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When Pigs Fly - an aviation Thursday Prompt
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G. Wolfe for the use of his most recent image in this story. The moment I saw it, I knew this image, in and of itself, was the story to be written. If you have never seen his art, go and look. He is an artist of extreme talent. In fact, two of the three pieces in the banner on my page are his work.
Now... to the story... for anyone like myself, who has been in aviation - has lived aviation - has hydraulic fluid in their veins and loves the smell of av fuel vapors (don't do that, because it is very bad for you), You will especially understand the bond between crew and aircraft.
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G. Wolfe for the use of his most recent image in this story. The moment I saw it, I knew this image, in and of itself, was the story to be written. If you have never seen his art, go and look. He is an artist of extreme talent. In fact, two of the three pieces in the banner on my page are his work.Now... to the story... for anyone like myself, who has been in aviation - has lived aviation - has hydraulic fluid in their veins and loves the smell of av fuel vapors (don't do that, because it is very bad for you), You will especially understand the bond between crew and aircraft.
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Great story from the oft forgotten pages of history V. But one thing i want to point out, there's no "gear down" in Beverley; they're always down. True to her glider heritage, Beverley had fixed undercarriage.
“More precious than the black guck,” the robed fellow said with a smile, “This is the site of a
very old oasis, so we look for water.”
Ah, the priority of water over oil has so many layers of meaning, if I think about it too much.
(Also funny how "water" brings to mind a desert for so many people, myself included. xD)
very old oasis, so we look for water.”
Ah, the priority of water over oil has so many layers of meaning, if I think about it too much.
(Also funny how "water" brings to mind a desert for so many people, myself included. xD)
*laughs... some of the things that actually flew are pretty outrageous.
Gloria and I have been watching a show called 'Combat Ships' and they did one last night on the precursor to the aircraft carrier. It was a barge towed behind a cruiser in order to launch an aircraft. It was used to combat the dirigibles coming over from Germany. The seaplanes could not fly high enough so they used this to launch a Sopwith Pup. This way, the limited range of the pup was not an issue. Of course, after the mission, the aircraft had to ditch in the ocean.
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Gloria and I have been watching a show called 'Combat Ships' and they did one last night on the precursor to the aircraft carrier. It was a barge towed behind a cruiser in order to launch an aircraft. It was used to combat the dirigibles coming over from Germany. The seaplanes could not fly high enough so they used this to launch a Sopwith Pup. This way, the limited range of the pup was not an issue. Of course, after the mission, the aircraft had to ditch in the ocean.
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Oh my - I'd never seen that one!
There is also this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stipa-Caproni
The reports say it actually flew pretty good.
Vix
There is also this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stipa-Caproni
The reports say it actually flew pretty good.
Vix
In order to complete a mission - to save the greater good - a few sacrifices have to be made. During WWII, they did the same thing mounting a Hurricane fighter on a rail, (on a cargo ship) and using a rocket to launch it. It was a defense against the German four engine bomber, and worked very well, but had to ditch unless they were close to land. It was actually Churchill's idea.
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Yes that's true, actually I came across that in a comic! - http://fanboy.frothersunite.com/ima.....jred/first.jpg
Sometimes all you can do is laugh... there were a number of large aircraft of that vintage that had fixed landing gear because it was simpler and lighter and with the range they were flying it wasn't needed like the Bristol Freighter that flew cross channel. There was the Miles Aerofan the forerunner to the Short Brothers Skyvan.
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