Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Sunday, April 29, 2018

Your Sunday Morning Old Prop Noise


They look like both DH-84s and -89s, but I'm not knowledgeable with regard to old DeHavillands.

2 comments:

Deadstick said...

The white one is a DH-89; dark green, DH-90; blue/silver, DH-84.

CenterPuke88 said...

Got it in one, Deadstick. Ever since I saw a Dragon Rapide at Duxford, the de Havilland airliners got my attention. That being said, I had to look up the data...I'm no expert. Even though the DH.86 was a dangerous piece of bleeding edge wood and fabric engineering, it would be nice to see one of those four-engined beauties...but the last burned out 60 years ago.

Blue over Silver, ZK-AXI, is a DH.84 Dragon. You can distinguish it from a DH.89 via the straight wings and smaller cabin (6 passengers).

White "Swisair", ZK-SWR is tagged as a Dominie at the beginning, which was the military version of the DH.89, Dragon Rapide. Look at the longer, 8 passenger, cabin and the tapered wings. If you get to look at it, the engines are Gipsy Six I-6's, vs the Gipsy Major I-4's on the other two.

Blue/Green with Silver tail, ZK-AYR is the DH.90 Dragonfly. Designed as a private transpot for just four people. Identify via the smaller cabin, the slightly sweptback wings, and the smaller lower wing.