cool planes
always look out for number one and don't step in number two |
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If you want to see some real classics, go here:
The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome. Having lived near by, I had been there many times in the 1970's. Also, the Jaycees had a money-raising concession stand there and I had volunteered to work there several times. I met Cole Palen who had started the whole thing and knew one of the other regular pilots who was also an IBM engineer. The most interesting plane to me was a Fokker Dr.1 triplane. Richthofen, "the Red Baron", flew one of these to become an ace. In had Le Rhone 9 cylinder rotary engine where the cylinders attached to the propeller rotated around a center. It used castor oil for fuel and was "pulsed" and not run in a smooth constant fashion. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov |
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Virtual tour of the US Air Force Museum.
http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/full/tour-std.html http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/VirtualTour.aspx I was last there in the early '80s. It's been expanded and is quite an amazing place. Cheers, Scott. |
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You guys left out one of the best ones.
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"Arrow" may be the official name, but . . .
. . the name actually used by pilots and crew was "Anteater". It was the fastest propeller driven plane in the world, but it came out too late and was often kept on the ground due to fuel shortages. |