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October 30, 2006 at 5:58 pm in reply to: Luftwaffe – book #1327505

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The Eric Brown book contains cockpit drawings and cutaways of all of the following:
Fw 200C Kondor
Heinkel He 162
Junkers Ju 87
Dornier Do 217
Heinkel He 177
Messerschmitt Me 262
Dornier Do 335
Fw 190
Arado Ar 234B
Junkers ju 88
Fw 189
Heinkel He 111
Junkers Ju 52/3m
Heinkel He 219
Messerschmitt Bf 109G
Messerschmitt Bf 110
Messerschmitt Me 163

The William Green Warplanes of the Third Reich contains details of every plane flown by the luftwaffe, but has cutaways only of the more significant aircraft – but too many to list here – I would guess at 25 +
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October 28, 2006 at 9:49 pm in reply to: Luftwaffe – book #1329411

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The William green book is excellent but very expensive now. Here are a couple of photos of the Eric Brown book. it is the first edition hardback published in 1977

Jim

October 28, 2006 at 2:07 pm in reply to: Luftwaffe – book #1329869

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could it be wings of the Luftwaffe by Eric Brown?

It has been published in hardback and softback with a number of different covers.
Recently republished
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wings-Luftwaffe-Eric-Brown/dp/1853104132

February 19, 2006 at 5:11 pm in reply to: Most Produced Aero-Engine? #1378334

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I would imagine it would probably end up being a piston engine produced in the second world war period. According to White’s book on the P&W R2800 over 110700 military R2800’s were produced, plus all the civilain versions.

Gunstons book encyclopedia of aero engines states 168040 merlins produced

January 18, 2006 at 7:24 am in reply to: Claude Graham-White. #1428124

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I don’t know if they have been mentioned on this forum before, but two excellent books on the early years of flight that I have read recently are ‘Contact, the story of the early birds’ , and ‘blue ribbon of the air- the Gordon Bennet races’, both by Henry Serrano Villard. Both are easily available on ABE books for not much and make facinating reading, especially as Villard had met many of the pioneers as a young boy.

Jim

September 1, 2005 at 8:53 pm in reply to: Liberator crash at Fairy Lochs, 1945 #1415677

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I have been to the site almost every summer since 1989 – it has an erie presence about it and is certainly well worth the trudge up the hill – spectacular views over Gairloch bay as a bonus. I am always pleasantly surprised by how little the site has changed, i.e. how most people have respected the site and not moved or taken any parts which are scattered about.

July 12, 2005 at 9:51 pm in reply to: back home at last! :-) #1395573

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Old Warden has the great advantage that the area where the cars park is on gently sloping ground which acts as a natural ‘stagger’, and so many people stay by their cars and get an excellent view of the planes in the air, if not of take-offs etc. As wind breaks and stepladders are banned and the fence is now very long, there is very little of the trouble that has excited the forum over the last few days about Legends.

The Flight line tours are much better than at legends, as you can get right up close, as long as you don’t touch. However, the planes are parked much closer to the fence than the planes are to the tarmac at Legends so many people don’t bother, which is a shame.

July 3, 2005 at 5:09 pm in reply to: Vimy update #1412275

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Absolutly bl**dy marvelous!! Congratulations to all involved.

May 26, 2005 at 10:04 pm in reply to: Quick ID Quiz #1373918

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The upper portion looks like a quick release mechanisms, the lower portion looks like part of an undercarriage?

May 26, 2005 at 7:44 am in reply to: Mystery prop on the Isle of Arran #1375492

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As I recall, the Fairey-Reed propellor used by the swordfish was forged and then machined from a single piece of light alloy – if you look closely at the propellor, the blades have been ‘twisted’ for want of a better phrase from the central boss which is solid. I don’t think that the propellor in the first photo fits that description.

Oops – just realised this has already been mentioned

May 19, 2005 at 10:05 pm in reply to: About time for another quiz I reckon, Who's game then. #1387500

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No. 1

Closest I can find is the 1908 multiplane by the Marquis D’ Equevilly, but this doesn’t look exactly the same

May 18, 2005 at 8:36 pm in reply to: About time for another quiz I reckon, Who's game then. #1389317

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No. 7

Kawasaki Ki-64. Tandem Ha 40 ( DB 601) engines, contra props, surface evaporation cooling…… five flights before abandonment

No.5

Rogozarski IK-3 – wooden wings, steel fuselage, yet another aircraft which had the DB 601 fitted to at leat one airframe, although the rest had Hispano 12Y

N0. 8 Curtis 18-T, a variant of which achieved world atlitude record of 34,910 ft in 1919

May 18, 2005 at 11:06 am in reply to: About time for another quiz I reckon, Who's game then. #1390456

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No. 2 Martin baker MB3
No. 6 Bristol Brigand?

May 17, 2005 at 8:03 pm in reply to: About time for another quiz I reckon, Who's game then. #1392087

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Its friend being the VL MyrskyII

No. 8.

Pitcairn PA-36 Whirl wing Autogyro

May 17, 2005 at 7:37 pm in reply to: About time for another quiz I reckon, Who's game then. #1392299

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No. 6

Centre NC 600

Centre was an amalgamation of Farman and Hanriot. the NC 600 was redesign of Hanriot H220
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