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12-26-2022, 07:10 PM | #311 |
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Here's the very weird M2-F2.
But an easy trivia question for all of you - why is this aircraft in particular forever etched into pop culture? |
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A previously-posted shot by M_Six of a Douglas AD-5 Skyraider warbird painted up in the colors of 1950s Marine Attack Squadron 332 'Polka Dots.'
I can just picture the all-pilots meeting where someone (the CO?) suggested they call themselves the Polka Dots. "You mean alongside the Vampires and the Red Wolves and the Death's Avengers, we will be the Polka Dots?!?"
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Here's an unusual in-flight photo of an Atlantique maritime recon sub-hunter aircraft.
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On 29 May 1953, the first of two 40 passenger de Havilland Comets arrived in Ottawa. With the arrival of this aircraft, the RCAF became the first air force in the world to operate jet transports and the first operator to make scheduled trans-Atlantic crossings.
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I hope flybigjet or another expert will weigh in on this. Very curious.
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I googled another RCAF DH Comet shot which does not appear to show the "barriers" on the wings. So a possible theory: During descent or other situations requiring slowing, flip a switch and the airbrakes deploy.
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I thought about speed brakes as well but they appear to be fixed and can't find any other references. Still searching...
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Here's a photo that shows the spoilers retracted:
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From Comet to Nimrod:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_Nimrod A sad fate for one of them in Lake Ontario in1995: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_R...mrod_MR2_crash I think Murf the Surf witnessed it first hand. |
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I did a quick search and found two possible reasons for these "wing fences". Apparently, they keep the entire wing from stalling at once.
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From the design it looks very familiar to the older ME262 for me, just without jet engines.
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