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When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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PostPosted: Wed May 19, 2010 7:28 pm 
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All of these photos were taken just a year or two prior to the tornado. 1977-1978.

Not included in any of these photos are the nice F-105, MiG Killer USAF F-4, S-51, VS-44 and other aircraft I can't remember. They are more recent (10 years?, if that's recent) additions. It's worth a visit.

Larry

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The photos below were taken in the early 1980s, through the 1980s & 1990s. I think. Look closely and see can see the damage in a few photos caused by the tornado.

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PostPosted: Wed May 19, 2010 7:32 pm 
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Larry, all these Great old photos, but can I axe you,........where is the B-25H? :axe:
Never mind the dunderhead found it in the nex series :Hangman:

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PostPosted: Wed May 19, 2010 8:01 pm 
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Great pics!!!

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Tks for the pics & sharing...questions.....enver wanting inquiring minds want to know

What is is ?

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Tempest !!!! OK what when where is it now !!!

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4 blades Dauntless .....must have been just to hang something !
EDIT actually just looking at it...it is reversed...movie windnill prop ?

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PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2010 6:18 pm 
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Michel Lemieux wrote:
Tks for the pics & sharing...questions.....enver wanting inquiring minds want to know

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CH-37 Mojave.


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PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2010 8:48 pm 
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Tks Gart....whatta monster

From wiki...which explains the 2 big pods.

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At the time of delivery, the CH-37 was the largest helicopter in the Western world, and it was Sikorsky's first twin-engined helicopter. Two Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radial engines were mounted in outboard pods that also contained the retractable landing gear. This left the fuselage free for cargo, which could be loaded and unloaded through large clamshell doors in the nose. The single main rotor was five-bladed, and designed to function with one blade shot away in combat.


Outboard R-2800 engines with retracs......hummm sounds sounds familiar...

What`s under ? aux fuel tank ?


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Dauntless is one of the ex-MGM wind machines with a Curtiss SOC prop. Airframe is with Kermit Weeks now.

the Tempest was traded for a MIG-15 back in the 1980's and I'm not sure where it is now, but I think I saw some pics recently in Texas or something like that. Maybe at Ezell's?

One Mojave airframe was modified into the prototype Skycrane known as the S-64.
Same engine pods and transmission but the fuselage was changed. the remains of teh crashed prototype still exist at the New England Air Museum.
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For the twin pod & retrac I had more in mind an A26 or C46 HEHE


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Thank's for posting these, I grew up and am from the Enfield area and remember all these aircraft .. A lot of unique aircraft were there.


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Thank's for posting these, I grew up and am from the Enfield area and remember all these aircraft .. A lot of unique aircraft were there.


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Jerry O'Neill wrote:

One Mojave airframe was modified into the prototype Skycrane known as the S-64.
Same engine pods and transmission but the fuselage was changed. the remains of teh crashed prototype still exist at the New England Air Museum.
Jerry


"S-64" was the internal Sikorsky designation for the CH-54 Tarhe/Skycrane, and also the designation that it carried in civilian service.

The earlier Skycrane "prototype" was the S-60:

http://sites.google.com/site/stingraysl ... orsky-s-60

Picture of the remains can be found on Airliners here:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Sikorsky ... 0569663/L/


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