WWII War Birds - pics and video

[wbaad]

Germans are no strangers to skid landing gear as they have used it on every kind of aircraft from gliders to jets to rocket aircraft.
It works...

 

[tootall]

So, I didn't get to Luftwaffe Day after all...
Three months of no rain, then a monsoon this weekend.
Maybe next year?

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Sorry to hear that, mate, but I'm glad to hear Washington State got some rain. We're choking on their smoke up here.

They would have flown the Storch for you...

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[tacfoley]

Love that Storch, me! We have three at IWM Duxford - one is the French radial-engined Criquet and the other two are Czech-built. What a total hoot they are to watch, let alone fly in.

tac

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

2600+ built, not a ton of survivors, but more than most other types. And the damn thing can hover in a stiff-ish wind.

Not many pictures of the Soviet knockoff, the Antonov OKA-38:

Popular with everybody that could put a hand on one:

 

[Sharps '63]

A now deceased RCAF Wingco told me that on a x-country flight in a DH Tiger Moth with an instructor, he was told to mark a barn on the ground for reference. He spotted the barn and busied himself with flying straight and level. A few moments later, the instructor got his attention and pointed down - the barn was still there!

It was his first lesson in strong head winds.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

The Tiger Moth was also a real popular number. Even the Swedes had 'em:

The lads at DH had good eyes for aesthetics. "Dat ass" as the homeboys say.

 

[wbaad]

Tiger moth is a really nice aircraft to fly. So slow and predictable.
I flew one of the Brit ones with the spoon tail skid and no brakes off grass. Very nice. Wish I could afford one.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Meanwhile, the Germans had to bugger about in the Arado 96:

Looks like some Czech lads have built a flyable replica. Looks like fun.

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http://www.pistovemotory.cz/en/news...o-96-replica-with-a-lom-engine-was-successful

http://www.pistovemotory.cz/en/news...o-96-replica-with-a-lom-engine-was-successful

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Meanwhile, the Germans had to bugger about in the Arado 96:

Looks like some Czech lads have built a flyable replica. Looks like fun.

[youtube]FZWQoKX7QkY#t=11[/youtube]

http://www.pistovemotory.cz/en/news...o-96-replica-with-a-lom-engine-was-successful

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

And just for larfs, here's an ME 210 in Hungarian markings. Apparently, the Hungarians liked the type.

 

[JR Hartman]

those little Arados are just ugly. holy crap.

the 210/410 on the other hand are really cool, at least in my eyes

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

What's wrong here?

 

[Jon.]

Fancy engines and missing at least 7 guns.

 

[JR Hartman]

Merlins? Not Allisons, those had the turbos exposed on the top of the nacelle.

 

[diopter]

XB-38, 1 made, Allison 1710 V engines. Can anyone say P-38 engines and cowlings .

 

[shredder]

Engines and nacelles are all wrong for a B-17, and it looks to be missing about half its firepower.......

 

[diopter]

Again, Allison 1710
http://atomictoasters.com/2012/12/the-boeing-xb-38/

How about the radial engine BII Lancaster with 4 Bristol Hercules?

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

It's funny how we get used to seeing things a certain way, isn't it? A radial engine Lanc just doesn't look right. A B17 with inlines looks, to my eye anyhow, sleek as hell, but weird.

 

[JR Hartman]

ok, well, they are Allisons, colour me edjucated.

and those big radials on the Lanc look badass.