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This is exactly what I was saying. The British can produce beautiful
aircraft, and yet also the ugliest. This poor plane was, at the time,
designed with no attempt to push new technology. Without the grace of a
common carpenter they somehow patched this plane together. ugh!

On 29/03/2014 20:49, y wrote:
This is exactly what I was saying. The British can produce beautiful
aircraft, and yet also the ugliest. This poor plane was, at the time,
designed with no attempt to push new technology. Without the grace of a
common carpenter they somehow patched this plane together. ugh!


Whilst America, for 1937, came up for this little gem!

http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircr...ircraft_id=143

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Well I agree that the Buffalo isn'r a pretty plane, it still looks better than the Barracuda to me.

But the brittish did produce this (it seems to me) much overlooked beauty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlan...lwind_(fighter)

Claus


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On 29/03/2014 20:49, y wrote:
This is exactly what I was saying. The British can produce beautiful
aircraft, and yet also the ugliest. This poor plane was, at the time,
designed with no attempt to push new technology. Without the grace of a
common carpenter they somehow patched this plane together. ugh!


Whilst America, for 1937, came up for this little gem!

http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircr...ircraft_id=143

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Well I agree that the Buffalo isn'r a pretty plane, it still looks better than the Barracuda to me.

But the brittish did produce this (it seems to me) much overlooked beauty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlan...lwind_(fighter)

Claus


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On 29/03/2014 20:49, y wrote:
This is exactly what I was saying. The British can produce beautiful
aircraft, and yet also the ugliest. This poor plane was, at the time,
designed with no attempt to push new technology. Without the grace of a
common carpenter they somehow patched this plane together. ugh!


Whilst America, for 1937, came up for this little gem!

http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircr...ircraft_id=143

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On 31/03/2014 18:11, Claus Gustafsen wrote:
Well I agree that the Buffalo isn'r a pretty plane, it still looks
better than the Barracuda to me.
But the brittish did produce this (it seems to me) much overlooked
beauty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlan...lwind_(fighter)
Claus

Hi Claus,

I live a couple of miles from where the Westland Whirlwind was built.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6idJ3tF00Og

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/wh...ghter-squadron

Ri©ardo

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On 31/03/2014 18:11, Claus Gustafsen wrote:
Well I agree that the Buffalo isn'r a pretty plane, it still looks
better than the Barracuda to me.
But the brittish did produce this (it seems to me) much overlooked
beauty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlan...lwind_(fighter)
Claus

Hi Claus,

I live a couple of miles from where the Westland Whirlwind was built.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6idJ3tF00Og

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/wh...ghter-squadron

Ri©ardo

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On 31/03/2014 20:16, ®i©ardo wrote:
On 31/03/2014 18:11, Claus Gustafsen wrote:
Well I agree that the Buffalo isn'r a pretty plane, it still looks
better than the Barracuda to me.
But the brittish did produce this (it seems to me) much overlooked
beauty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlan...lwind_(fighter)
Claus

Hi Claus,

I live a couple of miles from where the Westland Whirlwind was built.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6idJ3tF00Og

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/wh...ghter-squadron

Ri©ardo


Thank you for posting those Ricardo. First time I've seen Whirlwinds in
flight. Such an elegant aircraft. I first came across it as an Airfix
kit way back when. Two bob at Woolies, I think.

By the time I started work at Yeovil, Westlands were well into the
helicopter era, in fact I was involved in the computer side of Sea King
production.

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On 31/03/2014 20:16, ®i©ardo wrote:
On 31/03/2014 18:11, Claus Gustafsen wrote:
Well I agree that the Buffalo isn'r a pretty plane, it still looks
better than the Barracuda to me.
But the brittish did produce this (it seems to me) much overlooked
beauty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlan...lwind_(fighter)
Claus

Hi Claus,

I live a couple of miles from where the Westland Whirlwind was built.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6idJ3tF00Og

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/wh...ghter-squadron

Ri©ardo


Thank you for posting those Ricardo. First time I've seen Whirlwinds in
flight. Such an elegant aircraft. I first came across it as an Airfix
kit way back when. Two bob at Woolies, I think.

By the time I started work at Yeovil, Westlands were well into the
helicopter era, in fact I was involved in the computer side of Sea King
production.

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Peter

On 01/04/2014 08:06, Ramsman wrote:
On 31/03/2014 20:16, ®i©ardo wrote:
On 31/03/2014 18:11, Claus Gustafsen wrote:
Well I agree that the Buffalo isn'r a pretty plane, it still looks
better than the Barracuda to me.
But the brittish did produce this (it seems to me) much overlooked
beauty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlan...lwind_(fighter)
Claus

Hi Claus,

I live a couple of miles from where the Westland Whirlwind was built.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6idJ3tF00Og

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/wh...ghter-squadron

Ri©ardo


Thank you for posting those Ricardo. First time I've seen Whirlwinds in
flight. Such an elegant aircraft. I first came across it as an Airfix
kit way back when. Two bob at Woolies, I think.

By the time I started work at Yeovil, Westlands were well into the
helicopter era, in fact I was involved in the computer side of Sea King
production.


Hi Peter,

Ah yes, those Airfix kits that contributed so much to our youth. I
remember the anxious waits for Woollies to put the latest Airfix
offerings on sale, pocket money clutched in hot little hands.

Strange to relate, helicopters were never Westland's forte in that they
only became involved by government decree, at which time they took over
Bristol's extensive work in that field. However, their subsequent
expertise has made them world contributors.

Here's a few Bristol bits at the Helicopter Museum at Weston.

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