Planes
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Planes:
@Victor-Meldrew I'm sorry but that's not gonna fly.
As someone once said to Wilbur Wright
This guy arguably did it first. But in true kiwi style didn't make a deal out of it so he is a footnote instead of the main man
Well I didn't know this about him:
"Late in life he became bitter and paranoid and was admitted to a mental hospital in 1951, where he remained until his death."Nor that his nickname was "bamboo Dick", which is a bit unfortunate these days.
That's the thing about nicknames, they can stick forever. Reminds of 9 year old CF Jnr wanting to change his fortnite handle to 'one pump' because of his lethal ability with a shotgun. I advised him not to because (none of the chicks want a guy named one pump) just because
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Planes:
Such a beautiful plane. Even now
Sounds great too with that Merlin engine.
The Fokker Tri-PLane is probably my favourite plane of all time. Just something about it.
The guy most famous for flying it was pretty good too.
It had an unfortunate habit of the wings falling off though.
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It had an unfortunate habit of the wings falling off though.
Or landing upside down.
https://www.dissmercury.co.uk/news/misunderstanding-led-to-old-buckenham-triplane-crash-1-6267151
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Planes:
Or landing upside down.
Even trickier is the upside down take off that he attempted.
From the headline I was curious as to the "misunderstanding", which wasn't that he didn't realise that the wheels are supposed to be on the bottom. -
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@taniwharugby that's impressive
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It seems some guy in Nelson hoarded a barnful of planes
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After 50 years of flying, Qantas' last remaining Boeing 747 passenger jet departed Australia for the final time on Wednesday and left a special message for everyone in the sky — a drawing of the airline's iconic kangaroo logo. The flight was commanded by Capt. Sharelle Quinn, the airline's first female captain.
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@JC The Mosquito was a stunning aircraft. I recall from my airplane fan-boy days as a child and teen that it was quick, and well armed. What were it's drawbacks?
Anyone tried ranking their favourite WW2 aircraft on here? I've chopped and changed a little over time as I've seen footage, read books etc, but mine would be something like this:
- Typhoon
- Corsair
- Spitfire
- FW190
- Kittyhawk
- Mosquito
- Wildcat
- Beaufighter
- Mustang
- ME262