ZigZagMarquis 8 #1 December 31, 2010 Hopefully... maybe... this will stump even Howard for a few seconds... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #2 December 31, 2010 airplanes need to FLY...not be pushed around by a tow bar.....So I'd say this one is a SAD... airplane. sorry i have no real idea of what is is.....but will be happy to find out... jt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveJack 1 #3 December 31, 2010 It's an Armstrong Whitworth Argosy 650 with the propellers removed from the Rolls Royce Dart turboprop engines. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 8 #4 December 31, 2010 Awh man... and here I thought I had found a difficult one! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveJack 1 #5 December 31, 2010 Years ago my wife used to fly for Zantop, an all cargo airline based at Willow Run Airport, near Detroit, Michigan. Although she never flew one, they had some when she was there. There is still even one on static display at the Yankee Air Museum on the airport. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 8 #6 December 31, 2010 Cool. Well, here's a couple of easy one's not worth their own thread from the same place. Bonus points if anyone can guess the airfield they're parked at. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scruffy 0 #7 December 31, 2010 The first one is a c-119 flying boxcar and The second one is a C-97 right?Peace, love and hoppiness Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 8 #8 December 31, 2010 Yep! Anyone... where? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rapter 0 #9 December 31, 2010 Fox Feild in Lancaster Ca. first place I ever watched skydivers, Howard and I have talked about the some plane. Only the good die young, so I have found immortality, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #10 December 31, 2010 The late Mark Schmidt, D-21, flew for Zantop. probably these. He was one of the first to fly jumpers in an Otter, at Pepperell, MA in 1971. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 8 #11 December 31, 2010 Quote Fox Feild in Lancaster Ca. first place I ever watched skydivers, Howard and I have talked about the some plane. Hey! We have a winner! ... but you cheated Cary, you live there! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveJack 1 #12 December 31, 2010 QuoteThe late Mark Schmidt, D-21, flew for Zantop. probably these. He was one of the first to fly jumpers in an Otter, at Pepperell, MA in 1971. HW Mark didn't fly the Argosy. My wife used to fly with him in the Lockheed Electra L-188. He was at our wedding in 1996 and we were at his memorial service near Willow Run Airport in 1997. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #13 January 1, 2011 Actually, I had you beat on this one here. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
377 21 #15 January 1, 2011 I think Howard has a photo of jumpers exiting an Whitwoth Argosy. I am a propliner nut. Decades ago I flew to Lancaster to see what derelicts were there. The C 97 was in good shape when I saw it. The engines had "inhibited" service tags on them. Maybe there was some thought of running them again. An old timer at the field said the CA ANG had ferried Angela Davis in that plane to a court appearance She was a black radical accused of participating in a muderous courtroom takeover and prisoner escape. Back then (late 70s?) there was a very rare acct there: Howard Hughes' Douglas A20 Havoc that was converted into a high speed exec plane. A Convair TF 102 was also on site, side by side 2 place trainer version of the F 102 delta wing fighter. Speaking of C 97s, famed aviator Clay Lacy is spending big bucks converting an ex fire tanker C 97 into a faux Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. He will have a tough time keeping 4 4360 28 cylinder radials serviceable. I had a friend who was an FE on USAF C 97Gs. He said they ate engines with alarming regularity. 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
ZigZagMarquis 8 #16 January 17, 2011 Check out time starting at about 1:58 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MqmeVqBJcI&feature=related Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,057 #17 January 17, 2011 Hi Zig, Quote Check out time starting at about 1:58 I much prefer things at 1:30 JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 3 #18 January 17, 2011 QuoteCheck out time starting at about 1:58 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MqmeVqBJcI&feature=related Damn the British make some ugly fucking airplanes. SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 8 #19 January 17, 2011 Quote Hi Zig, Quote Check out time starting at about 1:58 I much prefer things at 1:30 JerryBaumchen Yes, yes, nice twin pods... Sparky, I think it has to do with poor dental care in the UK... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #20 January 18, 2011 That Vickers Vanguard looks an awful lot like a Nimrod. Yes very nice Nacelles at 1:30, I bet the gear within was spectacular. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
