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[GrauGeist]

From the same era:
Lockheed YP-24/P-30
BFW M.35
Moran-Saulnier MS.325
Breda MM-250/BA.64

 

[SaparotRob]

From the same era:
Lockheed YP-24/P-30
BFW M.35
Moran-Saulnier MS.325
Breda MM-250/BA.64

Thanks for this post. I don't remember how long ago I saw a picture of the Lockheed YP-24. I liked its looks.
The MS.325 doesn't disappoint. That sucker is UGLY.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Thanks for this post. I don't remember how long ago I saw a picture of the Lockheed YP-24. I liked its looks.
The MS.325 doesn't disappoint. That sucker is UGLY.

Blackburn Sidecar is worse.

 

[GrauGeist]

The P-30 (which was actually manufactured by Consolidated) was fit with a turbo-supercharged V-1570 - impressive for early 30's standards.

 

[SaparotRob]

Blackburn Sidecar is worse.

I want one!

 

[SaparotRob]

It's like Blackburn had a mission goal to single handedly take on L'Ecole De Francais Aeronautique Jolie in aesthetics.

 

[Snautzer01]

And it did. Although there was no judging. The were puking like Brits after a Saturday night in a cab.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

If I had a dog that looked like that, I'd shave its ass and teach it to walk backward ... in boots.

 

[GrumpyOldCrewChief]

If the time scale posted is to be believed, the Sidecar noticeably pre-dated the Dewoitine by a far margin. Lots was learned about aeronautical ugliness - and how to avoid it - in those intervening years...
My point, I suppose, is that the Sidecar might be forgiven for its lack of pulchritude.
The Dewoitine did not have that excuse.

 

[special ed]

So.... It's a tradition with Blackburn.

 

[XBe02Drvr]

Hard to believe this is an ancestor of the Buccaneer! Must have been some infusion into the gene pool along the way. A Sophia Loren in the woodpile?

 

[MiTasol]

Looks better than Mitchell's first attempt.

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That exhaust appears to go forward, then down into a single pipe, providing thrust that goes straight into the carb intake.

I would have to call that stupidcharging.

 

[MiTasol]

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

At least Hirokoshi knew about metal props, even if only ground adjustable.