| Image Comments |
| John M Oshust | 13-Feb-15 17:29 |
| Nice job my tiny amorphous friend, one completed, three to go! |
| BriandKilby | 14-Feb-15 10:39 |
| what is your average wingspan when you build your biplanes, john? |
| John M Oshust | 14-Feb-15 11:48 |
| Brian, Ogre is 49 inches. Nunzio, the Balilla, was 37 inches. I believe my Stearman was the largest at 50. You once asked what is my favorite bipe. I must revise my answer to "The one that I am currently building!". "Lettuce" set the average at 44 inches. |
| BriandKilby | 14-Feb-15 11:55 |
| I've heard of the be2. was it a trainer or fighter? during or after ww1? I don't know too much about this one. |
| John M Oshust | 14-Feb-15 14:21 |
| Brian. The BE primarily used for home defense. The only aircraft that could make the trip from Europe to Britan were dirigibles. For flying cigar duty the BE was adequate. They were also used for reconnaissance and Aereal photography. I think a few made it to the front for use in this manner. The BE sometimes had a Lewis gun mounted upward the shoot up at the gas bags. One or two may have downed a plane in a dogfight and recorded a kill. The aircraft were not front line material and were given to use in the colonies like in N Africa. I have pictures with rockets mounted on the wings. Used during WW1. There are a number of variants in the BE series. |
| BriandKilby | 14-Feb-15 14:56 |
| i don't know if this is true, but did gothas bomb London? |
| John M Oshust | 14-Feb-15 15:22 |
| What's a Gotha? Balloon dirigible or plane? |
| BriandKilby | 14-Feb-15 15:40 |
| i think it's a ww1 german bomber. |
| John M Oshust | 14-Feb-15 15:45 |
| Roger that! Just looked it up. Zeppelins and Gothas made it over the channel. Targets for "Ogre!" |
| rayl | 14-Feb-15 16:12 |
| FYI: The Germans were still overflying the English Isles with Zeppelins as late as the early part of the Battle of Britain. They were trying to snoop out the Radar Signals from the "Home Chain" network. When the Brits saw such a large blip on their Screen, they knew what it was and what they were looking for so simply shut down their Radar and the Germans floundered around for hours before giving up.
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| John M Oshust | 14-Feb-15 16:23 |
| Slick. Flying in a skinned bag of hydrogen gas. Tis why tracers were so effective! Bing boom and a cloud of water appears!! |
| John M Oshust | 14-Feb-15 16:28 |
| For those interested a drone flight over my aeroplane museum!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suYBG6pH9kM |
| BriandKilby | 14-Feb-15 16:59 |
| that's pretty neat john! |
| John M Oshust | 14-Feb-15 17:09 |
| The cabin was used to film a shirt movie. The pro drone photographer made the clip for me. The original is in 1080 p. Unfortunately thr high res file is too large for you tube. I converted the file to a smaller version today. Not like the original but adequet. I am the nut case leaving the porch, flapping my wings. Note my Rhodesian Ridgeback "Mr. Bubz"! He makes a cameo appearance. |
| TJH | 14-Feb-15 17:11 |
| Cool video!
Ogre is looking good! How is your assistant holding up? |
| John M Oshust | 14-Feb-15 17:19 |
| Gumby is holding his own. He did not receive a Valentine wish from a Play-Doh hottie. He framed out another wing today then left for the local watering hole to drown his sorrows. The brisk and exciting winter weather and the lack of main squeeze, has him down in the dumps:-(( |
