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Re: Observer's badge, anyone?

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An eye witness, Keith! :welldone: Thanks for sharing; there'd be very few of you on this Forum. :agree:
There is a short, but worthwhile video here, of the AW 52 flying,
It is followed by an interesting video on why the Harrier is not under further development:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SHRMq3hNfs AW 52
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6aHyuuthns HARRIER
AND AS THERE ARE NO BIRTHDAYS TODAY, :
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Dev One wrote:
09 Jul 2020, 23:28
had a very low flutter speed I think because of the double use of longitudinal split ailerons/elevators, so lots of sloppy bearings.....
Keith
And resulted in the World's first ejection in ? late 1949 as a result of which the prototype was lost . Fascinating film which I've never seen before


PS Percival Mew Gull

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I read that after he ejected, it levelled out and landed of its own accord in a field with little damage. 😳
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cstorey wrote:
11 Jul 2020, 12:10

And resulted in the World's first ejection in ? late 1949 as a result of which the prototype was lost . Fascinating film which I've never seen before


PS Percival Mew Gull
Be careful ..It was the first British pilot for an emergency ejection using an UK seat. The first emergency was from a Heinkel 280(?) in '43.
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Is anyone going to have a crack at the 10th July challenge, or are you fed up with the topic?

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I knew a bloke who worked part time for federal express and UPS.
he quit both jobs because he'd gotten fed up with the run around

haha.. phht

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Martin Baker MB5?
For the 10th July
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I gave an answer on 11 July - Percival Mew Gull, but no one answered whether it was right or wrong !

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Two Sorries Chris.
One, sorry I didn't note your PS. :$
Two, sorry, it's not a Percival Mew Gull.

Nor is it a MB5, Simon.

But thanks both for trying. :)

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Re: Observer's badge, anyone?

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Airspeed wrote:
10 Jul 2020, 04:46

Badge on offer for identifying this prop:
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That's a prop from a fs9 model that was ported into fsx with fs9 32 bit prop textures and alpha channels.


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