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Biplane over London

Leuth
Leuth Posts: 23,314
in Not Sports Related


What make is this, and what's the occasion? 

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  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,596
    It’s a De Havilland Rapide, there are a couple used by pleasure flight companies so would imagine it’s one of them 
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    Pretty sure I see one yesterday over Kent 
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    .....and refreshing to see the aviation industry using pronouns for aircraft
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,418
    Commemorating @Redmidland first holiday abroad 😉
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,563
    German pilot finally breaks covet after 77 years
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    Kap10 said:
    German pilot finally breaks covet after 77 years
    Where was he for the 28 years from 1918, when biplanes were used, to 1946 (77 years ago) mate?


    😉
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,410
    Surely that plane is non-binary now ?
  • BDL
    BDL Posts: 6,000
    Classicwings from Duxford
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    Gribbo said:
    Kap10 said:
    German pilot finally breaks covet after 77 years
    Where was he for the 28 years from 1918, when biplanes were used, to 1946 (77 years ago) mate?


    😉
    They used biplanes, ie Gloster Gladiator, Fiat CR42 and the Arado, in the second world war.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,596
    Hal1x said:
    Gribbo said:
    Kap10 said:
    German pilot finally breaks covet after 77 years
    Where was he for the 28 years from 1918, when biplanes were used, to 1946 (77 years ago) mate?


    😉
    They used biplanes, ie Gloster Gladiator, Fiat CR42 and the Arado, in the second world war.
    And not forgetting the Fairey Swordfish that helped sink the Bismarck
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  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,845
    DaveMehmet said:
    Hal1x said:
    Gribbo said:
    Kap10 said:
    German pilot finally breaks covet after 77 years
    Where was he for the 28 years from 1918, when biplanes were used, to 1946 (77 years ago) mate?


    😉
    They used biplanes, ie Gloster Gladiator, Fiat CR42 and the Arado, in the second world war.
    And not forgetting the Fairey Swordfish that helped sink the Bismarck
    You love a Fairey!
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    DaveMehmet said:
    Hal1x said:
    Gribbo said:
    Kap10 said:
    German pilot finally breaks covet after 77 years
    Where was he for the 28 years from 1918, when biplanes were used, to 1946 (77 years ago) mate?


    😉
    They used biplanes, ie Gloster Gladiator, Fiat CR42 and the Arado, in the second world war.
    And not forgetting the Fairey Swordfish that helped sink the Bismarck
    They must have had balls of steel to head off to the Bismarck in the old stringbag!
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,783
    All planes look like that when I've had a few
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,563
    Gribbo said:
    Kap10 said:
    German pilot finally breaks covet after 77 years
    Where was he for the 28 years from 1918, when biplanes were used, to 1946 (77 years ago) mate?


    😉
    Fine tuning the propellers! 
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,296
    Off subject but was playing golf at pedham on Friday and saw a couple of spitfires was really cool to see
  • RichmondSE10Exile
    RichmondSE10Exile Posts: 641
    DaveMehmet said:
    It’s a De Havilland Rapide, there are a couple used by pleasure flight companies so would imagine it’s one of them 
    Is TS using them to organise fly-by tours for last minute would-be takeover consortium members?
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    edited May 2023
    Hal1x said:
    DaveMehmet said:
    Hal1x said:
    Gribbo said:
    Kap10 said:
    German pilot finally breaks covet after 77 years
    Where was he for the 28 years from 1918, when biplanes were used, to 1946 (77 years ago) mate?


    😉
    They used biplanes, ie Gloster Gladiator, Fiat CR42 and the Arado, in the second world war.
    And not forgetting the Fairey Swordfish that helped sink the Bismarck
    They must have had balls of steel to head off to the Bismarck in the old stringbag!
    Whilst it was outmoded, I think it looks cool. The thing is, it would have been outclassed by more modern aircraft of the time but could still be effective when it was the sole aircraft in the air. The question then comes to the weapons it is able to deploy. It had torpedoes. One quality these old bi-planes had was they could take a lot of hits without going down. The bullets the bismark would have fired at them had contact fuses but the Swordfish's body was fabric so they would have gone straight through withought doing much damage.
  • Billy_Mix
    Billy_Mix Posts: 2,707
    DaveMehmet said:
    It’s a De Havilland Rapide, there are a couple used by pleasure flight companies so would imagine it’s one of them 
    From Pedants' Corner: it's a De Havilland Dragon Rapide

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