Why bother with those old prop engines? Stick a man’s engine in it – a jet! Oh they did, they called it the Swift it didn’t work did it. :rolleyes:

actually……

This display act is withought doubt the most jawdropping I have ever seen. Recipe…..take one WACO, nick a jet engine from a Learjet when no-ones looking and bolt it underneath. Performance is as the plane…totally WACO !. It takes off in three times its own length and then proceeds to climb vertically…and I mean straight up !…to five thousand feet before comencing an aerobatic display that is outstanding. Oh and the guy who flies this beast, has his son wing walking all through the act.

Then there’s this thing. Obviously the standard fit lump up front wasnt powerfull enough so it got binned. Didnt see it fly but I bet its eye watering to watch.

(dont try sticking a Pulse jet under a Chippe !!!!!!!)

That thing looks like the result of an illicit meeting between a Spitfire and a Curtis Hawk.

What if the Spitfire got it on with a Sea Fury or a Tigercat – that might have looked more like a fighter than a trainer!

Maybe somebody else has the ability to draw the graphics for everybody – I sure don’t!

Regards

Wombat.

Well….I’ve also been playing around with the Corsair……not really part of this thread but what the h*ll…..

Ah but the water isn’t in a radial pattern on the windows……

TNZ
(Nice pics BTW)

ah…..umm….err……..oh yeah, I know…..the toothpick at the front stopped wazzing round and the water had time to settle down and enjoy the rest of the airshow.

ok….so I’m a heretic and will never able able to show up at Duxford etc etc etc

We would have lost the war ? how ?, why ?, whats your reasoning behind that statement ?

but to get back to the original questions….aesthetics dont come into it….and yes I do believe the Spitfire looked just right with an in-line !….how would it have faired against the opposition.

The Me109 used to roll inverted and dive away whilst the Merlins would cut out until a remedy was found, would the same still hold true for a radial (I’ve never heard of radials suffering from this….and yes I know it has summat to do with the design of the carb.

Would a Spit with radial available at the time, have been able to hold its own against the FW190 ? (hmmmm, theres a thought, A 190 with an in-line nicked from a 109, wonder what that’d go like). The Fw190 was certainly a potent bit of kit when it come on the scene.

I’m just trying to get a bit of a discussion, exploring alternatives going, is all.

What plane’s panel is in the first photo?
I’m guessing Stinson….

Not sure, but this is the one in question…

Janie…..Does this ring a bell with you ?

Geedee, how many fort’s were there? How much did it cost for a flight in one? Maybe I should get myself over there next year!

One in static that you could walk round (Thunderbird) and the one I had a flight in (Fuddy Duddy).

Check out the costs on the Airventure 2004 site link. (probably not allowed to divulge secrets like cost’s on the web !). It was very well worth it and not as expensive as you might imagine.