Airplane Porn (and the occasional helicopter)

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[MikeRL411]

 

Finnish?

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Sure is.

 

And one more for fun - 

 

 

 

 

[datsunfreak]

Finnish?

 

Not yet, but I'm getting close. Need a few more planes posted...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:rofl:

[MikeRL411]

Not yet, but I'm getting close. Need a few more planes posted...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:rofl:

 

Finnish as in from Finland!  These were export versions of the Sikorsky P26 [probably screwed that nomenclature up] to Finland and fought against the Russian invasion of Finland [WW2] with German support.  However, most Finnish planes had a yellow circle around the swastica.  The American P26 was the first counter Japanese attack plane to get airborne after the attack at Pearl Harbor!

[Jesse C.]

 

[Z-train]

What engine was in that?

[MikeRL411]

What engine was in that?

 

No oil cooler so I would guess the Allison engine, not the Merlin.

[Profile]

P26? Picture says XP40Q. Pictures were taken late enough in the war to have the star with out the red dot in the center. All P40's and early P51's had Allison engines.

[Z-train]

No oil cooler so I would guess the Allison engine, not the Merlin.

Then it was an exercise in futility.

[MarkB.]

Oil cooler was in the scoop under the nose like all Allison P-40s.  It also had a laminar flow wing like a P-51.  But its performance was no particular improvement over the more plentiful P-51 and by the time it flew, the end of the war was in sight.

 

After the war, the single example was sold surplus and turned into a racer for the Cleveland air races.  Following a race, the pilot bailed out after a failure of some sort and the plane was destroyed.

 

It does look pretty cool though . . . . 

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[Jesse C.]

Oil cooler was in the scoop under the nose like all Allison P-40s.  It also had a laminar flow wing like a P-51.  But its performance was no particular improvement over the more plentiful P-51 and by the time it flew, the end of the war was in sight.

 

After the war, the single example was sold surplus and turned into a racer for the Cleveland air races.  Following a race, the pilot bailed out after a failure of some sort and the plane was destroyed.

 

It does look pretty cool though . . . . 

 

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Those from the jblm (McChord) air show? I don't remember seeing the p38.

[TENDRIL]

They are some sweet little birds and look like they would be a blast to fly around in

 

whats this model?

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Those from the jblm (McChord) air show? I don't remember seeing the p38.

 

 

Sure is from McChord. 

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Sure is from McChord.

I dont know how I missed the p38, I watches the old war birds fly over my house both days and never saw it.

 

It was cool to watch them banking on Saturday, it was pretty damn windy up there, I could see the plane shimmy around in the cross wind.

[Jesse C.]

whats this model?

 

Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano. Embraer is a Brazilian company

 

In U.S. service it is the A-29B

 

 

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