(http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt334/SteveW_04/Caproni-Ca3-USAF-1024x669.jpg) (http://s625.photobucket.com/user/SteveW_04/media/Caproni-Ca3-USAF-1024x669.jpg.html)
More here
http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbird-news/jonathan-collection-caproni-ca-3-airworthy-replica-project-underway.html
Wow, that is cool :o :).
I think they were originally trying for a magazine rack, but it got out of hand.
Got to admire the craftsmanship and the patience.
It's beautifully done :)
You can see why they called them "kites"!
"With tuppence for paper and strings
You can have your own set of wings"
Hats off to anyone who voluntarily went up in one of those ...
... mad as fsn the lot of 'em :)
That's a real labour of love isn't it ?
But.......Seeing as even modern planes scare the poo out of me .....there's no way you'd get me up in that.
Cheers - Mr Chicken :-[
Quote from: Ithoriel on 23 January 2014, 11:26:29 PM
... mad as fsn the lot of 'em :)
Not wishing to make your point, I was thinking it would be great to go up in one of those. I fancy the nose gunner position if anyone's offering.
Quote from: fsn on 24 January 2014, 08:22:21 AM
Not wishing to make your point, I was thinking it would be great to go up in one of those. I fancy the nose gunner position if anyone's offering.
If your lack of sanity was in any doubt , its not now ;D
Nose-gunner = first into the air, first into the ground. :o :o :o
How about this one then Phil
(http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt334/SteveW_04/1378617_10152125860519627_1569041845_n.jpg) (http://s625.photobucket.com/user/SteveW_04/media/1378617_10152125860519627_1569041845_n.jpg.html)
As long it didn't do more than 5 m.p.h and it didn't reach an altitude of over 3 feet. :-SS :-SS
Cheers - Phil.
The only plane that really scares me is the Spad A2, where the pilot and gunner were separated by the prop.
(http://flyingmachines.ru/Images7/01-Istreb-1/Janes/SPAD_SA2-1.jpg)
Quote from: fsn on 24 January 2014, 04:38:25 PM
The only plane that really scares me is the Spad A2, where the pilot and gunner were separated by the prop.
(http://flyingmachines.ru/Images7/01-Istreb-1/Janes/SPAD_SA2-1.jpg)
Yes, yes indeed...that's 'prop'erly (haha....shoot me now for the bad pun) scary :o
That's terrifying on so many levels. :o :o :o
You have to remind yourself all the above are 10mm don't you :D
The gunner's head certainly could be...
As insane in WWII was the Boulton Paul Defiant which for the gunner included an insane parachute system