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11-09-2005, 04:43 PM
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| I once saw a film of a couple of A4's from the NZ airforce. They did a display with one of them carrying a buddy refueling sytem and the other was plugged into it during the whole display.
I don't know if it was a formal display team but it was pretty impressive. | 
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11-10-2005, 12:37 PM
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#62 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | What kind of maneuvers did they do. I would imagine not much being connected like that with a hose.
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11-10-2005, 01:58 PM
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| The only one I remember was a roll which must have been fun. They wouldn't have had much power to play with. | |
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11-10-2005, 02:34 PM
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#64 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country:  | The aero demostration team that Claire Chenault was in used to do that as well, chaining the aircraft together...
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11-10-2005, 05:55 PM
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| It was quite common between the wars for UK display teams to do a show with all the planes tied together but I don't know what types of maneuvers were undertaken | |
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11-10-2005, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Glider It was quite common between the wars for UK display teams to do a show with all the planes tied together but I don't know what types of maneuvers were undertaken | Slow rolls, lazy 8s, loops, all in one tight formation!
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11-11-2005, 07:46 AM
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#67 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | That must be awesome to see. I have never even heard of it till now. Wish I could see that also.
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11-11-2005, 08:14 AM
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11-11-2005, 08:26 AM
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#69 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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11-11-2005, 08:52 AM
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#70 | | Der Crewchief
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11-11-2005, 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Glider It was quite common between the wars for UK display teams to do a show with all the planes tied together but I don't know what types of maneuvers were undertaken | As a lad my dad went to see Captain Blacks Flying Circus at
Maylands Airfield in Essex.
He said they did the cutting balloons with the wings trick while flying upside down ect and for half a crown (two shillings and sixpence),
Captain Black himself would take you up for a joy ride.
My dad and his mate only had four shillings between them but the old boy said he would take them both up together.
In they scrambled to this old biplane and the assistant strapped them down (one belt over both their laps). A couple humps on the prop and the engine coughed into life. Away they went down the grass runway everything rattling and shaking until it slowly rose into the air.
Even as a 11 year old my dad didnt like the way the wings appeared to move independantly to the fuslage all the rigging was so slack that the planes wings seemed to take off before the plane. After a ten minute fly round Captain Black bought the two boys back to ground in one piece.
A week later Captain Blacks flying circus was closed by the authorities due to unsafe aircraft. | |
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11-11-2005, 09:03 AM
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#72 | | Der Crewchief
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11-11-2005, 09:28 AM
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#73 | | Your ad here. ;)
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11-11-2005, 09:38 AM
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#74 | | Der Crewchief
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11-11-2005, 09:45 AM
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Country: | My old man thinks its really funny as he thought it was great at the time like being a WW1 ace. Not that many working class people in the UK had ever been up in a plane in the early 30s, in fact my own first flight was a ten minute joy ride at 14 for a birthday present.
My first real flight was on a 707 at 21. | |
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