Can we please stop hotlinking pics?

914Driver wrote: I once considered building an 80% sized Tiger Moth, but after spending this and last winter just trying to rebuild two wings; there's just no way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npe_5ttI7HU&list=UUtZ8hEYci3mNZnw8mjzJYTw&index=1&feature=plcp

There's a guy at my airport that has a (full scale) Tiger Moth and a Fairchild 24R. Can't see going through all of the hassle to rig a Tiger Moth and only ending up with something less than actual size.

Fairchild hotlink

Appleseed wrote: The only birdcage that comes to mind thinking about airplanes. Corsair guys know the term

when i think birdcage:

When I think birdcage.

Karacticus wrote:

914Driver wrote:

Dear Bob, they built some beautiful aircraft in the '30s and '40s.

Appleseed wrote:

Vickers Wellington Bomber. I had (passed away about 10 years ago) Great Uncle who was a Wellington Bomber pilot in WWII

Duke wrote: Dear Bob, they built some beautiful aircraft in the '30s and '40s.

Some of them even came with roll-up windows-- that's real class!

And the Fairchild looked OK with a round engine as well...

Postwhoring up more classic airplane images--

Stinson V77 Reliant:

Howard DGA--

And as a racer--

And one more, because Staggerwing--

Karacticus wrote: And one more, because Staggerwing--

I almost posted that exact picture, but decided to go for something more esoteric (and more local).

From the "Pretty is as pretty does" school of aircraft design:

Big engine and a 3-D teardrop around it for speed, and just enough wing to fly it.

In reply to slantvaliant:

I always thought the Chilton monoplane to be a gorgeous little design..

Geoffrey de Havilland sure knew how to make beautiful aircraft...

<3

slantvaliant wrote: From the "Pretty is as pretty does" school of aircraft design: Big engine and a 3-D teardrop around it for speed, and just enough wing to fly it.

I remember watching Delmar Benjiman fly his Gee Bee replica back when I was in the airshow business. I remember the value of the airplane being discussed as part of a rather ugly divorce. I believe his position was that it was worthless, because he said only he could fly it.

Apparently it had this nasty trait where the roll response would reverse as you approached stall angle of attack due to aeroelastic effects on the wing.

In reply to ncjay:

I'll see your Fokker and raise you a Sopwith!

Whenever it comes up, I always suggest people ride in a Beaver. It's quite the experience.

Home built flyer called a Fly Baby.

http://www.bowersflybaby.com/

I love this one, guy screwed a mannequin torso on the rear deck.

Was it whistling death?

Appleseed wrote: The only birdcage that comes to mind thinking about airplanes. Corsair guys know the term