Simviation Forum - Cosford Air Show 2010 (Part 2)

Jun 14^th, 2010 at 12:41pm

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A few more displays including the WW1 Sopwith Triplane, Lynx helicopter, Hawk trainer (in a very lovely paint scheme!!) and the King Air.

Cheers, part 3 coming soon.

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Reply #1 - Jun 14^th, 2010 at 1:49pm

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Cool.

I did not know there were any triplanes still flying.

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #2 - Jun 15^th, 2010 at 7:13pm

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Wow...a Sopwith Tripe...excellent... Wink

Great series thanks for taking us along...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #3 - Jun 16^th, 2010 at 11:08am

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My pleasure, Doug. Grin

Yeah they had a few WWI aircraft about and a number of model aircraft too. It's always impressive how such old things are still so capable. A lot of other machines break after a decade but these are going on to be a century Cool

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Reply #4 - Jun 16^th, 2010 at 11:11am

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machineman9 wrote on Jun 16^th, 2010 at 11:08am:

My pleasure, Doug. Grin

Yeah they had a few WWI aircraft about and a number of model aircraft too. It's always impressive how such old things are still so capable. A lot of other machines break after a decade but these are going on to be a century Cool

I think you'll find that Sopwith triplane is only a paltry 22 years old Tongue

http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=detailno...

Many of the WW1 aircraft on the British airshow scene are replicas, albeit very accurate ones.

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Reply #5 - Jun 16^th, 2010 at 11:31am

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Mictheslik wrote on Jun 16^th, 2010 at 11:11am:

machineman9 wrote on Jun 16^th, 2010 at 11:08am:

My pleasure, Doug. Grin

Yeah they had a few WWI aircraft about and a number of model aircraft too. It's always impressive how such old things are still so capable. A lot of other machines break after a decade but these are going on to be a century Cool

I think you'll find that Sopwith triplane is only a paltry 22 years old Tongue

http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=detailno...

Many of the WW1 aircraft on the British airshow scene are replicas, albeit very accurate ones.

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Had me fooled Sad

Sorry, Larry

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Reply #6 - Jun 16^th, 2010 at 11:43am

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Mictheslik wrote on Jun 16^th, 2010 at 11:11am:

I think you'll find that Sopwith triplane is only a paltry 22 years old Tongue

http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=detailno...

Many of the WW1 aircraft on the British airshow scene are replicas, albeit very accurate ones.

.mic

That one is full scale & built from the original plans although it's powered by a radial & not the original rotary engine.

Some of the WWI replicas on the air show circuit are 7/8th scale with modern engines. The Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden owns the most accurate airworthy example of a Sopwith Triplane. It was built by the Northern Aeroplane Workshops & delivered in 1990 so the airframe is actually only 20 years old. Sir Tom Sopwith, the founder of the original aircraft company, who supported the project throughout his later life, honoured the society when he decreed that it should be considered as a late production example. This is reflected in manufacturers plate in the cockpit being No 153. http://www.shuttleworth.org/shuttleworth-collection/aircraft-details.asp?ID=7

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