tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post2460035214979883988..comments2024-03-28T23:33:45.139-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Mossie!!Comrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-41964273181876814432012-09-28T16:20:58.730-04:002012-09-28T16:20:58.730-04:00The Mosquito was a beautiful aircraft. It's gr...The Mosquito was a beautiful aircraft. It's great that someone's gotten one to fly again.<br />Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-16354929872477268102012-09-28T12:32:52.060-04:002012-09-28T12:32:52.060-04:00The Twin Commander is a hefty airplane, indeed. T...The Twin Commander is a hefty airplane, indeed. They reportedly didn't have to do a hell of a lot to the airframe to develop the Jet Commander.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-68584799715280131672012-09-28T12:30:06.052-04:002012-09-28T12:30:06.052-04:00Aluminum was a strategic and scare material during...Aluminum was a strategic and scare material during the war. For the Brits, it had to come in by ship, but they had timber and lots of craftsmen who could make wooden parts: Furniture factories, piano factories, and so on. They made parts and subassemblies, which were then shipped to DeHavilland. <br /><br />Aluminum was so scarce for the Germans that they were salvaging Allied drop tanks. Which is why the Allies began making them of composites (plastic-impregnated paper) that would shatter on impact.<br /><br />The DeHavilland Vampire was also partially made of wood. Until the Me-262, the Mossie was the fastest aircraft flying over German skies.<br /><br />Canvas is too heavy. Grade A cotton or Irish linen was used, until the development of polyester aircraft fabrics.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-3633274841292592352012-09-28T12:09:45.140-04:002012-09-28T12:09:45.140-04:00Is that one of the "plywood' aircraft? My...Is that one of the "plywood' aircraft? My god the canvas ones I could almost see being so light, but a wooden aircraft seems so insane to me, a ground pounder as such.<br />I have been in a number of aircraft in my younger days including a reworked Sikorski helocopter, left over from the Korean War. All commercial, I am not a pilot.<br />Flying in a wooden aircraft just seems so 19th century.<br />And yet I am happy that people take the time, love, and money to remind the rest of us where flight came from.<br />Had a friend once with an Aero Commander, I never flew with him but as a mechanic I had to check it out and I am so impressed with what they built. Twin Turbo 6's. Gawd I'd so love to feel that power. Sigh.<br />w3ski<br /><br />w3skihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13993709956954374919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-4555290492810967652012-09-28T09:10:06.953-04:002012-09-28T09:10:06.953-04:00That is absolutely my favorite WWII aircraftThat is absolutely my favorite WWII aircraftAllan Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09757239604220478557noreply@blogger.com