<tony_cooper...@earthlink.net> wrote: >These two didn't make the cut for the Shoot-In, but I'll link to them >here for the benefit of the people who like images of airplanes:
On Oct 25, 8:07 pm, rwalker <rwal...@despammed.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:40:27 -0400, tony cooper
> <tony_cooper...@earthlink.net> wrote: > >These two didn't make the cut for the Shoot-In, but I'll link to them > >here for the benefit of the people who like images of airplanes:
I give up. It has the twin tail of a B-25, the nose section of an A-20 Havoc, bears a resemblance to the A-26 Invader (they both have single tails.) The closest seems to be the Handley Page Hampden, but that was never used by the US. So I guess this is a case of artistic license.
> I give up. > It has the twin tail of a B-25, the nose section of an A-20 Havoc, > bears a resemblance to the A-26 Invader (they both have single tails.) > The closest seems to be the Handley Page Hampden, but that was never > used by the US. > So I guess this is a case of artistic license.
> I give up. > It has the twin tail of a B-25, the nose section of an A-20 Havoc, bears a > resemblance to the A-26 Invader (they both have single tails.) The closest > seems to be the Handley Page Hampden, but that was never used by the US. > So I guess this is a case of artistic license.
No, it's a Lockheed, looks like some sort of military version of the old Electra. I don't know exactly what that would be, however.
>> I give up. >> It has the twin tail of a B-25, the nose section of an A-20 Havoc, bears >> a resemblance to the A-26 Invader (they both have single tails.) The >> closest seems to be the Handley Page Hampden, but that was never used by >> the US. >> So I guess this is a case of artistic license.
> No, it's a Lockheed, looks like some sort of military version of the old > Electra. I don't know exactly what that would be, however.
I see it's already been identified as a Ventura. Googling that I see the Ventura was developed from the Hudson (which I remember), which in turn was developed from the Super Electra. They all had a strong family resemblance.
My very first trip in an airliner was in a Lockheed Electra, in 1939. That was a couple of years after Amelia Earhart disappeared in an Electra somewhere in the Pacific.
>> I give up. >> It has the twin tail of a B-25, the nose section of an A-20 Havoc, bears a >> resemblance to the A-26 Invader (they both have single tails.) The closest >> seems to be the Handley Page Hampden, but that was never used by the US. >> So I guess this is a case of artistic license.
>No, it's a Lockheed, looks like some sort of military version of the old >Electra. I don't know exactly what that would be, however.
I didn't anticipate the questions about the plane identification. Next time I'm in DeLand I'll stop by the Visitor's Center where they have a booklet available on the 13 murals on building walls in the DeLand downtown. All commemorate some aspect of the history of the city. The booklet may identify the planes.
I did find out, though, that the airplane murals commemorate the Naval Air Station that was located in DeLand between 1942 and 1946. I also found out that there's a Naval Airstation Museum in DeLand that I didn't know about. I'll have to visit there.
According to Wiki, about the Naval Airstation, "The first planes were Lockheed Venturas. They were not here for training, but were patrolling the coast of Florida looking for German submarines. When the SBD Dauntless dive bombers began to arrive, along with pilots and crew members, the "Venturas" were reassigned to Brazil for patrol duty. The "SBDs" were planes that were being replaced in the Pacific fleet. It was the "SBD" that sank the four Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway."
<nervous.n...@gmail.com> wrote: >On Oct 25, 8:07 pm, rwalker <rwal...@despammed.com> wrote: >> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:40:27 -0400, tony cooper
>> <tony_cooper...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >These two didn't make the cut for the Shoot-In, but I'll link to them >> >here for the benefit of the people who like images of airplanes:
Neil Harrington wrote: > "Ofnuts" <o.f.n.u....@la.poste.net> wrote in message > news:4ae6adc8$0$9076$426a74cc@news.free.fr... >> Twibil wrote: >>> On Oct 26, 7:24 pm, rwalker <rwal...@despammed.com> wrote: >>>> Thanks. I always confuse the B29 and the B25. Can't ever remember >>>> which is the 2 engine, and which is the 4 engine. >>> Easy way to remember: with four 2,200 hp engines, only the B-29 was >>> big enough to lift and deliver an atomic bomb. >> Even easier: 4>2, 29>25
> But 25 > 24, which screws up that method. ;-)
We are talking about the B29 and B25. We will ignore the B24 for the moment:-)
<tony_cooper...@earthlink.net> wrote: >These two didn't make the cut for the Shoot-In, but I'll link to them >here for the benefit of the people who like images of airplanes:
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