howardwhite 5 #1 October 27, 2010 Seen this one? HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #2 October 27, 2010 south african Atlas C4M Kudu media.photobucket.com/image/kudu%20airplane/bluepoole/avc_bsv_040709.jpgscissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #3 October 27, 2010 So, what do you know about it? Supposedly "purpose built" for skydiving (a term most Americans would not use, sort of like "bespoke suits.") The only other "purpose built" skydiving planes I know about (in current production) are the PAC 750 and the Kodiak Quest. Are they thinking about marketing it outside SA? HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #4 October 27, 2010 I don't know anything about it... just remembered it was in a thread around here www.aircraft.co.za/Encyclopedia/A/266.phpscissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sdctlc 0 #5 October 27, 2010 Dug around a little and found this: http://www.airnews.co.za/November/article_nov_kudu_turbo_prop.html I seem to recall some banter on this site about the plane as well"He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #6 October 27, 2010 Interesting. Wonder if anyone's thinking about US FAA certification. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
377 21 #7 October 27, 2010 QuoteSeen this one? HW Howard, How about putting together a website of unusual jumpships? You come up with the most amazing photos, incl Lockheed 049? 749? Connie, Boeing C 97, DH Heron, Whitworth Argosy, etc. There is a jumper on dropzone who posted about a skydive from a TU 95 Bear bomber. Sure wish we had shots of that one. 3772018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #8 October 27, 2010 Yeah, and people want me to do a site on lost drop zones. I'm about through with jump airplanes for Parachutist. Porter and maybe generic biplanes, balloons, and helicopters. But until some of these new planes come into general use, I'm at the end of that particular rope. Maybe if I repair my relationships with the Skydiving Museum, that will be the venue. I had a forum on their website which would have included both subjects (and more) but it got lost. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonstark 8 #9 October 27, 2010 QuoteYeah, Maybe if I repair my relationships with the Skydiving Museum, but it got lost. HW They don't like someone calling a spade a spade? jon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #10 October 27, 2010 QuoteQuoteSeen this one? HW Howard, How about putting together a website of unusual jumpships? You come up with the most amazing photos, incl Lockheed 049? 749? Connie, Boeing C 97, DH Heron, Whitworth Argosy, etc. There is a jumper on dropzone who posted about a skydive from a TU 95 Bear bomber. Sure wish we had shots of that one. 377 Most Unusual I have jumped recently was a Helio Courier ... not your usual jump aircraft for sure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SKYWHUFFO 0 #11 October 28, 2010 Looks l.ike a bad offspring from a one night stand between a cessna and a Pilatus Porter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erroll 49 #12 October 29, 2010 QuoteSeen this one? HW It has been a long time, but put a cammo paint job on that plane and it looks almost exactly like the spotter planes we (SA) used during the SWA/Angola bush war. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
