Picture of the day
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Dark Alley Dan
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One of the most jet-shaped jets ever. It looks like speed, and was far in advance of the times. A beautiful thing.
"Aluminium Death Tube"
"The Lawn Dart"
"The Flying Phallus"
It was an aircraft that demanded the undivided attention of the pilot. 46% loss rate in Canadian service to Class "A" accidents - 110 aircraft, 37 fatalities. 21 were attributed to foreign object damage (14 of which were birds), 14 were in flight engine failures, 6 were faulty maintenance, 9 were mid air collisions. 32 struck the ground flying at low level in poor weather conditions.
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That's the fastest jet Canada ever owned!
Dark Alley Dan
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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Here's a bevy of strange birds:
How many can you name?
How many can you name?
Ever read up on the Camel? The rotary engine produced a LOT of torque, as rotating engine blocks tend to do.
Extremely difficult to fly IIRC.
No wonder Snoopy favored his doghouse
Captured Aircraft Park Farnborough 1945
..and for the record, from page 53 of the superb source quoted by Dave (War Prizes, by Phil Butler, published by Midland in 1994) the external exhibition of Luftwaffe types included:
Arado Ar234 - AirMin 17
Junkers Ju290A - AirMin 57
Junkers Ju52/3m - AirMin 104
Focke-Wulf Fw200C - AirMin 94
Fw190/Ju88 Mistel combination - AirMin77
Dornier Do217M - AirMin 106
Siebel Si204D - AirMin 4
Junkers Ju88G - AirMin 231 / TP190
Reichenburg IV - piloted Fi103/V-1
Junkers Ju188A - AirMin 108
Junkers Ju388L - AirMin 83
Heinkel He219A - AirMin 22
Focke-Wulf Fw189A - AirMin 27
Messerschmitt Me410B - AirMin V-3 & Air Min 74
Messerschmitt Bf109G - AirMin 30
Dornier Do335A - AirMin 223
Focke-Wulf Ta152H - AirMin 11
Focke-Wulf Fw190F - AirMin 111
Messerschmitt Bf109G - VD358
Messerschmitt Bf108B - AirMin 84
Fieseler Fi156C - AirMin 100
Arardo Ar234 - AirMin 26 & VK877
Messerschmitt Me262A - AirMin 80
Heinkel He111H
Focke-Wulf Fw190D
Of those, only the top half Fw190A of the Mistel combination can be found hanging from the roof on the Imperial War Museum at Lambeth whilst the piloted Fi103/V-1 is currently under restoration in Germany for the Lashenden Air Warefare Museum...
Cheers
Peter D Evans
LEMB Administrator
..and for the record, from page 53 of the superb source quoted by Dave (War Prizes, by Phil Butler, published by Midland in 1994) the external exhibition of Luftwaffe types included:
Arado Ar234 - AirMin 17
Junkers Ju290A - AirMin 57
Junkers Ju52/3m - AirMin 104
Focke-Wulf Fw200C - AirMin 94
Fw190/Ju88 Mistel combination - AirMin77
Dornier Do217M - AirMin 106
Siebel Si204D - AirMin 4
Junkers Ju88G - AirMin 231 / TP190
Reichenburg IV - piloted Fi103/V-1
Junkers Ju188A - AirMin 108
Junkers Ju388L - AirMin 83
Heinkel He219A - AirMin 22
Focke-Wulf Fw189A - AirMin 27
Messerschmitt Me410B - AirMin V-3 & Air Min 74
Messerschmitt Bf109G - AirMin 30
Dornier Do335A - AirMin 223
Focke-Wulf Ta152H - AirMin 11
Focke-Wulf Fw190F - AirMin 111
Messerschmitt Bf109G - VD358
Messerschmitt Bf108B - AirMin 84
Fieseler Fi156C - AirMin 100
Arardo Ar234 - AirMin 26 & VK877
Messerschmitt Me262A - AirMin 80
Heinkel He111H
Focke-Wulf Fw190D
Of those, only the top half Fw190A of the Mistel combination can be found hanging from the roof on the Imperial War Museum at Lambeth whilst the piloted Fi103/V-1 is currently under restoration in Germany for the Lashenden Air Warefare Museum...
Cheers
Peter D Evans
LEMB Administrator
Just saw one of these at the museum today... Quite the dart...
Yep, photo recce pods on these 104's so would be a 439 Tiger Sqn photo op day. Pic probably taken in Germany as 439 was in Lahr and moved to Baden in around 1970. I worked on them as a fitter and was lucky enough to get 2 rides in them. That is something I'll never forget. This pic was pre camo so don't know when it was taken, certainly before 1970 though.
Just saw one of these at the museum today... Quite the dart...
I once work with a man by the name of Bill Stewart. In his youth he flew on Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers off HMS Arc Royal.
He got sick with something just before the encounter with Bismarck and missed out on the excitement.
Immigrated to Canada and eventually worked with Vickers/Canadair. One of his tasks was drafting changes to the CF104 tail plane to reduce flutter after the bomb(s) were dropped at low altitude and hopefully keep it from ending up like a lawn dart in the dirt.
