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  1. ar_es

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  7. Ak Jim

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    #107 Ak Jim, May 15, 2014
    ar_es, great photos, thanks for posting. Where is the museum?

    PS, like the T-33, I have 813 hours in them.
     
  8. PureEuroM3

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    #108 PureEuroM3, May 15, 2014
    Cool photos!
     
  9. ar_es

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    #109 ar_es, May 15, 2014

    Thank you :)
    It's located at the Lago di Bracciano, it's named "museo storico Vigna di Valle".


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    #110 ar_es, May 15, 2014

    Thank you! :)
    I will NEVER drive one of them... I suffer from dizziness :D



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  11. Gatorrari

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    #111 Gatorrari, May 15, 2014
    The last one is the Macchi M.C.72, which was supposed to be Italy's contender for the 1931 Schneider Trophy race. It wasn't ready in time, so Britain won the race unopposed and thus, having won it for the third straight time, won the trophy permanently. But the M.C.72 did perform later and for a time was the fastest aircraft in the world.

    Considering how advanced the Italian inline aero engines were at the time, it amazes me that they didn't pursue that line of design. Thus, all of the Italian types during WW II that flew with inline engines used license-built Daimler-Benz powerplants!
     
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    #112 ar_es, May 15, 2014

    Thank you for pointing it out!
    I had to take more pics about the S.V.A. :(


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  13. Bob Parks

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    #113 Bob Parks, May 15, 2014
    Jim, you are probably way ahead of me on this one but I seem to remember that that airplane was powered by two Isotta-Franchiti engines joined nose to nose and produced a bunch of horse power. Those were beautifully done airplanes and I think they still hold the world speed record for a seaplane.
     
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    #114 tazandjan, May 16, 2014
    Bob- Affirmative, you can see all the exhaust stacks. Held the world speed record, like Jim said, but the Germans could not stand that an broke it with a Me-209 at 469 mph. At the time, believe they claimed it was a 109.
     
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    #115 Gatorrari, May 16, 2014
    Like I said, the Italians had developed some great inline engines but then deferred to their German allies once war came. I believe that Alfa Romeo built most of the license-built DB601s and DB605s that powered many of the Italian fighters.

    I believe that the M.C.72 does indeed still hold the world speed record for piston-powered seaplanes, but there have been some jet-powered ones that were undoubtedly faster. The Convair SeaDart might have been the fastest seaplane ever, but I don't believe that any seaplane has ever gone supersonic in level flight.

    (Bob, I presume that you will be at Paine Field Aviation Day tomorrow; have a lot of fun. I'll be getting my speed thrills in a different manner, watching NHRA dragsters at the Atlanta Dragway!)
     
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    #116 Spasso, May 16, 2014
    Rain in the forecast...
     
  17. Ryan S.

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    #118 tazandjan, Aug 10, 2014
    Farichild RC-26B Metroliner with a phased array radar in the extended nose.
     
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    #119 Tcar, Aug 11, 2014
    I flew in a regional airline Metroliner years ago... noisiest plane I've ever been on... props just beat you to death.
     
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    #120 Bob Parks, Aug 11, 2014
    My son flew them. He called it "The Metro Sewer Tube."
     
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    #121 tazandjan, Aug 11, 2014
    Bob- Cannot imagine the USAF version being any quieter, except everybody probably wears a helmet or headset with ear protection.
     
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    #122 Tcar, Aug 11, 2014
    Helmets and headsets would have been perfect on my regional airline flights... :)

    one of the American Airlines regionals, I think... long time ago.
     
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    #123 donv, Aug 19, 2014
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    This is a Piaggio Royal Gull. A friend of mine (who passed away a few years ago) had one for many, many years, and I had the opportunity to fly in it with him several times. A lot of fun!
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  24. Ryan S.

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    #124 Ryan S., Aug 24, 2014
    That looks cool! Great pic....
     
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