Sun Nov 28, 2004 3:51 am
dhfan wrote:D.H.2 to the D.H.146. I don't care what BAe called it, it was a Hatfield design. That's quite a long time too.
I thought that one was really an Avro??? RJ or something???
I've got a book here on DH. It goes 'Moth, Moth, Moth, more Moths, Mosquito (ah, THERE's an aeroplane, now you're talking!
), Comet (and we all know what happened to them), some funny little wooden jets, a few aluminium tubes of various sizes stuffed with seats, and then it just stops....... 
I've got another on Supermarine. Some bizarre contraptions that look like the result of a collision between a Moth and a houseboat (and most of them seemed to finish their lives back as houseboats or caravans), one superlative fighter, than that one fizzles out with a couple of unspectacular jet fighters.
Any more nominations? Otherwise the winner, by default, is Hawker!
Sun Nov 28, 2004 9:45 am
There was slight pause while I looked for a smilie that showed my views on them re-naming the '146 the Avroliner.
There isn't one.
There isn't one.
Sun Nov 28, 2004 10:31 am
Yes there is - 
Sun Nov 28, 2004 10:47 am
Well, For my two cents worth.
All the Hawker aircraft rock!!! ( Especially the Typhoon!!)
Dispite my namesake, Sydney Camm was a genius.
Sir Sydney once said, "The main requirements of an aircraft designer were a knowledge of aerodynamics, some elementary maths, and an eye for beauty."
All the Hawker aircraft rock!!! ( Especially the Typhoon!!)
Dispite my namesake, Sydney Camm was a genius.
Sir Sydney once said, "The main requirements of an aircraft designer were a knowledge of aerodynamics, some elementary maths, and an eye for beauty."
Sun Nov 28, 2004 1:58 pm
Downunder wrote:Sir Sydney once said, "The main requirements of an aircraft designer were a knowledge of aerodynamics, some elementary maths, and an eye for beauty."
And I don't think that there have been many more elegent aircraft than the early-1930s Hawker biplanes. Hart, Hind, Demon, Audax, Fury, Nimrod and the like (at least, until they put radial engines on them, ugh!)
Then of course there was the Hunter, one of the best looking jet fighters ever made.
Re: Jeremy Clarkson is not all that bad
Sun Nov 28, 2004 2:37 pm
Col. Rohr wrote:
OK Andy,
How about a little company up in the Pacific Northwest of these USA
Cheers RER
Microsoft???
Sun Nov 28, 2004 7:30 pm
DamienB wrote:Yes there is -
Nowhere near grumpy enough!
Re: Jeremy Clarkson is not all that bad
Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:30 am
Scott WRG Editor wrote:Col. Rohr wrote:
OK Andy,
How about a little company up in the Pacific Northwest of these USA
Cheers RER
Microsoft???
No.....
STARBUCKS!