I seem to remember reading about those Merlins oiling up if not kept above a certain RPM making the type tricky to taxy.
My pet hate is that aircraft always have to “Sream” like a dive bomber just before they crash…….including straight and level into a mountain.
The Victor and Vulcan were still under development with new versions planned…Victor tankers for example
It was a bit of a grey area at times. Also the fact that production was completed did not mean it was out of production just that they had no more to build. Civil airloners are a little more defined there.
The Atlantique and Transall are examples of types that went back into production.
The choice of aircraft in the Observers book of Aircraft was simple.
It had to be under development or in production.
This meant inclusion of many obscure types that didn’t make it while out of production types like the Douglas DC3,4,6,7, Lockheed Constellations and many others were out by the sixties despite still flying around in their hundreds.
I can’t think of anything that would have appeared in the book then…..apart from the usual common types
Thanks for that Truc
Does seemm a bit of one of those…..”Well it seemed a good idea at the time”.
Might well have got you out of a situation…….trouble is might give you a dozen others to worry about.:eek:
Garry
A long shot
There was a Falcon Six G-AEDL
Wasn’t the stability of the narrow track U/C a problem on the Seafire leading to the inward retracting of the Seafang?
To me it’s always seems, or at least usually, to have been written Bf.109, Bf.110 but spoken Me.109, Me.110
Thanks for that:D
The Boeing 727 above is ex Southend and was, for a time, with Dan Air as G-BNNI
Garry
G-ADHJ was the Seaplane (Mercury) and ‘HK the Flying boat (Maia)
Garry
I have G-ADHJ B/u Rochester 21-08-41,G-ADHK Destroyed 11-05-41
Garry
Hi Truc
Thanks for the info
My model has the autocoarsening system but I was un aware of the control linking.
Although of interest to look at the diagram would not be of any use to me for modelling puropses as that is all done by maths.
I’ll send you a PM with some pics of the model as it is not really the right palce here.
Thanks again.
Garry
Oh is it thats good news then I heard that once they done there goodbye tours they are grounding them :confused:
James
It was said a while back they were making a farewell tour to give folk the chance to fly on one before the pleasure flights were grounded….(not the aeroplanes.)