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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 6:54 pm
by wdolson
ORIGINAL: johng5155
Northrop F-89D Scorpion. I have an Air Force reference book on post-WWII fighters that says "...the low-slung engine on the F-89 earned a reputation as the "world's largest vacuum cleaner" by picking litter from the runway. A vagrant piece of metal, on several occasions, was sucked into the engine inlets, causing disintegration of the the compressor blades. Pieces of the compressor then destroyed the remainder of the engine. Inlet screens were an answer of sorts, although it was discovered that at extremely high altitudes the inlet screen could become completely clogged with ice."
The Russians came up with the best solution for that problem IMO. Some of the last Soviet designs had a taxi inlet that opened on the top of the fuselage. In preparation for flight, the taxi vent closed and the regular intake was used.
Bill
RE: OT: Name that plane / ship
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 6:56 pm
by Chickenboy
Why do you suppose that hasn't been an Achilles heel of the F-16 line then?
RE: OT: Name that plane / ship
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 7:31 pm
by wdolson
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
Why do you suppose that hasn't been an Achilles heel of the F-16 line then?
Airbases have intense programs for awareness of FOD combined with the F-16's intake being up there a ways. It has pretty long landing gear.
Bill
RE: OT: Name that plane / ship
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 10:12 pm
by Chickenboy
Oops...falling down on the job.
Well, here's today's belated mystery candidate. Name that plane:
RE: OT: Name that plane / ship
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 10:15 pm
by Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: wdolson
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
Why do you suppose that hasn't been an Achilles heel of the F-16 line then?
Airbases have intense programs for awareness of FOD combined with the F-16's intake being up there a ways. It has pretty long landing gear.
Bill
It's not just the ventral intake scoops that can cause problems sucking in unintended stuff either...[X(]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2v1Pgpzp88
RE: OT: Name that plane / ship
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:10 pm
by AW1Steve
This without looking it up, is a North American FJ-1 Fury. This was the basis of the later and much more famous F-86 Sabre Line. [:)] The FJ-2(also a Fury) had swept wings.
RE: OT: Name that plane / ship
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:13 pm
by btd64
Shooting star. I can't remember the name. I did build a model of it. CV aircraft from movie with James Cagney,I think, bridge something, something....GP
RE: OT: Name that plane / ship
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:13 pm
by Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: AW1Steve
This without looking it up, is a North American FJ-1 Fury.
Aye. 'Tis. A beautiful aircraft, methinks. Very clean "jet" lines IMO. [8D]
RE: OT: Name that plane / ship
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:16 pm
by AW1Steve
The canopy came off the P-51.
RE: OT: Name that plane / ship
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:17 pm
by Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: General Patton
Shooting star. I can't remember the name. I did build a model of it. CV aircraft from movie with James Cagney,I think, bridge something, something....GP
[In James Cagney voice]: Oh, so we got a wise guy, see? You...you dirty rat...YOU'RE the guy who*...got the wrong plane. [:'(]
*
Ed. note: The author is well aware that James Cagney never uttered the lines most commonly associated with him that, "You dirty rat! You're the guy who killed my brother!"
ETA II: Perhaps you're thinking of the
Bridges at Toko-Ri? Starring William Holden? Also starring the most beautiful of early USN jet fighters, the F9F-2 Panther?
ETA III: The F9F-2 looks nothing like this plane. [:'(][:D]
RE: OT: Name that plane / ship
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:18 pm
by btd64
F2H Banshee....GP
RE: OT: Name that plane / ship
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:20 pm
by AW1Steve
Your not confusing Cagney with William Holden by any chance? As in the Bridges at Toko Ri? In the book Brubaker (Holden's role) flew Banshees. In the movie , Panther Jets.
RE: OT: Name that plane / ship
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:20 pm
by btd64
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: General Patton
Shooting star. I can't remember the name. I did build a model of it. CV aircraft from movie with James Cagney,I think, bridge something, something....GP
[In James Cagney voice]: Oh, so we got a wise guy, see? You...you dirty rat...YOU'RE the guy who*...got the wrong plane. [:'(]
*
Ed. note: The author is well aware that James Cagney never uttered the lines most commonly associated with him that, "You dirty rat! You're the guy who killed my brother!"
I corrected myself in my last post Sir. Well sort of....GP
RE: OT: Name that plane / ship
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:23 pm
by AW1Steve
RE: OT: Name that plane / ship
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:25 pm
by AW1Steve
ORIGINAL: General Patton
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: General Patton
Shooting star. I can't remember the name. I did build a model of it. CV aircraft from movie with James Cagney,I think, bridge something, something....GP
[In James Cagney voice]: Oh, so we got a wise guy, see? You...you dirty rat...YOU'RE the guy who*...got the wrong plane. [:'(]
*
Ed. note: The author is well aware that James Cagney never uttered the lines most commonly associated with him that, "You dirty rat! You're the guy who killed my brother!"
I corrected myself in my last post Sir. Well sort of....GP
Sort of....NOT! [:D] Wrong actor , wrong plane.....would you like to try for the books author or the name of the CV that Brubaker flew off of? Or the actor who played the CPO that flew the "Dragonfly"? [&:]
RE: OT: Name that plane / ship
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:29 pm
by Chickenboy
GP...you know we're just having some fun, right?
RE: OT: Name that plane / ship
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:34 pm
by BBfanboy
If Dragonfly is the rescue helicopter, that was Mickey Rooney.
RE: OT: Name that plane / ship
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:47 pm
by btd64
Yeah. Hey, what do you want from a damaged memory. [:(]. I knew what I was thinking, just couldn't get it out....GP
RE: OT: Name that plane / ship
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:50 pm
by Chickenboy
GP...I wouldn't get half of these myself if I didn't have the card caption on the photograph.
So you can feel a little better about yourself, I have another confession to make. I drank Busch beer. From a can. And liked it. Alarming personal disclosure #2: One of my favorite beers is Old Milwaukee. In a can.
RE: OT: Name that plane / ship
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2017 6:44 am
by Zorch
ORIGINAL: General Patton
Yeah. Hey, what do you want from a damaged memory. [:(]. I knew what I was thinking, just couldn't get it out....GP
There's a lot of that gang aft aglee.
