Wet Jets

[Garry Russell]

Video of the Saro SR A/1 and Convair Sea Dart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pl1aMVn ... re=related


Garry

[DaveB]

Nice vid Garry ;-)

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[Garry Russell]

The SAR 1 m,ust have been an awkward thing to get into :think:

Garry

[VEGAS]

The SAR 1 looks beautiful. Muscular, curvy and sleek.

The dart looks like it belongs on the set of Thunderbirds.

Interesting vid Garry. Tks for posting.

[Garry Russell]

Hi Eddie

Re the Dart.........Thunderbirds occured to me as well including the 'unreal' look of it operation

Garry

[blanston12]

Interesting video, I only wish they had some explanation as to why the sea dart broke up rather than just ending there.

[Garry Russell]

It probably did but the clip ended before it was finished :think:

Pilot induced ocillations caused the break up aparently

Good read here

http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/AC/aircraf ... o/info.php

Garry

[DispatchDragon]

There must have been more than ONE Seadart built because there is one sitting outside the Air Museum in San Diegos
Balbo Park -- I have some photos of it somewhere Ill try and get the Bu Number - Not only that but it appears to have been flown as well

Leif

[Garry Russell]

Hi Leif

Mentioned in that article I linked above....I think it said four :think:

Garry

[DispatchDragon]

Cheers Garry

There is a Dart and a Blackbird sitting on columns outside the Museum at San Diego - they look very contemporary
actually I beleive the Blackbird is a real A-12 not an SR71. Any of you West coast ex-pats - drive down I5 to SAN
the museum is really worth the drive, and 15 minutes south (almost into mexico)at Brown Field there is a little museum
that owns a flying Mig21UTI and a Gnat

Plus San Diego is such a nice town to walk around

Leif :flying: