Mish mash from the Science museum - Aircraft of World War II

trackend · 11-24-2005, 02:46 PM

I went to the Science museum in the smoke today in order to get some shots of the S6B for Ollie but as it seemed a good opportunity to get some pics for the site I grabbed some however being a science museum it is had to categories everything and it would have required at least 4 weeks to see the lot ( one gallery was dedicated just to Barometers)
So in no particular order i shall post some pics.

So keeping in the theme of the site a few plane items.

cheddar cheese · 11-24-2005, 03:35 PM

Nice!

Gnomey · 11-24-2005, 03:40 PM

Nice pics Lee!

trackend · 11-24-2005, 04:04 PM

See if you can guess what the two cockpits belong to

Nonskimmer · 11-24-2005, 04:09 PM

Very, very nice.

Gnomey · 11-24-2005, 04:53 PM

Nice pics Lee!

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 11-25-2005, 09:28 AM

Nice pics there!

Glider · 11-25-2005, 07:48 PM

You seem to have got us with the Cockpits. Best I can do is two vauge guesses.
The first is an experimental 50's research plane used for wing configeration. We produced a number of them at the time
The second one I suspect is a convertable car/plane, which one I don't know.
I won't be hot but I am I at least warm?

evangilder · 11-25-2005, 11:11 PM

Great shots Lee!

plan_D · 11-26-2005, 12:58 AM

I'm not even going to attempt a guess on the cockpits, Lee, but those are some fantastic pictures. Looks like quite the place!

trackend · 11-26-2005, 04:45 AM

Ok D well I cheated although, Glider you got almost spot on, The Plane/car was Just a Mesherschmitt three wheeler.
The other cockpit is a followup to the flying Bedstead the Short SC1 1957
this is the text with the exhibit although the plane hangs on its side
behind 2 columns so a picture is hard to get so I've rotated them.

Quote:

Short SC1 1957
The short SC1 was built to try out the ideas of jet lift & control
in a practical flying aircraft.
The SC1 employed ideas of A A Griffith, who had been one of the first reasearchs to devise an aircraft gas turbine at Farnborough in 1926.
After WW2 as chief scientist at Rolls Royce he advocated the idea
of seperate lift engines for VTOL. Rolls Royce designed a light
weight engine for this roll. The SC1 has four RB 108 engines mounted vertically in the fuselage & another below the tail fin for forward flight.

Like the earlier Flying Bedstead the engines also provided compressed
air the the wing tips,nose and tail for hovering control.
The SC1 in this field made and important step in the developmenyt of VTOL aircraft.

Gnomey · 11-26-2005, 06:29 AM

Nice pics Lee!

the lancaster kicks ass · 11-26-2005, 06:40 AM

great stuff trakkie!

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 11-26-2005, 07:38 AM

Great pics and good job fooling us with the 3 wheeler.

trackend · 11-26-2005, 09:04 AM

Cheers lads heres one for Glider
The work with gliders in Germany by the Lilienthal brothers, Otto and Gustav (1849-1933), was, arguably, the most important aerial effort prior to that of the Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville. Otto Lilienthal's numerous flights, over 2,000 in number, demonstrated beyond question that unpowered human flight was possible, and that total control of an aerial device while aloft was within reach.
Looks a bit more hairy than the modern sail planes dont you think? Glider.

Below that is a equally dodgy looking Bleriot cockpit and a selection of various aero engines I lost count at how many they have in the racks but it was two high two deep and streached the whole length of the Story of Flight hall

11-24-2005, 03:40 PM	#3
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,218	Nice pics Lee! __________________ "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 WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

11-24-2005, 04:53 PM	#6
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,218	Nice pics Lee! __________________ "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 WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

11-25-2005, 09:28 AM	#7
DerAdlerIstGelandet Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany Posts: 33,152	Nice pics there! __________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I]

11-25-2005, 11:11 PM	#9
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,807	Great shots Lee! __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

11-26-2005, 12:58 AM	#10
plan_D Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 11,978	I'm not even going to attempt a guess on the cockpits, Lee, but those are some fantastic pictures. Looks like quite the place! __________________ "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004 To those in that club.

11-24-2005, 03:35 PM	#2
cheddar cheese Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: WSM, England Posts: 20,387	Nice!

11-24-2005, 04:09 PM	#5
Nonskimmer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia Posts: 8,871	Very, very nice.

11-25-2005, 07:48 PM	#8
Glider Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Posts: 3,652	You seem to have got us with the Cockpits. Best I can do is two vauge guesses. The first is an experimental 50's research plane used for wing configeration. We produced a number of them at the time The second one I suspect is a convertable car/plane, which one I don't know. I won't be hot but I am I at least warm?

11-26-2005, 06:29 AM	#12
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,218	Nice pics Lee! __________________ "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 WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

11-26-2005, 06:40 AM	#13
the lancaster kicks ass Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 19,945	great stuff trakkie! __________________ "Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy."

11-26-2005, 07:38 AM	#14
DerAdlerIstGelandet Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany Posts: 33,152	Great pics and good job fooling us with the 3 wheeler. __________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I]

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