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  • February 12, 2009 at 7:43 pm in reply to: The "Wot Plane" Thread. (Game rules in Post #1) #1207871
    Mondariz
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    While its obviously the same aircraft depicted, the aircraft I have posted is not French.

    February 12, 2009 at 5:35 pm in reply to: The "Wot Plane" Thread. (Game rules in Post #1) #1208052
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    And today we have…..this contraption:

    (And its not the flying egg from Mork and Mindy)

    http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x217/MONDARIZDK/mystery016.jpg

    February 12, 2009 at 7:34 am in reply to: Why Dakota? (The origin of aircraft names in general now) #1208953
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    I was just reading through a list of WWII RAF aircraft and seem to have encountered some of the inconsistencies. bear in mind, that this is simply a list and I have not researched it further.

    Beechcraft Model 18 Expeditor
    Martin B-26 Marauder
    Martin PBM Mariner
    North American B-25 Mitchell
    Douglas C-54 Skymaster

    Flying boat named after an animal?

    Grumman G-21 Goose

    Fighters named after animals?

    Bell P-39 Airacobra
    Brewster F2A Buffalo
    Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Tomahawk / Kittyhawk
    North American Aviation P-51 Mustang

    February 12, 2009 at 6:17 am in reply to: Aerobatic/Display Museum #1208974
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    Perhaps you could try to make a virtual museum online, so you can guage the interest (even if its not 100% comparable).

    I would also think, that a museum like that, is best placed where large numbers of people holiday. People on holidays always need something to do and on a rainy day, they would visit any museum.

    Its normally only the die-hard fans, that would travel to a specialised museum, unless there is something nearby to attract them – so they visit while they are in the area anyway.

    February 12, 2009 at 6:03 am in reply to: Why Dakota? (The origin of aircraft names in general now) #1208979
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    But they did use U.S. names if already applied, no?
    Mitchell? Havoc? Fortress? Liberator? Goose? Corsair?
    Wasn’t the C-47 already named Skytrain by the time the UK got their first examples (under Lend Lease)?

    But if that’s correct, why did they change the name from Superfortress to Washington?
    Also the Harvard, Martlet and Gosling had different names than their US counterparts.

    And Hudson isn’t a city or state, rather a Bay in Canada or a river (and part time A320 landing area) in New York.

    Is it possible that rather like the U.S. military the designation system is standardized..just not all the time.:D

    That sounds about right. If there was a standard somebody here would know it by heart and post if.

    Just try asking about the US system 😎

    February 12, 2009 at 5:52 am in reply to: The "Wot Plane" Thread. (Game rules in Post #1) #1208985
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    A quick Google reveals that that the Gerner G.I isn’t completely forgotten.

    Here a model of the Gerner G-1 Adler build Christian Hoffmann.

    http://www.fbest.wz.cz/images/Meetings/Traunreut2004/P5210029.JPG

    February 12, 2009 at 5:41 am in reply to: The "Wot Plane" Thread. (Game rules in Post #1) #1208991
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    Gerner G I.

    I would hardly say, that I guessed it :p

    The engine was the needed clue. Going to read about it now….

    http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x217/MONDARIZDK/gerner.png

    February 10, 2009 at 1:10 pm in reply to: The "Wot Plane" Thread. (Game rules in Post #1) #1211104
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    Told you he was going to regret that stab…..

    February 10, 2009 at 7:01 am in reply to: Seen On Ebay Thread #1211402
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    Almost certainly aircraft. The cable shoe for the static wire is clearly seen on the top picture.

    On the picture it looks like the lip of the cover is on the outside (it thus has to be positioned from the inside), which is something you might see around fuel tanks. Perhaps the filler cap was located behind this cover.

    Normally you would have screws along the edge, if it was going anywhere near water, to make sure it was sealed. The 4 way lock will be a clue to identifying it.

    February 9, 2009 at 4:08 pm in reply to: The "Wot Plane" Thread. (Game rules in Post #1) #1212341
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    its one of those aircraft, where I’m sure I have seen it before…..but where?

    However, I’m pretty sure the designer regretted the size of the vertical stabilizer, once he was airborn.

    February 9, 2009 at 2:00 pm in reply to: The "Wot Plane" Thread. (Game rules in Post #1) #1212483
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    Mr ShortC, you are absolutly right!

    Here is a bit i copy/pasted from a flyer:

    http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x217/MONDARIZDK/IAR-36.png

    February 9, 2009 at 1:57 pm in reply to: New Build Bf109's in Bavaria. #1212492
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    The quality looks very nice. The wing is original, but I din’t understand if its being restored, or its going on the replica.

    February 9, 2009 at 10:23 am in reply to: Mystery Aircraft Door #1212684
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    Or ask the Irish air corps, I seem to remember they lost a door last year….but I think it was a helicopter.

    February 9, 2009 at 9:44 am in reply to: Mystery Aircraft Door #1212759
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    Its been awhile since I was inside a C-47, but I don’t think the door is identical. Primarily I seem to remember the cockpit door being rectangular.

    Secondarily the cockpit door in a C-47 opens forward and the the right, which would leave the lock on the door above on the cabin side of the door.

    February 9, 2009 at 5:13 am in reply to: The "Wot Plane" Thread. (Game rules in Post #1) #1212916
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    Nope, its not a Comte…

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