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Marty

Hey Marty - some nice flying iron there. Are they full FSX models or FS9 ports?

IslandBoy77 wrote:

QUOTE (IslandBoy77 @ Nov 18 2010, 09:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hey Marty - some nice flying iron there. Are they full FSX models or FS9 ports?

Thanks Pete....the package is for both sims (First class Simulations) its not the best addon Ive purchased, but its not bad.

As the Battle of Britain finished , figure,s show the Hurricane shot down a total off the two thirds off enemy aircraft of the 1700/1750 involved , the ideal bomber interceptor and the concept was a monoplane fighter built from the 'Hart' easy recon in screens , in course the Typhoon designed as the replacement for the Hurri found its on limitations due its thick wing but with this found it ideal as a ground attack support aircraft , replace the wing with a thin lamina flow wing then became the Tempest which lead to the Fury .

All off these Hawkers were flown by New Zealanders during WWII and we even had Hart's in the NZ

Nice Screens Marty

Thank you professor Warren Ian, of all four , i like the Fury and the Tempest best (for looks) Did the tempest and Typhoon both have the Napier sabre engine?

Both had the Napier Sabre engine , course the Tempest was very much uprated , there is a good one on display at Wigram , quite amazing engine for the period

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Nov 18 2010, 10:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Both had the Napier Sabre engine , course the Tempest was very much uprated , there is a good one on display at Wigram , quite amazing engine for the period

Cheers Ian... ...i dusted that engine last week.....24-cylinder, liquid cooled, sleeve valve....amazing.The last version was 5,500 hp (4,100 kW) .......the whole engine is bigger than my car.

Sadly, I think many of the early Typhoons had engine problems (in particular, shortly after take-off) and killed too many brave pilots. My old gliding club airfield (Aston Down, in the UK) had them - and the villages in the valleys around it have these sad tales as local folklore.

Great screens though, Marty!

Adamski wrote:

QUOTE (Adamski @ Nov 18 2010, 10:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Sadly, I think many of the early Typhoons had engine problems (in particular, shortly after take-off) and killed too many brave pilots. My old gliding club airfield (Aston Down, in the UK) had them - and the villages in the valleys around it have these sad tales as local folklore.

Great screens though, Marty!

Thanks Adam.......your recollections are always interesting....thanks very much