I remember reading as a teenager about the evolution from Schneider Cup racer to Spitfire that Mitchell used an inverted V engine because he knew the Germans were going to poach design features for their fighter programme.
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I remember reading as a teenager about the evolution from Schneider Cup racer to Spitfire that Mitchell used an inverted V engine because he knew the Germans were going to poach design features for their fighter programme.
As promised, a glimpse inside the Rebuild hanger.Attachment 124144
If you wondered where the Kittyhawk got to................. Attachment 124089 engine overhaul.
this hanger has a few planes in various stages of repair, you saw some of them in earlier photo's.
Spitfire rebuilds........from this, Attachment 124148 to thisAttachment 124149Attachment 124150Attachment 124151 and finally the end product Attachment 124152
Negative, glide ratio is not affected by weight.Quote:
Originally Posted by jmoore
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Nice pictures Muffet. The Hurricane is a welcome addition to our skies.
Bruce in OZ, your mailbox is full.
If its the ghost, i saw it about 5 months ago at the Army Air Aviation museum at Oakie. They said then it was not airworthy and needed some major overhaul before it could legally fly againQuote:
Originally Posted by Aussie48
The Temora A/C is airworthy.
Watch this Space.
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Lets start with the Rebuilds, Scone is where the majority of old Warbirds are Refurbished or Rebuild, often from scratch.
This one is active
The three Spitfires that were started last year have made fair progress..........Attachment 124158Attachment 124159nearly there
Attachment 124160coming together
just needs time.Attachment 124161
three different levels of progress, but it is just as easy to make up parts for several as it is to just make it for one.