Naim flight club
Posted by: Cbr600 on 27 January 2013
Well guys, we have the motorbike thread, and then the car nostalgia.
How about a he thread for all the aircraft enthusiasts.
I believe we might have the odd helicopter owner, and also have a few pilots on the forum
How about those who just like aircraft.
Can we post some great images of aircraft that are either owned, flown or just admired by forum members.
Looking forward to some great images
Paul
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Kevin-W
The great BAC One-11
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Kevin-W
The Comet
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Cbr600
Should have guessed you would be first up Kevin !
Nice start
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Tony Lockhart
I'm gonna have to hold off for a while. 32 years in the aviation industry, and air cadets before that....
And Top Gear has started.
Tony
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Cbr600
Originally Posted by Tony Lockhart:
I'm gonna have to hold off for a while. 32 years in the aviation industry, and air cadets before that.... And Top Gear has started. Tony
And not forgetting your photo of the tug on the car posting !
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Steve J
Originally Posted by Kevin-W:
The Comet
In the Comet's early days 2 planes crashed in the Mediterranean Sea. My father was a diver in the Royal Navy and was part of the team responsible for recovering the wrecks to determine the cause of their demise.
Steve
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Clay Bingham
Cause was metal fatigue which started at the corners of the then square passenger windows and spread after repeated pressurization. Though modified, sales of the plane never recovered and the later Boeing 707 dominated the early jet age. Nevertheless, the Comet is a beautiful plane to look at even today.
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Tony Lockhart
If we are talking airliners, this is for me the prettiest. And, I know of one on display in the UK. The Boeing Constellation:
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Clay Bingham
Tony
Lockheed Constellation and you're right a very beautiful airplane.
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Tony Lockhart
That'll learn me to watch TG and post on a forum at the same time!
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Cbr600
This is more the scale of my flying
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Tony2011
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Tony Lockhart
Not my favourite Hunter, but this is my best pic of one: Jonathan Whaley in Miss Demeanour at Duxford:
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Hook
Picked up a nice copy of this record (released in 1956) yesterday. Can anyone tell me what type of airplane this is? Thanks!
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Tony2011
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Cbr600
A thing of beauty, especially when it takes a bow to the queen
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Richard Dane
Originally Posted by Hook:
Picked up a nice copy of this record (released in 1956) yesterday. Can anyone tell me what type of airplane this is? Thanks!
Most likely a Boeing Stratocruiser.
I used to fly Pan Am a lot when I was a boy and most exciting was when they introduced the Boeing 747SP - a special shortened version of the 747 with an extended upper deck, bigger tail and much larger wingspan. I got to fly in that one 3 times, and of course in those days being an inquisitive and aeroplane-mad boy, you got to go and sit in the cockpit and ask the pilots questions.
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Tony Lockhart
A P-38 Lightning at Duxford a couple of years ago. A beautiful flying machine, with oh so smooth engines. Thank you Red Bull for showing it off.
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Julian H
I love flying to work in my one of these. Trouble is, the Naim for Bentley was too heavy so I had to send that on, in cargo.
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Tony Lockhart
Originally Posted by Cbr600:
A thing of beauty, especially when it takes a bow to the queen
'Took', not "takes". And I think that's an American one.
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by JamieWednesday
Always been my long standing favourite. The old adage of how "If it looks right..."
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Tony Lockhart
The P-51. With its Packard MERLIN engine
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Tony Lockhart
One of the prettiest modern jets, the F-16 is in there somewhere. Duxford again.
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Tony2011
Posted on: 27 January 2013 by Cbr600
Originally Posted by Tony Lockhart:
Originally Posted by Cbr600:
A thing of beauty, especially when it takes a bow to the queen
'Took', not "takes". And I think that's an American one.
Tony
It took a bow some years ago, but it can indeed take a bow at any time in the present and future, and it will still be a thing of beauty
