Guest g_i_jack029 Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 here's a few great aircraft (well, that i thing are great) Antonov-225 http://www.rob.com/pic/oops/AN225ADBUR8 ... _62372.jpg Airbus A380 (sorry Chainsaw, but i like the flying dugong) http://www.asiatraveltips.com/newspics/ ... 0inHK2.jpg PBY-Catalina http://www.sa-transport.co.za/aircraft/ ... a_ra98.JPG Concorde http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/mpj/Concorde.jpg The Wright flyer (of course) http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/types/usa/w ... _65_lg.jpg If you have some more great planes please post them!!!!!! What do you think has been the greatest plane of all time???
Guest OzChris Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 I agree with you there G_I_Jack - some awesome planes there!! I think that the greatest plane of all times was Wilbur and Orville Wrights plane - love it! And really begun so much for us today...
Guest Chainsaw Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 sorry Chainsaw, but i like the flying dugong mmmm Jack. The hole is getting deeper LOL
Guest g_i_jack029 Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 it's ok Chainsaw, if you hate it i respect that :)
Guest Chainsaw Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 Are you trying to be nice *wink* I'm just kidding Jack mate. P.S. I have killed before LOL
Guest OzChris Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 ...and they say that you have 'killer looks' too :)
Guest g_i_jack029 Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 ah hahahaha, anyway, the problem is nobody joins in the threads like this, i know Glenn will, if he's not too busy on the website, so if he doesn't say something its probably because he's making a kick ass new website for us :D
Guest g_i_jack029 Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 also, i think this plane is worthy (after they fixed its problem) The DeHavilland Comet, the worlds first jet airliner http://www.airplane-pictures.net/images ... -9/819.jpg actually, very worthy, after the fixed it. What do you think the greatest plane of all time is??? also if you have a great plane you think is worthy, PLEASE POST IT!!!!!!
Guest Glenn Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 The DC-3. Over 70 years old and still plenty of them flying today.
Guest g_i_jack029 Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 Here's a nice big picture of the DC-3 http://www.stinsonflyer.com/prop/dc3a-1.jpg
Guest OzChris Posted February 2, 2008 Posted February 2, 2008 Best plane of all time: Gotta love Canard Wing Flying!!
Tim E Posted February 2, 2008 Posted February 2, 2008 Hard for me to pick just one. To me its the planes that used to flyover my house in Ashburton in Melbourne when I was a kid. So that gives a vote for DC 3, Vampire Jet, Sabre and Canberra bomber. Maybe also whaterer planes they were that took me on my only overseas trip in 1990. British Airways Mel-London..and Continental Airlines London-Hawaii-Mel..any guesses on what those planes might have been? I didn't know my planes all that well back then. :) Tim
Guest g_i_jack029 Posted February 2, 2008 Posted February 2, 2008 Did you know the Canberra is still in service with some airforces today, despite being built back in the 50s!!!! Heres a picture, the Canberra http://www.ajb007.co.uk/images/2003-05/canb_1024.jpeg Also the Vampire jet, Dehavilland http://www.warbirdsoverwanaka.co.nz/pho ... ampire.jpg And the Sabre, i'm Guessing the F-86 http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/ ... 6Sabre.jpg
Tim E Posted February 2, 2008 Posted February 2, 2008 Great pics g_ i_jack! Yes all 3 were great in my view..from recent reading the Canberra was considered a darn good plane. Saw them all in a couple of air races at the old Laverton Air Shows in the early 1960's..all planes were given a handicap..I remember some planes getting close to the line then all of a sudden one by one the jets would appear and almost gobble up the others on the line....the last show I saw I reckon a plane was almost at the finish line and all of a sudden a black speck appeared and thundered through the sky to just get pipped at the line....it was the mirage..on disp[ay before the first of the group of them arrived..so I am guessing around about 1963-65 'ish?
Guest David747 Posted February 2, 2008 Posted February 2, 2008 What do you think the greatest plane of all time is??? THE BOEING 747! :D David...
Tim E Posted February 2, 2008 Posted February 2, 2008 Have to agree David..there is something awesome about them..both on the ground, take off and landing and in flight. :)
sixtiesrelic Posted February 2, 2008 Posted February 2, 2008 Sorry fellas. The rest follow the Boeing 247. It was the turning point from antique to modern. The DC-3 was the spinoff of the 247 and is the aeroplane that was "Just right". They're still flying and have not yet had an end of life deemed. The 747s have a life span that they ultimately get grounded because they're pressurised and are subjected to stresses that unpressurised DC-3s aren't. The only reason there aren't more 3s in service is, people regarded them as "past it" in the need for speed and stopped maintaining them. Right now there are 3s being rebuilt after years of neglect. That won't happen with any 747. Look at the photos of CWS... a thing of beauty.
Guest g_i_jack029 Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 ok, here they are Boeing 247 http://www.aviation-central.com/airline ... bbd-un.gif Boeing 747 http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/ga ... 747-06.jpg
Tim E Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 Thanks g_i_jack..liked the pics..esp the 247...
Guest g_i_jack029 Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 post the plane, i get the picture :D
Guest Glenn Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 post the plane' date=' i get the picture :D[/quote']Your mission, should you choose to accept it is to find some info and a video on a rotodyne :)
Guest g_i_jack029 Posted February 14, 2008 Posted February 14, 2008 a rotodyne??? ok [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9633v6U0wo]YouTube - Fairey Rotodyne[/ame] This is a fairey Rotodyne ...now that i looked at the picture Glenn, holy **** (admin edited for swearing) THAT IS AWESOME!!!!!! General characteristics Crew: 3 Capacity: 40 passengers Length: 58 ft 8 in (17.9 m) Rotor diameter: 90 ft 0 in (27.4 m) Height: 22 ft 2 in (6.76 m) Disc area: 6,360 ft² (591 m²) Empty weight: lb (kg) Loaded weight: 33,000 lb (15,000 kg) Max takeoff weight: 38,000 lb (17,000 kg) Powerplant: 4× rotor tip jet burning compressed air/fuel, () each 2× Napier Eland turboprops, 2,800 hp (2,100 kW) each Performance Maximum speed: 213 mph (343 km/h) Range: 520 mi (830 km) Disc loading: 5.2 lb/ft² (25 kg/m²) Power/mass (prop): 0.17 hp/lb (280 W/kg) Wing loading: N/A wow, never heard or seen it Glenn nice one Heres the picture link http://www.nationmultimedia.com/webblog ... 002146.jpg
Guest Glenn Posted February 15, 2008 Posted February 15, 2008 A+ for your assignment. Great video. BTW I edited your post above. Please try not to swear in your posts [-X
Guest g_i_jack029 Posted February 15, 2008 Posted February 15, 2008 [smilie=sign0007.gif] Just looked at the video then, pretty cool!!!
Tim E Posted February 15, 2008 Posted February 15, 2008 Yep..good one Glenn..I could happily watch this one take off ,head off and land..might miss the reverse thrust roar though..but I'd be catching lots of those from other craft too..I'm assuming by the time the rotodyne had slowed down to landing position there would not have been much noise compared to normal large jets of today? :) ..I'm assuming..but not sure..video didn't really answer that one for me.
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