Dubbo Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 Recent Photo taken by Beebop on my camera. Will make a nice print I think. Quote
Waldo.Pepper Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 Wow extremely impressive. I would say it is a B-50 or more likely a KC-97. More please! Quote
Dubbo Posted June 16, 2006 Author Posted June 16, 2006 No mate. Here's an easier one but try again on the 1st one......(It's going to go beside the He111 in the hallway) Quote
Waldo.Pepper Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 Well the 2nd one has to be a Mossie but the first one has me stumped. Quote
Dubbo Posted June 16, 2006 Author Posted June 16, 2006 Well I'll hold off on telling you then. It's not often I get to stump you, even for a minute...so I'm enjoying it. Yeah, the second one is a Mossie (easy) but it's still a good picture. Very organic looking I think. Quote
DoubleTap Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 Recent Photo taken by Beebop on my camera. Will make a nice print I think. Its the mask Mistress Cruella makes me wear when we have our "sessions". Quote
Tonar Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 Dag Nabit!!! its the front of an airplane!!!!! DUH!! Quote
Dubbo Posted June 16, 2006 Author Posted June 16, 2006 Correct mostly Rattler. Douglas B-18 Bolo ..... unless you're thinking of the the Martin B-10 in which case you'd be wrong. The Bolo replaced the B-10 and was based on the DC-2 transport. Quote
Waldo.Pepper Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 I was stumped totally! I was going the wrong way historically too! Quote
Cold_Gambler Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 so..... it's not from the Millenium Falcon :?: :wink: Good eye, Rattler, especially considering that it's upside-down in Dubbo's pic. Quote
Rattler Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 Correct mostly Rattler. Douglas B-18 Bolo ..... unless you're thinking of the the Martin B-10 in which case you'd be wrong. The Bolo replaced the B-10 and was based on the DC-2 transport. It was the B-18 I was thinking about, competitor to the B-17. One of the ugliest pieces of crap I've ever laid eyes on IMHO. Definitely a candidate for "if it looks right, it is right"; in this case, it is NOT right! Quote
Beebop-RIP Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 ...Good eye, Rattler, especially considering that it's upside-down in Dubbo's pic. Umm, as the photographer, I beg to differ. That photo was taken in front of the nose looking up. Try flipping the pic and you'll see what I mean. Quote
Cold_Gambler Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 Indeedly-doo! I'll turn my monitor right-side up again now. Quote
sged Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 Dubbo a wild guess.....the next generation of the p-51...erm.....or not.... Quote
Waldo.Pepper Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 Depending on the sign it is either a Cavalier or a Piper Enforcer.... turbo prop version that was made tested during Vietnam. Never saw service. Two made I think. Quote
Dubbo Posted June 17, 2006 Author Posted June 17, 2006 Enforcer it is. You can read that sign? Piper should have made civilian versions. Had some armament what. Quote
Waldo.Pepper Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 You can read that sign? LOL No I cannot read the sign. I meant that the plane started out life as a Cavalier, then Piper took over the project - so the sign in the museum could have read either. Quote
sged Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 Feels like a waste to see this beauty collect dust in a museum.... Quote
Dubbo Posted June 17, 2006 Author Posted June 17, 2006 Most of the aircraft there - and there are a lot - will never fly again. As artifacts they will be preserved that way. I am torn between seeing them flying and seeing them preserved. That Blackbird-type aircraft behind the Piper is actually the YF-12A from which was developed the SR-71. Quite a different aircraft up-close with different wings and a retractable ventral stabiliser. Quote
Waldo.Pepper Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 If they fly they crash, eventually. I am quite happy to see them preserved. Their primary enemy in such a setting is a fire. Hamilton almost lost their Lancaster in a fire. Museums in Florida have the additional peril of a Hurricane etc etc. Quote
Rattler Posted June 18, 2006 Posted June 18, 2006 If they fly they crash, eventually.I am quite happy to see them preserved. Their primary enemy in such a setting is a fire. Hamilton almost lost their Lancaster in a fire. Museums in Florida have the additional peril of a Hurricane etc etc. Florida has a Hurricane? What mark? We need a road trip to see it! :joker: Quote
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