NZFF

Posted: **Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:14 am**

This is an oddy .....

http://www.virtavia.com/gallery_R3Y.html

Posted: **Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:27 am**

Just been looking at it , very common photo with the type as a air tanker , couple Panthers hooked up to it , imagine had they kept them for fire bombing missions . next from Virtavia is the Superfortress

so that won't be to far away now .

Posted: **Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:35 pm**

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jul 11 2013,9:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Just been looking at it , very common photo with the type as a air tanker , couple Panthers hooked up to it , imagine had they kept them for fire bombing missions . next from Virtavia is the Superfortress so that won't be to far away now .

Ive never heard of it before .... turbo prop contra ?

Posted: **Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:51 pm**

Splitpin wrote:
QUOTE (Splitpin @ Jul 11 2013,10:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Ive never heard of it before .... turbo prop contra ?

YIP - all those - One off those types that very much caught the boat at the wrong time - WWII idea - production was speed up due to he Korean War 1950-53 for fast troop deployment .. just fizzled out and Consolidated/Convair/General Dynamics build were used ... as said a water bomber it may have had its niche .

Posted: **Sun Jul 14, 2013 4:52 pm**

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jul 11 2013,9:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Just been looking at it , very common photo with the type as a air tanker , couple Panthers hooked up to it , imagine had they kept them for fire bombing missions . next from Virtavia is the Superfortress so that won't be to far away now .

Not sure about the B-29 , is it new or another fs9 rehash . One to have would be an upgrade of the old WOP one . Even way back then , it had to flown by the book .
Get onto A2A and see what they think

Posted: **Sun Jul 14, 2013 5:05 pm**

Think it would be better than anything previous , won't be a FS9 rebuild , to catch a WOP only closes would be the B377 Strat .. WOP was early A2A , think this will be a totally different model in all areas .

Posted: **Sun Jul 14, 2013 7:52 pm**

I have in the past watched quite a number of videos on this interesting aircraft. Of coarse the fact that it comes from the Convair stable explains the reason for it being so unusual

Posted: **Sun Jul 14, 2013 8:06 pm**

Chris , be an ideal Classic radio control or today's term remote control , flying boat par excellence

Posted: **Sun Jul 14, 2013 9:04 pm**

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jul 14 2013,8:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Chris , be an ideal Classic radio control or today's term remote control , flying boat par excellence

Yep it has been done already there is a you tube clip somewhere of a model Tradewind

Posted: **Mon Jul 15, 2013 7:02 am**

Great find LG ..... very interesting aircraft , im tempted .

NZFF

Virtavia Tradewind