Guest Glenn Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Just a poll to see what your favourite propliner is. If I have missed one on the list just tell us in a post. Mine is the DC-3 but I equally like all of them.
Guest Guest Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 None of the above. :( Most of them are okay, but my favourite is the Fokker F27 Friendship. :D
Guest Ultralights Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 i know, its not really old, or nostalgic, but i LOVE every flight in a DASH-8 i regularly fly to Cairns and Bundaburg in QLD from Sydney, and its not uncommon for my to book flights from Syd to newcastle, to Brisbane, just to spend a few more hrs in the D-8 my usual trip to Bundy is to Brisbane on a city flyer, then to bundy on a dash-8 for some reason, i love em.
Guest Glenn Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 If you love the dash 8 I bet you can't wait for the 400 series.
Guest Ultralights Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 nahhh the 400 is too long, i like the stubby means business look of the 200/300's the 400's just dont look right! :lol: reminds me of the old flying pencils otherwise known as Metroliners!
Guest Sunshy Posted April 5, 2005 Posted April 5, 2005 Mine is the Saab 340. Besides it's looks, I like its distinctive sound and it's pretty straight forward in maintenance, even though it's system are more like a widebody than a propliner.
Guest Ultralights Posted April 5, 2005 Posted April 5, 2005 just reading over the list again, i do have fond memories of working on and reskinning a DC2! and also a Grumman Tracker! would love to see more of these old birds fly!
baldrick Posted August 2, 2008 Posted August 2, 2008 How could you have a list of propeller driven airliners without the beautiful Super Constellation? As a HARS member I might be biassed. Simmo
Guest g_i_jack029 Posted August 3, 2008 Posted August 3, 2008 How could you have a list of propeller driven airliners without the beautiful Super Constellation? As a HARS member I might be biassed. Simmo Baldrick, your a damn SMART fela!!!!!! i liked the connie but once i got to walk throught the connie i really loved it!!! i got to look in the cockpit and thought to myself, this'll need a bit of CRC!!! :lol: certainly a cockpit that looks like it's from a plane!!! =D>
Guest g_i_jack029 Posted August 3, 2008 Posted August 3, 2008 Folks.....Thats a real plane!!! The HARS sure was a beautiful girl! I'm glad that Australia has 1 or 2 organisations that keep them in good condition =D> They say a gold coin donation to get a look through, i'm quite happy to put in a note donation :)
Guest Chainsaw Posted August 3, 2008 Posted August 3, 2008 Oh Jack, I knew you really love Sound of Round mate ;)
Guest David C Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 I've always had a soft spot for the old Vickers Viscount , ever since flying in them as a kid from Birmingham to Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands . Those large oval windows always provided a great view , that was when the weather was fine though , and that wasn't very often in the uk .. AAHHH , the sound of those RR's too ... Showing my age now !! Dave C
siznaudin Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 Super Constellation: nothing else come close. And I'm not a HARS member, either! [ATTACH]247.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]17835[/ATTACH]
Guest g_i_jack029 Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 Siz, that is an amazing photo!!!! beautiful
Guest OzChris Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 Absolutely beautiful image! Is that an infra red filter on the camera?
Scottw Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 I like a varied number of propliners and the 2 I like that spring to mind the HS748 and Convair CV340/440 lineage and the ones I have images of have those lovely big "paddle" Props Scott
siznaudin Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 Absolutely beautiful image! Is that an infra red filter on the camera? Not my shot (it's the Breitling Connie - taken in ~2004, I think.. and don't look too closely at copyright issues). From the dim recesses of the brain I seem to recall that B&W images were enhanced dramatically by using red filters for cloud & sky effects, although today's digital e-enhancement can do just about anything with any original image, no matter the nature of the source.
siznaudin Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 I like a varied number of propliners and the 2 I like that spring to mind the HS748 and Convair CV340/440 lineage and the ones I have images of have those lovely big "paddle" PropsScott So if you like the 240/340's, you'll probably enjoy this shot: [ATTACH]249.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]17836[/ATTACH]
siznaudin Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 ...and this one too? How to achieve exhaust thrust augmentation from an R-2800. BTW, as a kid I flew Parafield to Sydney in a 240 and with the winds on the day it set a shortest time for that trip to that date. It's all just a bit different now, though - thanks to Frank Whittle and others! [ATTACH]250.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]17837[/ATTACH]
siznaudin Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Oh - a thousand apologies: I thought this thread was "What is Your Favourite Propellor?" [ATTACH]17858[/ATTACH]
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