I'm just trying to figure out what the thinking is behind having "DANGER - JET INTAKE" stencilled on the exhaust hatch for the forward lift engine.
Quote from: Old Wombat on December 23, 2021, 11:34:53 PMI'm just trying to figure out what the thinking is behind having "DANGER - JET INTAKE" stencilled on the exhaust hatch for the forward lift engine. Well having a bill board announcing 'Danger' just in front of you when there's a dirty great big air intake just above it might explain it
Quote from: kitnut617 on December 24, 2021, 11:55:33 PMQuote from: Old Wombat on December 23, 2021, 11:34:53 PMI'm just trying to figure out what the thinking is behind having "DANGER - JET INTAKE" stencilled on the exhaust hatch for the forward lift engine. Well having a bill board announcing 'Danger' just in front of you when there's a dirty great big air intake just above it might explain it Yes, I suppose being scorched by the jet exhaust just in front of you falls into insignificance compared to that.
And inside the Seair building at YVR South Terminal, a cool reuse of a radial engine!
Yep, a HMAS Sydney Hawker Sea Fury doing a rocket-assisted take-off from RANAS Nowra in 1950.You can get them in the 1/48 Flightpath detail set:
<snip>You can get them in the 1/48 Flightpath detail set<snip>