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Rare and Elegant

Postby RollerBall » Sun Nov 28, 2004 5:23 am

From a time when quality and elegance went hand in hand

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Re: Rare and Elegant

Postby lemoncat » Sun Nov 28, 2004 5:31 am

superb shots rollerball iv'e been flying that kite quite a lot lately
it's great :) :)
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Re: Rare and Elegant

Postby Nav » Sun Nov 28, 2004 7:26 am

The only truly silly question is the one you don't ask...

What aeroplane IS that, rollerball?  :)
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Re: Rare and Elegant

Postby RollerBall » Sun Nov 28, 2004 8:28 am

Thanks lemoncat. Congrats on winning this month's screenie contest. Well deserved.

Nav, that's the de Havilland DH91 Albatross. Beautifully modelled old classic aircraft.

It's available here on SimV, page 22 Vintage section

http://www.simviation.com/fs2004vintage22.htm

You'll like it  ;)
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Re: Rare and Elegant

Postby congo » Sun Nov 28, 2004 9:52 am

They are great shots Rollerball, I tried from those angles but couldn't get it right, well done!
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Re: Rare and Elegant

Postby Jared » Sun Nov 28, 2004 10:09 am

clicks on over... ;-) Thanks for the shots!
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Re: Rare and Elegant

Postby GunnerMan » Sun Nov 28, 2004 1:38 pm

Well I saw this bird and had to have it. I went and got it and gave her a quick test fight. She flys very nice almost by itself!. I went from KSAF - Los Alamos on VFR. Here are my shots I put these here because well its the same subject and I figured it was stupid to make another post so if I am "intruding" in anyway tell me and I will remove them ;)

Giving her a whirl
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Flying for the mountains... I was about to scratch the Los Alamos plan and do some sight seeing around these mountains but then I  Los Alamos came into view and landed lol so another day...
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Didin't quite realize runway length
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Re: Rare and Elegant

Postby jordonj » Sun Nov 28, 2004 2:11 pm

Yar, but it doesn't have a Macintosh you can crash! ;D
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Re: Rare and Elegant

Postby RollerBall » Sun Nov 28, 2004 2:45 pm

Yar, but it doesn't have a Macintosh you can crash! ;D


In this era, if you'd mentioned crashing a macintosh they would have thought you were - let's say - a tad weird. How on earth could you crash a coat you wear out in the rain   ::)

BTW Gunner - no problem and nice pics too  8)
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Re: Rare and Elegant

Postby Hagar » Sun Nov 28, 2004 2:55 pm

Very nice shots of a nice aeroplane. ;)

I always liked the look of the Albatross. It would probably have been more successful if not for the outbreak of WWII but did you realise this?
A more direct ancestor to the D. H. 98 was the de Havilland D.H. 91 Albatross air transport. After much official delay, de Havilland built seven of these four-engine airliners and Imperial Airways bought five and began to fly them on scheduled routes in December 1938. World War II completely overshadowed the world-class speed and economical performance of the Albatross but its impact on Mosquito development was profound. In both airplanes, radiators mounted inside the wings cooled the engines. Thin slots cut into the wing leading edges allowed cooling air to flow through these radiators. This was a significant improvement because on older aircraft such as the Spitfire, the radiators hung beneath the lower wing surface and the drag generated by this arrangement robbed the Spitfire of precious speed. The Mosquito shared another Albatross trait. Design engineer Arthur E. Hagg conceived of a lightweight, strong composite wooden construction technique to build the Albatross fuselage. He left de Havilland in 1937 but the company used his composite construction methods again on Mosquitoes.

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/dehavilland_mosquito.htm
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Re: Rare and Elegant

Postby RollerBall » Sun Nov 28, 2004 3:48 pm

Thanks Doug - didn't know that.

We were great then weren't we - innovative, clever, daring, willing to do risky things, leaders in so many fields.

What the heck happened
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Re: Rare and Elegant

Postby ozzy72 » Sun Nov 28, 2004 3:55 pm

Nice shots Roger, and amazingly Doug, for once, I did actually know this :o I now feel v.clever :)
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Re: Rare and Elegant

Postby jordonj » Sun Nov 28, 2004 4:18 pm


We were great then weren't we - innovative, clever, daring, willing to do risky things, leaders in so many fields.

What the heck happened  ???



Bankers, insurance companies, and lawers took over...

Bankers don't want to grant loan for risky endavours...

Insurance Companies won't grant insurance...

And Lawyers are there to sue ya!

In this era, if you'd mentioned crashing a macintosh they would have thought you were - let's say - a tad weird. How on earth could you crash a coat you wear out in the rain  


Over here, in that era (as far as I know), the only Macintosh was the kind that grew on trees...just a WAG, they probably would thing you meant to throw one through the window of the church or school....
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Re: Rare and Elegant

Postby propnut » Sun Nov 28, 2004 4:49 pm

Very nice shots, rollerball. Almost anything designer and built by DH has a style and grace of its own. I hangered it with the Junkers to get the feel of that era.

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Re: Rare and Elegant

Postby Hagar » Mon Nov 29, 2004 2:37 pm

[quote]What the heck happened
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