The Cellar / Aircraft.

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 11/03/2020 1:26 pm

Tsk Tsk Wasting fuel, polluting the air, probably not doing the grass much good either.

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 11/06/2020 6:36 am

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.

**Posted by Diaphone Jim** 11/06/2020 12:05 pm

That is a good looking plane.
Except for some tandems, no other pilot-in-the-rear configuration comes to mind.

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 11/13/2020 5:30 pm

The lady in her bath? Actually getting deiced I think.

The pesky scamp sticks out his tongue at danger...

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 11/21/2020 11:21 pm

The smallest Jet fighter, retired by the RAF in 1955.

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 12/12/2020 7:07 pm

It's amazing how many uses they found for this beast, other than schlepping 500 people around...

**Posted by Diaphone Jim** 12/13/2020 1:00 pm

Seeing one of these low over my house was the only highpoint of three years of local fires.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/747_Supertanker

**Posted by griff** 12/13/2020 2:15 pm

That had to be pretty awesome.

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 12/13/2020 8:57 pm

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.

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 12/15/2020 2:36 am

The first non-stop NY to CA flight in a Fokker.

No Ma'am, these Fokkers were Messerschmitts. boom-tish

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 12/15/2020 1:32 pm

The big one, WWII, air combat at 45,000 feet. 45,000 feet!? 45,000 feet!!

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 12/19/2020 4:34 pm

Boeing 377 drink mixer and meat mincer...
Son of C97 and grandson of B-29

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**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 12/25/2020 2:53 am

Ruski bomber, fast Ruski bomber...

**Posted by Diaphone Jim** 12/25/2020 4:46 pm

Those seem to be different planes. Am I missing the point?

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 12/26/2020 1:13 pm

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.

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 12/28/2020 3:15 am

Early Dart...

**Posted by Diaphone Jim** 12/28/2020 1:16 pm

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?

**Posted by Gravdigr** 12/28/2020 11:33 pm

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.

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 12/31/2020 2:15 am

Correct, I should have said same model different paint.

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**Posted by glatt** 12/31/2020 6:49 am

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

**Posted by Diaphone Jim** 12/31/2020 12:29 pm

It has Pinocchio's nose.

**Posted by BigV** 12/31/2020 12:57 pm

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.

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 1/17/2021 10:53 am

Our people were happy to get this...

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 1/19/2021 5:05 am

Now these ain't them German Fokkers, these be American Folkerts...
The SK-1 is 1930.

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**Posted by griff** 1/19/2021 7:14 am

Wow, these are cool. Pre-war aircraft are freaking fascinating.