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[Mayfly]

Oooo - pilots log....

landed at 0.15, 0.16, 0.17, 0.18 secs

almost as many bounces as we do SM

[Stevieboy]

oh yes, i LIKE that one!!!

what are the roundels though?

Either RAF or RAAF South East Asia Command (SEAC) roundels. The red spot in the middle was painted out to avoid confusion with the Japs. Very much like the USAAF and USN did with thier red dot.

[Spitfire]

oh yes, i LIKE that one!!!

what are the roundels though?

Faded RAFType B - faded?

RAF Low Vis - faded ??

RAF Far East - possible ??

[RLN]

Is this another one of your 3D puzzles?

[Saracenman]

RAF Far East is the most likely i think

sm

[Xplumberlives]

RAF Far East is the most likely i think
sm

Indeed, the contrasting light and dark blue colours were adopted to remove the red disc from the centre of the existing roundels and avoid confusion with the Japanese rising sun national markings!

[Dan4th]

Just your typical, ordinary American Girl........

Go full-screen, please......

http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&brand=msn%20video&playlist=videoByUuids:uuids:f798e83f-aca2-499c-89e3-d24a6cc10ac4&showPlaylist=true&from=IV2_en-us_v11HP&fg=gtlv2

Sorry it's not a YouTube, but I takes 'em where I finds 'em.........

Danf.

[Spitfire]

Blimey What a beast



The Russkies seem to specialise in BIG helicopters ....

[Pujgnie]

Sorry... but Chinook is still my fave

[Saracenman]

"Hey babe, wanna see my big choper?"

[Xplumberlives]

I think you need a P!

[Dan4th]

Spitfire's Main Adversary::::::::::::::::::



Danf.

[Cluny]

Found this in the related vids to Dan4ths above , turn the sound up

[Saracenman]

NICE!!!!!!!

what's that strange item on the port side of the engine compartment though?

sm

[Dan4th]

Has to be an air intake of some kind, SM.....

Thank you Paul! Nice to see them flying
together -- not to mention right up the
videographer's Nostril!

Danf.

[Pujgnie]

Love that Merlin growl and the Mesch whistle.

Pity the 'dogfight' scenario isn't played out at more UK air displays . I'm sure the public would appreciate it.

[Spitfire]

NICE!!!!!!!
what's that strange item on the port side of the engine compartment though?
sm

It's actually further back than it looks in flight............

Bf 109G-10, with Erla Haube canopy and taller, wooden vertical fin/rudder

Referred to as the "bastard aircraft of the Erla factory" in the Luftwaffe's Aircraft Variants Book of December 1944,[112] the G-10 was a Bf 109 G airframe combined with the new DB 605 D-2 engine, created to maintain production levels with minimal disruption of the assembly lines until production of K-series airframes would reach sufficient levels. Despite what the designation would suggest, it appeared in service after the G-14 in November 1944, largely replacing previous G-series aircraft on the production lines of Erla, WNF and Messerschmitt Regensburg factories. Evidence suggests that G-10s were rebuilt from older airframes, supplementing production of the new K-4s with aircraft of almost equal value in the cheapest possible manner. One apparent indication was two aircraft identification plates on the port forward fuselage, below the windscreen rather than one.

The most recognizable external change was the use of the "Erla-Haube" clear-view canopy. Internal changes included inheriting the new 2,000 W generator and the DB 605 D-2 engine of the 109K. Apart from the standardised streamlined engine cowlings, G-10s with the DB605 D-2 were equipped as standard with the MW-50 booster system (DB 605DM) and had a larger Fo 987 oil cooler housed in a deeper fairing. Also, because of the engine's enlarged crankcase and the oil return lines which ran in front of it, these G-10s had small blister fairings incorporated into the lower engine cowlings, forward of and below the exhaust stacks.

So it is all about cooling

What strikes me quite hard about that video though is that this is a good example of the old adage that if you give 2 designers the same problem they invariably come up with the same.... or similar answers

[Saracenman]

aha! thanks Spitters

I'd assumed it might be summat like a supercharger intake - WRONG

agreed re the solution to a problem comment though. VERY similar machines, but i believe that those pilots who've own both, agree that the Spit is ultimately a much more refined aeroplane, and with MUCH more space in the cockpit!

sm

[Dan4th]

with MUCH more space in the cockpit! sm

Of course, that wouldn't matter to YOU, SM.........

Still need a BIG Dictionary to sit on, though......

Danf.

[Mayfly]

too true D4th - he needs a dictionary to sit on when we go simming

[Saracenman]

the pen might be mightier than the sword, but how do .303 machine guns compare?

[Dan4th]

Big enough Dictionary would probably
stop a slug.........

Danf.

[Xplumberlives]

You should see the ones in my garden!

[Saracenman]

do they wear reading glasses?

[Xplumberlives]

No idea, but they don't like salt!