Some wings between the wars

[Byker]

[JR[_4_]]

On Sat, 8 Aug 2015 18:36:18 -0500, "Byker" > wrote:


Ooo wow, excelent air-to-air. Thanks for posting.

[Ri©ardo]

On 8/9/2015 12:36 AM, Byker wrote:

Riding high in the ugly stakes!

;-)

Ri©ardo

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> Riding high in the ugly stakes!

Some designs were still in service at the start of WWII

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[Jess Lurkin[_13_]]

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Had to look further into this powerless bird.
Found out more, of course, but the interesting part was
deeper in the article:

"Hamburger Flugzeugbau was an aircraft company, located
in the Finkenwerder quarter of Hamburg, Germany. The
company was established in July 1933 as a subsidiary of
the Blohm & Voss shipyards as part of the German Nazi
re-armament program. It has managed to survive under
different names as part of different consortia, and became
part of the present day ***Airbus and European aerospace***
program."

Verrrry Interesting!

[Old Geezerr]

On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 19:29:37 -0500, "Byker" > wrote:

Bugly------------- is that short for Butt Ugly?


Dave:
Old age comes at an inconventient time

HONK if you do everything people tell you to do.

[Old Geezerr]

On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 19:32:55 -0500, "Byker" > wrote:

Did they have an observation deck and rec room on the bottom floor?


Dave:
Old age comes at an inconventient time

HONK if you do everything people tell you to do.

[Byker]

"Old Geezerr" wrote in message
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> Bugly------------- is that short for Butt Ugly?

That was name of the JPG. Maybe someone else in the group can identify it.

[Byker]

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> Did they have an observation deck and rec room on the bottom floor?

That was a French attempt at a "flying fortress"

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"Jess Lurkin" wrote in message ...
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> Had to look further into this powerless bird.

That's the only fighter-glider I've ever heard of. It would be towed to
altitude above bomber formations by a Bf-109 and then released to fire two
30mm cannons while diving. While several prototypes were built, it never
went into production and crews regarded it as something of a suicide
weapon...

[Bob (not my real pseudonym)[_2_]]

On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 22:27:40 -0500, "Byker" > wrote:

>"Old Geezerr" wrote in message
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>> Bugly------------- is that short for Butt Ugly?
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>That was name of the JPG. Maybe someone else in the group can identify it.

Blackburn Blackburn (seems someone had a brainlock in aircraft naming
that day...)

[Ri©ardo]

On 8/10/2015 10:21 AM, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 22:27:40 -0500, "Byker" > wrote:
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>> "Old Geezerr" wrote in message
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>>> Bugly------------- is that short for Butt Ugly?
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>> That was name of the JPG. Maybe someone else in the group can identify it.
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> Blackburn Blackburn (seems someone had a brainlock in aircraft naming
> that day...)
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Many of their aircraft were named after British and Commonwealth cities
and towns, hence Blackburn, Beverley, Ripon, Airedale, Sydney, Perth...

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On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 19:29:20 -0500, "Byker" > wrote:

This was subsequently rename as the Westand Wendover. But that didn't
keep it from being scrapped with just the one prototype built.

[Piotr Karocki]

"Byker" > wrote:
> Attachment decoded: flying_apartment_block.jpg
What is this?

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"Bob (not my real pseudonym)" wrote in message
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> Blackburn Blackburn (seems someone had a brainlock in aircraft naming that
> day...)

A shape that only a Blackburnian could love