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March 6, 2006 at 10:15 am in reply to: who are familiar with flygplan? #1358745

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Franc,

A few years ago, an article on the various Saab projects appeared in Air Enthusiast. From memory, most of the various Saab projects, including the A36, were illustrated and described.

Re the development history of the Saab 37 Viggen, I would recommend Ingemar Dörfer’s book; System 37 Viggen : Arms, technology and the domestication of glory / Written under the auspices of the Center for international affairs, Harvard university, 1973.

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Jan

March 3, 2006 at 1:32 pm in reply to: Dakota landing on aircraft carrier #1362726

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ZS-LVR (2) was built as a C-47A-DL, USAAF s/n 43-16009 (c/n 20475), and subsequently registered as N4766C, N950, N5000C and N5000E respectively, before being registered on 1 Dec 1990 as ZS-LVR.

This particular C-47 does not appear in Joe Leeker’s Air America files. However, that doesn’t necessarily exclude a CIA connection. Does anyone have more information on the former owners/operators of -LVR?

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Jan

March 3, 2006 at 10:35 am in reply to: Dakota landing on aircraft carrier #1363070

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I’ve never heard of a DC-3 landing on an aircraft carrier, but during January 1947, the US Navy used six Douglas R4Ds on Operation Highjump, an aerial mapping and survey mission to Antarctica. The six R4Ds were flown off the carrier, but all were abandoned in situ as they could not land back at the carrier, USS Philippine Sea. Several photos of these R4Ds appear in the ‘Aircraft in Profile’ booklet on the Douglas R4D series.

More also on: http://broadcast.illuminatedtech.com/display/story.cfm?bp=109&sid=8082

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Jan

March 3, 2006 at 10:16 am in reply to: who are familiar with flygplan? #1363072

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Franc,

Several books have been published on the Saab 37 Viggen, the most recent being Viggen by Swedish author Sven Stridsberg. Although written in Swedish, the book has nearly 400 photos and illustrations as well as an English-text supplement.

Robert Dorr’s English-text book on the Viggen was published in the mid-1980s in Ian Allan’s Modern Combat Aircraft series, and included photos and drawings of the mockup and the prototypes.

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Jan

February 27, 2006 at 3:22 pm in reply to: Cry for help #1368676

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According to http://www.worldairforces.com, Colombia received four Bellanca 77-140s in 1934, with the last being withdrawn in 1942. Apparently, one model 77-320 was received as well, a photo of which can be found here: http://www.aerofiles.com/bella77-320.jpg

More on the Bellanca Aircruiser can be found here: http://www.bellanca-championclub.com/menander/index.html

I would suggest that you also post a message on the Latin American Aviation Historical Society’s web site, http://www.laahs.com They might be able to provide much more information on these aircraft.

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Jan

February 27, 2006 at 1:42 pm in reply to: Aircraft in 'The Eagle Has Landed' #1368733

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I don’t think the Salis collection had a Ju 52 at this time. Most likely one of Doug Arnolds former Spanish AF ones?

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Jan

February 27, 2006 at 1:30 pm in reply to: Aircraft in 'The Eagle Has Landed' #1368770

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The ‘Arado’ was SIPA S.121 F-BLKH (p/i F-WLKH), c/n 57 of the Salis collection. Destroyed in a fatal crash in 1978. The Deutsches Technikmuseum in Berlin has some parts of ‘LKH, but nowhere near a complete airframe. Although there are a few Arado Ar 96s around, no complete Ar 396 or SIPA clone exists to my knowledge.

Incidentally, the SIPA S.121 series was derived from the Arado Ar 396, which looked like this: http://www.luftfahrtmuseum.com/htmi/itf/ar396.htm

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Jan

February 27, 2006 at 10:47 am in reply to: Mystery Jet MJ1 Vampire #1369124

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One of the Vampires involved was the former A79-624, which went to the USA on 14 January 1971 as N11925. One of the IAC T.55s, s/n 186, was sold as N4861K. From memory, this may have been owned by the Jet Craft company as well.

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Jan

February 21, 2006 at 3:19 pm in reply to: Luftwaffe Squadrons #1376161

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This URL may be of some use as well: http://members.aol.com/dheitm8612/org.htm

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Jan

February 21, 2006 at 11:25 am in reply to: Norwegian Squadrons – Any Books? #1376372

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Found it!

http://forum.airpics.com/ Try posting a message on the Flyhistorisk forum (historical aviation forum)

One of the foremost Norwegian aviation historians is Björn Hafsten. PM me if you need his e-mail address.

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Jan

February 21, 2006 at 11:13 am in reply to: Norwegian Squadrons – Any Books? #1376390

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Harald,

The Norsk Luftfartsmuseum (Norwegian Air Museum) at Bodö might be able to assist you. The museum’s URL is : http://www.luftfart.museum.no and email : [email]flymuseum@luftfart.museum.no[/email]

There’s a Norwegian historical aviation forum on the ‘net as well. I’ll try to find asap.

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Jan

February 20, 2006 at 11:59 am in reply to: Vintage Autogyro #1377531

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I’ve had a (very) quick look in Phil Butler’s War Prizes on the trials of captured Fa 330s.

Re the Fa 330s landing gear, or lack thereof, at least two of the ones that were tested in the USA post-war had a simple, wide two-wheel landing gear added to facilitate towed flight trials. Photos s/ns T2-4617 and T2-4618 can be found in said book on p 228 and 231.

The AFEE performed tests with a 120 feet tow-cable, which proved both smooth and trouble-free. A 20 feet tow-cable was tried as well, with less than satisfactory results. No mention of an added landing gear, though.

Incidentally, there is brief mention on p 63 of two Fa 330s owned by a farmer, whose estate disposed of them in 1977. The farmer owned part of Beaulieu airfield where some of the AFEE Fa 330 tests were performed. Where did these end up?

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Jan

February 17, 2006 at 11:27 am in reply to: Just for fun – guesswhatitis #1381656

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Grumman J2F-6 Duck (USAF designation OA-12)?

If so, the post-1948 star-and-bar would indicate that it was operated by the USAF Air Rescue Service in Alaska.

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Jan

February 16, 2006 at 12:08 pm in reply to: Viggen for Newark Air Museum #1383553

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There’s no Saab J (Jakt=fighter) 32 Lansens in the UK, but the A (Attack) 32A s/n Fv 32028 is apparently still residing at Cranfield.

There was a thread on her recently, IIRC.

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Jan

February 14, 2006 at 2:03 pm in reply to: Precarious BE-2 #1386234

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Perhaps it is a ground crew exercise; PBE2OTOH, i.e. Put BE2 on top of Hangar? 😀

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