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For this picture it will be a picture
of a Voyager. The wingtip was so flexible that it could move 10 feet up or
down. The layout of the Voyager was the need to carry out more than 1,200
of fuel. Dick rutan compiloted the Voyager on its round the world trip and
Dick Rutan also made the type's first flight on June 22 1984. About 90% of
Voyager's construction is of light but strong graphite fiber. One of the
Voyager's fuel tanks is 30ft. in length longer than a small aircraft.
Voyager is now on display in the National Air and Space Museum in
Washington, DC. This was powered by 2 Teledyne Contiental piston
engines. This aircraft's landing gear was retractable, but to save weight
there was no power for assistance. The wheels were wound up or manually by
the crew. When the Voyager went to land for its around the world it used
about 14,200 feet of the 15,000 feet of the runway. Its rear engine less
powerful than the front, has 110hp. while the front has 130hp. A propeller
was fitted with a brake to stop it windmilling in the front engine's
slipstream when in single-engine mode. Only one of two tailfins was fitted
with a rudder. This aircraft was designed by Burt Rutan. This weighs
about 1,800 lbs. Usually its top speed is 120mph. |
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This will be photo of a S.55. Societa
Aerea Mediterranea (SAM) operated  up to 15 S.55Ps on routes over the
Mediterranean. In 1933, 25 Asso 750 engined S.55Xs were delivered for
Balbo's second flight. On their return to Italy they were used for
bombers. Seven of the S.55M version were built by Piaggo with uncowled
engines and gun positions in the hulls. Flown by SAM, I-AABF is thought to
have been the S.55P prototype. Passenger accommodation of the S.55P varied
from aircraft to aircraft. Over 200 S.55s were built with the majority
going to military services. In 1939 only 13 remained in the Italian
reserve. S.55s served with airlines in the Mediterranean region for 11
years. Savoia-Marchetti originally designed the S.55 to a military
specification. Two Italiasn built S.55s were registered in the U.S.
Standards for the S.55 were for eight passengers in each aircraft. About 5
passengers were seated in the S.55's hulls. Balbo's 2nd flight took 24
S.55Xs from Italy, across the Alps and via Iceland and Greenland to North
America. Its journey ended in 1933. Also General Balbo led a line of 10
S.55s across the South Atlantic to Brazil in 1931. It also took long range
formation flights throughout its service. In the early hours of Jan. 6
1931, 4 flights of S.55s took of from Bolama, and Guinea Bissau. |
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Here on the left column is a picture
of a MiG-25  "FOXBAT". Some brief information about this record
breaker aircraft is that this record breaker were exported to some
countries like Libya, Syria, India, Iraq, Algeria, and Bulgaria. Also the
MiG-25 achieves its performance by brute force rather than sophisticated
aerodynamics. In experience you can almost feel the power of the twin R-15
engine as the MiG launches. Between the two turbojets they produce 50,000
ibs. of thrust when in full after burn. This aircraft also has open rear
cockpit to test ejection seats at high supersonic speeds. The pilot flies
from the front cockpit. Victor Belenko's defection to Japan in an MiG-25
in 1976 was considered one of the biggest spy coups of the Cold War.
Soviet-piloted Egyptian MiG-25s flew against Israel between 1971 and 1975.
The MiG-25BM is designed to attack an enemy's air defense radars from
great distance and height. The MiG 25 has a span of 45ft. 9in. The length
of this aircraft is 69ft. and 10in. Its height is 20ft. and
4in. And the wing span can reach 612sq. ft. Amazingly, this aircraft can
reach speed exceeding 1,940 m. p. h. |
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The picture on the left features a record breaker called the
CURTISS R3C Navy Racer Family. After the Army won the 1922 Pulitzer race
in its Curtiss R-6 racers, the Navy ordered two R2C-1s, which won the 1923
races. Of the three R3C-1s, two were built for the Navy and one was for
the Army. All were landplanes. A6080 was the second CR-3 (originally a
CR-1) and placed second in the 1923 Schneider Race, in the hands of Navy
Lieutenant Paul Irvin. While the CR and the R2C racers used the D-12
engine, the R3C introduced the larger 560-hp. v-1400. The predecessor of
the R3C, Curtiss' R2C, was a world-class racer, but plagued by a series of
accidents. With a bigger engine the sole R3C-3 reached and extraordinary
254 m. p. h. Army R3C-2 A6979 is preserved at the National Air and Space
Museum. After the 1923 Pulitzer race, R2C-1 A6691 was sold to the Army for
$1.00 and redesigned R-8. It crashed in 1924. Each successive racer type
used a new airfoil section wing to improve speed. The A6878, as an R3C-4,
crashed before the 1926 Schneider Trophy Race. There were known to be 7
built R3C Navy Racer Family planes. This aircraft's maximum speed reached
up to 193 m. p. h. Its span is 22ft. 8in. The length is 25ft. Its height
is 10ft. 8in. And its wing area is 168sq. ft. The CR-3 A6081 was flown by
David Ritten house during the 1923 Schneider Race. In 1924, it set 100-km,
200-km and 500-km(62 |
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This is a picture of a SR-71
Blackbird. The SR-71's shape is one of the first examples of the use of
stealth technology to reduce the radar cross-section of a combat
aircraft. In the SR-71's heyday, a pilot could set off from one of its
three main bases and get a photograph of any part of the earth's surface
within 6 hours. The SR-71's engines run on JP7 a special low-volatility
fuel. A fleet of specifically modified KC-135Q tankers keep the Balckbird
in the air. The blackbird crossed the United States at a record
speed of 2,124 mph in 1990. Blackbird missions in North Vietnam were the
fastest ever flown in combat. The pressure suits worn by the crew are
identical to those used by astronauts on space shuttle missions. At high
speed and altitude, friction causes the metal skin of a SR-71 to heat up
to 400 degress Farienheit. Of 32 SR-71's built 3 are flying today.
Its span is 55ft. 7in. The length 107ft. 5in. Its height is 18ft. 6in. and
its Wing area is 1,800sq. ft. This is also the world's fastest jet and it
has high-flying reconnaissance. Therefore, SR71's operate at the
edge of the Earth's atmosphere and their crews need to wear suits in case
of an emergency. |