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.
A very capable and versatile airplane, actually. Better than the Dorniers and Heinkels of the Battle of Britain era. Over 15,000 were produced and it served throughout the war.
I read somewhere years ago that the design fundamentals originated with a couple of American engineers and the Germans helped themselves. Eric Brown rated it very highly.
Interesting shape for the control column. It looks as though it would be right at home in any modern bizjet. Any idea as to the purpose of the 1" diameter (or so) pipe along the right side of the cockpit?
Uhmm, no. There were hundreds of stressed skin aircraft designs produced in the '30s, Junkers pioneered stressed skin in WW1. Off the top of my head there were only three major combat aircraft of WWII that didn't have stressed skin - the Fairey Swordfish, Hawker Hurricane and Vickers Wellington. Al_in_Ottawa
Spitfire/Hurricane food.
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DeleteA very capable and versatile airplane, actually. Better than the Dorniers and Heinkels of the Battle of Britain era. Over 15,000 were produced and it served throughout the war.
ReplyDeleteSeating for 3 was cozy at best
ReplyDeleteI read somewhere years ago that the design fundamentals originated with a couple of American engineers and the Germans helped themselves. Eric Brown rated it very highly.
ReplyDeleteInteresting shape for the control column. It looks as though it would be right at home in any modern bizjet. Any idea as to the purpose of the 1" diameter (or so) pipe along the right side of the cockpit?
ReplyDeleteLooks like a defroster to me.
DeleteStressed skin construction unheard of in anything but American aircraft of the time.
ReplyDeleteUhmm, no. There were hundreds of stressed skin aircraft designs produced in the '30s, Junkers pioneered stressed skin in WW1. Off the top of my head there were only three major combat aircraft of WWII that didn't have stressed skin - the Fairey Swordfish, Hawker Hurricane and Vickers Wellington.
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Don't see a single Garmin on that panel.
ReplyDeleteSemi monocoque if you like.
ReplyDeleteMy dads' unit shot one down in Greenland. If Germany could get a base in Greenland they could control the North Atlantic.
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