Author Topic: Recoginition of the Tempest vs Typhoon  (Read 649 times)

Offline 4deck

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Recoginition of the Tempest vs Typhoon
« on: June 22, 2009, 12:55:33 PM »
Apparently the Typhoon Icon is also registered with the Tempest, untill you get close so to make this easier to identify here is a little primer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKq51LdJ-ZU&feature=related

Enjoy  :aok
Forgot who said this while trying to take a base, but the quote goes like this. "I cant help you with ack, Im not in attack mode" This is with only 2 ack up in the town while troops were there, waiting. The rest of the town was down.

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Re: Recoginition of the Tempest vs Typhoon
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2009, 02:28:15 PM »
Awesome.  Thanks.

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"Reaching Newchurch airfield at 480 mph I held ‘RB’ down to 20ft from the runway and then pulled her up to a 60 degree climb, holding it as the speed dropped slowly off and the altimeter spinning round the dial as if it were mad. At 7000ft the speed was dropping below 180 mph and I rolled the Tempest lazily inverted, then allowed the nose to drop until the horizon, at first above my head, disappeared below (or rather above) the now inverted nose, the fields and the woods steadied into the centre of the windscreen and then whirled around as I put the stick hard over and rolled around the vertical dive. Steadying again I pulled out over the tree tops at 500 mph, throttled back and pulled hard over towards the airfield in an over vertical climbing turn, lowering the wheels and flaps in a roll as the speed dropped. What a magnificent aeroplane! They could have all their Spitfires and Mustangs!”

From Roland Beaumont, talking about flying the Tempest.
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Re: Recoginition of the Tempest vs Typhoon
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2009, 02:58:36 PM »
I say, that was spiffing old bean
might take one out for my next jolly old jaunt..... what!
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Re: Recoginition of the Tempest vs Typhoon
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2009, 04:12:50 PM »
HiTech.

Tempest with 150 grade fuel please. :D



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Re: Recoginition of the Tempest vs Typhoon
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2009, 04:57:48 PM »
Awesome video! great find  :aok
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Re: Recoginition of the Tempest vs Typhoon
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2009, 12:06:26 PM »
HiTech.

Tempest with 150 grade fuel please. :D

engine breakdown after 4mins of full power then.
put our tempest in the hangar forever then.
request another british late war aircraft then.

good video there float I've seen it :D
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Re: Recoginition of the Tempest vs Typhoon
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2009, 12:22:06 PM »
Is it me are does the wings look a lot like the P-47's ?
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Re: Recoginition of the Tempest vs Typhoon
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2009, 12:28:44 PM »
engine breakdown after 4mins of full power then.
put our tempest in the hangar forever then.
request another british late war aircraft then.

good video there float I've seen it :D

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