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Re: Observer's badge, anyone?
Posted: 08 Jul 2020, 03:52
by Airspeed
Design started 1962, by Weser / Focke Wulf / HFB (ERNO) originally to be powered by Lycoming PLF 1 turbofans.
Changed to M45H in 1965. Production authorised 1970, but delayed by accident and bankruptcy of RR. Production got under way 1972, by a collaboration of VFW-Fokker, MBB, SABCA, Fairey in Belgium, and Fokker-VFW Netherlands.
None of the larger airlines placed orders, but there are videos of this aircraft on you tube.
Thanks to all who contributed, better luck in future, Kevin!
For those who didn't know, like me, VFW is Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke,
Re: Observer's badge, anyone?
Posted: 08 Jul 2020, 10:55
by airboatr
Airspeed wrote: ↑03 Jul 2020, 13:15
Do you recognise this place, Joe?
KLNA, Palm Beach County Air Park / Lantana Airport,
AKA (drum roll)
Owen H Gassaway Jr. Airfield.
Re: Observer's badge, anyone?
Posted: 08 Jul 2020, 11:06
by Airspeed
airboatr wrote: ↑08 Jul 2020, 10:55
Airspeed wrote: ↑03 Jul 2020, 13:15
Do you recognise this place, Joe?
KLNA, Palm Beach County Air Park / Lantana Airport,
AKA (drum roll)
Owen H Gassaway Jr. Airfield.
Selected because it's your "local", I believe?
Re: Observer's badge, anyone?
Posted: 09 Jul 2020, 05:14
by airboatr
my Local Home away from Home
South of airfield looking north northeast
North of airfield looking south southwest
Over the airfield looking east. My RV Motorhome (caravan) is right of the camper trailer top center. I sometimes stay in John Prince Park Campground and zip over to the airfield on my zippy electric push bike..
BTW, The lake east of the airfield is called Lake Osborne
Re: Observer's badge, anyone?
Posted: 09 Jul 2020, 08:10
by Airspeed
Thanks, Joe, those pictures look almost real.
Re: Observer's badge, anyone?
Posted: 09 Jul 2020, 08:49
by Airspeed
AND A FRESH ONE FOR YOU ALL.....
Re: Observer's badge, anyone?
Posted: 09 Jul 2020, 11:41
by Motormouse
Armstrong-Whitworth AW 52 ?
Ttfn
Pete
Re: Observer's badge, anyone?
Posted: 09 Jul 2020, 11:55
by Airspeed
Motormouse wrote: ↑09 Jul 2020, 11:41
Armstrong-Whitworth AW 52 ?
Ttfn
Pete
I'm going to have to dig deeper, you chaps are like greased lightning!
Excellent observing, Pete.
Just a warning for the future, though, if there were two posts and only one had a
"?", the other would win. I'm looking for answers, not questions, and the right answer may miss out on that technicality.
Re: Observer's badge, anyone?
Posted: 09 Jul 2020, 22:37
by TSR2
Never seen that before, interesting read. I thought the side profile looked a bit Jet Provost like.
Re: Observer's badge, anyone?
Posted: 09 Jul 2020, 23:28
by Dev One
It was a very noisy beast, I remember climbing the blister hangar on the side of the runway at Farnborough 1949(?) & it really hurt my ears with its high pitched whine. Laminar wing tailless experimental, had a very low flutter speed I think because of the double use of longitudinal split ailerons/elevators, so lots of sloppy bearings.....
Keith