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"TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut" (twincharged) 11/28/2014 at 05:20 • Filed to: None

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Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 11/28/2014 at 05:46

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If that is a prop at the rear the plane suits your name well.

kanadanmajava1 > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 11/28/2014 at 06:14

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Do 335 is an awesome plane. Its is one of the fastest propeller driven WWII planes. I think that one of these is displayed in a museum.

Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready > Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast 11/28/2014 at 07:21

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It is indeed.

ttyymmnn > kanadanmajava1 11/28/2014 at 07:28

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The Smithsonian has one at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. It's one of my favorite planes. The Pfeil (Arrow) had two Daimler Benz DB 603A 12-cylinder inverted engines. The Germans had a thing for inverting their aero engines (the Messerschmitt Bf 109 also had an inverted 12). You can see more of my pictures from the Udvar-Hazy Center here .

ttyymmnn > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 11/28/2014 at 07:28

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http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/the-smithsonia…

kanadanmajava1 > ttyymmnn 11/28/2014 at 09:01

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That would be pretty interesting place to visit. Our biggest aviation museum is quite small.

Another interesting plane with two engines and two propellers is Macchi M.C. 72. The propellers are contra-rotating so its easy to miss that there is actually to propellers.

The only one made is displayed in Italy. It was the fastest airplane in its time and it still holds the record for piston engined seaplanes.

Cé hé sin > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 11/28/2014 at 10:16

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RAF roundels?

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > Cé hé sin 11/28/2014 at 10:41

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Yup. Captured.

ttyymmnn > kanadanmajava1 11/28/2014 at 23:08

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I would guess that airplane competed in the Schneider Trophy races. A lot of amazing aircraft development came out of those races, including the creation of the Spitfire. I would have loved to have heard that beauty roar!

kanadanmajava1 > ttyymmnn 11/29/2014 at 13:45

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It was built for that purpose but it was used only for the (successful) record attempt. I wonder if its also the fastest ever airplane with an open cockpit?