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Tue Dec 07, 2021 1:36 pm
looks nice, wonder when it last flew?
Wed Dec 08, 2021 9:55 am
Wow - pretty! I wonder how much MX is required with those contra rotating props? Cool plane!
Tom P.
Wed Dec 08, 2021 9:38 pm
A pretty esoteric plane for North America.
Really belongs in the UK where it would be better appreciated.
I don't think any are flying in the UK (did they lose factory support leading to their grounding like the Shackletons?).
Wendovertom:
Agree with the props concern.
a few years back, made the comment here that the US. never fielded a contra-rotating prop aircraft, but was corrected with a claim that the troublesome Convair Tradewinds were operational for two years and not just test ships.
Thu Dec 09, 2021 8:22 am
sandiego89 wrote:looks nice, wonder when it last flew?
It was at OSH in 2014. I have not seen evidence of it being out and about since then. It has always drawn a crowd since being imported by Amjet back in 1995.
Thu Dec 09, 2021 10:40 am
JohnB wrote:A pretty esoteric plane for North America.
Really belongs in the UK where it would be better appreciated.
I don't think any are flying in the UK (did they lose factory support leading to their grounding like the Shackletons?).
Wendovertom:
Agree with the props concern.
a few years back, made the comment here that the US. never fielded a contra-rotating prop aircraft, but was corrected with a claim that the troublesome Convair Tradewinds were operational for two years and not just test ships.
There was one being restored to fly in the UK, but IIRC they were looking for a specific tool for the prop but weren't having any luck.
There were rumours that XT752 was going to come over to the UK a few years back for a tour.
Fri Dec 10, 2021 1:14 pm
Warbirdnerd wrote:It was at OSH in 2014. I have not seen evidence of it being out and about since then...
XT752 was active at some local shows the summer of 2016.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNJ0ginr0F8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnoWIePrKqc
Mon Dec 13, 2021 11:22 am
Thanks for sharing those clips Dan. Neat to see the start up and unfolding, and for the love of God, can airshow commentators please shut up for a moment when an aircraft with a distinct sound makes a flyby! I want to hear the aircraft. Pretty please......
Mon Dec 13, 2021 11:22 am
Thanks for sharing those clips Dan. Neat to see the start up and unfolding, and for the love of God, can airshow commentators please shut up for a moment when an aircraft with a distinct sound makes a flyby! I want to hear the aircraft. Pretty please......
Mon Dec 13, 2021 11:53 am
Fascinating airplane. IT seems to be a four seater if you look closely at the video I believe there is someone sitting aft in the third cockpit. IT's awesome that a person could shut down one engine in flight to save fuel and extend range. Not a bad way to go from airshow to airshow. Hopefully it will go to a country that used them and will be much more appreciated than in the U.S.
Mon Dec 13, 2021 3:16 pm
blurrkup wrote:
There were rumours that XT752 was going to come over to the UK a few years back for a tour.
It made it as far as Greenland and got a ride home in an AN-124
https://www.historynet.com/fairey-gannet-revival.htm"In New Richmond, Wis., aviation enthusiast Shannan Hendricks is refurbishing an unusual dual-control Gannet T.5 trainer—one of only eight built—that last flew on the U.S. airshow circuit in the late 1990s. In 2004 XT-752 started a ferry flight back to the UK but made it only as far as Goose Bay, Labrador, due to mechanical problems.
Last October that Gannet finally found a home in Wisconsin and was air-freighted to its new owner aboard a Antonov An-124. It’s expected to fly on its own sometime in 2012 (you can keep up with its progress at faireygannetxt752.com)"More details here-
https://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.u ... php?id=193
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