Terrible, just terrible, sentiments with DH82EH as well. 🙁
Just now saw this thread, asking about the registration, “OK-EAA”. Did the EAA help in building it?
4th vintage accident with tourist passengers in, what little over a month?
Very bad year!
Thankfully all survived, and I also hope the critical will have full recovery.
Better is (with passenger recovery) is restoration of the lovely aircraft.
That is the Douglas designed FS, however it has some issue, which I forgot what it was.
In the end the RAF design was deemed better and the other was not used.
Thanks for showing, however!
An update from Keegan of CAF on the search.
He found a mechanic stationed there during preparations and basically said he talked with the chaps on the RAF side and acquired a pair, a bunch of them, to equip on the C-47’s
So my assumption was correct, it was UK made stuff fitted on US planes.
Another great example of teamwork!
(cant say much with todays politics 🙁 Wow, over 3 years since posting! How much has changed!)
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He shall not be forgotten.
Oh wow, what is going on? 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁
That is 3 vintage passenger aircraft crashes in 30 days!
21 of 57 passengers dead. HORRIBLE!
In this case not as bad as the Ju-Air crash, but still.
Very unfortunate, but at least no one was killed. Hopefully the serious injuries will be fully healed.
Bluebonnet Belle was the one who flew supplies to SE Texas after Hurricane Harvey dumped 1.3m (over 50 inches) of water in area.
Turning into a bad year for vintage tourist planes. 2 days ago a Ju-Air Ju 53 mysteriously crashed, loss of all on board. 🙁
Lovely!
Very nice turnout, wish I was there!
Spied the Defiant in one of the shots.
More info on this?
Most interesting story! Gonna have to watch for the giggle. 😀
Horrible tragedy!
Even worse when it was a sightseeing flight along a long established safe flight, everyone relaxed and enjoying, then tragedy. 🙁 🙁 🙁
Hi All,
I agree with Canopener Al, All I can add is the fatalities are what should be concentrated on and not forgetting the family and friends directly linked to
those who perished in this most tragic of all unexpected circumstances, RIP All.The above does not appear to be some medias response to the tragedy though with The Sun who went with the article header below.
(20 die as NAZI tour plane hits mountain crash)
Why on earth would the author of the article deem it necessary to include and emphasise word NAZI in capitals isn’t that just attention grabbing ? I mean
it’s bad enough there having been a number fatalities in this tragic accident, very sad really that some individual should (What looks like to me) self notoriety IMPO.Geoff.
SALT IN THE WOUND! 😡
Hurts memory of family and puts a horrible, erroneous light on the aircraft!
Also Professor Hugo Junkers was wanted nothing to do with the Nazi party!
Bad to worse. 🙁
Souvenir from travels in north Africa?
Very nicely painted on calligraphy, historical event, a race, tour?
Might come from Captain Haddock’s family mansion. 😎
Red item is body of electrical connector, possibly for radio or turret.
I doubt if the main drag from rotation came from the asymmetry, though that probably didn’t help. Most of it will have come from the barrels of the guns – there’s a lot of separation behind any circular object and gun barrels have quite a length of just that. Really that’s why powered turrets were so valuable – much less strain on the gunner! Particularly as speed increased. The Italians fixed a long rod as counter-balance to some of their “turrets”, which wouldn’t have reduced the total drag but did make the turret/gun easier to move. The Russian Pe 2 had a vane on the turret doing a similar job but looking rather neater.
You are now going to tell me that you were flying over New Zealand without any kind of barrels sticking out of the turret… but it is still true.
Yes, the aerodynamic counter balances! Details that are forgotten or omitted in nearly all books!
Also being hand operated, powered (hydraulic or electrical), or a compensating gun sight.
Reading how simply turning the turret changes aircraft trim, makes you wonder if those turrest ever hit an
I made a series of films on the He 111P mounts, unique incite on the German way. 😉