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Not something you'd see today...

Posted: 03 Nov 2007, 07:19
by Viscount Cornbank
Apologies if this is old news but I hadn't seen this amazing shot, must have been quite a sight at the time :o

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0415941/L/

Cheers

Fraser

Re: Not something you'd see today...

Posted: 03 Nov 2007, 09:51
by TSR2
Great find Fraser!I've never seen this before. Looks like they are really going some..... a whole new dimension to 4 darts in close formation :thumbsup:

Re: Not something you'd see today...

Posted: 03 Nov 2007, 10:18
by Garry Russell
:o Not seen that before Fraser.

Amazing....thanks for the link.

Garry

Re: Not something you'd see today...

Posted: 03 Nov 2007, 11:44
by Paul K
Dats quite a photo. ;-)

Re: Not something you'd see today...

Posted: 03 Nov 2007, 11:55
by Garry Russell
Paul K wrote:Dats quite a photo. ;-)
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Garry

Re: Not something you'd see today...

Posted: 03 Nov 2007, 16:50
by jab
Thats a nice shot wish they would do that now day's at airshows :flying:


James

Re: Not something you'd see today...

Posted: 03 Nov 2007, 18:17
by airboatr
Garry Russell wrote:
Paul K wrote:Dats quite a photo. ;-)
:$

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Garry
ohhhh
dats what I was going to say
... well dats the truth.....

Re: Not something you'd see today...

Posted: 03 Nov 2007, 20:36
by Viscount Cornbank
I just think it's a great looking aeroplane, the FH-227 version that is ;-) Remember seeing it in the Observers book 1967 or something and it just looked right for all it c of g revisions. Technically the 227 was much more advanced than its Fokker stablemates with advanced integrated flight system for the day (common to contemporary DC-9s etc) and an APU to boot (first on a turboprop?) Only ever saw one in the flesh (or aloominum) a DAT example, at Jersey, ironically :) All the Fairchild versions struggled after the early seventies when the manufacturer stopped supporting them, but hey it's the 21st century and there still isn't one for FS.... :prayer:

Incidentally, if you see the film "Alive" about the crash of a Uruguayan Air Force 227 in the Andes, the attention to detail is commendable, with a proper 227 flight deck and engine readings. Only thing they couldn't manage was the right sounds, they should have called Cornbank House :lol: :lol: :lol:

cheers

Fraser