By: wysiwyg - 12th June 2004 at 00:30
Then how does it roll? The rudder looks big enough to compensate!
Answered 3 posts above your question!
By: Distiller - 11th June 2004 at 21:10
Marquis are pretty sharp. Able to climb quite spectecular.
By: Jeanske_SN - 11th June 2004 at 21:04
They have killed a lot of pilots due to unconventional handling (no ailerons). I believe that if you bought one new you got a conversion course thrown in over in Japan in an attempt to improve the safety record. Supposed to be lovely to fly…if you survived the experience!
Then how does it roll? The rudder looks big enough to compensate!
By: RIPConcorde - 11th June 2004 at 20:43
The caption with this photo has more info:
By: TTP - 10th June 2004 at 14:07
There is an outfit that flies checks here in Philadelphia (USA) that operates a fleet of MU-2’s, I see them every night on the way to work, one is dark blue with the bright red Sun, like the old WWII aircraft..
TTP
By: wysiwyg - 10th June 2004 at 11:56
Roll spoilers only, no ailerons. At high angles of attack if you try to pick up the wing with roll control the upper wing’s roll spoiler can stall that wing leading to a spin in an unexpected direction!
By: BigredMD-11 - 10th June 2004 at 09:12
No Ailerons? How in the name of hell does it make turns??
By: Arm Waver - 10th June 2004 at 08:36
A belgian one flew into PFA at Wroughton in the early 90’s… Well more like it was flown onto! It was litterally a straight in approach on the hill… Very impressive.
By: Ja Worsley - 10th June 2004 at 06:31
We have several registered down here, they are wonderful planes but very tempermental and don’t suffer fools gladly!
I have seen a Dark Sea blue one down here that had a red circle on it (similar to JMSDF) but this was a civilian one.
By: wysiwyg - 9th June 2004 at 23:13
They have killed a lot of pilots due to unconventional handling (no ailerons). I believe that if you bought one new you got a conversion course thrown in over in Japan in an attempt to improve the safety record. Supposed to be lovely to fly…if you survived the experience!
By: A330Crazy - 9th June 2004 at 22:05
There was one in at Southend on the first day of the airshow. All white it was. Departed about an hour before the show got under way.
Nice shot Joe. 🙂
By: robbelc - 9th June 2004 at 20:23
I love MU2’s(or Mueys in spotters talk!).Not many of them about now, most are indeed registered in Scandaniva plus I think there are a few Dutch and German ones?
By: Silver Snapper - 9th June 2004 at 20:22
It’s naked! 😉
I would have thought that at your age…very healthy observation. 😀 😀 😀
By: Silver Snapper - 9th June 2004 at 20:20
No, I mean that the one seen at Newcastle was Scandinavian registered, it don’t mean it was the one at EDI.
Ooops! Apologies…. 🙁
By: Arabella-Cox - 9th June 2004 at 20:18
No, I mean that the one seen at Newcastle was Scandinavian registered, it don’t mean it was the one at EDI.
By: RIPConcorde - 9th June 2004 at 20:18
It’s naked! 😉
By: Silver Snapper - 9th June 2004 at 20:17
There was a one at Newcastle a few months ago, it was registered in Scandinavia, can’t remember where though?
Thanks Ben…it came in like Tora Tora at EDI today
I wished I had a longer lense to catch it ‘banking’…
classic downwind approach but it looked like the pilot was in a hurry to get it on the ground. 😮
By: BigredMD-11 - 9th June 2004 at 20:16
If it was registered in Scandinavia, it has a US tail number.
By: Arabella-Cox - 9th June 2004 at 20:14
There was a one at Newcastle a few months ago, it was registered in Scandinavia, can’t remember where though?
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