And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It appears to be Charles & Ann Morrow Lindbergh's Lockheed floatplane that they named Tingmissartoq - "one who flies like a big bird" . . . : https://pioneersofflight.si.edu/content/lockheed-model-8-sirius-tingmissartoq-1
The upper wings show what's called oil-canning, from the effects of pressure, temperature, &c. on thin metal surfaces.
in the model 8 "sirius",the fuel tanks were designed over the center of gravity and also forward of the pilot compartment to mitigate fuel fed fire engulfing the crew after a crash. also, if memory serves, the floats had fuel tanks installed in them for extending the overwater range. good article on wiki.
Does that vert. stab say Lockheed? And what's with the wings upper surfaces?
ReplyDeleteIt appears to be Charles & Ann Morrow Lindbergh's Lockheed floatplane that they named Tingmissartoq - "one who flies like a big bird" . . . : https://pioneersofflight.si.edu/content/lockheed-model-8-sirius-tingmissartoq-1
ReplyDeleteThe upper wings show what's called oil-canning, from the effects of pressure, temperature, &c. on thin metal surfaces.
The fuselage has some of the lines of an F4U Corsair. Looks like large radial engine with gas tank behind it. Beautiful thing, as was the Corasir.
ReplyDeletein the model 8 "sirius",the fuel tanks were designed over the center of gravity and also forward of the pilot compartment to mitigate fuel fed fire engulfing the crew after a crash. also, if memory serves, the floats had fuel tanks installed in them for extending the overwater range. good article on wiki.
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