"barnie" (tlanarch)
09/25/2020 at 22:17 • Filed to: None
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"barnie" (tlanarch)
09/25/2020 at 22:17 • Filed to: None | 5
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Saw this pic and thought it was cool. It is from the Denver Post via fark.
No text, just a picture. Can ya’ll add anything? Why is my 1st question. Sequential tail numbers, too.
Just Jeepin'
> barnie
09/25/2020 at 22:27 |
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Setting aside the subject matter, that is a stunning photograph. Must have been taken with a large format camera.
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Just Jeepin'
> barnie
09/25/2020 at 22:33 |
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Onto the subject matter, not that I actually know squat about airplanes...
That’s a UK registration code. Manufacturer on the bottom plane is listed as Short Brothers (Rochester & Bedford) (Wikipedia link).
Ah, finally found it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Mayo_Composite
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
Added : in short, this was an airplane carrying an airplane for longer flights; the Maia would launch the Mercury and return to base.
Mercur y made the first East-to-West commercial transatlantic flight using that technique, and later set a record flight for a seaplane of 6045 miles from Scotland to South Africa.
ttyymmnn
> barnie
09/25/2020 at 22:45 |
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Nice! Just Jeepin got it. I’ve been meaning to write about that. Crazy ways to solve problems back in the day.
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barnie
> barnie
09/25/2020 at 22:59 |
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Thank you, JJ! Did you use plane number to find manufacturer? How? Now to read the articles.
Jim Spanfeller
> barnie
09/25/2020 at 23:19 |
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So that’s how airplanes reproduce...
glemon
> barnie
09/25/2020 at 23:32 |
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So did the piggyback plane need to throttle up to assist on takeoff? Is this considered a parasite like the Goblin?
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Just Jeepin'
> barnie
09/25/2020 at 23:53 |
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Yep, searched DuckDuckGo: look up airplane tail number (as you can tell, I have no technical knowledge to fall back on for important keywords here)
Which took me to this page of national aviation authority links: https://www.skytamer.com/5.4.htm
Did a search in the page for “ G-” , to discover: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
... and about the only useful information there was the manufacturer, so off to Wikipedia and I just scanned the article for anything relevant.
Of course, had I searched DDG for m aia mercury, the Wikipedia article would have been the first hit, so you win some, you lose some.
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barnie
> glemon
09/25/2020 at 23:58 |
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Seems so by the article. All engines got both planes into the air and then they went their separate ways. Maia, the bigger plane, assisted Mercury to take off. Then Mercury went on it’s long flights. This is t heir solution to the problem that it’s harder to takeoff than to maintain flight with a heavy load. In this case, mail.
Cé hé sin
> barnie
09/26/2020 at 05:29 |
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You can just search Imperial Airways Maia Mercury and it’s all on Wiki.