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Offline wasq

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« on: May 22, 2006, 05:24:35 PM »

I saw this plane at Luftwaffenmuseum Gatow and it didn't have any sign so I don't know what it is. Anyone know?
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Offline Debonair

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« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2006, 05:34:19 PM »
Fairey gannet
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Offline wasq

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« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2006, 05:38:03 PM »
Wow, thanks for the fast reply! Nice plane.
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Offline Debonair

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« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2006, 06:27:57 PM »
N/P, thats about as recognizable plane as there is...:noid :noid :noid
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Offline 68slayr

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« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2006, 07:02:48 PM »
was it a bomber? and was it ever used?

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Offline ded

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« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2006, 07:13:09 PM »
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was it a bomber? and was it ever used?

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post war ASW aircraft.
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« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2006, 01:48:12 AM »
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Offline Kev367th

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« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2006, 08:29:20 AM »
Remeber seeing Gannets when I visited RAF Lossiemouth in my youth.
Ugly then, still smurfy now.

To show you how long ago it was -
There was still 1 Sqn of Buccaneers in existance.
Clue to which one - each one had a Fox's face painted on the intake, and each one had a different expression.

Also at that time -
They still had Shackletons.
Lossiemouth had a Jaguar OCU sqn.
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Offline joeblogs

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« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2006, 11:04:36 AM »
It's not a plane. It's a power tool for removing grubs from your yard...

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I saw this plane at Luftwaffenmuseum Gatow and it didn't have any sign so I don't know what it is. Anyone know? [/B]
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Offline icemaw

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« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2006, 01:14:44 PM »
man i dont know how that can even sit on the runway without being chained down. cause it is so smurfy that the earth would certainly throw it into space.
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Offline VooWho

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« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2006, 08:24:05 PM »
I believe the plane is a Torpedo bomber. Developed like in the 50s or 60s during the cold war era tho.
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Offline Kev367th

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« Reply #11 on: May 28, 2006, 09:07:01 PM »
Gannet went into service early/mid 50's as an ASW plane.
Most converted into ECM mid 60's.
Scrapped in mid/late 70's, radar installations going to Shackeltons.
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Offline Wolfala

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« Reply #12 on: May 28, 2006, 10:17:49 PM »
I always thought the British built ugly. Now i've seen ugly.
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Offline mussie

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« Reply #13 on: May 29, 2006, 09:06:56 AM »
Other than controling torque... Does the use of counter rotating props add anything...

I assume that the fact there are few if any around today means that they are too costly to maintain, unreliable ect.....

EDIT: Perhaps I should have said "lowering torque effects"
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« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2006, 08:49:39 AM »
Very little torque effects and in a little costly way, more thrust than you'd get with a single propeller.
Google Spitfire 21 and Avro Shackleton ;)
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