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12-11-2006, 08:18 PM
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Dec 2006
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| Mystery Aircraft Hi there For my first I would like to ask a favour. I am trying to locate an airfix model which I built as a boy, but cannot for the life of me remember the name of. The aircraft is British, I believe came out towards the end of the war. It is a T tailed, low wing monoplane with a low wing configuration, twin engined and (I think) a bubble cockpit above a thin fusilage. Can anyone help me out with the name, and if possible the spec of the aircraft. many thanks |
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12-11-2006, 08:38 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls
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| hows this westland whirlwind |
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12-11-2006, 08:45 PM
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| Brilliant. Any idea of spec, history or pilots experiences - or where I could find out about it Many thanks |
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12-11-2006, 08:49 PM
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| Amazing to think that this aircraft was a "peer" of the P38 Lightning.
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12-11-2006, 10:07 PM
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| Here are some rare ones for you
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12-11-2006, 10:21 PM
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| Its a beautifull airplane.
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12-11-2006, 11:22 PM
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12-12-2006, 12:09 AM
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| nice pics! beautiful plane. Always liked the Whirlwind. Shame about the engines... |
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12-12-2006, 06:31 AM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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  | Certainly is a good looking aircraft. Here are some specs: British Aircraft of World War II - WESTLAND WHIRLWIND I www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org - British Aviation Resource Center - Westland Whirlwind
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12-12-2006, 07:35 AM
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| always liked the wirlwind
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12-12-2006, 12:43 PM
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| aka Dickcheese   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| Correct me if I'm wrong, but were there rather severe stability problems with this bird? And didn't it also suffer from severe mach tuck during dives?
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12-12-2006, 02:08 PM
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| It had some tail flutter that was cured by that odd arrangement with the intersection of horizontal stab and fin. Still, just sitting between those lovely RR engines must have been sweet - kind of a girly F7F Tigercat (sorry, not meant in an ugly way). |
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12-12-2006, 02:34 PM
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| I wonder if you were thinking of the DH 103 Sea Hornet? A far superior aircraft to the Westland... |
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12-12-2006, 03:07 PM
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| Yeah maybe so. That's some decent firepower concentrated in that nose. And I liked your F7F analogy. Spot on.
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12-12-2006, 03:38 PM
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