Question 6.

Is it the Platt-LePage XR-1, which won the congress sponsored helicopter design competition in 1940?

It never actually entered service, due to problems during its development.

The Sikorsky R4-B was the first helicopter in service, with the USAAF. Although they had used YR4-As and YR4-Bs for service evaluation from 1942 onwards.

Where do you start……….

Pink Floyd
Johnny Cash
AC/DC
Metallica
Queens of the Stone Age
Foo Fighters
Doves
Nirvana
Snow Patrol
Hot Hot Heat
Kings of Leon
Norah Jones
Vangelis
Queen
Dire Straits
Moby

………and a number of other artists, won’t bore you with the rest – be here all night.

Rob,

I’ve had a similar idea for a number of years, but never got round to do anything serious with it.

My idea was to have a virtual team that could visit events, based broadly on the Red Arrows. There would be 9 ‘pc pilots’ and the flying display would have been projected onto a very large screen, showing different viewpoints. Ideal for a ‘booth’ in a hangar instead of the usual bric & brac stalls.

Of course trying to find enough people locally who could meet up on a regular basis is nigh impossible up here. My brother and I did ‘fly’ a two ship setup, only at home though. Pretty good fun, but very demanding.

Anyway count me in, be it MS F2K2 or F2k4 or even IL2.

Darren

The majority of aircraft have ‘transport joints’ as very few fuselages are made in one piece. Its at these joints, you can split the aircraft apart to transport it. Thats how Boeing and Airbus are able to build sections of fuselages at different plants all over the world.

Its very rare to see it happen, but it is possible.

Gateguard,

I’ve checked the manuals and it looks as though I’ve only got the ones that cover the parts for the airframe. There is a section on the forward cabin, but it only deals with the nuts, bolts, blanking plates, labels, mounting equipment, etc. There is no information on the actual avionics that were installed.

If this is of any help, get in touch.

Darren

Mark,

The only thing I could suggest is to maybe write a letter to the local paper, the Buchan Observer to see if anyone in the area can remember Mrs Meikle or anything about what happened to the remains of the wreckage.

There was an article several years ago, in the above paper, about wartime aircraft crashes in the local area. In the article there was mention of a Sptfire crash, in October 1941, near the village of Longhaven, about 2 miles to the north of Cruden Bay. There was a ‘rumour’ that a local farmer had the remains of the engine.

Darren

Contact details for the Buchan Observer –
http://www.buchanie.co.uk/contactus.asp