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Better than modern jets.Biplanes are planes for real knights of the
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![]() "Leah Lidtorf" wrote in message om... Better than modern jets.Biplanes are planes for real knights of the sky.Improved Biplanes could be better than most jets. Jets are ****. Ah an Aussie troll and a VERY poor one Score 1/10 for picking the right newsgroup. Keith |
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Keith Willshaw wrote:
"Leah Lidtorf" wrote in message Better than modern jets.Biplanes are planes for real knights of the sky.Improved Biplanes could be better than most jets. Jets are ****. Ah an Aussie troll and a VERY poor one Score 1/10 for picking the right newsgroup. Ahh, but think how many jet engines could be bolted on to all those extra wings! SMH |
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![]() "Stephen Harding" wrote in message ... Keith Willshaw wrote: "Leah Lidtorf" wrote in message Better than modern jets.Biplanes are planes for real knights of the sky.Improved Biplanes could be better than most jets. Jets are ****. Ah an Aussie troll and a VERY poor one Score 1/10 for picking the right newsgroup. Ahh, but think how many jet engines could be bolted on to all those extra wings! Its been done http://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=3754 Keith |
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Keith Willshaw wrote: "Stephen Harding" wrote in message ... Keith Willshaw wrote: "Leah Lidtorf" wrote in message Better than modern jets.Biplanes are planes for real knights of the sky.Improved Biplanes could be better than most jets. Jets are ****. Ah an Aussie troll and a VERY poor one Score 1/10 for picking the right newsgroup. Ahh, but think how many jet engines could be bolted on to all those extra wings! Its been done http://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=3754 Not just then, either. The VVS trialled (and may have even operated) Polikarpov i153s with ramjet assisters, and certainly flew i15bis and i153s in combat equipped with rockets for air-ground and air-air use. None of it worked that well, but it's been done. -- Andy Breen ~ Interplanetary Scintillation Research Group http://users.aber.ac.uk/azb/ "Time has stopped, says the Black Lion clock and eternity has begun" (Dylan Thomas) |
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Keith Willshaw wrote:
"Stephen Harding" wrote in message Keith Willshaw wrote: "Leah Lidtorf" wrote in message Better than modern jets.Biplanes are planes for real knights of the sky.Improved Biplanes could be better than most jets. Jets are ****. Ah an Aussie troll and a VERY poor one Score 1/10 for picking the right newsgroup. Ahh, but think how many jet engines could be bolted on to all those extra wings! Its been done http://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=3754 Dang! In the US, GE has a commercial on TV with pseudo-old film footage showing the Wright brothers Flyer taking off at Kitty Hawk with an extremely large, GE jet engine bolted to its top wing. Looks like a thrilling ride! SMH |
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Keith Willshaw wrote: Its been done http://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=3754 Dang! In the US, GE has a commercial on TV with pseudo-old film footage showing the Wright brothers Flyer taking off at Kitty Hawk with an extremely large, GE jet engine bolted to its top wing. Looks like a thrilling ride! The "Starfighters" F-104 demo team based out of my hometown (Clearwater, FL) and the jet-powered Waco bipe in the link above that Keith posted are my two fave airplanes at Sun 'n Fun. Another very cool photo is the *turboprop* ULTRALIGHT shown in the link below: http://www.davisstraub.com/OZ/toc.php?6.92 Scroll down to the bottom to view the pic. Very cool! |
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Have those of you who live in the States seen the tv commercial in which General Electric tries to bask in the reflected glory of the Wright Brothers by strapping one of their jet engines to the Wright Flier? vince norris |
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"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message ...
"Stephen Harding" wrote in message ... Keith Willshaw wrote: "Leah Lidtorf" wrote in message Better than modern jets.Biplanes are planes for real knights of the sky.Improved Biplanes could be better than most jets. Jets are ****. Ah an Aussie troll and a VERY poor one Score 1/10 for picking the right newsgroup. Ahh, but think how many jet engines could be bolted on to all those extra wings! Its been done http://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=3754 Keith The very first jet WAS a bi-plane: http://tanks45.tripod.com/Jets45/His...aAeroplane.htm Rob |
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![]() The very first jet WAS a bi-plane: http://tanks45.tripod.com/Jets45/His...aAeroplane.htm Rob No, the "aircraft" that you are referring to never achieved controlled flight. It promptly crashed when a take off was attempted. It was not the first jet, it was a failed attempt. Al Minyard |
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