What is this?

[Admiral Beez]

 

[pbehn]

I dont know the real name but the Japanese all called it "Silver Slowness".

 

[Snautzer01]

I dont know the real name but the Japanese all called it "Silver Slowness".

Not the p-39 again

 

[pbehn]

Not the p-39 again

That was known as green wobbliness, all over Japan, even when I was there in 1999 Internet FACT.

 

[Wurger]

Dewoitine D.503

the source: Dewoitine D.503 : Dewoitine

 

[pbehn]

Dewotine is French for Silver Slowness.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Snautzer01]

Dewoitine D.503

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the source: Dewoitine D.503 : Dewoitine

These boots are made for walkin'
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you

 

[SaparotRob]

These boots are made for walkin'
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you

Well it doesn't look like it would fly very well.

 

[The Basket]

Well it doesn't look like it would fly very well.

French aviation motto.

 

[pbehn]

French aviation motto.

And design principle.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Well it doesn't look like it would fly very well.

Looks better than Mitchell's first attempt.

 

[The Basket]

Looks better than Mitchell's first attempt.

I think we should give that Mitchell geezer another crack of the whip.

I hear he gots potential.

 

[GrauGeist]

The 224 was a typical design of the early 30's.

Slight gull-wing, open cockpit, spats on the fixed gear were all common for high performance aircraft of the day.

Even the early He112 had an open cockpit.

 

[SaparotRob]

Okay, what was Mitchell's next attempt? What was Dewoitine's next attempt?

 

[Admiral Beez]

I think we should give that Mitchell geezer another crack of the whip. I hear he gots potential.

Émile Dewoitine got to a similar point with the Dewoitine D.500

 

[GrauGeist]

Okay, what was Mitchell's next attempt?

The Type 300

 

[SaparotRob]

The Type 300

My point entirely.

 

[Admiral Beez]

The 224 was a typical design of the early 30's.

I agree. My point was that in comparison to what everyone else was doing at the time, the Dewoitine isn't that bad.

 

[Akuma]

The 224 was a typical design of the early 30's.

Slight gull-wing, open cockpit, spats on the fixed gear were all common for high performance aircraft of the day.

Even the early He112 had an open cockpit.

Interesting when compared with Jiro Horikoshi's first attempt at the A5M.