ZigZagMarquis 8 #27 January 5, 2008 Okay... lets try this one... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratostar 5 #28 January 5, 2008 A really bigass one.... you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #29 January 5, 2008 QuoteOkay... lets try this one... It's officially the strangest airplane I've ever seen.---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rapter 0 #30 January 5, 2008 XC-99 Only the good die young, so I have found immortality, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #31 January 5, 2008 Give these a shot. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
usedtajump 1 #32 January 5, 2008 reply]Okay... lets try this one... In the 60s, the XC-99 was on static display at Kelly AFB in San Antonio. You could make a donation to aid in its restoration to flying condition at the site which entitled you to tour the inside from cockpit to tail. Aside from the cockpit area, it was a pretty ho hum tour as there was nothing inside but air.They never got it into flying condition and I don't know what ever happened to it.The older I get the less I care who I piss off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zoobrothertom 5 #33 January 5, 2008 Here's the link for the current status of this monster!! http://www.air-and-space.com/xc99.htm____________________________________ I'm back in the USA!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rapter 0 #34 January 5, 2008 Still talking about really big planes, anyone remember this one that sat aat a Vegas Airport for many years? what plane is it? Only the good die young, so I have found immortality, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
usedtajump 1 #35 January 5, 2008 Quote Here's the link for the current status of this monster!! http://www.air-and-space.com/xc99.htm Hey zoobrothertom, thanks for that link. Really nice to know the XC-99 has not been forgotten. Wonder if the Ken Gillespie mentioned on that site is the same Ken Gillespie of big way, world record RW fame?The older I get the less I care who I piss off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
poppenhager 1 #36 January 5, 2008 Constitution USN....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 558 #37 January 6, 2008 clr-5.jpg looks French, probably a Breguet transport built shortly after World War Two. The French build two types of airplanes: very pretty or very ugly! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #38 January 6, 2008 Yes to French, no to Breguet. How about the other one? It's cousin (well, maybe nephew?) is a jump plane... Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rapter 0 #39 January 6, 2008 clr-20 has a Convair 440 look to it. There was one used as a jump plane a few years back Only the good die young, so I have found immortality, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 558 #42 January 7, 2008 clr-20.jpg reminds me of a SAAB Scandia 90A. The 90A was one of several post-World War Two transports (Antonov, Aviation Traders ATL-90 Accountant, Convair, Douglas Super DC-3, DeHavilland Cariboo,etc.) designed to compete with the legendary Douglas DC-3. Despite more powerful (1650 hp) Pratt & Whitney R-2180 engines, the SAAB 90A offered only slightly better performance and could never hope to compete price-wise with the glut of military-surplus DC-3s. Finally, huge backlog of work for the Swedish Air Force meant that SAAB was never able to concentrate on production for the civilian market. Only 16 SAAB 90As were built (mostly for SAS) and most finished their working lives in Brazil. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #43 January 7, 2008 QuoteConvair 440 SAAB Scandia 90A Nope and nope. It's european... It was used for carrying paratroopers among other things. Its replacement, which came quite a while later, is often used as a jump plane, especially at boogies. I'll tell you what country it's from if you still can't figure it out. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 558 #44 January 7, 2008 Thanks for the hint. The red "X" on the tail implies Spanish registration, so I am guessing that it is a CASA C-202 Halcon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #45 January 7, 2008 Almost... It's a CASA 207 Azor, which is a scaled up version of the 202. Only used by the Spanish Air Force I think... replaced by the CASA 212 Aviocar (the one WE call "CASA"). Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 4 #46 January 9, 2008 Several for you to identify in this sad picture, taken by my father. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim_Hooper 3 #47 January 9, 2008 QuoteSeveral for you to identify in this sad picture, taken by my father. HW F4U in forground, TBM to right, C-47 (or Navy/USMC R4D) in background. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonstark 8 #48 January 9, 2008 If I was made of money I'd have a Corsair (in my fleet). Man! What a beautiful a/c! jon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 4 #49 January 9, 2008 Care to guess when and where the picture was taken? HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piper17 1 #50 January 9, 2008 I'd guess 1944 - 1945 on an island somewhere in the South Pacific - based on aircraft types, clouds and terrain."A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
