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by Snautzer05 on 15 May 2012 11:42
by Topspeed on 15 May 2012 20:12
by phylo_roadking on 15 May 2012 20:49
by waldzee on 15 May 2012 21:37
phylo_roadking wrote:Si-204
by phylo_roadking on 15 May 2012 21:50
The pix was taken after the first medevac flight out of Stalingrad- & it wasn't quite sure what it was...
Photo taken by Charles Curry in Wunstorf, Germany 1945
A total of 1,528 were built, 133 of which were converted to the Go 244, with two 500 kW (700 hp) Gnome-Rhone engines fitted to forward extensions of the tail booms.
The B series was the main production model, being based on the Go 242B with a wheeled tricycle undercarriage and with fuel and oil carried in the tailbooms. 133 were converted from Go 242 Bs, while a further 41 were built from new before production reverted to the glider Go 242.
The first prototype, the Go 244 V1 was powered by two 660 hp (492 kW) BMW 132, while the second prototype had 700 hp (522 kW) Gnome-Rhône 14Ms and the third 750 hp (560 kW) Shvetsov M-25A engines. Although only the third prototype offered adequate engine out performance, the Luftwaffe had large stocks of captured Gnome engines, so this was chosen as the basis for the production conversion, although a few more aircraft were fitted with the BMW and Shvetsov engines
by waldzee on 15 May 2012 21:53
by Topspeed on 16 May 2012 09:37
phylo_roadking wrote:The pix was taken after the first medevac flight out of Stalingrad- & it wasn't quite sure what it was...
lol, actually....no - It's a scrapyard pic...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Siebel_204.jpg
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by waldzee on 16 May 2012 11:22
Topspeed wrote:phylo_roadking wrote:The pix was taken after the first medevac flight out of Stalingrad- & it wasn't quite sure what it was...
lol, actually....no - It's a scrapyard pic...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Siebel_204.jpg
...
Over 1200 Siebel 204s were built...certainly some were used for medevac too ?
by Trackhead M2 on 17 May 2012 18:12
waldzee wrote:http://www.canadianflight.org/content/noorduyn-norseman
I have been fascinated by Bob Nordouyn's designs - my older brother took me in a float plane flight when I was 16...
the craft was a first rate evacuation angel at Bastogne- wounded were flown out on skis before other aircraft could even take to the air.
Paulus woudl have bled for a fleet of UC-64's..
by waldzee on 17 May 2012 21:00
Trackhead M2 wrote:waldzee wrote:http://www.canadianflight.org/content/noorduyn-norseman
I have been fascinated by Bob Nordouyn's designs - my older brother took me in a float plane flight when I was 16...
the craft was a first rate evacuation angel at Bastogne- wounded were flown out on skis before other aircraft could even take to the air.
Paulus woudl have bled for a fleet of UC-64's..
Dear w,
If this plane is a life giver does it make a mother Fokker?
Strike Swiftly,
TH-M2
by Arto O on 20 May 2012 00:27
by Juha Tompuri on 21 May 2012 06:59
by Arto O on 21 May 2012 18:59
by Juha Tompuri on 21 May 2012 19:59
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by Juha Tompuri on 21 May 2012 20:20
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