Aircraft PicturesDiscuss Civilian Aircraft in the World War II - Aviation forums; I thought I'd start up a thread to discuss and post some pics of civilian aircraft.
I'm mostly ...
I thought I'd start up a thread to discuss and post some pics of civilian aircraft.
I'm mostly into older ones myself, like Pipers, Aeroncas, Taylorcraft, and I absolutely LOVE Stinsons. Plus I like some newer Cessnas and Pipers, I'm also a big fan of kit planes like Van RV4s and RV6s
Those are some beauties! I have a few shots of some at home that I will post later. I have some Piper cub shots and the Kitfox Speedster. Joe probably has some shots as well.
Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda.
Not sure about the first one, but the second is a Yak-52. I thought it was a Nanchang CJ at first, which is pretty much the same, but the nanchang has a sqaured tail.
Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda.
Here is one of my favorite aerobatics planes, the Pitts S2C. I am not sure who owns the red one, but the green one belongs to Bill Cornick. He calls it Big Bad Green. I am also including a video of him in that plane from his website. Once you see one of these do aerobatics, you'll be hooked!
Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda.
"Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts"
Sir Winston Churchill
"To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today"
Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London
Maybe I should have put the video at the top so it was easier to see. The video is definitely worth a look. You get shots from outside and inside the cockpit as he manuevers. At about 1:25 in the video, he does a Lomcevak, which is a manuever that has you spinning on 2 axis! Around the 1:55 he climbs up and stalls, but maintains a nose up attitude as the airplane falls backwards before he recovers. It is quite something to watch.
As an aside, it should be noted that he was 73 years old when this was filmed! He is in amazing shape and you would never know his age to see him.
Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda.
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