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  • in reply to: Why not have another photo quiz then… #1830033
    Archer
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    Close but no banana.

    Hey if you need anything translated or sorted out for your research let me know.

    in reply to: Why not have another photo quiz then… #1830095
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    I’m researcing the Fokker S-14 at the moment. Should have had a stab in the dark!

    🙂 🙂

    Yes you should have!!!

    in reply to: Why not have another photo quiz then… #1830200
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    JDK was correct too, if only he could have given the complete designation.

    Indeed it’s the Fokker S-13. Only one was built and the aircraft was flown in airforce colours although they never owned it (if my memory is correct). It served various purposes throughout its life but was ultimately scrapped. Sections of it remain though, most notably the cockpit section which is at a museum on Texel (NL).

    in reply to: Why not have another photo quiz then… #1830249
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    Hey, anybody can Google for markings, but we are talking about real recognition skills here! :rolleyes:

    in reply to: Yak – a close one. #1830377
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    Damn those competent VC10 drivers!!!!

    If you read the article, you’ll find it is the aircraft that needs damning, if that is your view on this case 😉

    http://www.vc10.net/Memories/funandgames.html

    in reply to: Shackletons at Pafos Airport #1553112
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    The third aircraft is a Dassault Flamant.

    Sad to see the Shacks like this. I was in Cyprus a few years ago but didn’t get a chance to go see them.

    Edited to add:

    The Dassault Flamant was a French short-range utility light transport aircraft first flown in 1947 as the MD303 prototype, with production aircraft flown in 1949, being in military service from 1950 until 1982. Various models were produced, a MD312 six-passenger liason and communications model, the MD315 a ten-passenger utility transport model and the MD315R which was a radar interception trainer model. The Dassault Flamant was powered by two SNECMA 12S.02-201 Vee piston engines providing a top speed of 380 kmh and a range of 1215 km. The Dassault Flamant carried a pilot and co-pilot and up to six or ten passengers depending upon model.

    http://storage.mfa.free.fr/gallery/flamant/5.jpg
    (from: http://memorial.flight.free.fr/MD311.html)

    in reply to: Yak – a close one. #1554636
    Archer
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    Or try this version converted to windows media format.
    http://www.users.on.net/apowell/jsoh04-yak-close.wmv

    Allan

    Thanks for that! The timing of the audio does seem to be a bit off though. The pause in the commentary should be around the time the Yak nears the ground.

    It is clear from the clip that he was pulling some G’s at the bottom. You can see on the stills that at the lowest point his AOA is quite a few degrees more than on climbout, which indicates that he only spotted his error quite late. The AOA probably saved his prop too! In my view this guy needs a reality check. Basically after such a stunt you’re living on time you shouldn’t have had! 😎

    Edit, for those who cannot watch the original: you might need to download Realplayer

    in reply to: Yak – a close one. #1554680
    Archer
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    And the roll afterwards (the commentator paused for a brief moment, but has resumed again by now):

    in reply to: Yak – a close one. #1554686
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    Aaahh, sorted! Thanks Damien!

    in reply to: Yak – a close one. #1554720
    Archer
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    I’m trying to get a still or two, but my screen capture program doesn’t want to capture video it appears.

    in reply to: Yak – a close one. #1554796
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    You can see that he used a few G’s at the bottom too. An airframe inspection might not go amiss either (along with a clean up of the cockpit area and a new pilot).

    in reply to: Sea Vixen for Kemble!!! #1555659
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    It is, and has knackered wings last I heard.

    I thought I had heard somewhere that the wings had been changed for a non-knackered set sometime in the past, but I could be wrong of course.

    in reply to: Unable to find photos through search #1556193
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    Yeah, that Comet looks great!

    Where did this take place again JDK?

    in reply to: Unable to find photos through search #1556229
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    Brilliant! Thanks JDK! I was hoping that the photographer would notice and repost them, and Steve mentioning the thread title suddenly triggered my memory and made me remember that it was you.

    Still means that the search function is crap, but my immediate problem is solved! 😉

    in reply to: Unable to find photos through search #1556255
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    You’re probably right, but searching on that produces no results unfortunately. Wasn’t it JDK who took those photos?

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