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I hadn't seen this De Havilland DH 83 Fox Moth before, it's pretty and unique.
The pilot carried four passengers for 375 miles max at about 100 mph.
Only about 150 were built but still profitable because the engine, wings, rudder, and most of the parts except the frame were interchangeable with the Tiger Moth which were being bought in droves during the 1930s by militaries for training new pilots.
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That is a good looking plane.
Except for some tandems, no other pilot-in-the-rear configuration comes to mind.
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The lady in her bath? Actually getting deiced I think.
The pesky scamp sticks out his tongue at danger...
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That had to be pretty awesome.
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Flying to Spain on a 747, the first class section had stairs to a lounge in that top bump behind the cockpit.
I was surprised how noisy it was up there, wind noise as near as I could tell.
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The first non-stop NY to CA flight in a Fokker.
No Ma'am, these Fokkers were Messerschmitts. boom-tish
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The big one, WWII, air combat at 45,000 feet. 45,000 feet!? 45,000 feet!!
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Boeing 377 drink mixer and meat mincer...
Son of C97 and grandson of B-29
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Those seem to be different planes. Am I missing the point?
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Diaphone Jim wrote:
Those seem to be different planes. Am I missing the point?
It's the same plane, wings swept back at 1400 mph.
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xoxoxoBruce wrote:
Diaphone Jim wrote:
Those seem to be different planes. Am I missing the point?
It's the same plane, wings swept back at 1400 mph.
I got the wings thing, but the tail, nose, engines and top surface also appear to be different.
Maybe same plane but different models?
xoxoxoBruce wrote:
Diaphone Jim wrote:
Those seem to be different planes. Am I missing the point?
It's the same plane, wings swept back at 1400 mph.
Unless it's before and after a paint job, and/or metal finishing, that's two different planes. Same model, different planes.
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Correct, I should have said same model different paint.
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Well, I am glad you posted it. I don't recall ever seeing that plane before. Reminds me of the B-1. So did we steal the B-1 idea from them or did they steal it from us?
/Spy vs Spy
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It has Pinocchio's nose.
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glatt wrote:
Well, I am glad you posted it. I don't recall ever seeing that plane before. Reminds me of the B-1. So did we steal the B-1 idea from them or did they steal it from us?
/Spy vs Spy
reminds me of the F-111.
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Now these ain't them German Fokkers, these be American Folkerts...
The SK-1 is 1930.
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Wow, these are cool. Pre-war aircraft are freaking fascinating.