as well.

 

[Graeme]

This would have been a wild ride

Another interesting passenger position...

 

[SaparotRob]

The smoking section.

 

[nuuumannn]

Another interesting passenger position...

Michael O'Leary's true vision for Ryanair...

 

[MakerDude]

Has anyone put down the flying flapjack for this list? xf5u

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Leave it to the French:

Arsenal-Delanne 10

 

[swampyankee]

Michael O'Leary's true vision for Ryanair...

Nothing so comfortable. He did try to sell tickets for standees, as on a city bus or a subway train during rush hour.

 

[Reluctant Poster]

To quote wiki
An unusual feature was the fixed undercarriage. Although fixed, the undercarriage was fitted with a retractable fairing. This feature was intended to familiarize student pilots with an undercarriage retraction mechanism but without causing external damage by a forgetful student.

The several times I saw Forts being restored were in the late 60s at a farm in Saskatchewan Canada. I was impressed by the size (small) and workmanship but did not pay any attention to the cockpit.

It would be interesting to find if any manuals or pilot notes survived. None are listed in Worldcat.

Where was that exactly?

 

[MiTasol]

The fairing - do not know as the wings were off and stacked against the wall. The control - do not know as did not pay attention to the cockpit.

 

[Admiral Beez]

It was half scale and a proof of concept demo; so it's bound to look odd, but still the Boulton Paul P.92 was a strange one.