Fairey Gannet:
A blog by a "sucker" and a "loser" who served her country in the Navy.
If you're one of the Covidiots who believe that COVID-19 is "just the flu",
that the 2020 election was stolen, or
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Slava Ukraini!
Sunday, February 28, 2021
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Saw that at OSHKOSH back in the early 2000's IIRC. Currently based in New Holstein WI. The brits sure liked things complicated.
ReplyDeleteThat is one ugly airplane.
ReplyDeleteSaw it at Oshkosh in 2014. What an absolute beast. Proof that given enough power anything will fly.
ReplyDeleteTen Bears, the Gannet had an uglier little brother, the Shorts Seamew, smothered at an early age.
ReplyDeleteSaw one down in Australia that was flyable at the Fleet Air Arm Museum. They jokingly called it the flying bumblebee... That complicated wing fold scares the hell out of me.
ReplyDelete@NFO .. don't recall where I saw/read it, but, one pilot pulled too many G's in this bird ... and ripped both outer wing panels clean off at the joints. Said pilot did manage to get the wounded duck back on terra firma. Safely.
DeleteThe wing fold action has an alien or praying mantis feel. That fat fuselage is so stuffed, whilst the driver sits tall-in-the-saddle with great visibility, Hellcat style. Must be noisy.
ReplyDeleteThe Shorts Seamew looks like a Diamond DA 40 with a thyroid condition.
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