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Old 01-29-2012, 05:11 PM
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Great read on that P47 website. It's my favorite airplane so that was pretty fun to see all the crazy late war variants.
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Old 01-30-2012, 04:53 AM
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The glorious Boulton Paul Overstrand (actually saw service with OTU in WWII) ....





A Jumo/DB (not sure which) powered Spitfire ...



From the colonies ... the CAC Woomera ...




Last but not least the Kalinin K7 (the real one, not the fake with the battleship turret).


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Old 01-30-2012, 11:57 AM
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That Kalinin K7 is crazy! How thick are those wings?
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Old 01-31-2012, 09:10 PM
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That Kalinin K7 is crazy! How thick are those wings?
2.3 meter (7 ft 7 in) at the thickest point. The plan was to place passenger seating within the wings.

The prototype flew 6 or 7 times before crashing. Their were later claims of sabotage but the more likely cause was structural failure due to an unresolved issue with harmonic vibration in the tail booms.
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2.3 meter (7 ft 7 in) at the thickest point. The plan was to place passenger seating within the wings.

The prototype flew 6 or 7 times before crashing. Their were later claims of sabotage but the more likely cause was structural failure due to an unresolved issue with harmonic vibration in the tail booms.
Wouldn't it be too noisy for the passengers to sit inside the wings? Or did the designers want to stuff the wings with isolation material?
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Wouldn't it be too noisy for the passengers to sit inside the wings? Or did the designers want to stuff the wings with isolation material?
In Mother Russia passengers tough.


Meanwhile from Italy, the stylish nine wing Caproni 60, which actually did get airborne 4th march 1921, albeit not for very long ...

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In Mother Russia passengers tough.


Meanwhile from Italy, the stylish nine wing Caproni 60, which actually did get airborne 4th march 1921, albeit not for very long ...
Otherwise known as a Neindecker I suppose? The windows look like they came in as a discount job from a local double-glazing firm......
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