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Post by johnl on Sept 6, 2008 10:24:57 GMT -5
Just seen at http://www.flightsim.com: a De Havilland 87b Hornet Moth (hmoth.zip) for FS9 and FSX. Not one of DH's prettier aircraft, but it has an enclosed cockpit - could be an ideal tourer for keeping out the rain in next year's GAAR.
As the Great British Public identified almost every 1930's GA type as a "Moth", it would not be off-topic to mention that the same site has acquired a Dart Kitten (kitten9t.zip) (small open-cockpit low-wing single-seater).
2 British GA types in one day! Think I need to go and have a nice cup of tea and a couple of biscuits to recover from the shock.
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Post by Allan_Lowson on Sept 7, 2008 12:24:52 GMT -5
I like Frank's follow on to his Leopord Moth, but I have my doubts about the Dart. According to the blurb on flightsim, it has been endowed with something like "full aerobatic performance". It has a 35HP two cylinder engine! I saw it flying at Shuttleworth in June, and flying straight and level was about as bold as you would want to get with it. This is apparently a reworking of Craig's original - which you can get at www.classicwings.net/freeplanes/kitten/kitten.html |
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Post by johnl on Sept 7, 2008 17:51:16 GMT -5
I doubt whether the Kitten would even get off the ground with a pilot of my size, but doubtless the lovely Joan Hughes would have been able to throw it around the sky!
More British GA - a Miles Whitney Straight (something which has long been on my wish list) has appeared at Classic British Files.
Definitely NOT GA but extremely British - Jens Kristensen has released a DH Comet I and II package for FS9 and FSX. It's on the usual sites.
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Post by Smithy on Sept 13, 2008 2:11:22 GMT -5
John or Al, I was reading a book the other day and it mentions a plane called a 'Storm' its an amphibian from the 30's. Had 2 rolls royce 'Kestrel' engines. It was a bi wing and I believe it was English, heard of it or know where I could get one? cheers  |
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Post by Allan_Lowson on Sept 14, 2008 12:35:15 GMT -5
You've got me stumped there for now, I'll see if I can dig out any further info through the week. (I've got a book on the history of British Flying Boats - it may take some rooting out from the bottom of some pile or other!)
Ther engines are certainly the right era for starters. I heard a R-R Kestrel in flight at Shuttleworth in June in a Hawker Hind. Bit like a Merlin but with a slightly softer edge. Luvverly.
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Post by johnl on Sept 15, 2008 7:02:10 GMT -5
Thought I new most British marine types of that era, but I've never come across the "Storm". Could be Saro, Short, or Supermarine (or is it fictional, like the "Vickers Vandal" amphibian in "Biggles flies again?). Short certainly used R-R Kestrels in the Short Singapore III, but it's an engine I associate with Hawker designs (and the lovely Miles Master I). It was a steam-cooled "V", and an ancester of the "X" Vulture. Will keep digging.
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Post by johnl on Sept 15, 2008 10:50:26 GMT -5
As I thought - Biggles flew one! However, the Supermarine Scapa reconnaissance flyingboat was a biplane and had a pair of Kestrels - I reckon that's as near as you'll get. Don't think there's one available for flightsim.  |
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Post by Smithy on Sept 15, 2008 18:39:24 GMT -5
Hmm, will look for the Scapa then, hopefully its out there somewhere. And your right, he did!  |
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