To: xcamel
Death traps. Plane's didn't get pretty until World War 2, and even then the prettiest (and best) Gallic bird, the Dewoitine D.520
was ugly compared to the Spitfire.
4 posted on
01/07/2009 6:07:56 PM PST by
rmlew
(The loyal opposition to a regime dedicated to overthrowing the Constitution are accomplices.)
To: rmlew; All
It might be a death trap as you say, but I'm sure it will fly much better with the Australian 150 HP radial engine instead of the original 110 HP engine where the cylinders all rotated around the crankshaft - creating a large gyro...:^)
The original was an interesting engine though...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Rh%C3%B4ne_9J
8 posted on
01/07/2009 7:17:22 PM PST by
az_gila
(AZ - need less democrats - one Governor down... more to go.)
To: rmlew
Death traps. Plane's didn't get pretty until World War 2, and even then the prettiest (and best) Gallic bird, the Dewoitine D.520 was ugly compared to the Spitfire.I'm partial to the Reggiane 2005.
10 posted on
01/07/2009 8:03:14 PM PST by
Philo1962
(Iraq is terrorist flypaper. They go there to die.)
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