Looks like some blonde with her hair tied back is going for a sight seeing tour....
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Nice pic of a Catalina over Gibraltar.
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Those waist blisters must be a great seat.
Sure looks like a Cessna product, no?
Cessna went into the helo business once, and created the YH-41 Seneca.
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Great visibility. Sure looks like a Cessna product, no?
Fifty were built, including ten for US Army testing, five for Iran, and four for Ecuador.
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The prototype remains in the Army Aviation Museum in Ft. Ruckner, Alabama. All others are extinct.
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Remains of Hans Joachim Marseille’s plane after it crashed in Egypt, 30 Sept 1942. Marseille was killed when the cockpit of his new Bf 109 G-2/trop filled with smoke over Egypt. Forced to bail out, Marseille was struck in the chest by the right rear stabilizer, either killing him or incapacitating him. Either way, he fell several thousand feet before impacting the desert below. Upon inspection it was found that his parachute was still in the “safe” position, meaning he didn’t attempt to deploy it. Additionally, the parachute had a large hole through it. However, even after his death Marseille remained the most successful pilot to have flown against the Western Allie, claiming 158 victories.
Maybe CanadianAR has the skin off the tail ??
Marseille I believe flew 'Yellow 14' The a/c in the picture also appears to be an E model with the strutted tail plane. After the E the tailplanes were cantilevered on 109s - so likely not Marseille's G2. Marseille actually favored the F for its lighter weight even though more lightly armed.
Messerschmitt Me 262 V1 - only in first test flight, prototype's BMW 003 axial-flow jet engines failed shortly after takeoff, aircraft brought around and back on the nose-mounted Jumo 210's power alone.
The Allison engine in the P-51A had a single-stage supercharger that caused power to drop off rapidly above 15,000 ft. This made it unsuitable for combat at the altitudes where USAAF bombers planned to fly.