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    Helicopter Compressor Stalls

    in Aviation Enthusiasts

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    For anyone interested in turbines, here's a link to a 3 page U.S. article on cause & effect of compressor stalls in turbine helicopters, with a couple of case histories. Certainly a few issues there that aren't encountered in fixed wing a/c.

     

    http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=bca&id=news/bca/2012/02/01/BC_02_01_2012_p40-412057.xml&headline=Compressor%20Stalls%20%20in%20Turbine%20Helicopters

     

     

    What Were They Thinking?

    in Aviation Laughter

    Posted

    Certainly a wierd one, Peter. It's a bit hard to find information on it that's not in French. Did some digging & apparently a eleytron is a hardened forward wing found on some types of beetles & the forward wing is named after it. Found one photo which shows standard type ailerons on the main wing. Here's a photo showing the underside of the forward wing,

     

    http://www.airliners.net/photo/MAE/De-Rouge-Elytroplan/1360238/L/

     

    It looks like the wing is pivoted & operated as a stabilator via cables & would work like a moving tailplane. It would be interesting to find out how or if it flew.

     

    Here's some of his earlier ones, with Google translate:

     

    http://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://forum.aviation-ancienne.fr/t7239-charles-de-rouge-et-les-elytroplans&ei=7jw2T6DwGZHGmQXc_rWFAg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CE4Q7gEwBQ&prev=/search?q=De+Rouge-Chabrillan-Bouffort+Elytroplan&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=628&prmd=imvns

     

    Cheers, Willie.

     

     

    Russian Knights In Iran

    in Aviation Enthusiasts

    Posted

    Certainly a bit of a mix there, it would be a nightmare tryng to maintain it all. I had an idea there's 60 odd Phantoms still operational, nice to see them still flying in some parts of the world. It makes you wonder how some smaller countries like Malaysia, Indonesia etc deal with the logistics of having US, Russian & sometimes Chinese aircraft in their inventory.

     

    Cheers, Willie.

     

     

    Russian Knights In Iran

    in Aviation Enthusiasts

    Posted

    Nice link Willie, interesting photos. I wonder how many of their Tomcats the Iranians can still field, quite ironic that a rabidly anti US regime uses obsolete US equipment.

    Probably a bit hard to put a figure on it, there's always a difference to U.S. estimates & Iranian claims of how many are operational. I think it could be somewhere around 20 operational & 40 something all up. They originally ordered around 80, but I don't know how many were delivered. They would have lost a few over the years, I'd imagine. Fairly sure they all had the old F111 engines & not the GE's & heard this was one of the reasons we had to destroy ours.

    Cheers, Willie.

     

     

    Ww1 Raf And German Biplanes

    in Aviation Enthusiasts

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    The only thing I have about suggesting Rumpler is the shape of the radiator ... it seems to be more elongate than the Rumplers. It's going to stay as my best bet for the time being, though. I'm intrigued by your interpretation of "graceful" in relation to the BE2, by the way. We have a Citroen 2CV, and the best I can say of it is that it has "character"; but we love it, just as a mother would:DThe burnt out job standing on its wheels could be an AEG.CIV - and does the hulk with the crowd around it have a 4 bladed prop with a V engine, rather than an in-line? And looking at the exhaust stacks & fuel tank(?) location, I reckon it's either another of those "graceful" BE2's or else an RE8 :p

    Yes, Geoff, regards the hulk with the crowd, I'm fairly sure it's a graceful BE2, although that one looks a bit disgraced. The prop is 4 bladed & the right angled framework on top of each outer upper wing appears in some photos of BE2's that I checked out. It looks like I'm getting closer to being able to put a name to the pics, which will be good. All the help I can get is appreciated.

     

    Cheers, Willie.

     

     

    Ww1 Raf And German Biplanes

    in Aviation Enthusiasts

    Posted

    Might the unidentified mystery a/c be a Rumpler C.IV perchance? Comments welcome :confused:http://www.histomin.com/Aviation/World War 1 Aviation/WW1 Aircraft/WW1 Rumpler C.IV C.7963_17/gpww1 Rumpler C.IV C.7963_17.htm

    I think you're right there, Geoff. Your link to the model images show a lot more detail than some of the real photos online. A few give-aways seem to be the radiator, tailplane, exhaust manifold & the rounded gunners station. Also the metal tubular framework above the pilot, supporting the wing. A German plane, it's definately not in Australia then. Looking at this image, http://imxcited.com/images_the_hun/photo_rumpler_civ.jpg I can see why the fabric is missing; someone has souivenered the Maltese Crosses from both sides. Looking at it closer, perhaps the photo of the burnt out German plane is a Rumpler as well. The exhaust manifold seems to be a clue.

     

    Cheers, Willie.

     

     

    Ww1 Raf And German Biplanes

    in Aviation Enthusiasts

    Posted

    A few more scans of some old photos for anyone interested.

     

    Centered around the 5th. Lighthorse Regiment, Palestine & Sinai between 1916-1918 approx.

     

    Unidentified type of RAF aircraft. Possibly a Short of some type.

     

    [ATTACH=full]976[/ATTACH]

     

    Another RAF one on it's nose - quite a large roundel on the wing. Unidentified type.

     

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    Don't know what this is. Captioned: 'After bombing Turkish HQ, Palestine.' British or German? [ATTACH=full]978[/ATTACH]

     

    One of theirs, looks fairly small. Type unidentified.

     

    [ATTACH=full]979[/ATTACH]

     

    This one's a mystery. No markings, the buildings & fence in the background look more like Australia than the Middle East. It was with the same batch of photos; possibly a training base here. Undentified type.

     

    [ATTACH=full]980[/ATTACH]

     

    Observation Balloon (sort of an aircraft, maybe) Captioned: 'Releasing an observation balloon, Palestine'.

     

    [ATTACH=full]981[/ATTACH]

     

    Cheers, Willie.

     

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    Monino Air Force Museum

    in Aviation Enthusiasts

    Posted

    A few old bangers here:

     

    a 360 degree click & drag view of Monino Air Force Museum at Moscow, with 2 other views in the left hand menu.

     

    In the main menu, ' explore / world map ' leads to a Google Earth style map showing all available 360 degree views. Haven't found any other aviation related ones yet, apart from the abandoned Il-76 at Sharjah, which has been posted previously, but there probably is some somewhere. Full screen mode is good viewing.

     

    Cheers, Willie.

     

    http://www.360cities.net/map#lat=55.8327&lng=38.18597&name=monino-2&zoom=17

     

     

    Late Landing

    in Aviation Videos

    Posted

    Would've been a bit of swearing & wrestling wth the controls going on. The old M models like that one would be 85 tonne minimum, 150 max on landing, a lot of weight going sideways. No wonder one of them grabbed his pushbike & took off.

     

    Cheers, Willie.

     

     

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