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Rob Arndt
Jul 4, 2009, 10:11:46 AM7/4/09
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deem...@aol.com
Jul 4, 2009, 10:34:48 AM7/4/09
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On Jul 4, 10:11 am, Rob Arndt <teuton...@aol.com> wrote:
> http://www.1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Braas/4078.jpg
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> Rob
> http://www.1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Braas/4078.jpg
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> Rob
That's ugly enough to be French.
Rob
Jul 4, 2009, 2:11:56 PM7/4/09
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And as for "Dreadnought"... it crashed on its first flight!!!
Why someone would name a simple mail plane that is crazy.
Rob
David E. Powell
Jul 4, 2009, 7:03:04 PM7/4/09
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In the early days of air mail, plane makers saw it as very high
profile, and designed planes with that in mind. their best features,
and names, and the like.
One of Boeing's planes (The Monomail I think) was both a company
showcase and a harbinger of things to come in design. Monoplane, metal
construction, etc.
David
WaltBJ
Jul 5, 2009, 11:17:07 PM7/5/09
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There's another picture of that beast in 'Back to the Drawing Board'.
The wing is exceptionally thick and flat undeneath but the upper
surface curves down forward to meet the completely flat undersurface.
There is no - none- rounding at the leading edge. 'BttDB' states that
on takeoff the nose just kept rising despite the pilot's efforts to
get it down and then at about 100 feet it stalled and fell off on a
wing. Engine came back in the cockpit and took off the pilot's legs
but he managed to live. Author Bill Gunston surmises the CG was too
far aft. Things like that happened beck then. They still do today but
it's normally due to ignorant loading.
Walt BJ
The wing is exceptionally thick and flat undeneath but the upper
surface curves down forward to meet the completely flat undersurface.
There is no - none- rounding at the leading edge. 'BttDB' states that
on takeoff the nose just kept rising despite the pilot's efforts to
get it down and then at about 100 feet it stalled and fell off on a
wing. Engine came back in the cockpit and took off the pilot's legs
but he managed to live. Author Bill Gunston surmises the CG was too
far aft. Things like that happened beck then. They still do today but
it's normally due to ignorant loading.
Walt BJ
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