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11-28-2008, 10:48 AM
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| I'm thinking Handley-Page... Krabat
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11-28-2008, 05:19 PM
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| I'll have to come "clean", the balanced turret wasn't standard. It was experimentally fitted to this aircraft...  |
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11-28-2008, 06:26 PM
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| Armstron Whitworth Atlas?
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11-28-2008, 08:49 PM
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11-29-2008, 07:35 AM
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| Here's an interesting one...  |
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11-30-2008, 01:47 PM
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 | Looks like the He162's little bro... 
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12-02-2008, 03:39 AM
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12-02-2008, 04:32 AM
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Looks like a mini-He162, but it was actually inspired by the Lockheed U-2. Two designers, Dick Hunt and Bob Hammer, recognised the potential of the U-2 for civilian purposes and hoped to provide a high altitude flying camera platform for photo/mapping missions. Planned to have a ceiling of around 60,000ft and a potential climb rate of 15,000ft/min, it incorporated the wings of a Teledyne Ryan 147 drone, the nose gear of Mooney Mk 21 and a Learjet 24 nacelle inlet ring, the Hunt HH-1 Zipper was described as an “unprecedented endeavour.” Sadly, it crashed on August 15 1979, killing Hunt and the project.  | |
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12-02-2008, 04:54 AM
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| Thanks a lot again for letting us to know such rare birds, Graeme. |
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12-02-2008, 11:04 AM
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| That's ol' Graeme. You can be sure he surprises you every time. By the way: Do you know how he could get out of the plane in case of an emergency? At least the He-162 had an ejection seat. Did the "Zipper" had one too? Or was it just a matter of opening a zipper on the bottom of the cockpit and fall away?  Krabat
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12-02-2008, 06:37 PM
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| Here's an interesting image; 
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12-03-2008, 04:51 AM
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| Whoa! Looks like a fake to me, maybe made with parts from a Grumman Tiger and a Vigilante, maybe even a Starfighter. Canopy from a Phantom. And where do the wheels retract? Though, If it's a fake, it's a very good one. Krabat
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12-03-2008, 06:36 AM
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| Yeah, that was my first reaction too. However it is a genuine photo, and it doesn't use parts from other aircraft. But what is it? (neither is it my second guess, a movie prop!) 
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12-03-2008, 06:49 AM
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| Is it a mock-up? |
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12-03-2008, 06:58 AM
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 Don't know why they called it the "zipper", but HH-1 was from Hunt and Hammer. Quote:
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