Caudron replica, awesome.
Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:17 pm
Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:39 pm
I smell a photo session coming on.
Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:50 pm
That's neat. They don't make 'em like that any.. well, um. You know what I mean! 
I'm curious that the builder says it was made with pics and some 3 views. IIRC, the original is in store at le Bourget.
Terrific job - more so give the data situation. It's going to be one hot ship!
I'm curious that the builder says it was made with pics and some 3 views. IIRC, the original is in store at le Bourget.
Terrific job - more so give the data situation. It's going to be one hot ship!
Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:53 pm
Different aeroplane, James.
This one is a replica of the 1936 Thompson Trophy-winning C-460.
The Le Bourget one is an earlier C-366, from 1933.
Not sure what the differences are, mind you.
The Flabob one is very nice indeed, I had a look at it under construction there 15 months ago. Must take a trip back there soon!
This one is a replica of the 1936 Thompson Trophy-winning C-460.
The Le Bourget one is an earlier C-366, from 1933.
Not sure what the differences are, mind you.
The Flabob one is very nice indeed, I had a look at it under construction there 15 months ago. Must take a trip back there soon!
Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:59 am
That airplane looks like it would be challenging to fly. Is that airplane at Flabob (it kinda looks like Flabob). I don't think that I would be doing the initial test flights on that at Flabob. It is a pretty narrow runway over there.
Thu Feb 05, 2009 2:31 am
This plane was displayed at Flabob a couple of months ago when Tom from the EAA and Burt Rutan were there for an EAA event. It was parked alongside the pavement that goes from the taxiway to Hanger One. Aerocraftsmen is a quiet but very qualified shop based at Flabob.
Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:49 am
Always nice to see another 30s racer replica. It almost seems like "sexy" was written into the design requirements in those days.
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Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:15 am
k5083 wrote:Always nice to see another 30s racer replica. It almost seems like "sexy" was written into the design requirements in those days.
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I agree. Those thirties-era racers still set the heart a-pounding.
Someday, I'm going to write a screenplay about the Cleveland Air Races of the thirties. Most people have no idea how Cleveland dominated the public's consciousness back then. The men who flew these aircraft traveled faster than any other human beings in history. Two hundred miles an hour and more - most people simply couldn't comprehend traveling at such speeds. The Air Race pilots were the rock stars of the thirties.
According to one source, the Cleveland Races scored higher radio ratings than the World Series. An entire generation of young boys became hooked on aviation through Cleveland. Those same young boys became the pilots and aeronautical engineers of World War Two and beyond.