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[Sprad]

I don’t know if you guys have ever seen this photo. This is off H50 outside El Dorado CA. I have the back story finally! Let’s see if any one here knows the story or more of it.

 

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[rapom1951]

i had a j-3 cub for awhile. that was fun

 

[Slap Stick]

Notice there is no tail rotor on those helos?

 

[Photon440]

Notice there is no tail rotor on those helos?

There usually aren't on intermeshing rotors turning in opposite directions. This model of that Flettner shows a better view.

 

[Slap Stick]

Thanks for that, hard to see on a phone.

 

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[Photon440]

While the war was raging in Sept. 1940, here's the tale of a Canadian pilot flying for the RAF. during that time in The Battle Of Britain, and his involvement in The Great Escape.

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageN...nsterThe-Spitfire-Luck-of-Skeets-Ogilvie.aspx

 

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[Pops1967GTX]

Unbelievable flying and skill by the pilot.

 

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Martin-Baker MB5

 

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The MB5 was present at RAE Farnborough in October 1945. The display featured the latest British aircraft and several captured German aircraft. In the foreground is a Supermarine Spiteful and the MB5, with its 20 mm cannons installed. Other visible British aircraft include a Blackburn Firebrand, Bristol Brigand, Fairey Firefly, and Fairey Spearfish. Visible German aircraft include a Dornier Do 335, Fieseler Fi 103, Junker Ju 188, a pair of Focke-Wulf Fw 190s, and a Messerschmitt Bf 109

 

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Martin-Baker MB5
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looks like a P-51 and Spitfire got together....

 

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Supermarine spitful

Powered with a two-stage, three-speed Griffon 101 engine, Spiteful RB518 achieved a level-flight speed of 494 mph (795 km/h), the highest recorded by a British piston-powered aircraft