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@gungasnake,

too bD IT DIDNT STOP AT Azusa and kookamonga

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One of my first Christmas presents as a kid, early forties.

http://vked.com/images/dspie_nekonomad0601.jpg

Maybe not this fancy.

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There used to be a restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Fl called the Yankee Clipper. That could be taken several ways.

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Best photo galleries on the net.. Smile

WW2 MIXED BAG
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?104031-WW2-Photos

WW2 AIRCRAFT
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1920's/30's AIRCRAFT
http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&t=16352

WW1 AIRCRAFT
http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&t=16323

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@Romeo Fabulini,

I'm sort of astounded by some of the aircraft of the 30s. You're talking about going from sticks covered with canvas to real aircraft in a space of 20 years, pretty astounding.

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@gungasnake,

Really. Well, it was linen, but same difference.

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@roger,

covered with shellac no?

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@farmerman,

Dang if I know. It's called 'dope', and I never even thought to ask what that meant. The stuff does pretty much shrink to fit, and when the fabric is sufficiently taut, you can finish with a non - shrinking dope.

They also used to use Dacron, which was a heat shrink fabric, so you never used standard dope.

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Fabric was used on fighters well into the 1930's, but airliners such as the Fokker series usually had big thick wooden-covered wings for strength.
And even as long ago as the late 1920's Junkers were producing small metal-covered tough little airliners.

PS- there are loads of 1920's/30's aircraft that can be flown in Flight Sim X, here's my Fokker in action in the Canadian Rockies-

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/CMSF/FSX-smithersBCb-lps.gif~original

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I was on a B17 "The Yankee Lady" last year. A friend of mine is among the pilots who take the plane to various air shows around the country.

Hell of a thing being on one of those guys. You really get to appreciate the cramped, uncomfortable quarters these guys spent many hours in each run.

Glad I never had to do any of that.

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@Frank Apisa,

The oldest airworthy Ju 52, in historic Deutsche Luft Hansa colors as D-AQUI , is quite often at our local airport - tours are booked out long in advance ...

http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w641/Walter_Hinteler/a_zps1337e36a.jpg

(In the background the older hangar for historic planes - they are getting a new one for additionally 13 more historic planes.)

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@Walter Hinteler,

Walter Hinteler wrote:

The oldest airworthy Ju 52, in historic Deutsche Luft Hansa colors as D-AQUI , is quite often at our local airport - tours are booked out long in advance ...

(In the background the older hangar for historic planes - they are getting a new one for additionally 13 more historic planes.)

I would love to take a ride in that, Walter.

The cost of a flight in the Yankee Lady is (if I remember correctly) about $400. What does it cost to get a ride on that beauty?

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@Frank Apisa,

Frank Apisa wrote:

What does it cost to get a ride on that beauty?

30 minutes: 199 Euros ($272); 45 minutes: 279 Euros ($382); 60 minutes: 371 Euros ($507)

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JU 52 - ready for take-off !

http://www.dlbs.de/en/index.php

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