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[bob]

Anyone have more info on this flying death trap?

Bob

[Panic]

"bob" > wrote in message news:wv1bj.406$HQ6.265@trndny01...
> Anyone have more info on this flying death trap?
>
> Bob

I would wager that it is only a death trap, NOT a flying death trap. That
sucker will never get off the ground.

Darrell R. Schmidt
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[Andrew Chaplin]

"Panic" > wrote in message
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>
> "bob" > wrote in message news:wv1bj.406$HQ6.265@trndny01...
>> Anyone have more info on this flying death trap?
>>
>> Bob
>
> I would wager that it is only a death trap, NOT a flying death trap. That
> sucker will never get off the ground.

Check out the deflection on that control surface. I would say that the pilot
is travelling with the "Not Ready for Flight Time Players."
--
Andrew Chaplin
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[CWO4 Dave Mann]

bob wrote:
> Anyone have more info on this flying death trap?
>
> Bob
>
>
>

That bunch sure don't look happy .... That pilot ("Aeroplane Teamster"?)
sure has a death grip on the wheel. Oh, yeah, and I imagine that
elevator position would make for some interesting take off maneuvers.
On the other hand, sure has enough wheels to grip the roadway.

Looks Russian or East European ... anyway, Vladimir, have your peeps
call my peeps via the Telephonic Speaking Device, eh? We'll work out
first rights on the crash photos ...

Dave

[CWO4 Dave Mann]

DAN wrote:
> bob wrote:
>
>> Anyone have more info on this flying death trap?
>
> This is the Voisin Hydro-Aérobus,designed in 1912.
>
> Amphibian ordered by Henry Deutsch and build by Gabriel Voisin, for 1 pilot and
> 6 passengers.
> Clerget engine 200HP, pusher prop driven by a chain between the quad booms
> carrying the fins.
>
> Actually not a death trap at all: the hydro-aérobus did carry the expected load
> of 6 passengers, both from water and from airstrips. Did not crash, and was
> finally abandoned when the customer found it too difficult to fly for his
> skills. Voisin re-used the parts.
>
>
> dan


Dang! We learn something everyday. Thanks for the info.

Cheers,

Dave
(Aeroplane Teamster)