Fantasy of Flight- part 5
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:56 pmMoving along into the south hangar...
A Cierva C30-A gyroplane:
A close encounter of the Stangalicious kind: the gorgeous Cripes Amighty, a P51-D.... be still my heart. Beautiful... and still flying.
Another (another!) resplendently restored Mustang, the P51-C Ina, painted as a tribute to an ace of the Tuskegee Squadron. Also airworthy.
This Grumman F-3F is another treasure... hobbled together from a few totaled "flying barrels"... the wingspan is about the same as a C172 (not counting that it's doubled), yet it sports an 850hp powerplant. It's heavy and pretty slow considering the horsepower, but I'll bet it is a real handful.... especially in the takeoff roll.
Another classic Grumman: a "Duck" painted in tribute to a famous example that brought candy and medical supplies (and probably ammo
) through the Japanese blockade to besieged troops in the Philippines.
Up in the gallery, some oddities:
A Fieseler V-1- a real one, apparently...
And very convincing replica of a Bachem "Natter", which allegedly could climb at 37,000 (!) fpm to attack bomber formations with 24 rockets fired from the nose... all at once, I think. Makes a ride in a Komet look like a walk in the park.
A peek at the cockpit of the Natter.
Next: Back outside...
A Cierva C30-A gyroplane:
A close encounter of the Stangalicious kind: the gorgeous Cripes Amighty, a P51-D.... be still my heart. Beautiful... and still flying.
Another (another!) resplendently restored Mustang, the P51-C Ina, painted as a tribute to an ace of the Tuskegee Squadron. Also airworthy.
This Grumman F-3F is another treasure... hobbled together from a few totaled "flying barrels"... the wingspan is about the same as a C172 (not counting that it's doubled), yet it sports an 850hp powerplant. It's heavy and pretty slow considering the horsepower, but I'll bet it is a real handful.... especially in the takeoff roll.
Another classic Grumman: a "Duck" painted in tribute to a famous example that brought candy and medical supplies (and probably ammo
) through the Japanese blockade to besieged troops in the Philippines.
Up in the gallery, some oddities:
A Fieseler V-1- a real one, apparently...
And very convincing replica of a Bachem "Natter", which allegedly could climb at 37,000 (!) fpm to attack bomber formations with 24 rockets fired from the nose... all at once, I think. Makes a ride in a Komet look like a walk in the park.
A peek at the cockpit of the Natter.
Next: Back outside...
