Seen Over Your House Today

[PR19_Kit]

It's the perfectly timed roll up to the President's Stand after an engine off loop and landing that gets me. He shows the most amazing energy management. 

[Ed S]

Without a doubt, his show in the Aero Commander was one of the best I ever saw. The man could fly an airplane.

Ed

[jcf]

Ted Smith/Piper Aerostar.

Jim

One of the few, if not the only aeroplane with a swept tailplane and a straight wing.

No idea why they did that apart to make it look cool......

F-94C is another of the few.

[PR19_Kit]

I wonder why they bothered doing it on the F-94 too!   

The reduction in drag must have been minimal, and at the speeds the Aerostar flew must have been almost negligible.

[kitnut617]

I wonder why they bothered doing it on the F-94 too!  

The reduction in drag must have been minimal, and at the speeds the Aerostar flew must have been almost negligible.

Probably nothing to do with drag reduction Kit, maybe the cg shifted after putting a different radar in the nose and needed some better elevator authority, same could be said about the Rockwell, heavier engines perhaps --

[jcf]

I wonder why they bothered doing it on the F-94 too!   

The reduction in drag must have been minimal, and at the speeds the Aerostar flew must have been almost negligible.

Only on the F-94C and it was in addition to an all-new 10% wing,
and a host of other changes.
The swept, power-boosted horizontal was added to eliminate a
high-frequency vibration at high-speeds. Max speed, cruise speed,
climb rate, ceiling and range all went up compared to F-94B.
The re-design was so extensive that the aircraft was originally
designated F-97, the classic D.C. budgetary dance led to it being
re-designated as a simple 'F-94 derivative'.
The more things change ... 

[Mossie]

Hakwer P.1052 did it the other way around, swept wing with straight tail.

[PR19_Kit]

Hakwer P.1052 did it the other way around, swept wing with straight tail.

They had logical reasons for that though, they wanted to try out sweep-back and had the P.1040 prototype handy, and it came with a straight tail. I still can't figure out why the Aerostar has swept tail......

[andyreb3]

Was at Princeton Airport, in Princeton NJ Last Saturday, and saw a Bell Jet Ranger  222, in Civilian Paint Job. Always wondered what Happened to  Airwolf after the show was cancelled.

[Captain Canada]

Love 222. Especially in flight. Nice to see such a sleek and sexy chopper making all that classic 'wop wop' sound !

[lenny100]

The airframe used for Airwolf was serial number 47085 (registration number N3176S), of the initial production version, sometimes unofficially called a Bell 222A. During filming of the series the helicopter was owned by JetCopters Inc. in Van Nuys, California.

After the show was canceled the modifications were removed (now owned by a private collector) from the actual helicopter. It was repainted and eventually sold to the German helicopter charter company, Hubschrauber-Sonder-Dienst (aka HSD Luftrettung and Blue Helicopter Alliance), and given the registration number D-HHSD.
While operating as an air ambulance the helicopter crashed in fog on June 6, 1992, killing all three of its occupants

[Glenn]

As I live only 5 minutes from The Enogera Army Camp...it's not unusual to hear 'choppers' flying to and fro.

Last week, I had one of my camera's outside and shot this.

A.D.F. Blackhawk.

Glenn

[Captain Canada]

Nice one. Love to see camo patterns on a/c still....overall drab is just so......        !

[Glenn]

Within five minutes it was off again, heading back to Oakey. (their base) You've got to be quick!
Glenn

[Mr.Creak]

One of the few, if not the only aeroplane with a swept tailplane and a straight wing.

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