Which aircraft will live in history forever?

The de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver

Designed and built in Canada in the 1940's. First flown in 1947.
Still going strong today!


http://www.tofinoair.ca/fleet.htm

http://exn.ca/FlightDeck/Aircraft/ha...Havilland%20DH
C-2%20Beaver

http://www.dhc-2.com/current_cover_page.htm


Bob.

Wright Flyer
B-29 (nuked Japan)
U-2 (Cold War Symbol)
Concord
SR-71
Harrier (First real VTOL)
B-52 (if it ever *becomes* "history")
Me 262
X-1
X-15
KC-135


(there are lots of candidates such as the F-4, Mig-21, Zero, P-51,
etc. etc. but I think the above are unique and for that reason will
stand out)

Scott Ferrin wrote in
:


Wright Flyer
B-29 (nuked Japan)
U-2 (Cold War Symbol)
Concord
SR-71
Harrier (First real VTOL)
B-52 (if it ever *becomes* "history")
Me 262
X-1
X-15
KC-135


The Bell X-1, for breaking the notorious soundbarrier, thereby
writing itself into history as one of the greatest aviation
moments of all times.


Regards...

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 18:51:43 +0000, Bjørnar Bolsøy wrote:

Scott Ferrin wrote in
:


Wright Flyer
B-29 (nuked Japan)
U-2 (Cold War Symbol)
Concord
SR-71
Harrier (First real VTOL)
B-52 (if it ever *becomes* "history") Me 262
X-1
X-15
KC-135


The Bell X-1, for breaking the notorious soundbarrier, thereby writing
itself into history as one of the greatest aviation moments of all times.

Except for the fact that the X-1 was NOT the first manned aircraft to
break the sound barrier, it was the F-86 that broke the sound barrier
first. One of the great myths in aviation lore is that the X-1 was first.



Regards...

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 21:08:44 GMT, Dan Shackelford
wrote:

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 18:51:43 +0000, Bjørnar Bolsøy wrote:

Scott Ferrin wrote in
:


Wright Flyer
B-29 (nuked Japan)
U-2 (Cold War Symbol)
Concord
SR-71
Harrier (First real VTOL)
B-52 (if it ever *becomes* "history") Me 262
X-1
X-15
KC-135


The Bell X-1, for breaking the notorious soundbarrier, thereby writing
itself into history as one of the greatest aviation moments of all times.

Except for the fact that the X-1 was NOT the first manned aircraft to
break the sound barrier, it was the F-86 that broke the sound barrier
first. One of the great myths in aviation lore is that the X-1 was first.



Regards...

Level? Because diving doesn't count. If it did they'd have just
strapped a guy into a big bomb and dropped it. When it broke mach
he'd pop the airbrakes and bail. They could have done THAT in WWII.
The level vs. diving is debatable I'm sure but it seems to me that was
the big deal.

"Scott Ferrin" wrote in message
...

Level? Because diving doesn't count. If it did they'd have just
strapped a guy into a big bomb and dropped it. When it broke mach
he'd pop the airbrakes and bail. They could have done THAT in WWII.
The level vs. diving is debatable I'm sure but it seems to me that was
the big deal.


It was certainly a big deal at the time. The term sound BARRIER
implied that it could never be broken and shouldn't be attempted.
There was enough known about mach limitations and compressability for all
the 'experts' to fall into one of two camps (yes and no)


Plenty of pilots died unintentionally while diving past their mach
limitations to make George Welch's feat significant. The fact that a
plane had (allegedly) gone past mach 1 and survived in reasonable shape -
disproved the widespread belief that the speed of sound was the absolute
limit that could ever be reached.

Being able to do Mach 2 while sucking on a pink gin, complaining about the
rock stars behind you and reading the Times less than 30 years later would
earn a place for the Concorde as well.




Cheers

Dave Kearton

Except for the fact that the X-1 was NOT the first manned aircraft to
break the sound barrier, it was the F-86 that broke the sound barrier
first. One of the great myths in aviation lore is that the X-1 was first.

Oh God. Here we go again.

all the best -- Dan Ford
email: (put CUB in subject line)

see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com
and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com

Or, the first straight winged aircraft to break the sound barrier -- the
Avro Canada CF-100 piloted by Janusz Zurakowski.

Dan Shackelford wrote:
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 18:51:43 +0000, Bjørnar Bolsøy wrote:


Scott Ferrin wrote in
m:



Wright Flyer
B-29 (nuked Japan)
U-2 (Cold War Symbol)
Concord
SR-71
Harrier (First real VTOL)
B-52 (if it ever *becomes* "history") Me 262
X-1
X-15
KC-135


The Bell X-1, for breaking the notorious soundbarrier, thereby writing
itself into history as one of the greatest aviation moments of all times.


Except for the fact that the X-1 was NOT the first manned aircraft to
break the sound barrier, it was the F-86 that broke the sound barrier
first. One of the great myths in aviation lore is that the X-1 was first.



Regards...

"Avro Canada Archives" wrote in message
...
Or, the first straight winged aircraft to break the sound barrier -- the
Avro Canada CF-100 piloted by Janusz Zurakowski.

The Bell X-1 had straight wings.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/galleries/gal100/bellX1.html

Tex

Most mention the Spitfire of Battle of Britain fame but neglect mentioning
the work horse, the Hawker Huricane. The Huricane out numbered Spitfires
two-to-one during the Battle of Britain. Polish 303 Squadron was the most
decorated squadron at this time and they flew Huricanes.