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01-18-2017 08:38 PM
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Why not have a gecko at the Tiffies 24 cylinder monstrosity you had to go onto O2 straight away as they were prone to filling the cockpit with carbon monoxide more than a few pilots went in from passing out from it whilst not wearing 02
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Originally Posted by
#1oilman
Are the Kangaroo roundels not Royal
Australian Air Force or Naval Air Service ? I know the Fury's saw limited service in Korea where a
British pilot holds the honor for being the only pilot to shoot down a jet powered Mig 15 with a piston engine aircraft. The Fury is a beautiful aircraft.
Royal Australian Navy. They flew with the Australian Fleet Air Arm, 1948-1962.
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The "flip" side of the Hercules-engined Lancasters was the Merlin-engined Halifaxes, of which a few were built.
Another "story" regarding The problem of engine / propeller torque related to the monstrous "Skyraider".
After these aircraft were "taken under new management" in Viet Nam in 1975, it was decided that it would be a good idea to use these relatively simple but very effective aircraft in a new livery.
A LOT were broken in the process.
There is SO much torque applied by the powerplant on takeoff that a LARGE amount of control-surface compensation MUST be applied.
Failure to do this results in, at best, wild ground-loops, or more often, a wing "digging in" and the aircraft merrily cart-wheeling, albeit briefly and catastrophically.
Rather swiftly, said "new management" started losing instructors and student pilots, and the fleet was grounded.
In contrast, the "new" owners kept the small fleet of jet-powered Cessna A-37s going for quite a few years. Some of these aircraft have been recovered and at least a couple are flying on the civil registries in Australia and New Zealand.
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Originally Posted by
CINDERS
it would be nice to see a Hercules engined Lancaster in the air
I don't know of any Hercules engined Lancasters surviving anywhere in the world, not even in a Museum, unless someone knows differently? As you say, Cinders, not many were made and I believe that the idea behind it was to have an alternative engine supply when it was thought that there may be problems keeping up with the demands for the supply of Merlins, early in the production of the Lancaster.
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