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Old aeroplane photo's.

mallyb2 said:
Fairey Gannet,despite it's appearance, it's a twin engined aircraft,with twin 'Mamba' turbo-prop engines,with counter-rotatig props.Enormous aircraft,much bigger than you would take it to be from looking at the photograph,....Mal.
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Gotcha!

It's a French Breguet Alize, designed to exactly the same specification as the Gannet. Not so successful as the Gannet, though.

Big Gee
 
Mal are you certain its a Gannet ? It was my first guess but it looks sort of french. Some how it dont look right.
 
Funny enough,when I looked again at the photograph,I had a feeling I was wrong.The difference to the Gannet is pronounced around the cockpit,also the turbo effluxes are further forward on this aircraft,oh well,can't win 'em all,......Mal.
 
mallyb2 said:
Fairey Gannet,despite it's appearance, it's a twin engined aircraft,with twin 'Mamba' turbo-prop engines,with counter-rotatig props.Enormous aircraft,much bigger than you would take it to be from looking at the photograph,....Mal.
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One of my favourite aircraft.

ladywood
 
Big Gee said:
Hi Ladywood,

Is the drawing on Post No 62 a Blackburn NA39 Buccaneer?

Your drawings are excellent and bring out a lot of character that's missing in a photo. Have you done any sketches of World War 1 aircraft at all? Very talented artist, mate!

Big Gee

No, even as I pressed the button I knew it isn't a Buccaneer. I'm stumped! Not really into modern aircraft.
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Sorry not a Buccaneer, I would have liked to have drawn one.
It's a Panavia Tornado.
You'll know these two, they fought over Burma

ladywood
 
Hi, great drawings,you've got some talent there.You're showing a Hawker Hurricane (RAF),and a Mitsubishi Type 'O',commonly known by the allies as a 'Zero'.The Zero completely outclassed any fighter at the start of the Pacific war,but was never really developed,and in turn,became outclassed by aircraft such as the 'Wildcat' and the superlative 'Corsair'.....Mal.
 
In about 1960 I had a gift of books called How to Draw Aircraft and How to Draw Buildings. There may have been a seriers of them. The books taught me secrets of perspective and angles very simply. I can still draw passable Buildings but have lost the skill with Aircraft. Photography became my choice.
I think , like everyone here, that Ladywood has a great natural skill. The lack of perfect detail give them "Life" and stop them becoming a sort of technical drawing. I have seen a lot worse drawings published and I hope someone out there in publishing land can recognize his talents
As I wrote earlier this thread is far to addictive and I must make the effort to some work today. see everyone later .....arkrite.

ps. Forgot to say the watercolours are really special. Love em
 
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liberty10 said:
Hi Darby The planes in post 83 are Stirlings and the aircraft in your USAF MEMORIAL
are in differant markings so not memorial flight and the other pic IN POST 52
THE BLUE ANGELS US NAVY DISPLAY TEAM.
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Liberty10

Thanks for that.
 
Big Gee said:
I can remember our teacher at Canterbury Cross school getting all excited as he told us that Neville Duke had just broken the world speed record at 728mph in a Hawker Hunter. 1953, I think.

As an aircraft buff who prefers planes with fans at the front, I have to say that the Hunter has to be one of the most beautiful aircraft ever designed. There was one as 'gate-guardian' until recently at Bruntingthorpe Industrial Estate, and I managed a very close look one day; suprising how much wood there was in its construction. I also remember when I was working in Switzerland in about 1975 a pair of Swiss Air Force Hunters hedge-hopping in and out of the valleys around Zug, where I was working. The noise was incredible, but the Swiss just ignored it and carried on working.

Big Gee
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Big Gee

Where I live, a couple of miles from Scampton we still get Hunters flying around our village, as you say they are a beautiful aeroplane.
 
Talking of noise, I was walking my dogs in Alcott woods (Chelmsley Wood) about 2 miles from Bham airport when Concorde took off after its final farewell visit, the sound was deafening, all the birds shot into the air and my dogs started barking. All the same sorry to see it go. Eric
 
Hi Darby,couple of good photographs there.I wonder why the Gannet has it's arrester hook retracted if it was performing a carrier landing?....Mal.
 
My neighbour Ray is coming round sometime today to look at all your lovely postings. He is not on the internet himself and he's trying to find some old spitfire photo's for me to put on. Jean.
 
Just spoke to him over the fence [what will the neighbours think] and he has quite a few old photo's of spitfires and I could hear his cb radio in the back ground. It won't be today though as he has a lot of sorting out to do first. He is a batchelor and hasn't got a good woman to organise him. He's very happy as he is. Jean.
 
Fit in a treat Mike. Never thought I would take an interest in planes. Even Pete has looked through the thread as he can name most of them. Jean.
 
Almost missed it watching the Gannet do a dieing swan act. Just look at that lovely Dragonfly helicopter moving in.
 
This is one of the 7 Lancs of 82(PR)Sqdn the last Lanc Sqdn in the RAF, one of the Lancs PA474 is now with the Memorial Flight although the only action it has seen is photographic survey in Africa The Sqdn was formed in 1947 especilly for this survey operation which lasted about 8 years, eventually the Lancs were replaced by Canberras in mid 50's. Being on that Sqdn was the best 2 years of my 8 years in the RAF, a wonderful a/c to fly in and a tribute to British workmanship
 
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Darby said:
Armstrong Whitworth NF Meteor, flown in one of these myself at RNAS Hal Far Malta.
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I always thought they were Gloucester Meteors.
I did a drawing of a Mk 20, was that a night fighter also?

ladywood
 
Big Gee said:
Gotcha!

It's a French Breguet Alize, designed to exactly the same specification as the Gannet. Not so successful as the Gannet, though.

Big Gee
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Sorry Big Gee, I realise I didn't answer you question about drawing old aircraft.
I usually have my attention caught by later aircraft and I usually work on the spot and draw as fast as I can in order to draw as many as I can.
I think drawing say WW1 aircraft and an earlier machine, because they are so lightly built would require a slow and methodical approach.
Probably doing one drawing over a day or two.

Here's my Gannet.
All the best.

ladywood
 
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