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For airplane enthusiasts.

PostPosted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:54 pm
by olderndirt
Got this from a friend and it looks to be a very useful site.

http://www.aviastar.org/index2.html

May be old news to some but not to me  :).

Re: For airplane enthusiasts.

PostPosted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 10:08 pm
by patchz
Very cool. Nice find Dave. :)

Re: For airplane enthusiasts.

PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 12:04 pm
by Flying Trucker
Excellent Link Dave...well done... :)

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

Re: For airplane enthusiasts.

PostPosted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:30 pm
by TacitBlue
Cool site! I like that they are listed by country, just from that I learned a lot. For example, I had no idea that India built their own fighter jets. One of which has an engine that surprisingly I am familiar with, the Rolls Royce Viper Mk-II. We had a bunch of those engines at the trade school where I earned my A&P. They weren't in running condition, but we got to take them apart and everything. Neat engine. And again, neat site. :)

Re: For airplane enthusiasts.

PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 4:45 pm
by BigTruck
Wow this is great!  Book marked!   (I know, late post)

Re: For airplane enthusiasts.

PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 5:05 pm
by SeanTK
Wow!
Reading about this one on Wiki right now...
http://www.aviastar.org/air/norway/honningstad_5a.php

It's an amphibian with wheel-skis....meaning it can go ANYWHERE!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6nningstad_Finnmark


Here's an image showing the skis! This plane has everything!
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthre ... 2&page=927

EDIT: Another great image and an article with a 3 view and close up of the skis!
http://www.digitaltmuseum.no/things/5-a ... mage/45446

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/ ... 00012.html


According to the aviastar commentary, the pictured aircraft is modded with the addition of the pontoons, taller tail, and apparently the elimination of the ski system. All other images on this post are of the original aircraft.

Re: For airplane enthusiasts.

PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:03 pm
by BrandonF
Known about this site for a few years. I'm surprised most here have not been to the site or heard of it.  ;D