Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Looks like a bomb with wings and floats

 


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  1. Flash Gordon on floats.

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  2. A lovely shot of a circa 1927 Schneider Cup racing seaplane built by the Short Brothers, the Short Crusader. One of the few to use a radial engine in this competition. Really nice photograph.

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    1. It is a nice shot, Thank You for the detail. Embarrassed to say I missed it being a radial engine! Just thought it a racer from Supermarine works.

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    2. I pried this from the clutches of the interweb, the Bristol engined machine was sent to Venice and crashed on takeoff due to incorrect flight control rigging. The pilot, Flying Officer Schofield, survived.

      Derek James's Putnam "Schneider Trophy Aircraft 1913 -1931" states that during the accident on 11 September , "the starboard wing dropped in a gust but when he applied corrective aileron the rate of roll increased until the wingtip, going over the vertical, hit the water, the fuselage broke in two and the Crusader disappeared below the surface.
      "Schofield was found,clinging to the floating tail section very badly bruised and with an injured face but happily was soon able to walk again with the aid of sticks.
      ......The loss of the Crusader was caused by the crossing of the aileron cables during assembly."

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  3. It's the race planes of this era that led to iconic fighters like the Spitfire.

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  4. Is that the Mandalorian sitting right behind the prop?

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  5. These guys were cutting edge. Especially the Italians. What a great age to live in.

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